La Serna High School
| La Serna High School | |
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| Address | |
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15301 E. Youngwood Drive Whittier, California United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Vestri Optimus erit |
| Established | 1961 |
| School district | Whittier Union High School District |
| Principal | Ann Fitzgerald |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,940 |
| Color(s) |
Crimson Gold White |
| Mascot | Lancer |
| Rival | California High School |
| Newspaper | The Freelancer |
| Yearbook | The Pennon |
| Website | http://www.wuhsd.org/lshs |
La Serna High School (abbreviated LSHS) is a public high school in Whittier, California that was founded in 1961 and is part of the Whittier Union High School District. The school's colors are crimson, gold and white.
La Serna High School was founded in 1961. The school has been a California Distinguished School four times, in 1990, 1996, 2003, and 2009.
lAsterisks denote classes that only earn elective credits.
At La Serna High School, every senior is required to complete the Senior Project in order to graduate high school.
Link Crew was a system implemented in 2005 that was aimed at helping incoming freshman students acclimate to the high school environment by having junior and senior peer mentors help them through their first year at La Serna.
Model United Nations was founded in the 2015-2016 school year. The Model United Nation's team attends an annual average of six conferences and one travel conference. In 2016, La Serna's MUN team competed at the UC Berkeley MUN conference.
The Freelancer is the name of La Serna High School's newspaper, which releases one issue each month during the regular school year. The Freelancer is created and written by the students, who also allow feedback mail to which they respond. One teacher oversees the production of each newspaper per year.
In 2006, English teacher Holly Vance was demoted from her position as the adviser of the newspaper's production, due to the controversial issue on May 10, 2006, entitled "The 'S' Word", which discussed sex amongst teenagers. Also due to this, the final edition of the year, for the month of June, was banned. The student body was unsuccessful in overturning this decision.
The Freelancer was revived during the 2014-15 school year under the supervision of English teacher Gina Alexander.
La Serna High School's yearbook is called The Pennon, which, like The Freelancer, is created by the student body and a teacher adviser.
La Serna High has a large athletics program. Their sports include football, track and field, cross country, soccer, volleyball, baseball, softball, tennis, wrestling, swimming, and basketball. Boys' football, boys' and girls' cross country, boys' water polo, and girls' volleyball are held in the autumn; boys' and girls' basketball and soccer are held in the winter; and boys' baseball, tennis, and girls' softball, boys' and girls' swimming, and boys' and girls' track and field are held in the spring every school year.
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