Reseda High School

Reseda High School
Location
18230 Kittridge Street, Reseda, Los Angeles, California 91335
Information
Type	Public school
Established	1955
School district	Los Angeles Unified School District
Principal	Michael Summe
Grades	9–12
Mascot	Regent - a lion wielding a crown and a scepter.
Website	Official website

Reseda High School, established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.

The school currently is home to the Reseda High School Science Magnet HS, the Reseda Police Academy Magnet HS, and the Reseda Law/Public Service Magnet. Reseda High School's traditional program consists of four small learning communities (SLC's), the 9th Grade Academy, 10th Grade Academy, Academy of Technology and Health Careers, and the Arts and Education Academy.

Academic Programs

Reseda High School has several ongoing programs. Among them are an active Humanities Academy, Multilingual Teachers Academy, Academic Decathlon Program, Navy Jr. ROTC, Health Occupations Students of America chapter, Science Bowl. Of note is the yearly science fair which is that largest of any high school in the San Fernando Valley

Reseda High School is one of the few schools in the San Fernando Valley to have a robotics team.

Reseda High School Science Magnet

The Reseda Science Magnet School attempts to provide students with a stronger background in science, math and social responsibility. The program prepares students to be successful at the college level in the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, engineering, geology and environmental science. As an informal prerequisite, students are expected to have a strong background in mathematics.

Students are offered three educational choices: a medical option, an engineering option, and a geology/ environmental science option though a majority of the students choose the medical option. The Reseda Science Magnet scores the highest on CSTs, SATs, and ACTs in the entire school as well.

Naval Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps.

Reseda High School's NJROTC Program is ranked top JROTC unit in the San Fernando Valley.^{[citation needed]} The unit has placed top 5 in state meets and qualified for the National meet in Pensacola, Florida twice in its 12 year history.^{[citation needed]} They have also won the NJROTC Distinguished Unit Award 6 years running. In the following year of 09-10 The Units Air Rifle Team placed 1st in the California State Championships and competed in the NJROTC National Championships in Port Clinton, Ohio and the CMP Three Position Rifle Junior Olympics in Anniston, Alabama, where team commander Sasha Barnett earned a Bronze and Silver medal.

School in film

• Reseda was used as the high school in the television series The Shield and in an episode of Commander in Chief, and also several episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Many locations of the campus appeared in the feature film Grosse Pointe Blank.^{[citation needed]}
• Reseda High was the location for the fictional "Larkspur High School" in the Saturday Morning TV Show "The Secrets of Isis" (1975–77). Andrea Thomas (Isis' secret identity) was a science teacher there.
• At least a part of an episode of 90210 was filmed there as well as a part of the movie Boogie Nights.
• In 2007, the campus was used as a location to film a music video for the song "Misery Business" by the alternative group, Paramore.
• In 2008, one of the school's gyms was used to film parts of the season premiere of the hit show, "My Name is Earl".
• In 2009, another episode of "My Name is Earl" was filmed on the school's campus.
• November 2009 - January 2010, MTV productions filmed the new series, "The Hard Times of RJ Berger"
• In 2009 RG Integra Entertainment filmed "The Life of a Street Racer and a Thug" throughout the campus. It starred Rene Gutierrez as the thug street racer.
• March 2010 "The Hard Times of RJ Berger" filmed several scenes for the upcoming premier.
• June 2010 an episode of "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" was filmed on the campus.
• October 2010 - December 2010 "The Hard Times of RJ Berger" filmed the second season to the popular MTV hit.

The 1993 shooting

On February 22, 1993 two students were involved in a shooting in the science building during a midmorning snack break. One student was killed instantly. The shooter was part of the violent gang D.Fis #72.

Reseda High History

The First complete High School to be built after WW2 -, Reseda opened with complete Academic and Science buildings, track & field, Industrial shops, including an automotive repair facility. Reseda was the first High School to have a Three-color system = Columbia Blue, Navy Blue and White.

External links

• http://www.resedahighschool.net
• http://www.resedahighschool.com
• http://www.resedasciencemagnet.net/index.htm
• http://www.angelfire.com/ri/resedahigh/index.html
• Reseda High School History, Class of 1969, & links to other classes