Hollywood High School

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Hollywood High School
Achieve The Honorable
Location
1521 N Highland Ave, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Information
Type Public
Established 1903
Principal Jaime Morales (2009- Current)
Grades 9 - 12
Campus Urban
Color(s)          Crimson, White
Mascot Sheiks
Website hollywoodhighschool.net
Hollywood High School Historic District
Built: 1910 et seq
Architectural style: Art Moderne
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 11000989[1]
Added to NRHP: January 4, 2012
Hollywood High School mural

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

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[edit] 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.[2][3]

[edit] Mural

In 2002 artist Eloy Torrez painted the mural "Portrait of Hollywood" on an east-facing wall of the auditorium of Hollywood High School.[4][5] Torrez's mural was painted to showcase the ethnic diversity in actors and entertainers.[6] After the death of John Ritter on September 11, 2003, it was announced that a 50-foot (15 m) portrait of Ritter would be added to the Torrez mural.[7]

[edit] Sports

The school's colors are crimson and white and its mascot is The Sheik, based on the Rudolph Valentino movie, The Sheik.[citation needed]

In 2009, while playing football against West Adams Preparatory High School, Spencer Juarez was injured. He died the following day, and the death was later declared a "massive cerebral edema due to blunt head trauma" by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.[8]

[edit] Notable alumni

Hollywood High School (at center), 1906

[edit] Filming location

Hollywood High was also used as the site for a skit on Penn & Teller: Bullshit! series on Showtime. (Season 5, Episode 1, "Obesity")

Hollywood High School is seen in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland and in the 2007 film Nancy Drew.

Hollywood High School appears in the movie Made, written and directed by Jon Favreau.[11]

Hollywood High School is used for the lunch set of the hit Nickelodeon show Victorious.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Hollywood HS students; Lazzaretto, Christine (July 21, 2011). "National Regiwster of Historic Places Registration Formn: Hollywood High School Historic District (draft)". National Park Service. http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/pages/1067/files/hollywood%20high%20school%20nr%20nomination%20draft.pdf. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 
  3. ^ "Hollywood High named to register of historic places". Los Angeles Times. January 23, 2012. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/hollywood-high-named-to-historic-places-register.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29. Retrieved 24 January 2012. 
  4. ^ Deoima, Kate. "Hollywood High School." About.com. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.
  5. ^ Johnson, Reed. "A marriage as a work of art; Eloy Torrez paints with intensity. Margarita Guzman assists with a sense of calm. But it was her brush with death that helped him see his work in a new light." Los Angeles Times. October 12, 2003. E48. Sunday Calendar, Part E, Calendar Desk. Retrieved on March 23, 2010. "HOLLYWOOD HIGH: Eloy Torrez and his mural on an east-facing wall of the..."
  6. ^ Kerr, Mike. "“Celebrating Santa Paula’s Latino Culture”." Santa Paula Times. May 21, 2003. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.
  7. ^ "John Ritter photo added to mural." The Hollywood Reporter. June 5, 2008. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.
  8. ^ Sondheimer, Eric (20 February 2010). "Cause of high school football players' deaths released". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/20/sports/la-sp-football-deaths20-2010feb20. Retrieved 3 April 2011. 
  9. ^ Klein, Alvin. "Actress, 18, Has Some Regrets", The New York Times, October 30, 1983. Accessed December 27, 2007. "Before attending Hollywood High School, she was a student at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood."
  10. ^ Woo, Elaine. "Togo W. Tanaka dies at 93; journalist documented life at Manzanar internment camp", Los Angeles Times, July 5, 2009. Accessed July 7, 2009.
  11. ^ Favreau, Jon (2001). Made script by Jon Favreau. (See page 17, line 23) Retrieved on June 2, 2008.

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