Millennium High School (Piedmont, California)
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Millennium High School in Piedmont, California
Piedmont, California
Piedmont is a small, affluent city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is surrounded by the city of Oakland. The population was 10,667 at the 2010 census. Piedmont was incorporated in 1907 and was developed significantly in the 1920s and 1930s...
is the Piedmont Unified School District
Piedmont Unified School District
The Piedmont Unified School District comprises the seven schools in the city of Piedmont, California.-Schools:* Egbert W. Beach Elementary School* Frank C...
's alternative high school. Millennium strives to help each student find the path that matches his or her unique interests, needs, and learning styles.
Academics
Classes are small, with about 10 to 15 students per class, so students can work at their own pace, and there is more personal attention than in a normal public high school. Students are encouraged to take advantage of their strengths. Credit is earned according to how much students accomplish in class, also earning credits for outside activities, including sports or individual physical exercise programs, music and dramatic arts lessons and activities, employment, community college classes, and community service.The Piedmont Educational Foundation supports a number of these programs through its grants program.
The class schedule is flexible, with different students' school hours varying. Millennium students can also take courses at Piedmont High.
The curriculum is aligned with Content Standards for California Public Schools, and courses satisfy 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...
"a-g" admission requirements.
In 2005, the school received a 709 API score, matching the state average exactly. It was the first year the school received a score. The average API score of the district that year was 920, an 18-point increase from the year before.
Attendance
A significant difference between Millennium and Piedmont High School is that to attend PHS, a student must either prove residency in the city of Piedmont or have parents who work for the school district. Millennium is open to local students outside Piedmont, through interdistrict transfer.Basketball stars Courtney and Ashley Paris
Paris twins
The Paris twins are Courtney and Ashley Paris, known for their achievements in basketball. They were born September 21, 1987. Their father is former San Francisco 49ers lineman William "Bubba" Paris...
are among notable alumni from Millennium.
George Lucas
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an American film producer, screenwriter, and director, and entrepreneur. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Lucasfilm. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones...
, the director of the Star Wars films, granted the school the right to use the image of the Millennium Falcon
Millennium Falcon
The Millennium Falcon is a spacecraft in the Star Wars universe commanded by smuggler Han Solo and his Wookiee first mate, Chewbacca...
on a school sweatshirt, as well as to represent the school as its Mascot, effectively creating the Millennium (High School) Falcon. Zak Filler '10 wrote to Mr. Lucas to request the permission to continue with the move. "I am a big Star Wars fan," Filler wrote, "a bit on the nerdy side." According to Dr. Deah Schwartz, Filler's mother and one of the parents involved in organizing the project, as of February 5, 2009 about 50 shirts in all have been sold, to a student body that totals only in the 70s.
See also
- Piedmont High School
- Piedmont Unified School DistrictPiedmont Unified School DistrictThe Piedmont Unified School District comprises the seven schools in the city of Piedmont, California.-Schools:* Egbert W. Beach Elementary School* Frank C...