Hollywood High School
| Hollywood High School | |
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| Location | |
| 1521 N Highland Ave, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Achieve The Honorable |
| Established | 1903 |
| Principal | Alejandra Sanchez (2012–present) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Crimson, White |
| Mascot | Sheiks |
| Website | hollywoodhighschool.net |
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Hollywood High School Historic District
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| Built | 1910 et seq |
| Architectural style | Art Moderne |
| NRHP Reference # | 11000989 |
| Added to NRHP | January 4, 2012 |
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.
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.
The school's mascot was derived from the 1921 Rudolph Valentino film of the same name, The Sheik. In the 2015-2016 Fall Football Season the boys Varsity football team played in the schools 3rd championship game led by head coach Frank Galvan. They finished the season with a 12-2 overal record.
Hollywood High has been the filming location for movies, television shows, and other productions, including the following:
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. From left to right, the entertainers displayed are Dorothy Dandridge, Dolores del Rio, Brandy Norwood, Selena, Lana Turner, Laurence Fishburne, 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. All but four of the entertainers, Cantinflas, Lee, Selena and Valentino, were students at Hollywood High School. The artist said the mural is a celebration of a diverse ethnic range of actors and entertainers.
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