Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles)
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Type | High School |
Established | 1931 |
Locale | 2955 South Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90034 34°02′00″N 118°23′23″W / 34.033451°N 118.389667°W |
Principal | Gary P. Garcia |
Grades | A-F System |
Number of students | 3,022 |
Athletics | Hamilton High School Yankees |
Mascot | "Yankees" |
Website | Hamilton Home Page |
Alexander Hamilton High School is a public high school in the Beverlywood neighborhood within the Westside of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
History
Hamilton High School opened in fall 1931, with Thomas Hughes Elson as the principal.[1] Arthur George Waidelich was the second principal (1935-1936) and died at the school. The theater was named in his honor, a brass plaque denoting this was removed during renovation. At the time, its attendance boundaries included Culver City,[2] and in 1932 they extended as far north as Mulholland Highway.[3]
Early photographs from the school's archives show the campus in its pre-World War II state, with only the main building completed. The photos show dozens of 1920s and 30s cars parked along Robertson Boulevard in front of the school. The bell tower still exists today, but no longer houses a working bell.
Today, there exists Brown Hall (which houses administrative offices, the library, and classrooms and is named in honor of Jack Brown, a noted electronics instructor), the lab building, the tech building, the humanities building, the music building, and other structures. There is a large Theater Hall, named Pattiz Hall, a cafeteria, two gym buildings, boys' and girls' gym, and a workshop building. Adjacent is a Department of Water and Power building and Cheviot Hills High School, a continuation school. The athletic fields include Al Michaels Field (a football and track stadium named for sportscaster Al Michaels, Hamilton's most famous alum).
In fall 2007, some neighborhoods zoned to Hamilton were rezoned to Venice High School.[4]
Demographics
As of 2011-2012
- American Indians/Alaska Natives 1%
- Asian 4%
- Filipino 1%
- Pacific Islander 0%
- Black 42%
- Hispanic/Latino 42%
- White 10%
- Gifted and talented 23%
- Students with disabilities 11%
- English learners/ESL 10%
- Reclassified fluent/English proficient 29%
- Economically disadvantaged 43%
- Students entering and leaving 19%
Small Learning Communities
Hamilton High is divided into six "small learning communities," or SLCs," which coordinate their own curricula and staff. They are:
- Academy of Music
- Humanities Magnet, established in 1981
- CAA (Communication Arts Academy)
- Global Studies
- BIT (Business & Interactive Technology)
- MSM (Math Science Medical)
During the 2008/2009 school year, the L & M (Leadership & Management) was eliminated and the students were placed in the four remaining non-magnet SLCs.
Academy of Music
The Music Academy gained national attention in June of 2002 when the Disney Channel premiered the reality TV show Totally in Tune, which chronicled members of the Academy's Symphony Orchestra. As an interesting aside, local tenor saxophone player Kamasi_Washington is also a 1999 graduate.
The Music Academy is a Grammy-recognized school.
Co-curricular activities
Hamilton's school newspaper is called The Federalist, a reference to and the original name of The Federalist papers initiated and largely written by Alexander Hamilton.
The Humanities Magnet operates an editorial called "Die WeltanshauunG" ("World View").
