Palm Springs High School
| Palm Springs High School | |
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2401 E. Baristo Rd. Palm Springs, CA 92262-1766 USA | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1938 Circa. |
| Principal | Ryan Woll |
| Enrollment | 2200 |
| Mascot | Indian |
| Information | (760)778-0400 |
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Palm Springs High School is a public high school for grades 9 through 12 located in Palm Springs, California as part of the Palm Springs Unified School District. It was built in 1938 in an effort led by city pioneer Nellie Coffman.
Athletics
Palm Springs High School is in the Desert Valley League, which also includes Cathedral City High School, Coachella Valley High School, Indio High School, La Quinta High School and Palm Desert High School. Palm Springs High School football won their first California Interscholastic Federation championship in the fall of 2009.
Boys varsity football won the CIF Championship in 2009–2010 and 2014, and has DVL titles 4 out of the last six years in 2008–2009, 2010–2011, 2011–2012,2012-2013 and 2014-2015.
Girls Varsity Volleyball has won 7 Desert Valley League Titles from 2008–2011, and again from 2013-2015. In 2008 they made it to the Quarter Finals of CIF and in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 made it to the Semi-Finals. In 2014, they made it to CIF Finals, and won the championship against Scripps Ranch.
Girls Varsity Soccer won a Desert Valley League title 2008–2009 with nine freshman and then again in 2010–2011 going to the second round in the California Interscholastic Federation with all returning freshman now juniors.
Boys varsity basketball won 4 straight DVL titles from 2010–2013. In 2013, they made it to first round of CIF.
Boys soccer went undefeated in the 2012–2013 season retaining the DVL title, since 1999
Notable alumni
- Robert Hertzberg – Speaker, California State Assembly
- Alex Hyde-White – actor
- Alejandro Mendoza – democratic socialist politician from Texas
- York Shackleton – snowboarder and actor
- Robin Shou – actor and martial artist[1]
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Coordinates: 33°48′59″N 116°31′14″W / 33.81639°N 116.52056°W