Hollywood High School

High school in Hollywood, California, United States
  MascotSheiksWebsitewww.hollywoodhighschool.net
Hollywood High School Historic District
Built1910 et seq.ArchitectMarsh, Powell & Smith
Marston & WestonArchitectural styleArt ModerneNRHP reference No.11000989[2]Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 2012 Last updated: February 24, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-02-24)

Hollywood High School is a four-year public secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

History

In September 1903, a two-room school was opened on the second floor of an empty storeroom at the Masonic Temple on Highland Avenue, north of Hollywood Boulevard (then Prospect Avenue). Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in November 1903. 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 campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 2012.[3][4] The school's mascot was derived from the 1921 Rudolph Valentino film of the same name, The Sheik.

It was in the Los Angeles City High School District until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD.[5]

In the 2015–16 football season, the boys' varsity football team played in the school's third championship game led by head coach Frank Galvan. They finished the season with a 12–2 record. Coach Galvan ended his 6 year Hollywood coaching career with 4 league titles, 6 play off appearances, 1 city championship appearance, city semi finals, beating rivals 5 years straight (owning SUNSET), 25 plus all city players and ended as the winningest coach in Hollywood history. In the 2016–17 season, coached by Beverley Kilpatrick, the boys' varsity volleyball team played in the school's first-ever championship game. Their historic season ended with an overall record of 17–5.[6]

The school's colors are crimson and white, however, the colors most students wear to show their Sheik pride is red and white. The school's spirit squad uses the popular cheer chant "Red and White, come on (Sheiks) let's fight!" at sporting events. It is rumored that this shift from crimson to red began in the 1980s when the school was repainted with red, in efforts to save budget funds. The students caught on and red has been embraced since then.

Filming location

A scene from The Optimist, filmed at the school in 1982

Hollywood High has been the filming location for movies, television shows, and other productions, including:

Skate spot

During the rise of street skating in the 90s, the school became a famous skate spot.[8] Many skate videos were filmed there and one of the more iconic sites at the spot is the set of stairs, called the "Hollywood High 16."[9][10]

Mural

In 2002, artist Eloy Torrez painted a mural of 13 famous entertainers, titled "Portrait of Hollywood", across the entire east wall of the school's auditorium.[11][12] From left to right, the entertainers displayed are Dorothy Dandridge, Dolores del Río, Brandy Norwood, Selena, Lana Turner, Cantinflas, Carol Burnett, Cher, Ricky Nelson, Bruce Lee, Rudolph Valentino, and Judy Garland. In 2007, Torrez added a 50-foot (15 m) tall mural of John Ritter, who died four years earlier, on the connecting portion of the building's north wall.[13] All but five of the entertainers—Cantinflas, Lee, Selena, Del Rio, and Valentino—were students at Hollywood High School.[citation needed] The artist said the mural is a celebration of a diverse ethnic range of actors and entertainers.[14]

Present-day learning academies

Known for preparing its graduates for careers in teaching and the performing arts, students have many opportunities in different fields of study. Hollywood High School offers four academies to its students, each with a different purpose.

Teaching Career Academy. Hollywood High school offers a Teaching Career Academy to students who seek to work with children as a career. Potential careers range from becoming a teacher to being a social worker. In order to give a student a little experience, the school works with other elementary schools and allows Hollywood High School students to tutor elementary school students.[15]

Performing Arts Magnet. Performing Arts Magnet helps students develop their talents as actors, singers, and/or dancers.[16]

New Media Technology. If students prefer to go into filmmaking, this academy offers the best opportunities. The New Media Technology academy helps students build their knowledge of technology. They are afforded hands-on experience with equipment usually found inside a film studio. This academy also provides internships to permit graduates to immediately start working in that field.[17]

School for Advanced Studies. This academy does not focus on a specific career but helps students prepare for university life. If a student likes to be challenged, this academy offers classes that are at the same level of difficulty as a college class.[18] This academy also aids students in their pursuit of higher-level critical analysis and scholastic achievement. The academy prepares students for their careers and helps them get into the best universities around the country.[19]

