Palos Verdes High School (PVHS) is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California, USA (the others being Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (formerly Rolling Hills High School) and Rancho Del Mar High School. Located by the ocean in Palos Verdes Estates, the school is part of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Palos Verdes is often used to refer to a group of coastal cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles/South Bay area of California. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (also known as Peninsula High, Pen High, or PVPHS) is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula (the others being the recently re-opened Palos Verdes High School and Rancho Del Mar High School). ... Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (also known as Peninsula High, Pen High, or PVPHS) is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula (the others being the recently re-opened Palos Verdes High School and Rancho Del Mar High School). ... Rancho Del Mar High School is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula (the others being Palos Verdes Peninsula High School and Palos Verdes High School). ... Palos Verdes Estates is a city in Los Angeles County, California, USA on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. ... Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District (PVPUSD) is a school district based in Palos Verdes, California. ...

Originally opened in 1962, the school earned many awards for academic and athletic excellence before declining enrollments due to demographic changes led the District to close PVHS in 1991, combining three existing high schools into Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (PVPHS). The campus remained in use as Palos Verdes Intermediate School, with the former intermediate schools having been closed as part of the reorganization. In 2002, climbing enrollments and overcrowding at Peninsula High School led the district to reopen Palos Verdes High School. By the first year, enrollment reached a remarkable 470 students. Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (also known as Peninsula High, Pen High, or PVPHS) is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula (the others being the recently re-opened Palos Verdes High School and Rancho Del Mar High School). ... Palos Verdes Intermediate School (PVIS) is one of three public middle schools in Rancho Palos Verdes (the others being Miraleste Intermediate School and Ridgecrest Intermediate School). ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

Notable Organizations and Clubs

PVHS is home to the Palos Verdes Road Warriors, the only high school team in the nation to have participated in the DARPA Grand Challenge. Darpa Grand Challenge The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for driverless cars, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research organization of the United States Department of Defense. ...

The school also has an award-winning drama program that was chosen to represent the United States in the Edinburgh Theatre Festival in 2009. The drama department has won numerous awards at DTASC competitions. The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around the middle of August. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The school is also known for its broadcast journalism program Live from 205 (referring to the program's room number), which has won several awards at the STN National Convention from 2005 through 2008, including the Excellence Award for best high school weekly news show in the country.^[2][3] Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. ...

The school's science olympiad team typically advances to the state competition each year, and in 2008 achieved fourth place in the competitive Los Angeles Regionals.

Sports

The athletic teams (known as the Sea Kings) are represented by the colors red, black, and white, and compete in the Bay League for most sports. The nickname comes from the Greek god Poseidon, the school's official mascot. Their cross-town rival is the PVPHS Panthers, whom they battle in various sports for the "King of the Hill". This is a recent development coming a few years after the reopening in 2002, as the teams were not closely aligned or regularly matched up immediately thereafter due to sizeable differences in enrollment. The original cross-town rival was the Rolling Hills High School Titans, the original school housed on the PVPHS campus before the district consolidation took effect. Neptune in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (also known as Peninsula High, Pen High, or PVPHS) is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula (the others being the recently re-opened Palos Verdes High School and Rancho Del Mar High School). ...

In 1975, the Sea Kings won the CIF Boys Basketball Championship, defeating perennial champion Verbum Dei High School in the semi-finals in one of the biggest upsets in California high school basketball history. Palos Verdes was led by future NBA all-star Bill Laimbeer, while Verbum Dei's biggest star was David Greenwood, who became Laimbeer's teammate on the 1990 Detroit Pistons NBA championship team. This article is about Cif the cleaning product. ... Verbum Dei High School is a private Catholic all-boys high school located in Watts, California. ... The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... Bill Laimbeer at the White House after winning the WNBA Championship with the Detroit Shock. ... Dave Kasim Greenwood (born May 27, 1957 Lynwood, California) is a former professional basketball player whose NBA career spanned 12 years from 1980 to 1991. ... The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. ...

In both the 2006-07 and the 2007-08 seasons, the boys varsity soccer team were co-champions in CIF.

The Red Tide, is a student-run spirit organization that supports the sports teams. Started specifically to cheer for men's basketball, the Red Tide is a major presence at most games, where an entire section of the bleachers is often a sea of red. Their taglines include "roll tide," "tritons up," and "red tide nation."

Notable alumni

• Former Senator George Felix Allen (R-VA), Class of '70
• Bill Laimbeer (Detroit Pistons star and current WNBA coach), Class of '75 and leader of the 1975 CIF championship basketball team.
• Christopher Boyce convicted of espionage, subject of the movie The Falcon and the Snowman, from Robert Lindsey's book of the same name), Class of '70
• Andrew Daulton Lee (convicted of espionage, subject of the movie The Falcon and the Snowman, from Robert Lindsey's book of the same name), Class of '70
• Dana Rohrabacher (U.S. House of Representatives), Class of '65
• Evan C. Kim (actor), Class of '71
• John Philbin (actor)
• Pete Sampras (tennis great) (attended 1985-88 but did not graduate)
• Brooke Theiss (actress), Class of '87
• John Erickson (pro golfer) Windsor Charity Classic Champion 1991, Class of 81
• Justine Greiner (Playboy centerfold) Miss February 1984, Class of 81
• Rick Griffin (artist and illustrator), Class of '62
• Daniel Levitin (musician and neurologist), Class of '75
• Blair Bush (former center in the NFL), Class of '74
• Heather Burge and Heidi Burge (basketball players, subject of the movie Double Teamed) (attended but did not graduate)
• Todd Witteles, World Series of Poker bracelet winner, and CardPlayer Magazine's 2005 World Series of Poker Player of the Year, Class of '90
• John Welbourn, NFL offensive lineman, formerly with the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs (attended 1990-1991)

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References

External links

• http://www.pvhigh.com
• http://www.livefrom205.com
• http://palosverdeshigh.net
• http://www.maxpreps.com/FanPages/HomeSchool.mxp/SchoolID-766ad30c-9ac2-4691-a18c-a7295b95770d