Fairfax High School (Los Angeles)

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Fairfax High School

Principal	Edward Zubiate
Motto	"Fare fac" (Say and Do)
School type	Public
Location	Los Angeles
Campus	Urban
School colors	Crimson, Gold, Black
Website	Official website

Fairfax High School is a Los Angeles Unified School District high school located in Los Angeles, California, USA, near the border of West Hollywood in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles.

Several sections of Los Angeles, including the Fairfax District, Park La Brea, portions of Hancock Park, and Larchmont, and the city of West Hollywood are served by Fairfax. Some areas (including parts of West Hollywood) are jointly zoned to Fairfax High School and Hollywood High School.

The school colors are red and gold and the mascot is the Lion. As of February 2006, the principal is Mr. Edward Zubiate.

Fairfax is also home to the Fairfax Magnet Center for Visual Arts, which attracts students from across the 700 square miles of the district. It opened in 1981.

It was known from the 1930s until the 1980s as a breeding ground for future major figures in the entertainment industry. It also made headlines on January 21, 1993 when a student went to school with a gun and it accidentally fired, killing one student (Demetrius Rice) [1] and wounding another.

Bancroft Middle School and John Burroughs Middle School feed into Fairfax.

[edit] Notable alumni

Notable graduates of Fairfax High School include:

Steven Adler, musician (Guns N' Roses, Adler's Appetite)
Byron Allen, talk show host
Herb Alpert, musician
David Arquette, actor and wrestler
Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Michael "Fat Mike" Burkett, musician (NOFX)
Gower Champion, director and choreographer
Michael Friedman, telecommunications consultant
Mike Epstein, major league baseball player
Chuck Essegian, outfielder, 1959 World Champion Dodgers
Larry Gelbart, television writer/producer
Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player in the NFL
Charles Herbert, child actor of the 1950s/1960s.
Saul "Slash" Hudson, musician (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
Timothy Hutton, actor
Jack Irons, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam)
David Janssen, motion picture and television actor (the Fugitive)
Alain Johannes, musician (Queens of the Stone Age)
Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player
Anthony Kiedis, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Lenny Kravitz, musician
Mila Kunis, actress
Carole Lombard, actress
Bria Myles, model, actress
Chris Mills, professional basketball player
Ricardo Montalban, actor [2]
Demi Moore, actress (dropped out at age 16)
Dave Navarro, musician (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Stephen Perkins, musician (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros)
Judith A. Reisman, author, critic of Kinsey
Mickey Rooney, actor
Allan Sherman, musician, parodist, satirist, and television producer
Larry Sherry, major league baseball pitcher & MVP of the 1959 World Series
Norm Sherry, major league baseball catcher
Hillel Slovak, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Craig Smith, basketball player
Phil Spector, record producer
Arnold Steinhardt, first violinist of the Guarneri Quartet
Martha Tilton, vocalist with Benny Goodman's band
Jermaine Jackson and Marlon Jackson, musicians, Jackson Five

[edit] External links

	v • d • e Los Angeles Unified School District District 4
7-12 schools	Eagle Rock High School
High schools	Belmont \| Contreras LC \| Fairfax \| Franklin \| Hollywood \| Marshall
Middle schools	Bancroft \| Le Conte \| Virgil