Palos Verdes High School
| Palos Verdes High School | |
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| Location | |
| 600 Cloyden Road, | |
| Coordinates | 33°46′47″N 118°25′10″W / 33.77963°N 118.41942°WCoordinates: 33°46′47″N 118°25′10″W / 33.77963°N 118.41942°W |
| Information | |
| Established | 1961 |
| Principal | Dr. Nick Stephany |
| Enrollment | 1,836 (2010)[1] |
| Color(s) | Red, Black, and White |
| Mascot | Sea King |
| Website | http://www.pvhigh.com |
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.
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[edit] History
Originally opened in 1961, 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 470 students.
In 2012, three honors students were arrested for grade tampering. They had removed physical copies of tests and changed their grades to an A score.[2][3]
[edit] Activities
PVHS is home to the Palos Verdes Sea Kings, the only high school team in the nation to have participated in the DARPA Grand Challenge.
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 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 2011, including the Excellence Award for best high school weekly news show in the country in the 2007,2008, 2009 and 2010 competitions. At the recent 2011 STN convention, Live From 205 won 10 awards in various categories, this is more awards than any other school has ever won at the convention.[4][5]
[edit] Sports
The athletic teams (known as the Sea Kings) are represented by the colors red, black, and white. The nickname comes from the Greek god Poseidon, the school's official mascot.
In 1975 the Boys Basketball team won the state championship.[citation needed] They were led by future NBA all-star Bill Laimbeer.
The boys cross country team has won a total of six CIF titles, in 1967, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1990, 2009, and 2011.[citation needed] They also won their first state championship in 2009.[citation needed]
The girls' team has won six California Interscholastic Federation titles, in 1979, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989.[citation needed] The 1987 team was named National Champions.[citation needed] They were also state champions in 1987, 1988, and 1989.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Palos Verdes High School Profile Data 2009-2010
- ^ "3 Palos Verdes High students arrested for alleged grade-tampering - latimes.com". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/palos-verdes-alleged-grade-tampering.html. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "3 Palos Verdes High students arrested in grade-tampering plot - The Daily Breeze". http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_19829634?source=rss. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Welcome to Live From 205
- ^ Honors
