Laguna Beach High School
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Laguna Beach High School is a 4-year public high school located in Laguna Beach, California
, United States
. It is the only high school in the Laguna Beach Unified School District. It was established in 1934 and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and as well as being recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2008. It was also recognized as a California Distinguished School in 2007, placing the school among the top 5% of the state.
In the past years, 4-year enrollment has varied from a high of 1,103 in 1980-81 to a low of 638 students in 1989-90.
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, 7.6% Latino
, 1% African-American, 3.2% Asia
n, less than 1% Pacific Islander
, less than 1% American Indian
/Alaskan Native
and 5.1% multiple/no response (data from 2008-09 Term).
. Girls Sports were initially under the Girls Athletic Association with limited interscholastic competition. The Southern Section CIF initiated girls team sport playoffs beginning with Volleyball in 1972. Boys and Girls league competition and sports administration were unified in 1974
Fall Sports: (With 1st CIF Season) include Football (1934) Boys Water Polo (1964), Boys Cross County (1960) Girls Cross County (1974), Girls Tennis (1974) Girls Golf (1999) Winter Sports: Boys Basketball (1935), Boys Soccer (1976), Girls Basketball (1974), Girls Soccer (1982), Girls Water Polo (1998) Spring Sports: Baseball (1938), Boys Golf (1952), Boys Swimming (1962), Boys Tennis (1935), Boys Track (1935), Boys Volleyball (1972), Girls Swimming (1975), Girls Track (1975), Softball (1982–2007, 2011- ) Laguna also has a co-ed Surf team (1987)
Laguna Beach has success in sports until the rapid ubanization of Orange County in the late 1950s resulted in Laguna becoming the smallest public high school in the county.
The football team won the Orange Coast League title in 2006, their first league title in decades, and won again in 2009. The football program actually won a lower division (small school) football title in 1946. They have amassed an overall record of 310-387-18 entering the 2011 season.
Despite their struggles on the gridiron, Laguna Beach has been successful in other sports. Boys soccer won CIF-SS titles in 1997, 1998, and 2002. Girls' tennis has amassed 11 Southern Section championships including the top 2005 SSCIF Division I title. Laguna had early success in boy's basketball, winning Southern Section titles in 1953 and 1962. In Cross Country the Breakers' boys cross country team won the Southern Section title in 2009 and the state championship in 1989, 2004 and 2009. Eric Hulst has been Laguna's only Boys State Track champion winning the 2-mile (3200M) in 1975 and 1976 setting the State record in 1976. Renee Durrand was the Girls 1982 State Track Champion in the 800M. Boys Water Polo captured the 2010 and 2011 Division III section titles, Girls Water Polo captured the Division IV title in 2001 and Division II crown in 2009. Overall , the Breakers have won 37 section titles in Boys and Girls athletics.
The Laguna Beach location is conducive to success in volleyball
, as evidenced by the school winning multiple CIF-SS championships in the sport. The boy's team won section titles in 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2010 and won the Southern California Division III Regional title in 2009, 2010 and 2011. From 1981 to 1983, the squad had a 69 match winning streak, the longest in State history. The Boys are 374-55 in 40 seasons of league play and 85-32 in Section playoffs. Girl's volleyball won titles in 1976, 1991, 1996, 2006 and 2007. The Girls are also 347-40 in the past 38 seasons of CIF sponsored league play and 96-33 in Section playoffs.
created a reality television show titled Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
, which aired on MTV for 3 seasons. The show follows the lives of several young Laguna Beach residents as they finish high school and begin the next chapter of their lives. It had a very successful first two seasons and became the second highest rated MTV show. It made regular teenagers Lauren Conrad
, Stephen Colletti
, Kristin Cavallari
, and Lo Bosworth
into celebrities.
, Kristin Cavallari
, Stephen Colletti
, Breanna Conrad
, Lauren Conrad
, Raquel Donatelli, Cami Edwards, Tessa Keller, and Kyndra Mayo. Other notable alumni include:
Laguna Beach, California
Laguna Beach is a seaside resort city and artist community located in southern Orange County, California, United States, approximately southwest of the county seat of Santa Ana...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is the only high school in the Laguna Beach Unified School District. It was established in 1934 and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and as well as being recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2008. It was also recognized as a California Distinguished School in 2007, placing the school among the top 5% of the state.
