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Lynbrook High School (also referred to as Lynbrook or LHS) is a co-educational, public, four-year secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

located in the West San Jose neighborhood of San Jose

San Jose, California

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

, California

California

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, USA

United States

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. It was founded in 1965 and graduated its first class in 1968.

Lynbrook belongs to the Fremont Union High School District

Fremont Union High School District

The Fremont Union High School District is a school district in Northern California, serving Cupertino, most of Sunnyvale and parts of San Jose, Los Altos, Saratoga, and Santa Clara. As of 2004, it serves over 9,500 students...

along with Monta Vista High School

Monta Vista High School

Monta Vista High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the Silicon Valley city of Cupertino, California, USA. Part of the Fremont Union High School District, the school serves most of the suburban residential and industrial technology enriched area of western Cupertino...

, Cupertino High School

Cupertino High School

Cupertino High School, colloquially referred to as "Tino", is a four-year comprehensive public high school located near the Rancho Rinconada and Fairgrove neighborhoods of Cupertino, California, USA. It is part of the Fremont Union High School District. The school serves mostly suburban...

, Fremont High School

Fremont High School (Sunnyvale, California)

Fremont High School is a comprehensive, co-educational, public secondary school in Sunnyvale, California, United States. Fremont is currently the only open public high school located in the city of Sunnyvale and is part of the Fremont Union High School District .-History:Fremont was originally...

, and Homestead High School

Homestead High School (Cupertino, California)

Homestead High School is a four-year high school serving north western Cupertino, western Sunnyvale, and portions of southern Los Altos, in Santa Clara County, California. Established in 1962, the school serves 2,270 students in grades 9 to 12 as part of the Fremont Union High School District...

. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. The Western Association of...

. It was once ranked among the top five public comprehensive secondary schools in California.

Lynbrook is known as one of the top high schools in the Bay Area. A larger percentage of its graduates accept admission into the University of California

University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...

than any other school in the Fremont Union High School District

Fremont Union High School District

. http://lynbrook.schoolloop.com/school_profiles Lynbrook won its Homecoming football game against Harker School on Friday October 28, 2011 after a 19-year losing streak.

History

Lynbrook High School opened on September 13, 1965, with an enrollment of 1,026 students. Because Cupertino High School

Cupertino High School

had grown very large by that time, a new school in the West San Jose area was constructed. The District Board nominated Kendall Stanger as the first principal of the school. The school was technologically advanced around the time it was built and had closed-circuit television and air conditioning. During the first year, there was no gymnasium, locker room, or swimming pool. There were sophomores and freshman attending that year. By the second school year the gymnasium, locker room, and 'Olympic sized' swimming pool were complete.

Campus

Many of Lynbrook's buildings and facilities are in their original state and have not been significantly renovated. However, the bleachers in the main Gym were replaced between the years 2003 and 2006. Most of Lynbrook's buildings are constructed of old brick exteriors. New structures and facilities built since 1990 include the library, swimming pool, field house, and Voyager buildings. During the summer in 2009, the parking lot was renovated and solar panels were added.

Lynbrook has a football field with a dirt track around it, a swimming pool, and a small baseball field. Although the baseball field is in need of renovations, Lynbrook's Olympic-sized swimming pool is in excellent condition. During water polo season, Lynbrook's nine lane swimming pool devotes about half of its area to non-lane-divided deep-water areas. The deep-water area is used mainly for water polo

Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...

competitions. The pool was renovated in the summer of 2009. The softball and field hockey areas were also renovated in 2006-2007. Also, on September 12, 2011, construction for a new rubber track, football field, and new baseball field began.

The classroom wings are on the back (east) side of the school and are numbered from 101-615. The 100 and 200 wings are on the north side, and the 500 and 600 wings are on the south side. The gym

Gym

The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...

nasium, swimming pool

Swimming pool

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...

