La Quinta High School (Westminster, California)
| La Quinta High School | |
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| Address | |
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10372 McFadden Ave. Westminster, California |
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| Coordinates | 33°44′11″N 117°56′54″W / 33.7365°N 117.9483°WCoordinates: 33°44′11″N 117°56′54″W / 33.7365°N 117.9483°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1963 |
| Principal | Denise L. Halstead |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Aztec |
| Website | laquintahs |
La Quinta High School (or LQHS) is a public high school located in Westminster, Orange County, California, is one of seven high-schools of the Garden Grove Unified School District—recipient of the 2004 Broad Prize for Excellence in Urban Education. It currently has the highest API score of all the high schools in Garden Grove Unified School District, and 10th in Orange County (a score of 865 in 2010), as well as a high rate of college matriculation.
La Quinta High School was founded in 1963, "the fifth" high school to be founded in the Garden Grove Unified School District. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, La Quinta gained notoriety for expressed racial tensions between those of Asian and Hispanic/Latino descent. In 1994, La Quinta was known for a tuberculosis outbreak of 106 students and faculty who tested positive, and subsequent quick response and compliance with county public health officials. And in summer of 2011, another student tested with TB. In 2009, La Quinta again made headlines for student demonstrations, unexpected for a school of its demographics, in support of a teacher allegedly abused by the high school's administration.
The La Quinta mascot is an Aztec. La Quinta's current principal is Denise L. Halstead. The assistant principals are Beth Fisher, Adrian Lucero and Loan Sriruksa. The school couselors are Sherri Grelle (A–Hoa), Adriana Esquivel (Hob–Nguyen, D.), Patricia Tran (Nguyen, E.–Q) and Lucy FitzRandolph (R–Z).
The structure of the school is divided into three main buildings. The 200 building to the east specializes in world languages, social sciences, English, business and mathematics. The 300 building to the west features classes in the science, mathematics, fine arts, and special education. The 400 building to the south houses weight rooms and classrooms for miscellaneous subjects, such as art, music, French and computer graphics. The 500 buildings, which are seven portable rooms to the south of the 400 building, house social science classrooms. Students traverse the campus through the space between buildings, known as "the quad." The student store, located in the 200 building, is the center of the school's activities.
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