Helen Bernstein High School


Helen Bernstein High School is a public high school in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. The school is named after educational reformer and former president of United Teachers Los Angeles, Helen Bernstein.

History

During the planning stages, Helen Bernstein High School was known as Central Los Angeles New High School No. 1 and was planned to help relieve overcrowding at Hollywood and Marshall High Schools. It opened in the fall of 2008. It was also used as the high school setting for the hit TV show Glee.

Campus

Bernstein occupies the former site of the Fox Television Center. Perkins+Will architects designed the buildings.

Curriculum

Bernstein High School is a comprehensive school. The Academic Performance Excellence Academy, a program geared toward low income families in East Hollywood, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine Academy also operate independently on the Helen Bernstein Campus.

Athletics

The campus is home to the Dragons. Bernstein is home to sports including football, basketball, track and field, soccer, volleyball, softball, wrestling, swimming, cross country, cheerleading, and drill team.
In Track & Field, Varsity Boys were League Champions in 2011, first ever league title in school history; they also were League Champions in 2013. Varsity Girls Track team also were League Champions in 2012 and in 2013. The Girls Varsity Volleyball team were League Champions in 2011.
After going 4–36 since 2008, when the school opened, under a new coach the Varsity Football team were League Champions in 2012 with an overall record of 8–3. In 2013, they were 11–2 and lost to Poly in the semifinals 32–38; they were Central League Champions. The Varsity Football coach earned Coach of The Year By The L.A. Time in 2013. As of February 13, Head Football Coach Masaki Matsumoto stepped down as head coach.
In 2015, under a new Varsity Coach Phillip Rogers, the Bernstein Basketball team won CIF-LA City Section Division III title against Franklin High. All City Players were Joe'l Towers on 1st team, Ishaq Robinson and Warren Reis on 2nd Team.
In 2016, Coach Rogers and the Boys Varsity Basketball team went to the CIF LA City Section Div II championship and defeated Venice HS.
In 2018 the Varsity Girls Volleyball team, under Coach Chad Finch, won their first Central League Championship, and they went undefeated in League. Citlaly Bastian made 1st team Div III, 2nd in MVP voting.
In the 2019–2020 school year the Girls Volleyball team once again were the Central League Champions, they went 10–2 in League and 16–7 overall.
In the Fall of 2019, the Bernstein Teaching and Coaching staff lost a member, Mr. Terry Casey passed away in a hiking accident. He was a very energetic and knowledgedable person who always had his students best interest at heart. He taught in the Sp. Education department and coached Wrestling and Swimming at Bernstein.