, and tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

and basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

courts are situated on the southwest side of Lynbrook's campus. The western third of the campus consists of the Stober field (a large green lawn used primarily for field hockey practice and student events) and a football field. The visual and performing arts center is the school's easternmost building. The school's mural of the Viking, which faces the main parking lot, is painted on the building that houses the girls' locker rooms and the weight training room.

The rally court or quad is the hub of student life at Lynbrook and is surrounded by the cafeteria, classroom wings, auditorium, and the Associated Student Body den. School-wide homecoming skits are performed in the rally court. Other student activities also take place in the quad, including "Club Day." On Club Day, participating clubs set up tables in the quad and fundraise by selling food and drinks. Spirit Weeks, week-long events put on by the Associated Student Body (ASB), are also held in the quad. Spirit weeks culminate in a school-wide rally at the end of the week, located in the main gym. While the bleachers in the main gym were being replaced, rallies were held outdoors in the quad.

Academics

Lynbrook has a solid academic reputation. Lynbrook has widely been known for consistently being one of the top 20 high schools in California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

for several years. http://lhs.fuhsd.org/school_info/API_history.htm Lynbrook's academic reputation has also influenced the real estate market in the surrounding neighborhood, causing home prices to rise higher than other neighborhoods in the San Jose area.

As of 2011, Lynbrook High School's base Academic Performance Index

Academic Performance Index

The Academic Performance Index is a measurement of academic performance and progress of individual schools in California, United States. It is one of the main components of the Public Schools Accountability Act passed by the California legislature in 1999...

(API) is 943, which is 201 points higher than the state average for high schools, and is similar to those of Saratoga

Saratoga High School

Saratoga High School is a high school in Saratoga, California, United States, part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District. The school is jointly accredited by the California Department of Education and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Student enrollment averages...

, Mission San Jose

Mission San Jose High School

Mission San Jose High School , is a public, co-educational, four-year secondary school founded in 1964 and located in the Mission San Jose district of Fremont, California, United States...

, and Monta Vista

Monta Vista High School

. http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2010/2010GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=43694684334421 The API ranking for Lynbrook High School is 19 out of 19, which is the best rating possible for any school, and its similar-schools API ranking is 9 out of 10. In 2008, Lynbrook was ranked 6th out of all public schools in the state of California, excluding magnet schools, based on API scores. http://www.lhs.fuhsd.org/about_lhs In 2009, the U.S News and World Report

U.S. News & World Report

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ranked Lynbrook as the 98th best high school in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/high-schools/2009/12/09/americas-best-high-schools-gold-medal-list.html?PageNr=4 In 2007, the school scored a 10 out of 10 in both API Statewide and Similar School ranking.

Lynbrook students consistently receive high marks on standardized exams, including the SAT

SAT

The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...

and Advanced Placement Exams

Advanced Placement Program

The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...

. On the SAT I (now known as the SAT Reasoning Test), the mean critical reading score for the class of 2010 was 619/800, the mean writing score was 640/800, and the mean mathematics score was 690/800. The mean composite score on the SAT

SAT

was a 1949/2400. Out of 1585 tests taken by 672 students who took Advanced Placement Exams in 2010, 53% scored a 5, the highest score possible, and 92% of the people passed. http://lynbrook.schoolloop.com/school_profiles STAR

Standardized Testing and Reporting

The Standardized Testing and Reporting Program measures performance on the California Achievement Test, Sixth Edition Survey , the California Content Standards Test and the Spanish Assessment of Basic Education . The STAR Program is the cornerstone of the California Public Schools Accountability...

test results are also remarkably high, with most students scoring proficient or above in almost all subjects, particularly in mathematics and science.
In 2009, Lynbrook produced 58 national merit semifinalists, and 78 commended students, which is the highest proportion based on the size of the graduating class (487) out of all of the high schools in the Fremont Union High School District

Fremont Union High School District

. Also, 119 students were awarded with the title of AP Scholar, 65 became AP Scholars with Honor, 6 became AP Scholars with Distinction, and 9 students became National AP Scholars. http://links.schoolloop.com/link/rd?href=736c5f6c696e6b6666303163633065623266687474703a2f2f6c796e62726f6f6b2e7363686f6f6c6c6f6f702e636f6d2f66696c652f313231313931303036383933342f313232363139343430363433372f333039383736393436353635353237323939322e706466

Almost all students take the SAT. Many SAT prep schools have sprung up all over San Jose, Cupertino, and Saratoga. These SAT prep classes are taken by a large percentage of Lynbrook pupils. Most students choose to take honors and AP classes to boost their GPA.

