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Los Alamitos High School
Location
Map
Los Alamitos
,
California

United States of America
Information
TypeFree public
MottoDieu Et Mon Droit
Established1967
School districtLos Alamitos Unified School District (part of the Anaheim Union High School District, 1967-1980)
PrincipalDr. Grant Litfin
Number of students3,173 (2007-2008)
Color(s)Red, white, blue, gold
MascotGriffin (named Gunther and Gretchen)
WebsiteLAHS School website

Los Alamitos High School (also known as Los Al) is a public school for grades 9 to 12 located in Los Alamitos, California, and also serving the city of Seal Beach and the community of Rossmoor. It is the only traditional high school in the Los Alamitos Unified School District; the far smaller Laurel High School serves as a continuation school and as the district office site.[1] Both Oak Middle School and McAuliffe Middle School feed into Los Alamitos High.

History

In its very first year, classes were held at Pine Junior High School (now McAuliffe Middle), and only sophomores attended. The following year saw the school move into its new campus whose buildings were specifically designed for Los Al's unique flexible scheduling program (and the addition of juniors, followed by seniors the next year). This version of flexible scheduling used then-current computer technology to generate daily class schedules based on each instructor's lesson plans. Students would report each morning to their "scheduling class" to receive their daily schedule - broken into a series of "modules". Each teacher would select the needed number of fifteen minute modules to allow for that day's instruction, whether it be a test, a lecture, a lab, etc. In their scheduling class, students could rearrange or fill open modules from the "October" schedule, a listing of available classes. This allowed serious students to make the best use of their schedule to attend classes in a sequence that made more sense for that day.

Los Al's unique flexible scheduling was replaced with a traditional school schedule in 1977 after it was discovered that less disciplined students were abusing the system. For those more dedicated students who leveraged the school's unique scheduling to their advantage, Los Al produced an extraordinary number of early graduates, who went on to succeed in the best universities.

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 2001.

Los Alamitos is also known for their fierce rivalry with Esperanza High School.

Principals of Los Alamitos High School:

  • 1967-1968 Wilbur Wheaton
  • 1968-1970 William McKee
  • 1970-1976 Dale Schroeder
  • 1976-1979 Mary Franks
  • 1979-1980 Dale Hughes
  • 1980-1985 (Dr.) Rudy Castruita
  • 1985-1998 Carol Hart
  • 1998 (Int.) Sherry Kropp
  • 1998-2000 Dr. Rebecca Shore
  • 2000 (Int.) Kelly Godfrey
  • 2000-2006 Dan Brooks
  • 2006-2009 Kelly Godfrey
  • 2009- Dr. Grant Litfin[2]

Extracurricular activities

Athletic programs

Los Al is known for its success in many Varsity sports. The boys Varsity Football team won a CIF Southern Section Div. 3 title in 1991, and Division II titles in 1992 and 1993 (the latter a shared title with Esperanza) and won a Division I championship in 2002, and reached the finals and semi-finals on numerous other occasions, most recently in 2004.[3] The Boys water polo team was also CIF-SS Division II champions in Fall 1999, and 2004 and were CIF-SS Masters champions in 2007.

The girl's volleyball team were CIF Southern Section Division IA champions in 2002 and 2004, and won CIF Division I State championships in 2003 2005, and 2006.

Girls soccer won CIF section titles in 1996 (Div. II), 1997 (Div. I) and 2005 (Div. I). The last team was also named the No. 1 team in the nation by Student Sports Magazine. Another indicator of the success of the program was that in 2007 there were 17 Los Al alumni girls playing NCAA Division I soccer.

The Griffin Varsity Boys soccer team won CIF-Southern Section titles in 1991 and 2002. Alums Mike Munoz (2001) and Jonathan Bornstein (2002) have both made MLS rosters (Galaxy and Chivas USA) and Bornstein was not only the MLS 2007 Rookie of the Year but is currently on the US Men's Nationa,l team roster.

The boys Basketball team won CIF Division IA and IAA championships in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Los Al Basketball great Ali Ton holds the assist record at Davidson College

The Los Alamitos High School marching band/entertainment unit took sweepstakes in their division for the first time in 2006, after going undefeated all season. The unit has an award-winning drumline as well as Colorguard.

The LAHS Surf Team took second place over all in ISF State Championships in 2009. Boys Shortboard finished with second place, bodyboard placed third and Girls Longboard finished as State Champions. Los Al finished in third place in 2008 and First place in 2007 and 2006.

In their third season of competition, the LAHS Girls Lacrosse team was the undefeated CIF Division I Orange County and Southern Section Champions in 2009. Los Al finished the season ranked #4 in the state of California.

The Los Alamitos High School Vocal Music Program

The Los Alamitos High School Vocal Music Program boasts five choir groups, listed below in order of prestige:

  • Xtreme : The beginning men's choir.
  • Sound FX : The advanced mixed show choir.
  • Soundtrax : The advanced women's show choir.
  • Xpressions : The advanced mixed concert choir which specializes in classical music.
  • Axcent : The beginning women's choir.

CIF teams

Note: This list does not include sports which are currently clubs and thus not officially recognized in CIF.

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)[4]
  • California Department of Education California Distinguished School - 1988, 1994, 1998, 2009[4]
  • California School Boards Association Golden Bell Awards - 1998 (Griffins with a Mission), 2005 (Contemporary Media in the Arts[4]

Notable alumni

Actors
Sports
Music


Others


Notable Criminals


Bands

References

  1. ^ http://www.losal.org/lhs/site/default.asp
  2. ^ http://www.losal.org/1463101114192717217/lib/1463101114192717217/Agenda_06-23-09.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.localsports.biz/golosal/fb/2007-History.pdf
  4. ^ a b c http://www.losal.org/146310117165917537/site/default.asp
  5. ^ http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE8B4C79BC15F8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
  6. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/15/us/suspect-in-cosby-killing-a-kid-really-hard-beyond-his-years.html?pagewanted=all
  7. ^ http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/dsp/specialReports_pc_carden_detail.htm?reportID={58690C5D-9FD8-476F-9581-96E47D2C3EF3}

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