Excelsior High School (Norwalk, California)
| Excelsior High School | |
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| Address | |
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15711 Pioneer Blvd Norwalk, California, 90650 United States | |
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| Type | public high school |
| Opened | 1924 |
| Closed | 1981 |
| Color(s) | green and white |
| Mascot | Snoopy |
| Team name | Pilots |
| Website |
excelsiorpilots |
| Norwalk-La Mirada Adult School | |
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| Type | GED, community education |
| Opened | 1979 |
| School district | Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District |
Excelsior High School, originally named Excelsior Union High School was founded in 1903 in Norwalk, California. Its last graduating class was 1981. The current campus was built in 1924. The campus sustained earthquake damage in 1933 and again in the early 1960s.
For much of its later history, the student body was known as "The Pilots" and the school mascot was the cartoon character Snoopy. The school colors were green and white.
The school and campus still exist at the corner of Alondra Blvd and Pioneer Blvd. in the city of Norwalk, California. It is now the home to the Norwalk-La Mirada Adult School. Since its closure, the campus has been the location for the filming of Grease 2 and High School U.S.A.[1] and the 1982 TV series Square Pegs.
Excelsior Adult School is also the home field for Excelsior's former arch rival, the Norwalk Lancers Football team.
Notable alumni
- Pat Nixon (class of 1929) — First Lady of the United States
- William Conrad (class of 1948) — actor, producer, and director for radio, film and television
- James Gattuso (class of 1975) — political pundit, senior research fellow for the Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation
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Coordinates: 33°53′19″N 118°04′57″W / 33.888693°N 118.082514°W