Lynbrook has a relatively high proportion of high student GPA's. Unweighted GPA's above 3.8 are not uncommon. For some students, heavy emphasis is placed on honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses. AP United States History (APUSH) is considered one of the hardest courses, with typically two chapters of at least three hours (for each chapter) of reading and taking notes per night. Due to their high academic success, many Lynbrook graduates have gone to several high profile colleges and universities around the country, including Ivy League

Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

institutions. Although students sometimes complain that there is too much stress, myriad graduates report having a much easier time in college compared to other non-Lynbrook classmates, as Lynbrook is similar in difficulty, stress levels, and the ways college classes are taught. More than half of all Lynbrook graduates attend the University of California

University of California

, making Lynbrook one of the university's largest feeders. Not all students attend four-year colleges; and about one-fourth attend two-year colleges such as nearby De Anza College

De Anza College

De Anza College is a community college located in Cupertino, California. It was founded in 1967 on the site of the Beaulieu Winery and is named after the Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza...

.

In 2009-2010, Lynbrook boasted a total of 6 semifinalists, 2 finalists, and one 2nd place student from the Intel Science Talent Search

Intel Science Talent Search

The Intel Science Talent Search , known for its first 57 years as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search is a research-based science competition in the United States for high school seniors. It has been referred to as "the nation's oldest and most prestigious" science competition. In his speech...

, one of the most prestigious science competitions in America.

On September 20, 2011, Lynbrook will be recognized at a Gala Dinner in Washington DC as an Intel School of Distinction Finalist in science. Lynbrook is one of only three high schools in the nation to receive this recognition.

Alternative Educational Routes

During students' junior and senior years, they can choose to participate in one of the alternative programs offered through De Anza College

De Anza College

De Anza College is a community college located in Cupertino, California. It was founded in 1967 on the site of the Beaulieu Winery and is named after the Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza...

. The Middle College Program

Middle College Program

The Middle College Program is a high school alternative program first established in New York. It is a collaboration between a high school district and a community college for high school students who desire a more independent learning environment. Students take a combination of core high school...

is available to juniors and seniors, while College Now is offered exclusively to members of the senior class. These programs allow students to explore interests with classes that aren't always offered at high school and build up college credits while completing the requirements for a diploma.

Sports

Lynbrook offers a total of 16 distinct sports, with sports split into two different seasons for girls and boys (such as tennis and volleyball) counted as one sport.
Fall

Cross Country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

(girls and boys)

Field Hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

(girls)

Football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

(boys)

Tennis

(girls)

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...

(girls)

Water Polo

Water polo

(girls and boys)

Winter

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

(girls and boys)

Soccer (girls and boys)

Wrestling

Scholastic wrestling

Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...

(girls and boys)

Spring

Swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

(girls and boys)

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

(girls and boys)

Tennis

(boys)

Volleyball

(boys)

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

(boys)

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

(girls)

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

(girls and boys)

Track and Field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

(girls and boys)

Other Extracurricular Activities

Music/Performance

Choir

A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...

Marching Band

Marching band

Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...

and Color Guard (fall)

Orchestra

An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...

and Wind Ensemble

Winter Guard

Winter guard

Winter guard is an indoor color guard activity, derived from marching band or drum & bugle corps. Unlike traditional color guard, winter guard is performed indoors, usually in a gymnasium or an indoor arena...

