Hollywood High School

This article is about a high school in the United States. For the high school in Australia, see Hollywood Senior High School. For the computer game, see Hollywood High (video game).

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.

Hollywood High School
Hollywood High School in Hollywood, California
Address
1521 North Highland Avenue Hollywood , California 90028 United States
Coordinates	34.099°N 118.340°W / 34.099; -118.340
Information
School type	Public, high school
Motto	Achieve The Honorable
Established	1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Principal	Samuel Dovlatian (2021–present)
Teaching staff	67.77 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,107 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.33[1]
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Crimson and White
Mascot	Sheiks
Website	www.hollywoodhighschool.net
Hollywood High School Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Built	1910 et seq.
Architect	Marsh, Powell & Smith Marston & Weston
Architectural style	Art Moderne
NRHP reference No.	11000989[2]
Added to NRHP	January 4, 2012
Last updated: February 24, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-02-24)

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 (then Prospect Avenue). 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.^[3][4] The school's mascot was derived from the 1921 Rudolph Valentino film of the same name, The Sheik.

It was in the Los Angeles City High School District until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD.^[5]

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. Coach Galvan ended his 6 year Hollywood coaching career with 4 league titles, 6 play off appearances, 1 city championship appearance, city semi finals, beating rivals 5 years straight (owning SUNSET), 25 plus all city players and ended as the winningest coach in Hollywood history. In the 2016–17 season, coached by Beverley Kilpatrick, 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.^[6]

Filming location

A scene from The Optimist, filmed at the school in 1982

Hollywood High has been the filming location for movies, television shows, and other productions, including:

• It's A Wonderful Life
• The Optimist (Season 1, Episode 6: "A Challenge")
• Made^[7]
• Nancy Drew
• Neon Maniacs
• Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (Season 5, Episode 1: "Obesity")
• Teenagers from Outer Space
• Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
• Morrissey: 25 Live
• Sex and the Teenage Mind

Skate spot

During the rise of street skating in the 90s, the school became a famous skate spot.^[8] Many skate videos were filmed there and one of the more iconic sites at the spot is the set of stairs, called the "Hollywood High 16."^[9][10]

Mural

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.^[11][12] From left to right, the entertainers displayed are Dorothy Dandridge, Dolores del Río, Brandy Norwood, Selena, Lana Turner, Cantinflas, Carol Burnett, Cher, Ricky Nelson, Bruce Lee, Rudolph Valentino, and Judy Garland. In 2007, Torrez added a 50-foot (15 m) tall mural of John Ritter, who died four years earlier, on the connecting portion of the building's north wall.^[13] All but five of the entertainers—Cantinflas, Lee, Selena, Del Rio, and Valentino—were students at Hollywood High School.^{[citation needed]} The artist said the mural is a celebration of a diverse ethnic range of actors and entertainers.^[14]

Present-day learning academies

Hollywood High School has four academies, each with a different purpose.

Teaching Career Academy. For 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.^[15]

Performing Arts Magnet. Helps students develop their talents as actors, singers, and/or dancers.^[16]

New Media Technology. For students who would like to go into filmmaking. 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.^[17]

School for Advanced Studies. This academy does not focus on a specific career but helps students prepare for university life. Offers classes that are at the same level of difficulty as a college class.^[18][19]

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Hollywood High School alumni

