Hollywood High School


Hollywood High School is a four-year public secondary school in the Los Angeles Unified School District, located at the intersection of North Highland Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

History

In September 1903, a two-room school was opened on the second floor of an empty storeroom at the Masonic Temple on Highland Avenue, north of Hollywood Boulevard. Hollywood was incorporated as a municipality in November 1903. The Hollywood High Organ Opus 481 was a gift from the class of 1924. After suffering severe water damage from the Northridge earthquake in 1994, it was restored in 2002. The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 2012. The school's mascot was derived from the 1921 Rudolph Valentino film of the same name, The Sheik.
In the 2015–16 football season, the boys' varsity football team played in the school's third championship game led by head coach Frank Galvan. They finished the season with a 12–2 record. In the 2016–17 season, the boys' varsity volleyball team played in the school's first-ever championship game. Their historic season ended with an overall record of 17–5.

Filming location

Hollywood High has been the filming location for movies, television shows, and other productions, including the following:
In 2002, artist Eloy Torrez painted a mural of 13 famous entertainers, titled "Portrait of Hollywood", across the entire east wall of the school's auditorium. From left to right, the entertainers displayed are Dorothy Dandridge, Dolores del Río, Brandy Norwood, Selena, Lana Turner, Laurence Fishburne, Cantinflas, Carol Burnett, Cher, Ricky Nelson, Bruce Lee, Rudolph Valentino, and Judy Garland. In 2007, Torrez added a tall mural of John Ritter, who died four years earlier, on the connecting portion of the building's north wall. All but five of the entertainers—Cantinflas, Lee, Selena, Del Rio, and Valentino—were students at Hollywood High School. The artist said the mural is a celebration of a diverse ethnic range of actors and entertainers.

Present-Day Learning Academies

Known for preparing its graduates for careers in teaching and the performing arts, Hollywood High has become a diverse, well-rounded school. Students have many opportunities in different fields of study. Hollywood High School offers four academies to its students, each with a different purpose.
Teaching Career Academy. Hollywood High school offers a Teaching Career Academy to students who seek to work with children as a career. Potential careers range from becoming a teacher to being a social worker. In order to give a student a little experience, the school works with other elementary schools and allows Hollywood High School students to tutor elementary school students.
Performing Arts Magnet. Performing Arts Magnet helps students develop their talents as actors, singers, and/or dancers.
New Media Technology. If students prefer to go into filmmaking, this academy offers the best opportunities. The New Media Technology academy helps students build their knowledge of technology. They are afforded hands-on experience with equipment usually found inside a film studio. This academy also provides internships to permit graduates to immediately start working in that field.
School for Advanced Studies. This academy does not focus on a specific career but helps students prepare for university life. If a student likes to be challenged, this academy offers classes that are at the same level of difficulty as a college class. This academy also aids students in their pursuit of higher-level critical analysis and scholastic achievement. The academy prepares students for their careers and helps them get them into the best universities around the country.

