Quartz Hill High School

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Quartz Hill High School
Name

Quartz Hill High School
Address

6040 West Avenue L
Location

Quartz Hill, California
Established

1964
Community

Suburban
Type

Public
Principal

Karen Parker
Grades

9 to 12
Accreditation

Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Mascot

The Rebel
Colors

Blue and Gold
Newspaper

The Ubiquity
Yearbook

The Cavalier
Website

http://www.qhhs.org

Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Quartz Hill, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley Union High School District.

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[edit] Campus

The basic layout of Quartz Hill High School's 80-acre (320,000 m2) campus is a courtyard surrounded by several quads and athletic buildings,[citation needed] a design that is typical of high schools in Southern California.[citation needed] The school's campus was originally designed for 1,800 students, but over two times that number are currently enrolled. In the school year 2008-2009, there is a reported number of over 9000 students now attending the school, some even foreign exchange students.[citation needed]

From the summer of 2003 to the fall of 2004, Quartz Hill High School's campus underwent a $15 million modernization that updated the majority of the school's classrooms.[citation needed]

[edit] Student Body

Quartz Hill High School consists of approximately 3,900 students, and the school's population is growing. Most of the school's students live in Quartz Hill, Palmdale and Lancaster, cities in the Antelope Valley of northern Los Angeles County.[citation needed]

  • American Indian: 0.8%
  • Pacific Islander: 0.03%
  • Filipino: 1.8%
  • Asian: 3.2%
  • African American: 8.4%
  • Hispanic: 15.3%
  • White: 70.2%

[edit] Academics

Quartz Hill High School is one of 65 high schools in California to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme, which began at the school in 1998. Advanced Placement (AP) classes are also available in nearly all academic departments.[citation needed]

[edit] Activities

Activities at Quartz Hill High School include[citation needed]

[edit] Sports

The sports program at Quartz Hill High School includes Marching band, football, baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, cross country, track and field, tennis, swimming, wrestling, volleyball and golf.[citation needed]

The mascot of Quartz Hill High School is the Rebel, a Confederate soldier. Rebel teams began interscholastic competition in the mid-1960s.[citation needed]

In the 2008 season, the cross country team placed 1st in Golden League for the first time in 25 years, repeating in 2009.

In 1991 the Quartz Hill High School Football team led by Jon Albee and Ken Hetinger won 8 straight games and plowed to the Division One Southern Section finals in Anaheim Stadium ranked in the top 25 nationally.[citation needed] This was in the Golden League's first season in division one CIF football. The overwhelming success at the Division One level cemented the 1991 Rebels as the best football team ever to come out of the Antelope Valley.

[edit] Mission statements

Mission Statement: The mission of Quartz Hill High School is to produce responsible citizens who are able to communicate effectively, set and achieve realistic goals, and who become life long learners.

Vision Statement: Quartz Hill High School desires to provide the staff with training, instruction and modeling to improve the instructional strategies, curriculum offerings, and learning for all students. It is the school’s vision that all students will reinforce their fundamental academic skills through the use of appropriate instruction, current technology, and an environment most conducive to learning. The school desires to equip staff with the skills which will assist in providing all students opportunities for post-high school success.

[edit] Planned school attack

On December 15, 2005, two former Quartz Hill students were arrested for planning a Columbine style massacre at the school. The two youths allegedly intended to attack the school on February 14, 2006. News reports described them as goths and indicated that they had accumulated knives, ammunition, a gas mask and bomb-making instructions. They were charged on December 19, 2005 with conspiracy to commit murder.[1][2]

Tensions flared again on January 13, 2006, when a rumor that the former students who had been arrested would again attempt to attack the school using pipe-bombs. According to Principal Mark Bryant, the planned attacks were merely "rumor, upon rumor, upon rumor." This "Friday the 13th" rumor was passed between students via internet messages and cell-phone text messages. In response to the threat, nearly 50% of the student body was absent from the campus by the time the school day had finished. In the end, the only disruption to the day was a firecracker explosion within a trash can during the school's lunch break.[3][4]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Teen Enters Plea In Alleged Columbine-Style Attack Plan". KNBC. April 10, 2006. http://www.knbc.com/news/8599044/detail.html. Retrieved 2008-03-31. 
  2. ^ "Man pleads no contest in Quartz Hill High murder plot". The San Diego Union-Tribune. December 15, 2006. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20061215-0238-ca-schoolplot.html. Retrieved 2008-03-31. 
  3. ^ Associated Press (January 14, 2006). "Rumors of attack keep hundreds away from high school". The San Diego Union-Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20060114-0636-ca-schoolplot-hoax.html. Retrieved 2008-03-31. 
  4. ^ Karen Maeshiro (January 14, 2006). "ATTACK RUMOR FRIGHTENS KIDS HUNDREDS STAY AWAY FROM QUARTZ HILL HIGH". Daily News (Los Angeles). http://www.thefreelibrary.com/ATTACK+RUMOR+FRIGHTENS+KIDS+HUNDREDS+STAY+AWAY+FROM+QUARTZ+HILL...-a0141304423. Retrieved 2008-03-31. 
  5. ^ http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_22118.htm
  6. ^ Hampton, Giants' Top Draft Pick, Signs $2.6 Million Deal 1990-07-27

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 34°39′30″N 118°14′27″W / 34.65838°N 118.24076°W / 34.65838; -118.24076

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