Schurr High School
| Schurr High School | |
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Montebello, CA U.S. | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1971 |
| Principal | Stacey Honda |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 3,352 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Green & White |
| Mascot | Spartans |
| Rival | Montebello High School |
| Newspaper | Spartan Scroll |
| Yearbook | Spectrum |
| Website | shs.montebello.k12.ca.us |
Founded in 1971, Schurr High School (SHS) is a public high school which is part of the Montebello Unified School District, and has an enrollment of approximately 3,352 students in grades 9-12. Its campus is located in Montebello, California (USA), a suburb of Los Angeles. Students attending this school live in both the Montebello and Monterey Park areas.
Overview
The school was previously Schurr Junior High School, however, due to the growing population of students in the area, the school became a high school in 1971. The first principal was Walter Wohlheter.[1]
Schurr High School was originally built to accommodate 1,700 students. Today, Schurr's population has nearly doubled, and school officials expect that during the 2015-2018 school years, the population will increase to around 3,700 students.
The Alma Mater is based on the Russian National Hymn and the words were written by music and history/government teacher David A. Lebow (1971-2003). Band director, Barry Ulrich (1973–86) composed the official "unofficial" fight song, "Taco Mambo." [2]
The Schurr High School mascot is known as Sammy the Spartan, and the schools alumni are referred to as Spartans.
Academics
Schurr High School challenges and inspires students to be productive, contributing citizens within our democratic society and the world community. The faculty and supporting staff along with the parents, guardians, and surrounding community dedicate themselves to teaching students to demonstrate a mastery of the California Standards and Schurr High School's Expected Schoolwide Learning Results.[3]
Extracurricular Activities
Schurr offers and encourage students to participate in a variety of sports, clubs, and after school programs that foster critical thinking and problems solving skills.[4]
Athletics
The varsity sports teams are referred to as the "Schurr High Spartans." The school official colors are green and white, with gold being an unofficial accent color. The school has an athletic rivalry with nearby Montebello High School.
The Spartans football team has won the CIF championship in Division 5A in 1980, and 2006.
Clubs and activities
Schurr High students take part in more than 30 clubs and activities, including Astronomy Club, Drama, National Honor Society, and Youth Community Service.[5]
Alumni
Government and politics
- Todd Spitzer, 1978: Orange County, California politician
Arts, sciences, and education
- Catherine J. K. Sandoval, 1980: first Latina Rhodes Scholar and Associate Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law.[6]
Sports and entertainment
- Bobby Logan, 1973: writer, producer and director of comedy feature films, including Repossessed, starring Leslie Nielson and Linda Blair, and Meatballs 4.
- Lorin Sklamberg, 1974: member of The Klezmatics and winner of a Grammy Award.
- Ada Maris, 1975: actress.
- Debbie Kanamoto, 1978: fitness model[7]
- Daryn Okada, 1978: cinematographer and director of photography
- Ramona Pagel, 1979: American record holder in the Shot Put
- Rodney Eastman, 1985: Canadian actor best known for playing the role of Joey Crusel in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and the sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- Henry K. Priest,[8] 1988: actor in the Walt Disney movie Spooner.[9] Co-founder and Festival Director of the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles.[10] Producer of the feature film Beyond The Mat.[11]
- Myles Kovacs, 1991: founder/president of DUB Magazine.
- Sergio Mora, 1997: winner of the television boxing show, The Contender and former WBC Light Middleweight Champion
- Pablo Castillo, 2002: bass guitarist for Brandy, Beyoncé Knowles, Brian McKnight, Sin Bandera, and Joseph Cabanilla
- Sergio Flores, 2003: aka Sexy Sax Man, a musician, and actor.[12][13]
- Jason Chung, 2003: aka Nosaj Thing, a Korean American electronic musician based in Los Angeles County, California. He self-released his first EP Views/Octopus in 2006, and released his debut LP, Drift, on Alpha Pup Records on June 9, 2009.
References
- ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27246173
- ↑ http://sterlingcreekmusic.com
- ↑ http://www.shs.montebello.k12.ca.us/aboutourschool
- ↑ http://www.shs.montebello.k12.ca.us/aboutourschool
- ↑ https://shs-montebellousd-ca.schoolloop.com/clubs
- ↑ http://law.scu.edu/faculty/profile/sandoval-catherine/
- ↑ http://www.fitnessmodelworld.com/Debbie-Kanamoto/index.htm
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1316749/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098376/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
- ↑ http://www.DFFLA.com
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1207922/?ref_=nm_flmg_prd_1 Beyond the Mat
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5226473/bio
- ↑ http://thesexysaxman.com/
External links
- Official Homepage
- Schurr High Spartan Legion
- Schurr Wrestling
- Newsweek Top 1000 Public Schools, 2003
Coordinates: 34°01′39″N 118°07′21″W / 34.027512°N 118.1225697°W
