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Long Beach Poly

Long Beach Polytechnic High School
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Address
1600 Atlantic Avenue
Long Beach, California
United States
Information
Type Public
Motto "Home of Scholars & Champions"
"Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve"
Established 1895
School district Long Beach Unified School District
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 5090 (2010)
Campus Urban
Color(s) Green and Gold          
Athletics conference Moore League
Team name Jackrabbits
Yearbook Caerulea
Website

Coordinates: 33°47′14″N 118°11′06″W / 33.78715°N 118.18505°W / 33.78715; -118.18505

Long Beach Polytechnic High School, founded in 1895 as Long Beach High School, is a public high school located at 1600 Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, California, United States. The school serves portions of Long Beach, including Bixby Knolls, and some parts of the cities of Signal Hill and Lakewood. Polytechnic, (more commonly known as Poly), is the flagship high school of the Long Beach Unified School District. It is a large urban high school with just over 5,000 students.

Polytechnic has long been distinguished in both academics and athletics. The PACE (Program of Additional Curricular Experiences, founded in 1975 by Dr. Nancy Gray, a teacher and administrator for the Long Beach School system) and the CIC (Center of International Curriculum) magnet programs boast more total University of California admissions than any other high school in California. In 2005, Sports Illustrated Magazine named Polytechnic the "Sports School of the Century", which applauds Polytechnic's badminton, baseball, basketball, football, track, cross country, swimming, water polo, tennis, golf, and softball teams. Polytechnic has also received numerous prizes for its music program, including six Grammy Awards, two of them being "golden signature" Grammy Awards. Long Beach Poly has also sent more players to the NFL than any other high school in the country, sending over 60 throughout the history of the school. Also, Long Beach Poly was named athletic school of the century and ranked number one in best high school athletic programs in the nation by Sports Illustrated.


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