Helix High School
| Helix Charter High School | |
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7323 University Avenue La Mesa, California 91942 United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°45′16″N 117°2′14″W / 32.75444°N 117.03722°WCoordinates: 32°45′16″N 117°2′14″W / 32.75444°N 117.03722°W |
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| Type | Charter public comprehensive secondary |
| Motto | Once a Scottie, Always a Scottie |
| Established | 1952 |
| School district | Grossmont Union High School District |
| Principal | Mike Lewis |
| Faculty | 92 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,450 |
| Color(s) | Green & Gray |
| Nickname | Scotties |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) |
| Newspaper | Highland Fling |
| Yearbook | Tartan |
| Website | Helix High School |
Helix High School, in La Mesa, California, is a charter high school built in 1952. It received its charter in 1998. Part of the Grossmont Union High School District, it serves a mid-level socioeconomic community and has a student body of approximately 2,400 pupils. Helix serves parts of La Mesa, Lemon Grove, and Spring Valley; however, as a charter school, all high school students in the state of California are eligible to attend.
Helix High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and is a California Distinguished School in 2001 and 2009.
Helix Charter High School opened as the second high school in the Grossmont Union High School District in September 1951, to relieve record enrollment of 3000 at Grossmont High School. In November 1950, East County voters overwhelmingly approved a local bond issue for $1.9 million that financed "the University Avenue high school." Helix's first year of studies were held at Grossmont while the new campus was being built. The two schools operated on double sessions that year.
Helix, receiving half of Grossmont High School's students, attended class in the afternoon. Grossmont's 1500 students attended in the morning. Because of rapid population growth in the area, Helix soon grew overcrowded itself. This resulted in plans to build and open El Cajon Valley High School four years after the opening of Helix.
Since the opening of the school, much of the campus and technology has deteriorated or become outdated. With voter approval of Proposition H in 2004 and Proposition U in 2008, Helix High School will undergo remodeling projects. These projects include a new administration building, a new science building, a new performing arts center, and remodeling of all standard classrooms.
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