(winter/spring)

Winter Percussion

Indoor percussion ensemble

An indoor percussion ensemble or indoor drumline consists of the marching percussion and front ensemble sections of a marching band or drum corps. The only exceptions are in concert divisions where the marching line is absent and the ensemble consists entirely of a pit...

(winter/spring)

Cheerleading

Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...

Dance squad (the Valkyries)

Business/Law

FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)

JSA (Junior State of America)

DECA

DECA (organization)

DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...

Honor/Service societies

NHS (National Honor Society)

National Honor Society

The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...

CSF (California Scholarship Federation)

California Scholarship Federation

The California Scholarship Federation, or CSF, started in 1921 by Charles F. Seymour, seeks to recognize students living in the state of California who possess high standards in academic scholarship, community service and citizenship....

Interact Club

Rotary International

Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...

NCHS

SHS

JNHS

Debate/Policy

Speech and Debate

Mock Trial

Mock trial

A Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers as role players to test theories or...

Model United Nations

Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....

Academic

Robotics

Robotics is the branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and application of robots...

Team (Team 846: Funky Monkeys)

Math Honor Society

Science Bowl

Science Bowl is a high school and middle school academic competition, similar to Quiz Bowl, held in the United States. Two teams of four students each compete to answer various science-related questions. In order to determine which student has the right to answer the question, a buzzer system is...

Team

Junior Engineering Technical Society

Junior Engineering Technical Society is a national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting engineering and technology careers to America's young people. JETS engages students in various engineering education programs that are designed to encourage secondary school students to pursue...

Lynbrook Neuroscience

Lynbrook Neuroscience is an interest club at Lynbrook High School. Neuroscience Club is for students want to pursue a medical career in the future or are simply interested in the subject of neuroscience...

Science Club

School publications

Newspaper

A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

(The Epic)

Literary Magazine (Vertigo)

Yearbook

A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...

(The Valhalla; the 2004-2005 edition being the first in color)

Newsletter (The Lynk; formerly "Viking Pride")

Student Outreach Publication (Aletheia, first archive published in 2010)

Lynbrook has more than 70 clubs, a complete list of which is available here http://lhs.fuhsd.org/cms/page_view?d=x&piid=&vpid=1227096874888.

ASB

The Lynbrook ASB (Associated Student Body) organizes student activities and is led by both student and administrative members. A complete updated list of ASB officers can be found here http://www.lynbrookasb.org/leadership. The ASB organizes many class competitions, brunch and lunch time entertainment, rallies, and also homecoming. Homecoming is the largest event on the school calendar. During homecoming, classes hold "skits" and compete against each other during homecoming week.

ASB cards, issued by the ASB, allow students to receive discounted prices on school merchandise, tickets, and activities. As of the 2006-2007 school year, an ASB card can be purchased for $75, with the cost of the yearbook included.

Lynbrook holds school dances throughout the year, usually on Friday nights. The dances begin at 7:30 P.M. and end at 10:30 P.M. School rules are in effect during the dances, and only Lynbrook students are allowed in the dances unless a guest pass is obtained.

There are 4 to 6 spirit weeks held throughout the school year. During these themed weeks, the ASB puts on spirit games in the quad that involve students and teachers in ridiculous but entertaining games. Usually these games involve one student from each class.

ASB Officers:
President - Kevin Tu
Vice President - Anika Dhamodharan
Treasurer - Andrew Wong
Secretary - Stephanie Ham
IDC Representatives - Darren Shim, Shirley Kiang

Class of 2012 Officers:
President - Sameer Kausar
Vice Presidents - Alice Zhang, Daniel Shin, Annie Ho
Secretary - Vishal Kalayalasundaram
Treasurer - Jared Kim
More information about Lynbrook's ASB can be found at its website here http://www.lynbrookasb.org.

Demographics

Like most other American high school

High school

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s, Lynbrook is a four-year high school that consists of freshman

Freshman

A freshman or fresher is a first-year student in secondary school, high school, or college. The term first year can also be used as a noun, to describe the students themselves A freshman (US) or fresher (UK, India) (or sometimes fish, freshie, fresher; slang plural frosh or freshmeat) is a...

