Burbank High School (Burbank, California)
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| Burbank High School | |
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| 902 N. Third Street Burbank, CA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1908 |
| School district | Burbank Unified School District |
| Principal | Hani Youssef |
| Faculty | 103 |
| Enrollment | about 2800 |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue and White |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Website | Burbank High School |
Burbank High School is the flagship public high school of the City of Burbank, California - located in Los Angeles County. It opened on September 14, 1908, and its inaugural class had 334 students. The area had previously been served by the Glendale Union High School District.
Burbank High began an extensive facility update in 2003 and its first phase of reconstruction was a building housing new classrooms for the entire school. By 2005, the campus also had a new gym, pool, visual and performing arts center, parking structure[clarification needed], athletic field, and tennis courts.
Contents [hide] 1 BHS 2 Show Choir Program 3 Journalism 4 Speech and Debate 5 Academic Decathlon 6 Mock Trial 7 Athletics 8 Notable alumni 9 Media 10 References 11 External links
In addition to a core curriculum that satisfies the University of California a-g requirements, Burbank High offers 17 Honors and Advanced Placement classes, a wide variety of visual arts classes, career technical classes and nationally recognized performing arts.[citation needed]
Through the past several years, the Academic Performance Index score (derived from State Testing) has risen by 95 points to a score of 806. No other school in the State with similar demographics made this amount of gain.[citation needed]
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[edit] Show Choir Program
Burbank High is known for its nationally ranked advanced mixed show choir[citation needed] called In Sync, directed by Brett Carroll. Also directed by Brett Carroll, is the advanced women's group, "Impressions", the advanced men's group, "Sound Dogs", and an intermediate mixed group, "Out of the Blue". Burbank High School has an intermediate women's group, "Sapphire", directed by Donna Dandino. The Burbank High School show choir program was recently ranked number one in the country for 2009 and 2010 and is ranked number one on another ranking list for the 2009 to 2010 season.[1][2] Burbank High School hosts its own non-competitive show choir competition called Burbank Blast, intended to be held annually starting 2008; starting in 2011, Burbank Blast will be a full-fledged judged competition, the first Burbank High has ever hosted. Burbank High Show choirs finished the 2010 competition season ranked in the top five overall in the nation. This marks the third straight year for this accomplishment.
[edit] Journalism
The students and staff publish a newspaper and a yearbook, the Ceralbus. "Ceralbus" means "blue and white". In 2010, Burbank High's 2009 yearbook made it to the finalist round in the National Pacemaker Award, a first in the school's history.[citation needed]
[edit] Academic Decathlon
Burbank High School runs two competitive Academic Decathlon teams, ranked in 2007 23rd in the United States, and currently holding 12th overall in Los Angeles County Office of Education.
The Roberta Kordich award was given to coach Valerie Beidelman for her support and dedication to the Burbank High School Academic Decathlon Team.
[edit] Athletics
Burbank High School ("The Bulldogs") fields a full range of high school interscholastic athletic teams including both men's and women's basketball teams, tennis, football, baseball, softball, golf, swimming and others. They compete in the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section as a member of the Pacific League. Burbank High Boys Varsity 2011 Cross Country Team lately completed in the CIF Finals and came in 7th place. They advanced to the State Championships where they finished 11th.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Larry Maxam, c/o 1967, awarded Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam War
- Vic Tayback, actor/producer
- Laura Ziskin, producer
- Rob Bowman, director
- Jack Burditt, TV writer
- Tim Burton, director
- Jaimee Foxworth, actress
- Kim Fields, actress
- Gary Grimes, actor
- Matthew Timmons, actor
- Chris Marquette, actor
- Theresa Russell, actress
- Randy Rhoads, guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and Quiet Riot.
- Freddy Sanchez, baseball player
- Kelly Blatz, actor
- Seychelle Gabriel, actress
- Blake Lively, actress
- Mitch Vogel, actor
- Anson Williams, actor, producer
- Jason Chandler, baseball player
- Frank Sullivan, baseball player
- James Mouton, baseball player
- Ralph Botting, baseball player
- Ricky Reynolds, football player
- Jeff Nelson, c/o 1979, held national high school record for two mile run until 2008
[edit] Publicity
The TV show, Victorious, on Nickelodeon uses Burbank High School as a model of the front of the school. This interior of the the school, however, is filmed at Nickelodeon On Sunset.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