Neighborhoods zoned to Hamilton
Keystone-Mentone complex, a student family housing facility of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), is zoned to Hamilton.[5][6] Rose Avenue Apartments was previously zoned to Hamilton, but was rezoned to Venice High School in 2007.[7][8]
Feeder schools
Palms Middle School, Webster Middle School and Marina Del Rey Middle School feed into Hamilton. Louis Pasteur JHS (now LACES), fed some of its graduates to Hamilton.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
- Wil-Dog Abers, singer, Ozomatli
- Laila Ali, women's boxing champion[9]
- Fiona Apple,[citation needed] singer-songwriter
- Carmit Bachar,[citation needed] dancer-singer in the Pussycat Dolls
- Stephen Baker, Wide Receiver for the 1989 Super Bowl Champions New York Giants [10]
- Frank Bank, played "Lumpy" in the TV series Leave It To Beaver
- Karen Bass, representative of California's 37th congressional district and former Speaker of the Assembly[11][12]
- Howard Berman (1959), formerly representative of California's 28th congressional district; chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee[13][14]
- Albert Boime, author and academic historian
- Sarah Brown,[citation needed] actress
- Lizzy Caplan, actress
- Warryn Campbell, Music Producer, Grammy Winner Warryn Campbell
- Reeve Carney, singer-songwriter and actor [15]
- David Cassidy,[citation needed] pop star, actor
- Billy Childs, pianist/composer
- Julian Coryell, guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer
- Eligh né Eligh Nachowitz, rapper
- Mike Elizondo, bassist and producer[16]
- Evan Freed, Attorney, photographer of Robert F. Kennedy presidential campaign, 1968
- Olympia LePoint, American author, professional public speaker and award-winning rocket scientist
- William Ginsburg (c:a 1961), attorney who represented Monica Lewinsky during investigations into her relationship with President Clinton
- Rowby Goren,[citation needed] Emmy-winning comedy writer and Internet Performer
- Brian Austin Green, actor
- Joel Grey né Joel David Katz (1950), singer actor[17]
- Rita Hayworth née Margarita Carmen Cansino, actress[18]
- Jordan Hill, singer
- Emile Hirsch, actor[19]
- Anna Homler, visual, performance and vocal artist
- J. Hoberman, film critic
- Sikivu Hutchinson, author and feminist educator
- Adam Kirsch, author, journalist, critic
- Paul Koretz, City of Los Angeles Councilmember representing the 5th District, and former Assemblyman (California's 42nd Assembly District)
- Shia LaBeouf, actor
- Abe Laboriel, Jr., drummer[16]
- Michele Lee, Tony and Emmy-nominated singer/actress
- Alex D. Linz, actor, director, film producer & screenwriter
- Tommy "Tiny" Lister, actor
- Jeff Long, Bass Player Wasted Youth (American band)
- Darris Love, actor
- Peanuts Lowrey, baseball player[citation needed]
- Rod Martin, ex-NFL player, linebacker for the Los Angeles Raiders
- Al Michaels (1962), sportscaster
- Warren Moon, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback
- Walter Mosley (1970), author[20]
- Bill Mumy, actor
- Murs, rapper
- Marc Norman, Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- Omarion, R&B singer
- Mimi Page, recording artist, songwriter, producer, composer
- Norman J. Pattiz, founder Westwood One, nation's largest radio network
- Randall Park, actor who played Kim Jong-Un in The Interview
- Paula Patton, actress[21]
- Michelle Phillips, actress, singer
- Kyla Pratt, actress
- Nikki Reed, actress
- Ben Rich, former director of the Lockheed Skunk Works; father of "stealth technology"
- Robert Ri'chard, actor
- Joni Robbins née Joan Eva Rothman, voice-over actress
- Darren Robinson, guitarist for the pop-rock band Phantom Planet
- Steven Robman (1962), television and theatre director/producer
- Daniel Rossen, guitarist/singer for Grizzly Bear and Department of Eagles
- Will Rothhaar, actor, Listen Up!
- Lynn Schenk (1962), lawyer, politician, U.S. Representative
- Robert Shapiro (1961?), one of the defense lawyers in the O.J. Simpson murder case
- Shade Sheist, recording artist, songwriter, producer, actor.[22]
- Joel Siegel (1961?), critic on ABC television, author[23]
- Leigh Steinberg, sports agent
- Stew né Mark Stewart, composer, Tony Award winning dramatist (Passing Strange)
- Houston Summers, R&B singer [24]
- Gwen Verdon (~1943), Broadway actress
- Sidney Wicks, 1971 NBA Rookie of the Year[25]
- John Wilbur, All-American football player at Stanford University, professional football player
Filming location
The school has been used for several movies, television shows, and music videos.
TV Shows
- Mr. Novak (all episodes)
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (several episodes)
- CHiPs (couple of episodes)
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (Episode: "Mean Girls...")