, sophomore, junior, and senior

Twelfth grade

Twelfth grade or Senior year, or Grade Twelve, are the North American names for the final year of secondary school. In most countries students then graduate at age 17 or 18. In some countries, there is a thirteenth grade, while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all...

classes. Total enrollment for the school year 2010-2011 was 1741, making it the second smallest high school in the Fremont Union High School District

Fremont Union High School District

.https://lynbrook.schoolloop.com/school_profiles

Race	Percentage (Class of 2011)
Asian American	76%
White American	18%
Other	6%
Percent Limited English	6%

Ethnic diversity

As of the 2007 school year, Lynbrook High School had a total of 1,931 students. Approximately 74.5% of the students are Asian

Asian American

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...

, 22.3% are white

White American

White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...

, 2.5% are Hispanic

Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...

, 0.6% are black, and 0.2% are Native American

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...

. Like many top high schools in the Bay Area, Lynbrook's student body is primarily Chinese American with a growing Indian American population.

School boundaries

Lynbrook High School's boundaries comprise the western part of West San Jose and parts of northern Saratoga

Saratoga, California

Saratoga is a city in Santa Clara County, California, USA. It is located on the west side of the Santa Clara Valley, directly west of San Jose, in the San Francisco Bay area. The population was 29,926 at the 2010 census....

. The school's area is bound to the north by Bollinger Road, to the east by Saratoga Creek, to the south by Cox Avenue, and to the west by De Anza Boulevard.

Currently, the Residency Verification policy states that all students who are enrolled in Lynbrook High School must be physically residing within the district's boundaries. The Residency Verification Anonymous Hotline is one of the district's ways of helping to enforce the policy. (see Fremont Union High School District

Fremont Union High School District

). However, a small number of students live elsewhere but are allowed enrollment due to lottery enrollment or by exceptions from the district.

Schedule

Lynbrook High School's schedule has Mondays and Thursdays as tutorial schedules. Tuesdays are odd block (only odd-numbered periods are attended), and Wednesdays are even block (only even-numbered periods are attended). Fridays are normal schedules. There are a total of seven periods (from 1 to 7), and 1st and 7th periods are optional (most students take either six or seven periods, although some take as few as four).

Lynbrook High School's classes usually start at 7:35 A.M. and end at 2:05 (if the student's last class is at period 6) or 2:55 P.M. (if the student has 7th period), although the times may vary slightly for the different days of the school week. On Tuesdays, classes begin at 7:35 A.M., but only odd-numbered periods are attended (periods 1, 3, 5, and 7). Students who do not have 7th period and who do not choose to eat at the school are dismissed at 12:45 P.M. On Wednesdays, classes begin at 9:15 A.M. and only 2nd, 4th, and 6th periods are attended, with a staff development and collaboration period before the start of the second period. Wednesday is the only day of the school week that is late start. The school also has 35-minute tutorial (i.e., study hall) periods on every Monday and Thursday. Brunches are 15-minute breaks, and lunches are 40-minute breaks followed by sixth and seventh periods.

Policies and grading

Lynbrook High School's most important policies are covered by the Fremont Union High School District

Fremont Union High School District

's main policies, including the Zero Tolerance Policy, Academic Code of Conduct, and Residency Verification. They are all stated in the first few pages of the Student Planner. Assistant principals and the Student Legislative Council set minor policies and school rules. Lynbrook has a fairly serious academic honesty and internet policy, where many students have previously been expelled for cheating on a test, finding the answer keys to the exam, hacking into the network, etc.

Like most other high schools within the Fremont Union High School District, most of Lynbrook's classes follow an A-F grading system; 90-100% is marked as A, 80-89.9% as B, 70-79.9% as C, 60-69.9% as D, and lower grades are marked as F.

AP and Honors courses

Lynbrook offers a total of 17 different AP courses (counting AP Calculus AB and BC as two separate courses) and 8 different honors courses.
Laboratory science

AP Biology

In the United States, Advanced Placement Biology , is a course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level biology course....

