Ventura High School
| Ventura High School | |
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Entrance facing Catalina Street, showing the Atoms for Peace statue
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| Location | |
| Two North Catalina Street Ventura, California, United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°16′42″N, 119°16′06″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1889 |
| Principal | Carlos V. Cohen |
| Faculty | 95 |
| Enrollment | 2149 (as of 2009-2010 school year) |
| Campus | Mid-Size City |
| Color(s) | Black and Gold |
| Athletics conference | CIF Channel League |
| Mascot | Cougars |
| Rival | Buena High School |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 34°16′42″N 119°16′06″W / 34.27833°N 119.26833°W
Ventura High School is a secondary school located in Ventura, California. The school was founded in 1889 and is a California Distinguished School. It is part of the Ventura Unified School District. In 2012, French and Italian language teacher at VHS, Sebastien De Clerck was honored as a California Teacher of Year for 2013.
Ventura High's music department has a Jazz Bands, a Wind Ensemble, a Symphonic Band, a String Orchestra, a Global String Ensemble and a pep-band that is open to all music students and plays at sporting events. Both the Wind Ensemble and String Orchestra have earned distinction nationwide at invitational music festivals Boston, New York, Hawaii, and most recently in 2015 at the NAI Invitational Festival in Chicago, Illinois in which both groups won first place gold superior in their divisions and String Orchestra won the entire competition.
Most recently in the 2014-2015 school year, the school reestablished a Ventura Unified School District Youth Symphony.
David Hess is the athletic director. The school competes in the Channel League and has 21 varsity teams. Its primary rival is Buena High School in eastern Ventura. The stadium above the campus is named for alum Mike Larrabee. The football field is named for alum Eric "E-Rock" Turner. The gymnasium is named for former coach Bob Tuttle.
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