- Highway To Heaven (couple of episodes)
- Once and Again (several episodes)
- Our House (several episodes)
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose (several episodes)
- Sister, Sister (several episodes)
- Stu Erwin Show (facade at beginning of each show)
- That's So Raven (several episodes)
- Room 222
- Soap (façade at the beginning of each schoolroom scene)
- Sweet Valley High (All Episodes)
- Without a Trace (Episode: "Safe")
- Ringer (several episodes)
Movies
- Freedom Writers
- The Hunter
- Switch (basketball scene filmed in Girls' Gym)
- Revenge of the Petites
- Amityville: The Awakening
Music Videos
- "I'm Not Okay I Promise" - My Chemical Romance
- "Just the Girl" - The Click 5
- "Stole" - Kelly Rowland
- "Cinderella" - Lil' Romeo
- "Head of My Class" - Scooter ft Chris Brown
- "You're A Jerk" - New Boyz
- "New Perspective" - Panic! At The Disco
- "Im So Cocky" - Alley Kats
- "Tag Em In" - The Ranger$
References
- ^ The Citizen, June 12, 1931, p. 10, and November 20, 1931, p. 1
- ^ "Culver City History :: Schools". City of Culver City. Retrieved 2009-04-23. [dead link]
- ^ The Citizen, January 29, 1932, p. 11.
- ^ "Proposed Changed to Hamilton High School Area Schools" (PDF). Los Angeles Unified School District (Laschools.org). Retrieved April 3, 2011. (Archive)
- ^ "Keystone-Mentone Apartments." University of California Los Angeles. Retrieved on October 2, 2011. "Location: Keystone/Mentone Apartments 3767-3777 Mentone Avenue 3770-3780 Keystone Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90034"
- ^ "School Finder." Los Angeles Unified School District. Retrieved on October 2, 2011.
- ^ "Rose Avenue Apartments." University of California Los Angeles. Retrieved on October 2, 2011. "Location: Rose Avenue Apartments 11140 & 11130 Rose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90034"
- ^ "Proposed Changed to Hamilton High School Area Schools" (PDF). Laschools.org. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ^ McQuaid, Peter (December 17, 2000). "BOXER REBELLION". Los Angeles Times Magazine. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
- ^ Vacchiano, Ralph (September 26, 2009). "Former Giants 'Touchdown Maker' Stephen Baker still making a difference". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
- ^ "California Assembly District 47". California Assembly. Archived from the original on 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ "Full Biography | Congresswoman Karen Bass". U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ "Howard Berman (D)". The U.S. Congress Votes Database - 113th Congress. The Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ "Committee Member". U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary. Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2013-09-15.
- ^ Lindell, Karen (2 August 2011). "Spider-Man's Reeve Carney talks about Bono, Edge and his band". @U2. @U2. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
Education: Hamilton Academy of Music, Los Angeles, CA
- ^ a b "Chronic Groove - Mike Elizondo Brings Diversity & Soul To Dr. Dre's Hip-Hop World". Bass Player Magazine. San Bruno, California. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ Katz, Mickey (1977). Papa, play for me. Hannibal Coons, foreword by Joel Grey, introduction by Josh Kun. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. p. 105. ISBN 0-8195-6433-8. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
- ^ "Education for Rita Hayworth". TCMdb. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
- ^ "Emile Hirsch Biography". Yahoo! Movies. AEC One Stop Group, Inc. Retrieved 2009-04-22.
Education: Paul Revere Middle School, Brentwood, CA, Hamilton High School, Los Angeles, CA
- ^
"Mystery Writer Remembers His Days at Hamilton High". Los Angeles Times. June 18, 1997. Retrieved 2013-10-01.
Mystery writer Walter Mosley, whose 1990 novel, "Devil in a Blue Dress," was made into a movie starring Denzel Washington, is a 1970 graduate of Hamilton High School.
- ^ "Paula Patton Is Pregnant Actress", celebrity.rightpundits.com, March 9, 2008
- ^ The Official Web Site of Shade Sheist
- ^ Chute, David (July 1, 2007). "Film critic Joel Siegel '65 memorialized in scholarship". UCLA magazine. Los Angeles, California. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
Siegel had in fact edited satirical campus humor magazines at both Hamilton High ("The Iconoclast") and UCLA ("Satyr").
- ^ "ALL OF HOUSTON'S ARTICLES!". Houston Message Board. Powered by Invision Power Board. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ Crowe, Jerry. "In time of great change, Sidney Wicks helped UCLA stay the same", Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2009