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Hollywood High School alumni
Name Class of Note(s) Reference
India Adams 1945 Singer, Actress
John F. Aiso 1926 WW2 Army Legion of Merit recipient, first Japanese American judge in the US. [20]
Frank Albertson 192? Actor
Ben Alexander 1929 Actor
Kathryn Reed Altman 1942 Actress, writer, archivist, film consultant [21]
Anthony Anderson 1988 Actor, comedian, writer
Donna Anderson 1957 Actress
John Archer 1933 Actor
Bill Armstrong – Football player
Harold Grieve 1915-1917 Motion Picture Art Director see Wikipedia Harold Grieve
Alison Arngrim 1979 Actress
Vivian Austin 1939 Actress
Eve Babitz 1961 Artist, author [22][23]
Meredith Baxter 1964 Actress
Tony Becker 1981 Actor
Earl Bellamy 1935 Film Director
Bruce Belland 1955 Singer, Four Preps
Mary Kay Bergman 1978 Actress
Sharon Brown 1980 Actress
Vincent Bugliosi 1952 Attorney, author
Carol Burnett 1951 Actress, comedian
Bill Burrud 1943 Actor
Diana Canova 1971 Actress, singer
Keith Carradine 1966 Actor
Robert Carradine 1971 Actor
Adriana Caselotti 1934 Actress, singer
Peggy Castle 1943 Actress
Henry P. Caulfield Jr. 1931 Political scientist, college professor
Marge Champion 1936 Dancer, choreographer, actress
Norman Chandler 1917 Los Angeles Times publisher
Lon Chaney Jr. 1924 Actor
Rae Dawn Chong 1979 Actress
Warren Christopher 1942 U.S. Secretary of State
John Clifford 1965 Choreographer, dancer, director, producer
Ed Cobb 1956 Singer, Four Preps
Lisa Coleman 1978 Musician
Jackie Condon 1936 Actor
Johnny Crawford 1964 Actor, The Mickey Mouse Club
Denise Crosby 1976 Actress [24]
James Dannaldson – Actor
Elyssa Davalos 1977 Actress
Frank Darabont 1977 Film director, screenwriter, producer
Jorel Decker – Singer
Rod Dedeaux 1931 longtime USC Trojans baseball head coach
Edward Dmytryk 1926 Film director, member of the Hollywood Ten
Harley Earl – Automotive designer and executive
P. David Ebersole 1981 Filmmaker
Stephen Eckelberry 1979 Filmmaker
Norman Eisen 1980 U.S. Ambassador to Prague
Marguerite Empey 1949 Model
Linda Evans 1960 Actress
Nanette Fabray 1938 Actress
Mimsy Farmer 1963 Actress
Mike Farrell 1957 Actor
Lorraine Feather 1965 Singer, lyricist, songwriter
Jay R. Ferguson 1992 Actor
Syd Field 1954 Screenwriter, Author
Anthony M. Frank 1949 U.S. Postmaster General [25]
Judy Garland 1938 Singer, actress
James Garner 1945 Actor [26]
Mitzi Gaynor – Actress
Lowell George 1963 Musician, songwriter, producer
Gigi Graciette Journalist, TV News Anchor
Gloria Grahame 1942 Actress
Gigi Levangie Grazer 1979 Novelist, screenwriter
Rob Grill 1962 Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Horacio Gutiérrez 1966 Classical pianist
Alan Hale Jr. 1938 Actor
Richard Halsey 1957 Film editor
Linda Hart 1965 Singer, musician, actress
Francisco Herrera Los Angeles Dodgers ball boy
Julius Heldman 1934 tennis player
Barbara Hershey 1965 Actress
Karl Hubenthal 1935 Cartoonist
John Huston 1923 Film director, screenwriter, actor
Eddie Imazu Art director and production designer [27]
Richard Jaeckel 1943 Actor
Lawrence Johnston 1936 Manhattan Project physicist, the only person to witness all 3 atom bombs of WWII
Chuck Jones 1930 Animator
Dickie Jones 1945 Actor
Frank Keller 1940 Film Editor, 1968 Academy Award
Sally Kellerman 1955 Actress