Name	Class of	Note(s)	Reference
India Adams	1945	Singer, Actress
John F. Aiso	1926	WW2 Army Legion of Merit recipient, first Japanese American judge in the US.	[20]
Frank Albertson	192?	Actor
Ben Alexander	1929	Actor
Kathryn Reed Altman	1942	Actress, writer, archivist, film consultant	[21]
Anthony Anderson	1988	Actor, comedian, writer
Donna Anderson	1957	Actress
John Archer	1933	Actor
Bill Armstrong	–	Football player
Harold Grieve	1915-1917	Motion Picture Art Director
Alison Arngrim	1979	Actress
Vivian Austin	1939	Actress
Eve Babitz	1961	Artist, author	[22][23]
Meredith Baxter	1964	Actress
Tony Becker	1981	Actor
Earl Bellamy	1935	Film Director
Bruce Belland	1955	Singer, Four Preps
Mary Kay Bergman	1978	Actress
Sharon Brown	1980	Actress
Vincent Bugliosi	1952	Attorney, author
Carol Burnett	1951	Actress, comedian
Bill Burrud	1943	Actor
Diana Canova	1971	Actress, singer
Keith Carradine	1966	Actor
Robert Carradine	1971	Actor
Adriana Caselotti	1934	Actress, singer
Peggy Castle	1943	Actress
Henry P. Caulfield Jr.	1931	Political scientist, college professor
Marge Champion	1936	Dancer, choreographer, actress
Norman Chandler	1917	Los Angeles Times publisher
Lon Chaney Jr.	1924	Actor
Rae Dawn Chong	1979	Actress
Warren Christopher	1942	U.S. Secretary of State
John Clifford	1965	Choreographer, dancer, director, producer
Ed Cobb	1956	Singer, Four Preps
Lisa Coleman	1978	Musician
Jackie Condon	1936	Actor
Johnny Crawford	1964	Actor, The Mickey Mouse Club
Denise Crosby	1976	Actress	[24]
James Dannaldson	–	Actor
Elyssa Davalos	1977	Actress
Frank Darabont	1977	Film director, screenwriter, producer
Jorel Decker	–	Singer
Rod Dedeaux	1931	longtime USC Trojans baseball head coach
Edward Dmytryk	1926	Film director, member of the Hollywood Ten
Harley Earl	–	Automotive designer and executive
P. David Ebersole	1981	Filmmaker
Stephen Eckelberry	1979	Filmmaker
Norman Eisen	1980	U.S. Ambassador to Prague
Marguerite Empey	1949	Model
Linda Evans	1960	Actress
Nanette Fabray	1938	Actress
Mimsy Farmer	1963	Actress
Mike Farrell	1957	Actor
Lorraine Feather	1965	Singer, lyricist, songwriter
Jay R. Ferguson	1992	Actor
Syd Field	1954	Screenwriter, Author
Anthony M. Frank	1949	U.S. Postmaster General	[25]
Judy Garland	1938	Singer, actress
James Garner	1945	Actor	[26]
Mitzi Gaynor	–	Actress
Lowell George	1963	Musician, songwriter, producer
Gigi Graciette		Journalist, TV News Anchor
Gloria Grahame	1942	Actress
Gigi Levangie Grazer	1979	Novelist, screenwriter
Rob Grill	1962	Singer, songwriter, guitarist
Horacio Gutiérrez	1966	Classical pianist
Alan Hale Jr.	1938	Actor
Richard Halsey	1957	Film editor
Linda Hart	1965	Singer, musician, actress
Francisco Herrera		Los Angeles Dodgers ball boy
Julius Heldman	1934	tennis player
Barbara Hershey	1965	Actress
Walter Hoffman	1951	(Big Wave surfer and founder of Hoffman California Fabrics--Aloha/Hawaiian T-Shirts
Karl Hubenthal	1935	Cartoonist
John Huston	1923	Film director, screenwriter, actor
Eddie Imazu		Art director and production designer	[27]
Richard Jaeckel	1943	Actor
Lawrence Johnston	1936	Manhattan Project physicist, the only person to witness all 3 atom bombs of WWII
Chuck Jones	1930	Animator
Dickie Jones	1945	Actor
Frank Keller	1940	Film Editor, 1968 Academy Award
Sally Kellerman	1955	Actress
William Kennard	1974	U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman
Barbara Kent	1924	actress, Miss Hollywood
Enid Kent	1962	actress
Lois Kibbee	1940	actress
