Quartz Hill High School
| Quartz Hill High School | |
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| Address | |
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6040 West Avenue L Quartz Hill, California 93536 |
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| Coordinates | 34°39′29″N 118°14′18″W / 34.65806°N 118.23833°WCoordinates: 34°39′29″N 118°14′18″W / 34.65806°N 118.23833°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Established | 1964 |
| Principal | Matt Anderson |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 3,913 |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Nickname | Rebels |
| Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Newspaper | The Ubiquity |
| Yearbook | The Cavalier |
| Website | Quartz Hill H.S. |
Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Quartz Hill, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley Union High School District.
The basic layout of Quartz Hill High School's 80-acre (320,000 m2) campus is a courtyard surrounded by several quads and athletic buildings, a design that is typical of high schools in Southern California. The school's campus was originally designed for 1,800 students, but over two times that number are currently enrolled. In the school year 2008-2009, there is a reported number of over 3000 students now attending the school, some being foreign exchange students.
From the summer of 2003 to the fall of 2004, Quartz Hill High School's campus underwent a $15 million modernization that updated a majority of the school's classrooms.
Quartz Hill High School consists of approximately 3,200 students and growing. Most of the school's students live in Quartz Hill, Palmdale and Lancaster, cities in the Antelope Valley of northern Los Angeles County.
Quartz Hill High School is one of 65 high schools in California to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme, which began at the school in 1998. Advanced Placement (AP) classes are also available in nearly all academic departments.
Activities at Quartz Hill High School include on their website
The sports program at Quartz Hill High School includes football, baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, cross country, track and field, tennis, swimming, wrestling, volleyball, golf and dance. The mens cross country team is known as the most successful and most accomplished sports programs in the past ten years at Quartz Hill. Under the helm of Head Coach Matthew Bierowicz, the Quartz Hill cross country team has risen to one of the most prominent and dominant cross country programs in all of California.
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