Hollywood High School

This article is about Hollywood High school, a secondary school. For the computer game, see Hollywood High.

Hollywood High School is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located on the intersection of Highland Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

The school serves Hollywood, Beachwood Canyon, and Outpost Estates. Some areas (including sections of West Hollywood) are jointly zoned to Hollywood High School and Fairfax High School.

Hollywood High School was established in 1903. The school, which covers grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The current principal of the school is Jaime Morales.

The school's colors are crimson and white and its mascot is The Sheik, based on the Rudolph Valentino movie named The Sheik. A picture of Valentino as "The Sheik" adorns the backside of the auditorium, facing the football field.

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.

Bancroft Middle School and Le Conte Middle School feed into Hollywood High School.

Skateboarding

Hollywood High School is a famous landmark and popular for skateboarders and has appeared in many movies including : Menikmati (2000), This is Skateboarding (2002), Yeah Right (2003), Round Three (2004) Forecast (2004), Lakai Fully Flared (2007).

Trick down :

Andrew Reynolds : Fakie flip, Nollie flip, lipslide, fs flip over the rail, Nollie bs 180, kickflip & switch fs flip
Eric Koston : Nollie nosebluntslide down the rail
Paul Rodriguez : Switch flip & Switch fs heelflip
Chris Haslam : Kickflip bs smith
Jamie Thomas : Fs smith grind, backside lipslide & 180 fs nosegrind
Arto Saari : Switch fs boardslide & Bs smith
Jereme Rodgers: Switch Krooked, Switch Backside Bluntslide, Switch Feeble & Switch Bacskide Lipslide
Jake Inez:Switch Frontside 360

Notable alumni

Hollywood High School has over 500 notable graduates or attendees, including:

John Archer, actor
Meredith Baxter, actress
Mary Kay Bergman, actress
Brandy, singer/actress
Vincent Bugliosi, attorney, author
Carol Burnett, actress/comedienne
Diana Canova, actress/singer
Keith Carradine, actor
Robert Carradine, actor
Adriana Caselotti, actress/singer
Marge Champion, dancer/choreographer
Norman Chandler, newspaper publisher
Lon Chaney, Jr., actor
Cher, singer/actress
Warren Christopher, diplomat/former U.S. Secretary of State
Johnny Crawford, actor
Frank Darabont, director/screenwriter
Edward Dmytryk, director
Harley Earl, auto designer
Linda Evans, actress
Mimsy Farmer, actress
Nanette Fabray, actress
Mike Farrell, actor
Jay R. Ferguson, actor
Laurence Fishburne, actor
Judy Garland, singer/actress
James Garner, actor
Lowell George, musician
Gloria Grahame, actress
Rob Grill, singer/musician
Alan Hale Jr., actor
Linda Hart, actress, singer
Barbara Hershey, actress
John Huston, director/writer
Jill St. John, actress
Chuck Jones, animator
Dickie Jones, actor
Sally Kellerman, actress
William Kennard, FCC Chairman
Swoosie Kurtz, actress
Alan Ladd, actor
Carole Lombard, actress
Camden Lornacelli, journalist
Richard Long, actor
Joel McCrea, actor
Jodie Mann, actress/writer
Heather Menzies, actress
Ann Miller, dancer/actress
Judith Miller, journalist
Yvette Mimieux, actress
Ricky Nelson, actor/singer
Marni Nixon, singer
Marcel Ophüls, film director
Sarah Jessica Parker, actress
Susan Patron, author
Richard Perle, political advisor
Stephanie Powers, actress
John Ritter, actor
Jason Robards, actor
Ruth Roland, actress
Mickey Rooney, actor
Lezley Saar, artist
Scott Shaw, filmmaker/actor/writer
William Shockley, inventor, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics
Ione Skye, actress
Alexis Smith, actress
Victoria Sweet, adult actress
Sharon Tate, actress
Charlene Tilton, actress
Mel Tormé, singer
Joe Trippi, Political Activist (chairman of Howard Dean 2004 campaign)
Lana Turner, actress
Michael G. Vickers, Under Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
Joseph Wapner, Judge of The People's Court
Tuesday Weld, actress
Rita Wilson, actress
Beatrice Wood, ceramist
Fay Wray, actress

Cameos

Hollywood High was also used as the site for a skit on Penn & Teller: Bullshit! series on Showtime. (Season 5 Episode 1, Obesity)

Hollywood High School is seen in Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.

Hollywood High School is seen in the Nancy Drew, 2007 film, starring Emma Roberts.

Hollywood High School appears in the movie Made (2001 film) written and directed by Jon Favreau.

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