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Los Alamitos High School (also known as Los Al) is located in Los Alamitos, California. It was established in 1967 as the westernmost school of the Anaheim Union High School District, but the communities of Los Alamitos and Rossmoor (and parts of northern Seal Beach) voted to separate itself in 1981 and merge with the local elementary schools to become the Los Alamitos Unified School District. The rest of Seal Beach joined the district a few years later.
Beginning in Fall 1987, the Orange County High School of the Arts was resident on its campus, but its success and growth led it to move to a bigger campus in Santa Ana in 2000.
When the ska craze hit Orange County Los Alamitos High School was a haven for many of these bands. Los Alamitos High School produced such ska bands as: Reel Big Fish, Save Ferris, The Scholars, The Nuckle Brothers, and the ill fated Free Jeff.
Athletic programs
Los Al is known for its success in many Varsity sports. The Griffin Varsity Football, team has won CIF-Southern Section titles in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 2002, and reached the finals and semi-finals on numerous other occasions, most recently in 2004. The Griffin Varsity Basketball team won its first CIF championship in the 2005 season. The Boys soccer team were Division II section champs in 2002. The Boys water polo team was also CIF-SS Division II champions in Fall 2004. 2006.
The Girls' Volleyball team were CIF Southern Section champions in 2002, 2004, and 2005 and CIF State champions in 2003, 2005, and 2006. Girls soccer won CIF section titles in 1996, 1997 and 2004.
The Los Alamitos High School marching band/entertainment unit took sweepstakes in their division or the first time in 2006, after going undefeated all season. The unit has an award winning drumline as well as Colorgaurd.
No Los Al team has enjoyed more success than the Griffin girl's tennis team, which has won league titles for every year since at least 1990.
CIF teams
Note: This list does not include sports which are currently clubs and thus not officially recognized in CIF.
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- Sports
- Chris Brantley - MLB - Chicago Cubs
- Jonathan Bornstein - professional soccer - Chivas USA (MLS)
- Ron Cassidy - pro football - Green Bay Packers
- Craig Chamberlain - pro baseball - Kansas City Royals
- Lynne Cox - long-distance open-water swimmer and author
- Jacqueline Frank DeLuca - American water polo goalkeeper, 2004 bronze medal Olympian and two-time collegiate National Player of the Year.
- Rob Brooks- USC Men's Basketball Asst Coach
- Greg A. Harris- MLB pitcher 1981-1995 - Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, many other teams (ambidextrous; he is the only man to pitch both left-handed and right-handed in a MLB game).
- Keenan Howry - NFL - Minnesota Vikings
- Brandon Tripp - MLB - Minor League Baseball - Baltimore Orioles
- Chris Kluwe - NFL - Minnesota Vikings
- Mike Munoz - professional soccer - Chivas USA (MLS)
- Robb Nen - pro baseball - Texas Rangers, Florida Marlins, San Francisco Giants
- Ife Ohalete - NFL - Cincinati Bengals
- Mike Patterson - NFL - Philadelphia Eagles
- Cathy Rigby - Olympic gymnast
- Bernard Riley - AFL LA Avengers
- J.T. Snow - pro baseball - NY Yankees, California Angels, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox
- Ryan Starkey - professional badminton (USA Olympic team)
- Shan Umer - MLB - Houston Astros
Other school group programs
Academic Accolades
- United States Department of Education National Blue Ribbon School - 1990, 1994, 1998 (Special Honors in Art Education for 1998)
- sidenote: it is a rarity for a school to receive more than two
- California Department of Education California Distinguished School - 1988, 1994, 1998
- California School Boards Association Golden Bell Awards - 1998 (Griffins with a Mission), 2005 (Contemporary Media in the Arts)
Famous alumni
- Actors
- Stephanie J. Block - stage actress (Elphaba in Wicked,The Pirate Queen & The Boy From Oz on Broadway)
- Dante Basco - actor (Hook, Take the Lead)
- Cathy Cavadini - voice actress (Blossom on The Powerpuff Girls, Tanya Mousekewitz in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West)
- Susan Egan - singer, actress (Belle in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway, the voice of Megara in Disney's Hercules)
- Kayla Ewell - actress (The Bold and the Beautiful, The O.C.)
- Michael Fishman - actor (D.J. Conner on Roseanne)
- Myles Jeffrey - actor (Disney Channel, The Ant Bully)
- Jason Lewis - actor (Sex & The City, Brothers & Sisters)
- Allison Mack - actress (Smallville)
- Matt Morrison - stage actor (Hairspray on Broadway)
- Sarah Ramos - actress
- Clayton Snyder - actor (Lizzie McGuire)
- Jodie Sweetin - actress (Stephanie Tanner on Full House)
- Anneliese Van der Pol - actress (That's So Raven)
- Music
- Aaron Barrett, lead singer of the ska band Reel Big Fish
- Scott Klopfenstein, trumpet, guitar and singer from ska band Reel Big Fish
- Joe Escalante, bass guitairist of The Vandals and owner of Kung Fu Records
- Maile Misajon, singer in the band Eden's Crush
- Monique Powell and Steve White, of the ska band Save Ferris
- Priest Soopafly Brooks - Hip hop producer
- Brooks Wackerman, current drummer of Bad Religion
- Matt Embree, lead singer of the ska band RX Bandits
- Chris Tsagakis, the drummer of ska band RX Bandits
- Others
- Bayless Conley - Televangelist
Bands
Infamous attendees
- Mikail Markhasev, convicted killer of Ennis Cosby
- Jeremy Strohmeyer, convicted killer of 7-year-old Sherrice Iverson at Primm, Nevada, in May of 1997