Hollywood High School

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Hollywood High School

Established	1903
School type	Public
Location	Hollywood in Los Angeles, California
Campus	Urban
School colors	crimson, white
Nicknames	Sheiks
Website	Official website

This article is about Hollywood High school, a secondary school. For the computer game, see Hollywood High.

Hollywood High School is a secondary school located on the intersection of Highland Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California.

The school serves Hollywood, Beachwood Canyon, and Outpost Estates. Some areas (including sections of West Hollywood) are jointly zoned to Hollywood High School and Fairfax High School.

Hollywood High School was established in 1903. The school, which covers grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The current principal of the school is Fonna Bishop.

The school's colors are crimson and white and its mascot is The Sheik, based on the Rudolph Valentino movie named The Sheik. A picture of Valentino as "The Shiek" adorns the backside of the auditorium, facing the football field.

The Hollywood High Organ Opus 481 was a gift from the class of 1924. After suffering severe water damage from the Northridge earthquake in 1994 it was restored in 2002.

Bancroft Middle School and Le Conte Middle School feed into Hollywood High School.

[edit] Notable alumni

Hollywood High School mural [1]

Hollywood High School (at center), 1906

Hollywood High School has over 500 notable graduates, including:

John Archer, actor
Scott Baio, actor
Meredith Baxter, actress
Mary Kay Bergman, actress
Brandy, singer/actress
Vincent Bugliosi, attorney, author
Carol Burnett, actress/comedian
Keith Carradine, actor
Robert Carradine, actor
Adriana Caselotti, actress/singer
Carlos Castaneda, anthropologist (apocryphal, Castaneda makes the claim to have attended HHS in his books, but it is disputed elsewhere)
Marge Champion, dancer/choreographer
Norman Chandler, newspaper publisher
Lon Chaney, Jr., actor
Warren Christopher, diplomat/U.S. Secretary of State
Johnny Crawford, actor
Frank Darabont, director/screenwriter
Edward Dmytryk, director
Harley Earl, auto designer
Linda Evans, actress
Nanette Fabray, actress
Mike Farrell, actor
Laurence Fishburne, actor
Judy Garland, actress/singer
James Garner, actor
Gloria Grahame, actress
Alan Hale Jr., actor
Barbara Hershey, actress
John Huston, director
Jill St. John, actress
Chuck Jones, animator
Dickie Jones, actor
Sally Kellerman, actress
William Kennard, FCC Chairman
Swoosie Kurtz, actress
Alan Ladd, actor
Carole Lombard, actress
Richard Long, actor
Joel McCrea, actor
Ann Miller, dancer/actress
Judith Miller, journalist
Yvette Mimieux, actress
Ricky Nelson, singer
Marni Nixon, singer
Marcel Ophuls, film director
Susan Patron, children's book author, Newberry Prize winner
Richard Perle, political advisor
Stephanie Powers, actress
John Ritter, actor
Jason Robards, actor
Ruth Roland, actress
Mickey Rooney, actor
Jason Robards, actor
Scott Shaw, author, actor, filmmaker
William Shockley, Nobel laureate/inventor of the transistor
Alexis Smith, actress
Sharon Tate, actress
Charlene Tilton, actress
Mel Torme, singer
Joe Trippi, Political Activist (chairman of Howard Dean 2004 campaign)
Lana Turner, actress
Joseph Wapner, Judge of The People's Court
Tuesday Weld, actress
Rita Wilson, actress
Beatrice Wood, ceramist
Fay Wray, actress

[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