La Habra High School
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| La Habra High School | |
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| Address | |
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801 West Highlander Avenue La Habra , Orange County , CA 90631 | |
| Information | |
| Established | 1954 |
| Principal | Karl R. Zener, Ed.D |
| Number of students | 2304[1] |
| Average class size | 576 |
| Color(s) | Royal blue and white |
| Fight song | "The Victors" |
| Mascot | Highlanders |
| Rival | Sonora, La Mirada |
| Newspaper | Scotch Tape |
| Website | http://lahabrahighschool.net |
La Habra High School is a public co-educational high school located in the Orange County, California city of La Habra. Located between the Coyote Hills to the south and Puente Hills to the north, LHHS opened in 1954 and graduated its first class in 1956. It is a California Distinguished High School and has been nominated as a National Blue Ribbon School. The school is a member of the Fullerton Joint Union High School District. LHHS absorbed a majority of the students from nearby Lowell High School when it closed in June 1980.
Athletics
La Habra's sports teams are known as the Highlanders and are members of the Freeway League in CIF Southern Section.
CIF championships
- Football: 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015[2]
- Girls volleyball: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 2000[3]
Notable alumni
- Jenny Topping, U.S. Olympic softball player
- Chuck Weatherspoon, NFL football player
- Rusty Anderson, Guitarist for Paul McCartney's Band – Macca
- Mark Kostabi, Artist
- Dan Owens, NFL football player
- Anne Ramsay, Actress: Hawthorne, A League of Their Own, Mad About You
- John N. Lotz, Air National Guard Brigadier General
- Alan Newman, Professional baseball player, Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Indians
- Ronnie Hillman, NFL Running Back for Denver Broncos
- Jennifer Hanson, Miss California, Country music artist
References
- ^ La Habra High School in La Habra CA. SchoolDigger.com. Retrieved on 2015-11-30.
- ^ "CIF-Southern Section All Sports Press Guide and Record Book" (PDF). pp. 82, 83. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "CIF-Southern Section All Sports Press Guide and Record Book" (PDF). pp. 299, 300. Retrieved 3 July 2012.