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University High School (UHS or "Uni") is one of four public high school serving grades 9-12 located in the city of Irvine, California. Established in 1971, it was the first high school erected in Irvine. The campus is situated on approximately 50 acres (200,000 m²) of land in the southwestern portion of the city, adjacent to the University of California, Irvine (UCI), from which the high school derives its name. The school comprises four main academic buildings, a performing arts theater, a swimming pool, eight tennis courts, two sand volleyball courts, an indoor gymnasium supplemented with other indoor athletic facilities, a 400-m outdoor track, and several practice fields. Housed within these facilities are the departments of English, world languages, math, science, social science, instrumental music, art, industrial technology, athletics, physical education, English proficiency programs, special education, and the Orange County Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program. The school's mission is "to provide all students with the opportunities and environment to achieve academic and personal excellence while assuring that this is done in a safe and comfortable atmosphere." The school colors are navy, Columbia blue, and white. The school mascot is the Trojan. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 369 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1048 × 1700 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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Location of Irvine within Orange County, California. ...
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Academic Achievements The school has consistently made Newsweek's list of Top High Schools. In 2003, the school ranked 58th[1]out of the top 804 high schools in the nation. In 2005, the school ranked 117th[2] out of the top 1000 high schools. In Newsweek's current 2006 list, the school ranks 156th[3] out of 1,200 top high schools, and in 2007, Uni was ranked 186th. The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ...
In 2006, University High School tied for first place at the Regional Science Olympiad over Northwood and Tesoro High Schools. They then advanced to the State Level where they won second place, defeating rivals Arcadia High School and Villa Park High School. For the past four years, University High School's Math Team has won second place at the Southern California Math Day at the Beach Competition, defeating rivals Troy High School, Arcadia High School, and West High School. The Model United Nations club won numerous Best Club awards at regional and state contests alike, including conferences at Tustin High School, Mission Viejo High School, the University of California, Irvine, and the Los Angeles Invitational Conference. Science Olympiad is a primarily American elementary, middle school, or high school team competition that requires knowledge of various science topics and engineering ability. ...
Troy High School is a combined public and magnet school located in Fullerton, California, USA, well-known for its Troy Tech and International Baccalaureate programs. ...
Arcadia High School is a public high school located in Phoenix, Arizona. ...
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University High School students consistently score well above the national average on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of the College Board. In 2004, 86.2% of Uni seniors scored a mean of 596 on the verbal section of the test, compared with a California mean of 501, and a national mean of 508. On the mathematics section Uni students' mean was 651, compared with the California mean of 519 and the national mean of 518. Uni's total average of 1247 is high compared to the state total mean of 1020 and the national total mean of 1025. Students achieved an Academic Performance Index (API) of 890 from the State of California, while 501 students won a $1,000 scholarship based on their performance on a California state standardized test, the CAT/6. The SAT (pronounced S-A-T) Reasoning Test, formerly called the Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test, is a type of standardized test frequently used by colleges and universities in the United States to aid in the selection of incoming students. ...
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University High students have consistently been extremely successful in national and state academic awards programs such as the National Merit Scholarship Program (with 37 semi-finalists in the 2005-2006 academic year), the Irvine Company Spectrum Leadership Awards, and many other local and regional contests. Each year, graduating seniors claim a variety of scholarships for college, with the class of 2004 garnering over $350,000 in scholarship winnings. A National Merit Scholarship is a college scholarship awarded by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). ...
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In May 1987, University High School was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as an exemplary school in the Secondary School Recognition Program. In 1988 and 1992, Uni was similarly recognized as a California State Distinguished School. University was accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) for six years in 2004. The United States Department of Education was created in 1979 (by PL 96-88) as a Cabinet-level department of the United States government, and began operating in 1980. ...
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. ...
In November 2005, University High School had three students qualify as Semi-Finalists in the prestigious Siemens-Westinghouse science competition.
In 2007, one of the students made semi-finalist of the Intel STS program, and the school received $1,000 Venue of the Intel Science Talent Search 2002 finalist banquet in at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, where the winners and 40 finalists are acknowledged. ...
Also in 2007, University student Wesley Yu appeared in USA Today's Top 20 Students in the nation.
University High offers several school-given scholarships to graduating seniors, including the newly-established Dr. Schmelzer Award of $500 to students interested in pursuing a career in education.
Performing Arts Uni offers a wide variety of performing arts to its students in addition to being acadamically excellerated. Three levels of dance are offered, including the Elite UHS Dance Company. Choir is also offered to students, and the Madrigal Singers in an audition-only class. Ceramics, Photography, Art, and Film Production are also availible to students. Music classes include Guitar, Keyboarding, and AP Music Theory. Instrumental music is a major part of UHS Performing Arts, and is explained in detail in the section below.
