Garfield High School (Los Angeles)
| James A. Garfield High School | |
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"A clear head, a true heart, a strong arm"
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5101 E. Sixth Street East Los Angeles, California 90022 United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°1′32″N 118°9′28″W / 34.02556°N 118.15778°WCoordinates: 34°1′32″N 118°9′28″W / 34.02556°N 118.15778°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1925 |
| School district | Los Angeles Unified School District |
| Principal | Mario Cantu |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 4,271 (2009–2010) |
| Color(s) | White, Blue, & Crimson |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Rivals | Roosevelt High School |
| Website | Official website |
James A. Garfield High School is a public, year-round high school founded in 1925 in East Los Angeles, an unincorporated section of Los Angeles County, California. The school was made famous by the film Stand and Deliver about a teacher named Jaime Escalante. A wake was held on April 17, 2010 for Jaime Escalante in the lecture hall where he taught calculus.
The James A. Garfield High School Building was built in 1925.
During World War II, the students of James A Garfield High School worked on war aircraft and other war related machining and assembly projects to support the War Effort, for school credit and pay. The efforts and details about the program of Garfield High School appeared in a film created for the Army and Navy servicemen and women in 1944 by the Army-Navy Screen Magazine (. (https://www.c-span.org/video/?320798-1/armynavy-screen-magazine-youth-power)
Garfield was one of the five schools to initiate student protests known as the East L.A. walkouts in 1968, and contributed to the walkouts in 2006, in protest to the HR 4437 bill.
On May 20, 2007, a 17-year-old arsonist set fire to the school's 82-year-old auditorium. It was estimated that the fire caused over $30 million in damages. The auditorium was completely destroyed. The 17-year-old arsonist, a boy who was a freshman at the school, was sentenced to juvenile camp and ordered to pay restitution for setting the blaze. Chandeliers were saved from the auditorium's wreckage.
A benefit concert was held collaboratively with Los Lobos, and a donation was given by boxer Oscar De La Hoya. L.A. Unified contends that the 1925 auditorium needs to be rebuilt from the ground up to meet state building codes, but nine insurers insist that the walls are salvageable and could support a new building, district officials said. Garfield's main administration building, which is attached to the auditorium must be retrofitted to meet earthquake standards, and officials have not determined the level of demolition needed.
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