AP Chemistry

Advanced Placement Chemistry is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and earn college-level credit.-The course:AP Chemistry is a course...

AP Physics C: Mechanics

AP Physics C: Mechanics is an Advanced Placement science course that studies Newtonian mechanics. Methods of calculus are used wherever appropriate in formulating physical principles and in applying them to physical problems which is why most schools recommend that the student have completed or be...

Chemistry Honors

Physics Honors

Mathematics

AP Calculus AB

AP Calculus

Advanced Placement Calculus is used to indicate one of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board, AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC....

AP Calculus BC

AP Calculus

Advanced Placement Calculus is used to indicate one of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board, AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC....

AP Statistics

Advanced Placement Statistics is a college-level high school statistics course offered in the United States through the College Board's Advanced Placement program...

Pre-Calculus Honors

AP Computer Science AB

English language

AP English Language and Composition

Advanced Placement English Language and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program....

(11th grade)

AP English Literature and Composition

Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The Course:This course is designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an...

(12th grade)

Foreign language

AP Spanish

AP Spanish Language

Advanced Placement Spanish Language is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The course:...

(level 5)

AP French

AP French Language

Advanced Placement French Language and Culture is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level French course...

(level 5)

AP Japanese (not available school year 2007-2008,
available in 2008-2009) (level 5)

AP Chinese (level 5)

Spanish 4 Honors

French 4 Honors

Japanese 4 Honors

Chinese 4 Honors

Social studies

AP U.S. History

AP United States History

Advanced Placement United States History is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program...

(11th grade)

AP U.S. Government and Politics

AP United States Government and Politics

Advanced Placement United States Government and Politics, also known as AP US Gov & Pol, AP US Gov, AP Go Po or AP Gov, is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program...

(12th grade)

Visual and performing arts

AP Music Theory

Advanced Placement Music Theory is a course and examination offered in the United States by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school students who wish to earn credit for a college level music theory course.-The course:Some of the material covered in the course...

(not available as of school year 2008-2009)

Advanced Drama Honors

Graduation requirements

A minimum of 220 semester units are required for graduation from Lynbrook High School. Ten units equal one year of work for each period. In order to graduate, students must also pass the CAHSEE

California High School Exit Exam

The California High School Exit Exam is a requirement for high school graduation in the state of California, created by the California Department of Education to improve the academic performance of California high school students, and especially of high school graduates, in the areas of reading,...

, which can be taken during the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades.

Subject	Units
English	40
Social studies	30
Science	20
Mathematics	20
20
Electives	70

Lynbrook's electives include 3D Design, Art, Architecture, Business, Choir, Computer-Aided Design (Drafting), Java, Computer Science, Electronics, French, Japanese, Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, and Spanish. Physical education is a required course for freshmen and sophomores. Sophomores also have the opportunity to take PE Athletics (Team Sports), Total Fitness, Racquet Sports, or Weight Training instead of PE 10.

School technology

Lynbrook considers itself a technology-literate school which uses the Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

as the primary means of communication. Like some schools within the Fremont Union High School District

Fremont Union High School District

, teachers, administrators, and students use the School Loop

School Loop

School Loop is an online application for Elementary school, middle school and high school students to view their grades online and communicate with teachers. It allows staff to upload a student's grades onto the Internet for immediate viewing...

for announcements, discussions, assignments and schedules. The A+ Board can also be used for posting e-mail addresses and files.

Teachers use turnitin.com, mygradebook.com, and other such websites to post grades and collect and evaluate papers.

The school library also has 36 public terminals for student use. Two computer labs in Rooms 005 and 006 are only for use by classes that have made appointments with the school, but students may access the computers during Monday and Thursday tutorial periods. A flex lab also provides teachers a new technology-rich learning space.

Alma mater

O Canada!

Our home and native land!

True patriot love in all thy sons command.

Long may we ever sing our praise to Lynbrook High!

External links

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