Van Nuys High School
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Van Nuys High School (VNHS) established in 1914, is a high school in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, California, belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school is home to a Residential Program and three Magnet Programs: Math/Science, Performing Arts, and Medical.
The campus was used as a location for the 1982 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Ridgemont High's mascot in the movie was the same as Van Nuys High School--a wolf, which remains VNHS' mascot today. The horror films Christine and Sleepwalkers, both written by Stephen King, were filmed at Van Nuys High School, as well as the Pilot episode of The Wonder Years, and several episodes of Highway to Heaven, as was The Ramones' punk rock movie classic Rock 'n' Roll High School. Other, more forgettable movies filmed at Van Nuys High include Kid 'n Play's Class Act and My Stepmother is an Alien (featuring Kim Basinger.)
From 1998 to 2005 the school principal was Mr. Herman Clay. Dr. Judith Vanderbok replaced him in 2005.
Van Nuys Community Adult School
The adult school is on the same campus as Van Nuys High School.
Notable alumni
Much like two other LAUSD high schools, Fairfax High School and Hollywood High School, Van Nuys High School has been a breeding ground for Hollywood talent over the years. There have been hundreds of famous graduates of Van Nuys High School, including:
- Bob Waterfield, football player
- Don Drysdale, baseball player
- Jane Russell, actress
- Jonathan Postel, along with Vint Cerf, one of "the giants of the internet"
- Julie Brown, actress/comedienne/producer/singer/writer
- Marilyn Monroe, actress
- Natalie Wood, actress
- Paula Abdul, entertainer
- Robert Redford, actor
- Stacy Keach, actor
- Stephen M. Cohen, fraudster and sex.com hijacker
- Vint Cerf, the "father of the Internet"
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