Reseda High School
| Reseda High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 18230 Kittridge Street, Reseda, Los Angeles, California 91335 | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1955 |
| School district | Los Angeles Unified School District |
| Principal | Jose Rodriguez |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1800 |
| Color(s) |
Navy, Columbia, White |
| Athletics | CIF Los Angeles City Section |
| Mascot | Regents |
| Website | Official Website |
Reseda High School, established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California, USA.
The school is home to the Reseda High School Police Academy Magnet, the Reseda High School Science Magnet and the Reseda High School Law & Public Service Magnet. Reseda High School's program consists of four small learning communities (SLC), the 9th Grade Academy, 10th Grade Academy, Academy of Technology & Health Careers, and the Liberal Arts & Education Academy.
It has also been voted the cleanest high school in the San Fernando Valley.
History
Reseda High was the first complete high school to be built after World War II. Reseda opened with complete academic and science buildings, gymnasium, track & field, Industrial shops, including an automotive repair facility. Reseda was the first High School to have a three-color system of navy, Columbia, and white. It is one of few high schools in the San Fernando Valley to have a complete auditorium.
Academic Programs
Reseda High School programs include a Humanities Academy, Multilingual Teachers Academy, Academic Decathlon Program, Navy JROTC, Health Occupations Students of America Chapter, Science Bowl.
Reseda High School is one of the few schools in the San Fernando Valley to have a robotics team.[1]
Athletics
Reseda High School has always had a strong tradition in athletics. The Regents have won CIF Championships in a number of sports including Football, Basketball, Track & Field, Soccer, Volleyball, Cross Country, Tennis in addition also having a number of individual championship athletes.
Reseda fields athletic teams for boys & girls in Football, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, Tennis, Golf, Track & Field, Cross Country, Water Polo, Swimming & Wrestling.
It also offers Marching Band, Cheerleading, Dance & Drill Teams.
Football
Since 1980, the Reseda High School football team has won 8 league championships for the 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1993, 2010, and 2011 seasons for three different leagues. In addition to their numerous accolades, the Regents have also claimed 2 CIF championships for the 2-A Championship in 1986 and the 3-A Championship in 1995. Reseda's football field is dedicated to the recently deceased Joel Shaeffer, who passed away early January of 2013, and was head coach of the team from 1976 to the end of the 2000 season with 6 league titles and 2 CIF championships under his coaching. The team's current Head Coach, Alonso Arreola took over the team in the 2005 season and won 2 consecutive league Championship titles in the 2010 and 2011 seasons. [2]
Reseda High School Police Academy Magnet
Reseda High School’s Award-winning Police Academy Magnet (PAM) began in the fall of 1998 and is one of four PAM high schools and two PAM middle schools in the LAUSD. The Police Academy Magnet program was founded by then football coach, Joel Schaeffer.
Reseda High’s award-winning career pathway program is a partnership between the LAPD and LAUSD, designed to educate students about law enforcement through a rigid course of study involving intense physical training and compulsory community service. An LAPD Officer is assigned a full-time position at the site to teach, counsel and mentor the students through their police academy experience.
Becoming a part of Reseda High School’s Police Academy Magnet is a major decision requiring the dedication of the student first and foremost. [3]
Reseda’s PAM has received proclamations from the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Police Commission, Councilman Bob Blummenfield, Councilman Tom LaBonge, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and Magnet Schools of America. A California Partnership Academy and a model for law enforcement programs around the country.
The color guard unit has performed for numerous public events for the city of Los Angeles including: Police Chief Charlie Beck, LAPD’s Youth Summit, The Reseda Chamber of Commerce, and many LAPAMS events.
Bench Press Champions 2014
The “Toughest Cadet Alive” competition squad has won the “Toughest Team Alive Competitions” in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, & 2013.
The PAM graduation rate has skyrocketed to 100% in 2006- 2010, 2012 and 2013 not dropping below 95%!
Reseda High School’s Police Academy Magnet has consistently graduated the most seniors with at least 95% of those graduates going on to college.
Reseda High School Science Magnet
The Reseda Science Magnet School attempts to provide students with a strong background in science, math and social responsibility. The program prepares students to be successful at the college level in the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, engineering, geology and environmental science. Students are expected to have a strong background in mathematics.
Students are offered three choices: a medical option, an engineering option, and a geology/ environmental science option though a majority of the students choose the medical option.
The Reseda Science Magnet scores the highest on CSTs, SATs, and ACTs in the entire school.
Naval Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps.
Reseda High School's NJROTC Program is ranked top JROTC unit in the San Fernando Valley. The unit has placed top 5 in state meets and qualified for the National meet in Pensacola, Florida twice in its 12-year history. They have won the NJROTC Distinguished Unit Award for six years running. In the following year of 2009-2010 the Units Air Rifle Team placed 1st in the California State Championships and competed in the NJROTC National Championships in Port Clinton, Ohio and the CMP Three Position Rifle Junior Olympics in Anniston, Alabama, where team commander Sasha Barnett earned a Bronze and Silver medal.
School In Film
- Reseda was used as the high school in the television series The Shield and in an episode of Commander in Chief, and also several episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
- Many locations of the campus appeared in the feature film Grosse Pointe Blank.
- Reseda High was the location for the fictional "Larkspur High School" in the Saturday Morning TV Show "The Secrets of Isis" (1975–77). Andrea Thomas (Isis' secret identity) was a science teacher there.[5]
- At least a part of an episode of 90210 was filmed there as well as a part of the movie Boogie Nights.
- In 2007, the campus was used as a location to film a music video for the song "Misery Business" by the American rock band Paramore.
- In 2008, one of the school's gyms was used to film parts of the season premiere of the hit show, "My Name is Earl".
- In 2009, another episode of "My Name is Earl" was filmed on the school's campus.
- November 2009 - January 2010, MTV productions filmed the new series, "The Hard Times of RJ Berger"
- In 2009 RG Integra Entertainment filmed "The Life of a Street Racer and a Thug" throughout the campus. It starred Rene Gutierrez as the thug street racer.
- In 2010 the school was used for the setting for the horror film Detention starring David Carradine.
- March 2010 "The Hard Times of RJ Berger" filmed several scenes for the upcoming premier.
- June 2010 an episode of "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" was filmed on the campus.
- October 2010 - December 2010 "The Hard Times of RJ Berger" filmed the second season to the popular MTV hit.
References
- ↑ "Reseda Regents Robotics".
- ↑ ."Ex-Reseda coach Joel Schaeffer dies".
- ↑ Pretti, Luiz Roberto. "Reseda High School Police Academy". resedapoliceacademymagnet.com. Alice Cayen. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ↑ Pretti, Luiz Roberto. "Reseda High School Police Academy Magnet, Awards & Recognition". resedapoliceacademymagnet.com. Alice Cayen. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ↑ Images of locations used for “The Secrets of Isis” TV show: Reseda High School
External links
- Official site
- Old official site archive
- Reseda High Law and Public Service Magnet site
- Reseda High Police Academy Magnet site
- Reseda High Junior ROTC site
- Reseda High Science Magnet site
- Reseda High School history website
- Reseda High School History, Class of 1969, & links to other classes
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Coordinates: 34°11′24″N 118°31′51″W / 34.189964°N 118.530886°W