La Quinta High School (La Quinta, California)
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79255 Blackhawk Way La Quinta, California 92253 United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°42′49″N 116°16′51″W / 33.713528°N 116.280912°WCoordinates: 33°42′49″N 116°16′51″W / 33.713528°N 116.280912°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Opened | 1994 |
| School district | Desert Sands Unified School District |
| Principal | Rebecca Cook |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 3,400 |
| Color(s) | Burgundy and Navy |
| Mascot | Blackhawk |
| Rival | Palm Desert High School |
| Newspaper | Hawkview |
| Website | http://lqblackhawks.com |
La Quinta High School is one of six public high schools, grades 9-12, in the Desert Sands Unified School District. It is located in the La Quinta, California. The school was a California Distinguished Schools award winner in 1999, 2003 and 2011.
La Quinta High School was built in 1994 but fully completed by 1996. In its first year it had an enrollment of approximately 600 students with only grades 9-10 and in 1998, with grades 9-12, it now exceeds 3,000 students making it the largest high school in the Coachella Valley. The campus is crowded and there used to be portable classrooms which got replaced with new state of the art classrooms for Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, as well as new buildings for the other academic courses offered at this school.
La Quinta High has obtained award, in 1999, 2003, 2011, and 2015. Since the 2001-2002 academic year it has also been an International Baccalaureate School.
It is the home of the award winning La Quinta Blackhawk Brigade Marching Band and Colorguard.
In 2010, La Quinta High School's Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps(AFJROTC CA-951) received the Distinguished Unit(with Merit) award. Making the unit part of the top 5% of JROTC units worldwide.
In 2016, The Clinton Foundation brought their Clinton Day of Action to La Quinta High School, and provided them with a new greenhouse, campus cleanup, and a new desert landscape in the front of the school.
In 2006, the school was ranked 614th in Newsweek's "The Complete List: 1,200 Top U.S. Schools". In the most recent available API index (2013) LQHS had the highest growth API score in the Coachella Valley with an 842.
La Quinta High School has four academies for students that have a feel of what they want to do once they get older. These academies educates them about the field they would want to get into and prepares them to be able to continue their education after graduation.
The Medical Health Academy (MHA) is a California Partnership Academy (CPA), grant funded program for students interested in pursuing a career and college in the medical field medical field. This is a Career Technical Program (CTE) and it combines technical skills, real world application of skills and rigorous academics and is for college bound students. Our program offers certification in CPR/AED Pro for the Healthcare Provider and First Aid and Teen CERT training.
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