Huntington Beach High School
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| Name | Huntington Beach High School | |
| Address | 1905 Main Street Huntington Beach, California 92648 [Satellite image] | |
| Established | 1906 | |
| Community | Suburban | |
| Type | Public | |
| Students |
2,544 students xxxx boys xxxx girls | |
| Ethnic Composition |
[Statistics] American Indian/Alaskan Native 6.6% Asian 10.1% Pacific Islander 1.0% Filipino 0.8% Hispanic/Latino 13.5% African American 1.2% White 66.7% Other/Declined to state 0.2% | |
| Grades | 9 to 12 | |
| Principal | David Linzey | |
| Nickname | HBHS, Huntington High, Huntington | |
| Mascot | The Oilers (Oiler Man) | |
| Colours | Black and Orange | |
| Motto | Preparing our students to become educated, responsible and successful citizens within our global community. | |
| Publications | The Oiler Times | |
| Yearbook | The Cauldron | |
| Website |
[www.hboilers.com] ''
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History
Beginnings: The School on Wheels
Huntington Beach High School's founding was one of uncertainty and political opposition. Originally known as Las Bolsa High School, the school opened in Los Alamitos in 1902 and served as a secondary school for Westminster, Garden Grove, Los Alamitos, Bolsa, New Hope, Fountain Valley, Chica, Ocean View and Springdale elementary districts. However, after only one student showed up for class, the site was scrapped four days after its opening. After attempts to find a permanent location failed due to political opposition and controversy, the remaining districts of Ocean View, Springdale and Fountain Valley were joined by those of Huntington Beach and Newport Elementary.In 1906, the "school on wheels," as it was often called because of its inability to secure a permanent location, finally settled in Huntington Beach and began operation as Huntington Beach Union High School. Classes were initially held in the basement of an auditorium operated by the local Methodist church. Having received a land grant from the Huntington Beach Company, the high school completed construction of its first permanent buildings at its current location in 1908. By 1910, there were seven teachers and three clubs; Huntington Beach had a population of 815 people. By this time the four graduates had become an average of 14 graduates a year. The first graduating class consisted of six students, but expanded rapidly in the next decade into the hundreds.
In 1921, the Huntington Beach Company increased mining in abundant oil fields around the city bringing a wave of prosperity to the area. In 1926, the school's architects, Allison and Allison (a Santa Ana firm), described the school's structure as a Lombard Romanesque Revival. The iconic bell tower and auditorium were the first buildings constructed, and seven other buildings were built between 1926 and 1952.
1970s: Remodeling
In the 1970s, Huntington Beach High School began construction of new facilities. Many of the old buildings (except the bell tower and auditorium) were demolished and rebuilt because they were not built up to current earthquake and fire codes. The quad was redesigned and landscaped with new trees.2004: Measure C
In March 2004, Measure C passed, granting a massive bond for school funding. As HBHS was nearing its centennial and was the oldest in the district, it received a lion's share of the money. Construction began and the summer and has continued since. Infastructure projects has elevated the school with up-to-date piping and rewiring. Handicap ramps were built in and around difficult places for ADA compilance. The D Building, which contains math and science classrooms, is currently being retrofitted with an elevator, the last of the academic buildings which requires such construction. However, no plans have been proposed for making the M building (which contains music and recording arts classrooms) handicap accessible.
However, the remodeling has yet to be finished. Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year, a massive number of portables will be brought on campus and classes will be rotated on a yearly basis out into the portables. They are planning to gut the Math and Science building (D building) and completely build it from the ground up again, among other massive changes. It will require that the classes in the affected buildings to be moved out of the portable on a yearly basis to begin and complete the remodeling.
Hail, Hail to Huntington: School Songs
\"School Song\"
In 1909, Ethel Crane composed a school song that is no longer recognized, but is preserved as historically significant to the school.
''In a land of glowing sunsets,
Where chime the mission bells,
Lies a realm by shining sea-sands,
Where the golden sunbeam dwells,
Where white-capped waves are dashing
On a shore we all love well,
And in this land of sunshine
Is the school of which we tell.
''H.B. High School, H.B. High School,
Of the land of brightest flowers,
H.B. High School, H.B. High School,
What a happy kingdom outs,
In our memories thou wilt linger
So long as we shall live,
And to our own dear High School,
Our loyal love we give.
''Though future years divide us
And between us oceans lie,
Though different paths we're walking
And school days are gone by,
Yet in our thoughtful moments
Our minds will backward fly
To the tie that still will blind us --
All the thoughts of H.B. High.''
The Alma Mater
''Hail, hail to Huntington, thy pillars noble and strong,Like spires that rise to vaulted skys,
We raise our loyal song.
Ne'er can thy spirit die, nor ever can thy walls decay,
So give a hail, hail to Huntington,
Thy glory shall not fade away!''
Notable programs and people
Academy for the Performing Arts
Huntington Beach High School serves as the host campus for the District's magnet arts program, the Academy for the Performing Arts. This audition-only extra-curriculur school offers majors in six disciplines: Acting, Commercial Recording Arts, Dance, Instrumental Music, Musical Theatre, and Technical Theatre. All mainstage performances are shown in the historic Darrel Stillwagon Auditorium, an Orange County Historical Landmark.The Legacy: Model United Nations
When the program began in 1972 by history teacher Lynn Aase, the Model United Nations program initially consisted of 35 students who attended the Harvard conference. The program now consists of more than 300 students who attend conferences locally, nationally and internationally. The program has recently sent winning delegations to New York, Washington DC, Russia, France and Germany. At the UC Berkeley conference, a competition in which many top schools in the state attend, HBHS MUN delegates have won 24 out of the 25 delegation awards in years they've attended.Sports
All-Pro NFL Tight End for the Kansas City Chiefs Tony Gonzalez is an alumnus of HBHS. Also notable is Eric Anderson, the first openly gay track coach. He coached during the 1990s and wrote Trailblazing: The True Story of America's First Openly Gay Track Coach (ISBN 1555835244), a memoir about his battle to gain acceptance and teach at HBHS.Huntington Beach High School's wide array of sporting facilities result in a diverse athletic program. The school currently competes in the Sunset League, but will be moved to the Sea View League beginning in the 2006-07 academic year, as their football team has gone 3-22 against Sunset League competition since 2001.
Seasonal sports schedule
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Music groups
Facilities
Sports
- Indoor gym
- Swimming pool
- Cap Sheue Football Stadium
- All-weather track
- Weight training facilities
- X baseball fields
- X soccer fields
Arts
- Darrell Stillwagon Historic Auditorium
- Audio recording facilities
- *Macintosh media laboratory
- *Guitar stations
- *ProTools recording
- Video production facilities
- *Green screen
- *Video editing stations
- Two dance classrooms
- Darkroom
- Ceramics and other fine arts facilities
- Digital media
Vocational Shops and other resources
- Auto shop
- Wood shop
- Family and consumer science facilities
- Library
- Career center
- Photography laboratory
- 4 computer labratories
External links
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