Instrumental Music University High School also has an award-winning band program. There are three concert bands: Concert Band (Beginning), Symphonic Band (Intermediate), and Wind Ensemble (Advanced/Elite). The Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble are audition-only classes. Many dedicated students in the Wind Ensemble are accepted into local/state, and sometimes even national Honor Orchestras. In the 2007 annual Instrumental Music Festival at UHS, the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble received straight Superior ratings. No other school had received such scores for all their bands. Gayle Bentley, the director of band program, will be transferring to Capistrano USD. Brandon Johnson will continue to teach at Uni. Brandon Johnson is also the director of the award-winning Uni Jazz Band. A wind band, also called concert band, symphonic band, or wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of woodwind, brass, percussion instruments, and often string bass. ...
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The Uni Trojan Marching Band also has over 100 members, and received first place out of six other bands in the 2006 Loara HS Field Competition. This, along with the Symphony Orchestra is the main showcase of Uni' instrumental music, an in many ways, represents University High School cross-country. The Drumline(Battery and Pit) also received first place in their division. Together they played selections from "Cirque du Soleil: La Nouba", and will play a marching band arrangement of Frank Ticheli's Vesuvius for the 2007 marching season. The Drums Majors for 2007 are Armaan Rowther and Shuokai Chang. The Marching Band is to be directed by Brandon Johnson. The percussion coaches are Vince Terusa and Marie Sato. While there are no specific requirements to be in the UHS Marching Band, rigorous/competetive audition is required be a part of the Drumline (especially if one wishes to play a Snare Drum or aMulti-Tenor Drum as they require great skill to play. The UHS Colorguard is instructed by Kim Jarvis. An American college marching band on the field (University of Texas) A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who incorporate movement – usually some type of marching – with their musical performance. ...
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 UHS Trojan Band Playing their 2006 1st place award winning field show: "Cirque du Soleil: La Nouba." The UHS orchestra is the largest public high school symphony orchestra in Orange County, California and, like the Wind Ensemble, annually sends scores of students to All-Southern, All-State, and All National Honor Orchestras. There are three orchestras: String Orchestra (Beginning), Concert Orchestra (Beginning/Intermediate), and Symphony Orchestra (Elite/Advanced). Concert Orchestra and Symphony Orchestra require an audition. In the annual 2007 Instrumental Music Festival at Uni, The Concert and Symphony Orchestra received straight Superior ratings. The String Orchestra received an "Excellent" (One level below superior). Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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The Symphony Orchestra is currently directed by Brendan McBrien. The Symphony is also augmented by the most advanced/elite wind and percussion players from the Wind Ensemble. The concertmaster of the University High School Symphony Orchestra during the 2006-2007 was Christopher Lin, who was also the concertmaster of the All National Honor Orchestra of America in 2006. This is the first time in history that a musician from Orange County has been selected as concertmaster of an All-National Orchestra. During the final concert of the 2006-2007 season, Uni's Symphony Orchestra performed the third movement of the Barber Violin Concerto: "Presto en moto perpetuo," the first time that a high school orchestra has ever performed this work.
Theatre
 University High's Theatre University High School is also known throughout Southern California for its quality theater productions. Led by the head of the theatre department, Daniel R. Trevino, University High is particularly known for the mounting of its full-scale annual spring musicals. UHS has even produced several regional premieres of new works. These Southern California premieres include Side Show (2002) and Bat Boy the Musical (2003). Past award-winning productions include Miss Saigon (2006), which featured a helicopter descending on stage as well as a Cadillac car. Les Miserables (2003) featured a mechanical turntable (speculated cost of $13,000) and an intricate war barricade. Singin' in the Rain (2001) featured an elaborate raining set. In 2006, the production of Urinetown, won many awards at the Fullerton College Theatre Festival. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 422 pixel Image in higher resolution (2151 × 1134 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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Previous seasons: 2007- High School Musical, iMusical 2006- Miss Saigon, Urinetown 2005- Disney's Beauty and the Beast 2004- Cabaret, Songs for a New World 2003- Les Miserables, Bat Boy the Musical 2002- Side Show 2001- Singin' in the Rain 2000- Carousel 1999- Grease
Athletics In 2005, the University High Girls Swimming Team won their CIF for the first time ever.
In 2007, University Boys Tennis won the CIF title defeating rivals Penninsula High School with a convincing 11-7 victory. Key Players included Jason Lin, Gautum Vaidyanathan, Michael Tang and the Varsity Tennis Coach was Mr. John Kessler (also AP US History Teacher).
Student body 95% of the 2003 UHS graduates entered post-secondary institutions of which 62% entered four-year universities and colleges. Thirty-three percent entered community colleges, of whom many plan to transfer to four-year institutions. Fifty percent of the students in the class of 2003 were accepted to schools in the University of California (UC) system and 31.5% are attending one of the UC schools. Eighteen percent were accepted to California State University campuses, with 6% attending. Five percent of the students enrolled in vocational training, joined the U.S. military, returned to their native countries, or planned to work or travel. Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ...
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