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Hollywood High School

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Established 1903
School type Public
Location Hollywood in Los Angeles, California
Campus Urban
School colors crimson, white
Nicknames Sheiks
Website Official website
This article is about Hollywood High school, a secondary school. For the computer game, see Hollywood High.

Hollywood High School is a secondary school located on the intersection of Highland Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... Screenshot of Hollywood High Screenshot of Hollywood High in Theatre Mode This article is about Hollywood High, a computer game. ... The term, secondary school, refers to an institution where the third stage of schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...


The school serves Hollywood, Beachwood Canyon, and Outpost Estates. Some areas (including sections of West Hollywood) are jointly zoned to Hollywood High School and Fairfax High School. Beachwood Canyon is a Los Angeles community located just north of the Hollywood area. ... Outpost Estates is a canyon neighborhood of Hollywood and the Hollywood Hills in the central region of the City of Los Angeles, California. ... Nickname: WeHo Location of Los Angeles County in California and West Hollywood within Los Angeles County Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated 1984  - City Council John Heilman (mayor) Sal Guarriello John J. Duran Abbe Land Jeffrey Prang Area    - City  1. ... Fairfax High School Fairfax High School is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located in Los Angeles, California, USA, near the border of West Hollywood in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. ...


Hollywood High School was established in 1903. The school, which covers grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The current principal of the school is Fonna Bishop. 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Los Angeles Unified School District (the LAUSD) is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. ...


The school's colors are crimson and white and its mascot is The Sheik, based on the Rudolph Valentino movie named The Sheik. A picture of Valentino as "The Shiek" adorns the backside of the auditorium, facing the football field. Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... The Sheik was a 1921 silent movie produced by Paramount, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres and Adolphe Menjou. ...


The Hollywood High Organ Opus 481 was a gift from the class of 1924. After suffering severe water damage from the Northridge earthquake in 1994 it was restored in 2002. The Hollywood High School E. M. Skinner Organ Opus 481-A is a pipe organ in Hollywood High School, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. ...


Bancroft Middle School and Le Conte Middle School feed into Hollywood High School. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Le Conte Middle School is located in 1316 N. Bronson Ave. ...


Notable alumni

Hollywood High School mural [1]
Hollywood High School (at center), 1906

Hollywood High School has over 500 notable graduates, including: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 728 KB)Hollywood High School mural. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 728 KB)Hollywood High School mural. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...


hollywood high is also a very popular skateboard spot. pros such as dustin dollin, andrew reynolds,and bryan herman skateboard at this high school at the outside steps. it is about an eleven stair. it has a handrail down it in the middle. some examples of skateboard tricks done caught on camera here were: dustin dollin: kickflip to overcrook the handrail. andrew reynolds:fronside flip over the stairs and handrail. andrew reynolds:kickflip. also i believe dustin dollin fire-crackered the stair set. those are seen in the skateboard video , baker3. practically half of baker3 was filmed at hollywood high. John Archer (May 8, 1915 - December 3, 1999) was an American actor. ... Scott Vincent Baio (born September 22, 1961) is an American actor, best known for the roles of Chachi Arcola on Happy Days and its spinoff Joanie Loves Chachi, and Charles on Charles in Charge. ... Meredith Baxter (born June 21, 1947 in South Pasadena, California) is an American actress. ... Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999) was a voice actress with numerous roles and bit parts in television, movies, direct-to-video animation, and advertising. ... Brandy on the cover of her album Full Moon Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979 in McComb, Mississippi), known professionally as Brandy, is an African American pop/R&B singer and actress. ... Vincent Bugliosi (born August 18, 1934 in Hibbing, Minnesota) is an American attorney and author, best known for prosecuting Charles Manson and other defendants accused of the Tate-LaBianca murders. ... Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is a successful comedienne mostly on American television, thanks largely to her eponymous variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, that ran on CBS from 1967 through 1978. ... Keith Carradine Keith Carradine (born August 8, 1949, in San Mateo, California) is an Academy Award-winning actor born into a family of actors. ... Robert Carradine as Lewis Skolnick Robert Carradine (born March 24, 1954) is an American actor. ... Adriana Hitchell Caselotti (May 16, 1916 - January 19, 1997) was an Italian-American actress best known for providing the voice behind the lead character in Walt Disneys Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. ... Carlos Castaneda (spelled Castañeda in Spanish) (December 25, 1925 (?) – April 27, 1998) was the author of a series of books that purport to describe his training in traditional Mesoamerican shamanism, which he referred to as a form of sorcery. ... Marge Champion (September 2, 1919, Los Angeles, California) became a legend in Hollywood with her ex-husband, Gower Champion (June 22, 1921. ... Norman Chandler (September 14, 1899 - October 20, 1973, both Los Angeles, California) was the publisher of the Los Angeles Times from 1945 to 1960, and is largely responsible for the success of the newspaper. ... Lon Chaney, Jr. ... 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External links

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Los Angeles Unified School District
District 4
7-12 schools Eagle Rock High School
High schools Belmont | Contreras LC | Fairfax | Franklin | Hollywood | Marshall
Middle schools Bancroft | Le Conte | Virgil

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North Hollywood High School: Information from Answers.com (539 words)
The school mascot is the husky, and the school colors are white, silver and blue.
North Hollywood High School is located in the San Fernando Valley and enrolls approximately 4200 students each year.
The school itself is divided into small learning communities that include various academies with a wide range of focuses, along with a population of students in general education and not in an academy (or magnet).
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