William Kennard 1974 U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman
Barbara Kent 1924 actress, Miss Hollywood
Enid Kent 1962 actress
Lois Kibbee 1940 actress
Lynton Richards Kistler printmaker, artist [28]
Frank Kurtz 1930 World War II pilot
Swoosie Kurtz 1962 Actress
Adele Lacy 1928 Actress
Glen A. Larson 1955 Producer, Singer, Four Preps
John Phillip Law 1955 Actor
Ted Lawson 1935 Author
Ruta Lee 1954 Actress
Donovan Leitch 1985 Actor
Al Leong 1970 Stuntman, Actor [29]
Vonne Lester 1946 Actress and model. [30]
Dick Linthicum 1927 Basketball player [31]
Carole Lombard 1923 Actress
Richard Long 1946 Actor
Bill Manbo 1929 Photographer [32]
Stephen Marglin – Economist, college professor
June Marlowe 1922 Actress
Benito Martinez 1986 Actor
Gladys McConnell 1924 Actress, aviator
Joel McCrea 1922 Actor
Leighton Meester 2004 Actress, singer
Heather Menzies 1967 Actress
Ann Miller 1937 Dancer, actress, singer
Judith Miller 1965 Journalist
Aprile Millo 1977 Opera singer
Yvette Mimieux 1960 Actress
Karen Morley 1927 Actress
David Nelson 1954 Actor, producer
Ricky Nelson 1957 Actor, singer
Marni Nixon 1948 Singer
Sheree North 1948 Actress
Brandy Norwood 1996 Singer, actress
Marcel Ophüls 1946 Film director
Sarah Jessica Parker 1983 Actress [33]
Barbara Parkins 1960 Actress
Susan Patron 1965 Author
Radames Pera 1977 Actor
Cynthia Pepper 1957 Actress
Richard Perle 1959 U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense
Susan Peters 1939 Actress
James A. Pike 1930 Episcopal Bishop of California
Stefanie Powers 1960 Actress
Terry Richardson 1983 Photographer
John Ritter 1966 Actor
Jason Robards 1940 Actor
Ann Robinson 1949 Actress
Ruth Roland 1908 Actress
Mickey Rooney 1937 Actor
Fred Roos – Film producer [34]
Meta Rosenberg 1930 Talent agent, television producer
George Roth 192? 1932 Olympic Gold Medalist
Debbie Rowe 1977 Ex-wife of singer Michael Jackson
Evelyn Rudie 1967 Actress
Everett Ruess – Artist, poet, wanderer
Paul Salamunovich 1945 Conductor, Musician
Catherine Share 1960 "Manson Family" follower
Scott Shaw 1976 Filmmaker, actor, writer
William Shockley 1927 Physicist, inventor of the transistor, Nobel laureate
Ione Skye 1986 Actress
Michael Sloane 1976 Actor, writer, director
Rick Sloane 1979 Filmmaker
Alexis Smith 1938 Actress
Darwood Kenneth Smith 1946 Actor
Andrew Solt 1965 Film producer, director, and writer
Louise Sorel 1957 Actress
Mark Spiegler 1975 Talent agent
Adela Rogers St. Johns 1910 Journalist, novelist, screenwriter [35]
Jill St. John 1957 Actress
Don Steele – Boss Radio disc jockey
Arran Stephens - Nature's Path Foods Founder
Togo Tanaka 1939 Journalist and editor [36]
Vince Taylor 1958 Singer
Hilary Thompson 1966 Actress
Charlene Tilton 1976 Actress
Virginia Trimble 1961 Astronomer
Joe Trippi – Political activist, chairman of the Howard Dean U.S. presidential campaign
Lana Turner 1936 Actress
Victoria Vetri 1963 Model, actress, 1968 Playboy Playmate of the Year
Michael G. Vickers – U.S. Under Secretary of Defense
Joseph Wapner 1937 Judge, star of The People's Court
Tuesday Weld 1960 Actress
Carole Wells 1960 Actress
Alice White 1925 Actress
Stuart Whitman 1946 Actor
Rhoda Williams 1948 Actress [37]
Rita Wilson 1974 Actress
Beatrice Wood – Studio potter
Fay Wray 1924 Actress

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