La Jolla High School
| La Jolla High School | |
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| Address | |
| 750 Nautilus St., La Jolla, CA 92037 |
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| Type | Public school |
| Established | 1922 |
| Principal | Dr. Chuck Podhorsky |
| Enrollment | 1,650 |
| Color(s) | Black & Scarlet |
| Mascot | Viking |
| Rivals | The Bishop's School, Cathedral Catholic High School |
| Website | ljhs |
La Jolla High School (LJHS) is a comprehensive high school for grades 9–12 located in La Jolla, California, a community within the city limits of San Diego. Opened in 1922, La Jolla High School (LJHS) is San Diego Unified School District’s second oldest campus. The site encompasses 12 acres with 14 permanent buildings. LJHS, one of the 16 high schools in the district, is located in La Jolla, a community of about 41,000 within the city limits of San Diego. The high school is surrounded by residential housing and private and public entities including the University of California, San Diego, Salk Institute, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Scripps Health, Scripps Research Institute, and retail, financial and professional services, and located south of downtown La Jolla. Modernization of the school has been funded through Proposition MM, The Foundation of La Jolla High School, the ongoing efforts of the PTA, and other community partnerships.
LJHS has been cited as one of the top high schools in the nation (Newsweek and US News and World Report magazines) and is also recognized as an Achievement via Individual Determination (AVID) School of Distinction. In addition, LJHS was the first public high school west of the Mississippi to earn a chapter in the Cum Laude Society.
In 2003, LJHS was named a California Distinguished School. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
The stated mission of the La Jolla High School PTA is to "promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community, and place of worship, to raise the standards of home life, and to secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth." The PTA also aims to bring the home and the school together, so that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth. The PTA also states that it will unite educators and the general public in such efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social, and spiritual education.
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