History
Prior to 1889 no high school existed in Orange County. That year Santa Ana started adding post-eight grade courses to their regular instructional program. By 1892, the Santa Ana High School was formally accredited by the University of California as the county’s first high school. Fullerton was established in 1893, Anaheim in 1898. Still, high school education was not required in California until state legislation in 1919 that mandated that all elementary school districts affiliate with a high school district by September, 1921. Rather than join Santa Ana, the Laguna School District joined with four other elementary school districts to form the Tustin Union High School District. This new high school was located on the site of the current Tustin High School more than 20 miles from Laguna Beach. Laguna Beach finally established a separate high school district in 1933 and on Tuesday, September 11, 1934, Laguna Beach High School opened with an enrollment of 157 students in a new wing constructed as part of the existing Laguna Elementary School facility [1928]. In 1935, the K-5 portion of the school was relocated to a new school built across Park Avenue. North Gym opened in 1935, the 1st floor of the high school Library building opened in 1954 and the 2nd floor Science rooms were added in 1960. Dugger Gym and Guyer Field were added in 1962 and Administration was constructed in 1964 on the site of the old 1908 2-room schoolhouse. Major renovations occurred in 1993 with new classrooms, pool and a facelift. Another major remodel and expansion occurred in 2003-05.In the past years, 4-year enrollment has varied from a high of 1,103 in 1980-81 to a low of 638 students in 1989-90.
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Student demographics
The ethnic makeup of the school is 82% WhiteWhite
White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in nearly equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness.White light can be...
, 7.6% Latino
Latino
The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...
, 1% African-American, 3.2% Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n, less than 1% Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander , is a geographic term to describe the indigenous inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, these three regions, together with their islands consist of:Polynesia:...
, less than 1% American Indian
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
/Alaskan Native
Alaska Natives
Alaska Natives are the indigenous peoples of Alaska. They include: Aleut, Inuit, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Eyak, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.-History:In 1912 the Alaska Native Brotherhood was founded...
and 5.1% multiple/no response (data from 2008-09 Term).
Athletics
Laguna teams were originally called the Breakers but the community already had a reputation as an art colony even before the establishing of the Festival of Arts 1932 and the famous Pageant of the Masters 1935. Civic pride with Laguna’s art community culminated in a student body vote on June 4, 1936 to change the nickname to “Artists” after only 19 months as the Breakers. In 2003, the student body voted to return to the “Breakers” nickname. The Breakers compete in the Orange Coast League in the CIF Southern SectionCIF Southern Section
C.I.F. Southern Section is the largest of the ten sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation . Its membership includes most public and private high schools in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Mono and Inyo counties, as...
. Girls Sports were initially under the Girls Athletic Association with limited interscholastic competition. The Southern Section CIF initiated girls team sport playoffs beginning with Volleyball in 1972. Boys and Girls league competition and sports administration were unified in 1974
Fall Sports: (With 1st CIF Season) include Football (1934) Boys Water Polo (1964), Boys Cross County (1960) Girls Cross County (1974), Girls Tennis (1974) Girls Golf (1999) Winter Sports: Boys Basketball (1935), Boys Soccer (1976), Girls Basketball (1974), Girls Soccer (1982), Girls Water Polo (1998) Spring Sports: Baseball (1938), Boys Golf (1952), Boys Swimming (1962), Boys Tennis (1935), Boys Track (1935), Boys Volleyball (1972), Girls Swimming (1975), Girls Track (1975), Softball (1982–2007, 2011- ) Laguna also has a co-ed Surf team (1987)
Laguna Beach has success in sports until the rapid ubanization of Orange County in the late 1950s resulted in Laguna becoming the smallest public high school in the county.
The football team won the Orange Coast League title in 2006, their first league title in decades, and won again in 2009. The football program actually won a lower division (small school) football title in 1946. They have amassed an overall record of 310-387-18 entering the 2011 season.
