La Habra High School - La Habra, California/CA

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La Habra High School

801 West Highlander Ave., La Habra, CA, 90631-3720 -

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Definition of Terms

La Habra High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Orange County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2410 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

93 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 745 students

Grade 10 - 572 students

Grade 11 - 602 students

Grade 12 - 491 students

This School

(CA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:26

1:23

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	3%
% Asian	3%	8%
% Hispanic	53%	39%
% Black	1%	9%
% White	37%	36%
% Unknown	6 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

n/a

30%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

n/a

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(CA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Fullerton Joint Union High School District

This School's Agency

(CA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	8	7
Number of Students Managed	16,299 students	3,960 students
District Total Revenue	$138,815,000	$37,604,000
District Expenditure	$148,564,000	$39,520,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,517	$9,496
District Expenditure / Student	$9,115	$9,980
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

HIGH SCHOOLS: Troy rolls over La Habra (Whittier Daily News)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 08:24:07 pm
FULLERTON - Despite their best efforts, La Habra High School's girls volleyball team was beaten by a better squad in Thursday's Freeway League showdown at Troy.
NEWSY SUZIE: Angels usher hangs up his uniform (Brea & La Habra Star Progress)
posted on October 29, 2009 at 10:01:39 am
Susan Gaede has cast her eye on local news for more than 35 years.
PREP FOOTBALL: La Habra routs Sonora, 32-3 (Whittier Daily News)
posted on October 25, 2009 at 09:44:23 am
LA HABRA - Wide receiver Brett Bartolone caught three touchdown passes and ran 37 yards for a fourth, leading La Habra High School to a 32-3 victory over crosstown rival Sonora in their Freeway League football game Friday night.
No Excuses accepted at Hollingworth School in Rowland Unified (Highlanders Community News)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 10:28:39 pm
It looked like a pep rally for the Big 10. Or maybe the Pac 10 conference. College banners flapped in the breeze as their fight songs bounced off the walls of Hollingworth School in West Covina.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: La Habra sweeps away Fullerton (Whittier Daily News)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 12:12:06 am
FULLERTON - While serving can break even a good girls volleyball team, the serve proved to be the difference for La Habra High School versus host Fullerton in Tuesday afternoon's Freeway League match.

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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 Whittier 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. Some of its special programs include Heritage of the Americas and being a college prep magnet program. 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 1980.
Athletics
La Habra's sports teams are known as the Highlanders. They are members of the Freeway League in CIF Southern Section, along with the five other high schools in the Fullerton Joint Union District. Their primary rivals is crosstown Sonora High School. La Habra holds a 25 to 7 edge in the annual football game between the two.
The Highlander football team won back-to-back Division IX championships in 2002 and 2003 and also won in 2007 and 2008 Led By coach Mazzota, and was runner-up in 1983 and 2000.
The La Habra girl's volleyball team won three consecutive state Division II titles from 1989 to 1991, and won Southern Section II-A titles in 1998 and 2000.
The baseball team won league championships in 2004, 1996 and 1988.
The boys' swimming team won the Freeway League Championship in 1975.
Fine Arts
La Habra High School is also known for their dedicated music and drama departments, which are part of the Fine Arts Conservatory Experience (FACE) program at the school. They have award-winning marching, symphonic, and jazz ensembles under the leadership of Phil Wightman. Their choir program is lead by David V. Montoya, who also teachers guitar and AP Music Theory, and is the adviser of the school's Ukulele Ensemble. Brian Johnson leads the La Habra High School Theater Guild, which has performed award-winning productions of W;t (which won the OC Cappies award for Best Play in Orange County, The Pajama Game (2007), The Music Man (2008), and most recently, The Miracle Worker. Beauty and the Beast was staged in March 2009. Also La Habra Just finished their last production of the year, 12 Angry Men(2009)
Marching Band
The La Habra High School Highlander Marching Band has been under direction of Mr. Phil Wightman since 1995. The band has continued to grow in size every year since his arrival. The band is now over 100 students for the first time since the early 1980's when Lowell High School (another school in the district) closed, and many of the students from Lowell then transferred to La Habra.
List of Drum Majors;Alex Francisco (2009)(conducted "New Era Classics")Kelly McCarley (2008)(conducted "La Nuba")Jon Hughes (2007)(conducted "Fascinating Rhythms")Jimmy Andrioli (2006)(conducted "Quidam")Leah Kato (2005)(conducted "The Incredibles")Jesse Amaya (2003-04)
Famous alumni
Jenny Topping, U.S. olympic softball player
Ryan Wilson, Musician
External links
Official Site

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