Lynton Richards Kistler		printmaker, artist	[28]
Frank Kurtz	1930	World War II pilot
Swoosie Kurtz	1962	Actress
Adele Lacy	1928	Actress
Glen A. Larson	1955	Producer, Singer, Four Preps
John Phillip Law	1955	Actor
Ted Lawson	1935	Author
Ruta Lee	1954	Actress
Donovan Leitch	1985	Actor
Al Leong	1970	Stuntman, Actor	[29]
Vonne Lester	1946	Actress and model.	[30]
Dick Linthicum	1927	Basketball player	[31]
Carole Lombard	1923	Actress
Richard Long	1946	Actor
Bill Manbo	1929	Photographer	[32]
Stephen Marglin	–	Economist, college professor
June Marlowe	1922	Actress
Benito Martinez	1986	Actor
Gladys McConnell	1924	Actress, aviator
Joel McCrea	1922	Actor
Leighton Meester	2004	Actress, singer
Heather Menzies	1967	Actress
Ann Miller	1937	Dancer, actress, singer
Judith Miller	1965	Journalist
Aprile Millo	1977	Opera singer
Yvette Mimieux	1960	Actress
Karen Morley	1927	Actress
David Nelson	1954	Actor, producer
Ricky Nelson	1957	Actor, singer
Marni Nixon	1948	Singer
Sheree North	1948	Actress
Brandy Norwood	1996	Singer, actress
Marcel Ophüls	1946	Film director
Sarah Jessica Parker	1983	Actress	[33]
Barbara Parkins	1960	Actress
Susan Patron	1965	Author
Radames Pera	1977	Actor
Cynthia Pepper	1957	Actress
Richard Perle	1959	U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense
Susan Peters	1939	Actress
James A. Pike	1930	Episcopal Bishop of California
Stefanie Powers	1960	Actress
Terry Richardson	1983	Photographer
John Ritter	1966	Actor
Jason Robards	1940	Actor
Ann Robinson	1949	Actress
Ruth Roland	1908	Actress
Mickey Rooney	1937	Actor
Fred Roos	–	Film producer	[34]
Meta Rosenberg	1930	Talent agent, television producer
George Roth	192?	1932 Olympic Gold Medalist
Debbie Rowe	1977	Ex-wife of singer Michael Jackson
Evelyn Rudie	1967	Actress
Everett Ruess	–	Artist, poet, wanderer
Paul Salamunovich	1945	Conductor, Musician
Catherine Share	1960	"Manson Family" follower
Scott Shaw	1976	Filmmaker, actor, writer
William Shockley	1927	Physicist, inventor of the transistor, Nobel laureate
Ione Skye	1986	Actress
Michael Sloane	1976	Actor, writer, director
Rick Sloane	1979	Filmmaker
Alexis Smith	1938	Actress
Darwood Kenneth Smith	1946	Actor
Andrew Solt	1965	Film producer, director, and writer
Louise Sorel	1957	Actress
Mark Spiegler	1975	Talent agent
Adela Rogers St. Johns	1910	Journalist, novelist, screenwriter	[35]
Jill St. John	1957	Actress
Don Steele	–	Boss Radio disc jockey
Arran Stephens	1961	-	Nature's Path Foods Founder
Togo Tanaka	1939	Journalist and editor	[36]
Vince Taylor	1958	Singer
Hilary Thompson	1966	Actress
Charlene Tilton	1976	Actress
Virginia Trimble	1961	Astronomer
Joe Trippi	–	Political activist, chairman of the Howard Dean U.S. presidential campaign
Lana Turner	1936	Actress
Victoria Vetri	1963	Model, actress, 1968 Playboy Playmate of the Year
Michael G. Vickers	–	U.S. Under Secretary of Defense
Joseph Wapner	1937	Judge, star of The People's Court
Tuesday Weld	1960	Actress
Carole Wells	1960	Actress
Alice White	1925	Actress
Stuart Whitman	1946	Actor
Rhoda Williams	1948	Actress	[37]
Rita Wilson	1974	Actress
Beatrice Wood	–	Studio potter
Fay Wray	1924	Actress

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External links

• Greater Los Angeles portal
• Schools portal

• Official website
• Hollywood High Alumni Lists of Lee Green (1969)
• Hollywood High School Alumni Association
• "Hollywood High School" (Archive) - Draft form for NRHP registration