Despite their struggles on the gridiron, Laguna Beach has been successful in other sports. Boys soccer won CIF-SS titles in 1997, 1998, and 2002. Girls' tennis has amassed 11 Southern Section championships including the top 2005 SSCIF Division I title. Laguna had early success in boy's basketball, winning Southern Section titles in 1953 and 1962. In Cross Country the Breakers' boys cross country team won the Southern Section title in 2009 and the state championship in 1989, 2004 and 2009. Eric Hulst has been Laguna's only Boys State Track champion winning the 2-mile (3200M) in 1975 and 1976 setting the State record in 1976. Renee Durrand was the Girls 1982 State Track Champion in the 800M. Boys Water Polo captured the 2010 and 2011 Division III section titles, Girls Water Polo captured the Division IV title in 2001 and Division II crown in 2009. Overall , the Breakers have won 37 section titles in Boys and Girls athletics.
The Laguna Beach location is conducive to success in volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, as evidenced by the school winning multiple CIF-SS championships in the sport. The boy's team won section titles in 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2010 and won the Southern California Division III Regional title in 2009, 2010 and 2011. From 1981 to 1983, the squad had a 69 match winning streak, the longest in State history. The Boys are 374-55 in 40 seasons of league play and 85-32 in Section playoffs. Girl's volleyball won titles in 1976, 1991, 1996, 2006 and 2007. The Girls are also 347-40 in the past 38 seasons of CIF sponsored league play and 96-33 in Section playoffs.
MTV
In 2004, MTVMTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
created a reality television show titled Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, often referred to simply as Laguna Beach, is a reality television series which originally aired on MTV from September 28, 2004 until November 16, 2006. It documents the lives of several teenagers living in Laguna Beach, an affluent seaside community located in...
, which aired on MTV for 3 seasons. The show follows the lives of several young Laguna Beach residents as they finish high school and begin the next chapter of their lives. It had a very successful first two seasons and became the second highest rated MTV show. It made regular teenagers Lauren Conrad
Lauren Conrad
Lauren Katherine Conrad is an American television personality, celebutante, and fashion designer. She came to prominence with her starring roles on the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and its spin-off series, The Hills, which at one point followed her personal and...
, Stephen Colletti
Stephen Colletti
Stephen August Colletti is an American actor and television personality. He was featured on the MTV reality show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. He also co-hosted MTV's Total Request Live...
, Kristin Cavallari
Kristin Cavallari
Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari is an American television personality and actress. She is best known for her starring roles on the former MTV reality television programs Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and its spin-off, The Hills.-Early life:Cavallari was born in Denver, Colorado, the second of...
, and Lo Bosworth
Lo Bosworth
Lauren Ogilvie "Lo" Bosworth , is an American television personality and author. She is best known for her appearances on the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and its spin-off, The Hills.-Early life:...
into celebrities.
Notable students
The cast of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County included Laguna Beach High School students Lo BosworthLo Bosworth
Lauren Ogilvie "Lo" Bosworth , is an American television personality and author. She is best known for her appearances on the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and its spin-off, The Hills.-Early life:...
, Kristin Cavallari
Kristin Cavallari
Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari is an American television personality and actress. She is best known for her starring roles on the former MTV reality television programs Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and its spin-off, The Hills.-Early life:Cavallari was born in Denver, Colorado, the second of...
, Stephen Colletti
Stephen Colletti
Stephen August Colletti is an American actor and television personality. He was featured on the MTV reality show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. He also co-hosted MTV's Total Request Live...
, Breanna Conrad
Breanna Conrad
Breanna Christine Conrad is featured on season three of MTV's Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County. She is the younger sister of Lauren Conrad, who was featured in the first two seasons of the show and in the MTV spin-off reality series The Hills.-Biography:Breanna Conrad was born and raised in...
, Lauren Conrad
Lauren Conrad
Lauren Katherine Conrad is an American television personality, celebutante, and fashion designer. She came to prominence with her starring roles on the MTV reality series Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and its spin-off series, The Hills, which at one point followed her personal and...
, Raquel Donatelli, Cami Edwards, Tessa Keller, and Kyndra Mayo. Other notable alumni include:
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