Notable alumni

NameYear of
Graduation		NoteReference
John F. Aiso1926WW2 Army Legion of Merit recipient, first Japanese American judge in the US.
Kathryn Reed Altman-Actress, writer, archivist, film consultant
Anthony Anderson1988Actor, comedian, writer
John Archer1933Actor
Bill Armstrong–Football player
Alison Arngrim1979Actor
Vivian Austin1939Actress
Eve Babitz61 or 19629Artist, author
Meredith Baxter1965Actress
Mary Kay Bergman1978Actress
Vincent Bugliosi1952Attorney, author
Carol Burnett1951Actress, comedian
Diana Canova1971Actress, singer
Keith Carradine1966Actor
Robert Carradine1971Actor
Adriana Caselotti1934Actress, singer
Henry P. Caulfield, Jr.1931Political scientist, college professor
Marge Champion1936Dancer, choreographer, actress
Norman Chandler1917Los Angeles Times publisher
Lon Chaney, Jr.1924Actor
Warren Christopher1942U.S. Secretary of State
John Clifford1965Choreographer, dancer, director, producer
Lisa Coleman1978Musician
Johnny Crawford1962Actor
James Dannaldson–Actor
Frank Darabont1977Film director, screenwriter, producer
Jorel Decker–Singer
Rod Dedeaux1931longtime USC Trojans baseball head coach
Edward Dmytryk1926Film director, member of the Hollywood Ten
Harley Earl–Automotive designer and executive
P. David Ebersole1981Filmmaker
Stephen Eckelberry1979Filmmaker
Norman Eisen1980U.S. Ambassador to Prague
Marguerite Empey1949Model
Linda Evans1960Actress
Nanette Fabray1939Actress
Mimsy Farmer1963Actress
Mike Farrell1957Actor
Lorraine Feather1965Singer, lyricist, songwriter
Jay R. Ferguson1992Actor
Laurence Fishburne1980Actor
Anthony M. Frank1949U.S. Postmaster General
Judy Garland1940Singer, actress
James Garner1944Actor
Mitzi Gaynor–Actress
Lowell George1963Musician, songwriter, producer
Gigi GracietteJournalist, TV News Anchor
Gigi Levangie Grazer1979Novelist, screenwriter
Rob Grill1962Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Horacio Gutiérrez1966Classical pianist
Alan Hale Jr.1938Actor
Richard Halsey–Film editor
Linda Hart1965Singer, musician, actress
Karl Hubenthal1935Cartoonist
Gloria Grahame1942Actress
Barbara Hershey1965Actress
John Huston1923Film director, screenwriter, actor
Lawrence Johnston1936Manhattan Project physicist, the only person to witness all 3 atom bombs of WWII
Chuck Jones1930Animator
Dickie Jones1945Actor
Sally Kellerman1954Actress
William Kennard1974U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman
Barbara Kent1925Actress
Enid Kent1962Actress
Swoosie Kurtz1962Actress
Alan Ladd1931Actor
Ruta Lee1954Actress
Donovan Leitch1985Actor
Al LeongActor
Carole Lombard1923Actress
Richard Long1945Actor
Stephen Marglin–Economist, college professor

June Marlowe		1923Actress
Benito Martinez1986Actor
Gladys McConnell1924Actress, aviator
Joel McCrea1924Actor
Leighton Meester2004Actress, singer
Heather Menzies1967Actress
Ann Miller1937Dancer, actress, singer
Judith Miller1965Journalist
Aprile Millo1977Opera singer
Yvette Mimieux1960Actress
Karen Morley1927Actress
David Nelson1954Actor, producer
Ricky Nelson1958Actor, singer
Marni Nixon1948Singer
Brandy Norwood1996Singer, actress
Marcel Ophüls1945Film director
Sarah Jessica Parker1983Actress
Barbara Parkins1960Actress
Radames Pera1977Actor
Susan Patron1965Author
Richard Perle1959U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense
Susan Peters1939Actress
Stefanie Powers1960Actress
Terry Richardson1983Photographer
John Ritter1966Actor

Jackie Condon		1936Actor
Jason Robards1940Actor
Ann Robinson1949Actress
Ruth Roland1908Actress
Mickey Rooney1938Actor
Fred Roos–Film producer
Meta Rosenberg1930Talent agent, television producer
Debbie Rowe1977Ex-wife of singer Michael Jackson
Everett Ruess–Artist, poet, wanderer
Paul Salamunovich1945Conductor, Musician
Catherine Share1960"Manson Family" follower
Scott Shaw1976Filmmaker, actor, writer
William Shockley1927Physicist, inventor of the transistor, Nobel laureate
Ione Skye1986Actress
Michael Sloane1976Actor, writer, director
Rick Sloane1979Filmmaker
Alexis Smith1938Actress
Darwood Kenneth Smith1946Actor
Andrew Solt1965Film producer, director, and writer
Jill St. John1957Actress
Don Steele–Boss Radio disc jockey
Arran Stephens-Nature's Path Foods Founder
Togo Tanaka1939Journalist and editor
Vince Taylor1958Singer
Charlene Tilton1976Actress
Virginia Trimble1961Astronomer
Joe Trippi–Political activist, chairman of the Howard Dean U.S. presidential campaign
Lana Turner1936Actress
Victoria Vetri1963Model, actress
Michael G. Vickers–U.S. Under Secretary of Defense
Joseph Wapner1937Judge, star of The People's Court
Tuesday Weld1960Actress
Stuart Whitman–Actor
Rhoda Williams1948Actress
Rita Wilson1974Actress
Beatrice Wood–Studio potter