Laguna Hills High School

Laguna Hills High School
Address
25401 Paseo de Valencia
Laguna Hills, California 92653
United States
Information
Type Public
Motto Hawks Soar Above the Rest
Established 1978
School district Saddleback Valley Unified School District
Principal Bill Hinds
Faculty 80
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,600
Color(s)           Brown and Gold
Mascot Hawk
Rival Aliso Niguel High School
Information (949) 770-5447
Website Laguna Hills High School

Laguna Hills High School is a public high school located in Laguna Hills, California which serves the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. The school has the smallest student enrollment of the district’s four schools at approximately 1,600 students. The mascot for Laguna Hills is the Hawk, and the official colors are brown and gold. 220 credits are required to graduate from Laguna Hills High School. 89% of LHHS grads are accepted at 2 or 4-year colleges

The innovative programs include the Golden-Bell Award Winning Two-Way Language Immersion Program;[1] AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination); a four-year Model United Nations program; an interdisciplinary senior humanities program; the renowned International Baccalaurate (IB) program; and a two-period Virtual Enterprise business program.

Recent renovations to the school have brought a new football stadium and second gym, and new science building, a redone theater and library, a new multipurpose room in the center of campus, a new food services building, expansion of the ceramics and arts room, a new video productions class and a massive 4,500 sq ft (420 m2) weight room. Upcoming projects will focus on the locker rooms and the remaining classrooms.

Awards and recognition

Academics

International Baccalaureate

The International Baccalaureate program at Laguna Hills High School has historically had the highest pass rate for full diploma candidates of the high schools offering the diploma program in SVUSD. In 2007 26 students graduated as full diploma candidates. Competitive and successful Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate programs have a tradition of engaging honors students in curriculum designed to help them succeed in these rigorous exams.

Performing arts

ComedySportz

ComedySportz has become an integral part of the school's drama department as well as student activities. In only its second year, the troupe placed 2nd at the Fullerton Drama Festival under Theater Games.

Model United Nations (MUN)

The LHHSMUN program is headed by campus MUN advisor, Carri Geiger. The LHHSMUN conference is held every February. It recently held its 24th annual conference on February 20, 2015. The MUN program is campus -wide, as students are permitted to join MUN as part of a class (9th and 10th grades). During 11th and 12th grade, MUN is taken as an elective.

Key Club

Under the supervision of Greg Roberts, Laguna Hills Key Club is one of the largest and the most active club on campus. As of November 2009, there are over 100 active and participating members. Members regularly meet in the Theater every Tuesday at lunch.

Athletics

LHHS sponsors 17 different varsity sports. Football, Wrestling, Softball, Baseball, Boys and Girls Basketball, Cross Country and Track & Field won the Pacific Coast League championship. Girls Basketball and Wrestling both won CIF titles. Work on the school's new stadium was finished in August 2007 so that games can be played at LHHS rather than in the stadium at nearby Mission Viejo High School. Each student must have completed four semesters of physical education before they graduate.

Wrestling

Football

Girls' basketball

- Megan Aaker CIF MVP

- Lauren Engeln CIF MVP

- Lauren Engeln CIF MVP

-Celia Marfone CIF MVP

Soccer

Both the boys and girls team won Pacific Coast League titles on all 3 levels. In 1990, The boys advanced and won the CIF Southern Section Finals defeating Orange High School. The boys have also advanced to the CIF quarterfinal and the girls to the CIF semifinals in 2008. In 2010 the boys advanced to the CIF semifinals while girls made it to the quarterfinals. In 2015 the girls team advanced to the CIF Division 1 Finals. [9]

Softball

Recent alums Brittany Lastrapes and Rosey Neill played in the NCAA tournament. Elisa Victa made it to Super Regionals. Brittany for the University of Arizona, Rosey for Stanford, and Elisa for North Dakota State. In 2008 the girls repeated as Pacific Coast League champions and made it to the semifinals of CIF [10] In 2009 a third straight title was won, and in 2010 the team won it again to make it four in a row.[10]

Waterpolo

Under the leadership of longtime coach Blake Corbin, LHHS has excelled in its aquatics programs.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ California School Boards Association
  2. ↑ http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2008/2008GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=30736353030244
  3. ↑ 2007 Growth API LEA List of Schools Report (CA Department of Education)
  4. ↑ America's Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com
  5. ↑ SVUSD Distinguished and Blue Ribbon Schools
  6. ↑ Article - SPORTS - Laguna Hills makes it 23 league titles in a row
  7. ↑ hawkwrestling.com laguna hills hawks varsity wrestling team
  8. ↑ http://www.hawkfootball.net
  9. ↑ http://www.hawksoccer.com
  10. 1 2 http://www.cifss.org

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