Millikan High School
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High school
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in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
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administered by the Long Beach Unified School District
Long Beach Unified School District
The Long Beach Unified School District is a school district headquartered in Long Beach, California, United States.LBUSD serves most of Long Beach, all of the city of Signal Hill, and portions of Lakewood, and Paramount, as well as Avalon and Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island.-School uniforms...
. It is located near the intersection of Spring Street and Palo Verde Avenue in East Long Beach on a campus approximately one square mile. As of the 2007-2008 school year, Millikan High School served approximately 4,474 students.
Eponym
Millikan High school is named after the Nobel PrizeNobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner Robert Andrews Millikan.
COMPASS
- The COMPASS (Community of Musicians, Performers, Artists, and Social Scientists) Academy is a smaller learning community designed to prepare students for college by engaging them in a program that integrates core curriculum with the social sciences and the arts. This program places great emphasis on standards based instruction while helping students to connect learning with real world situations. COMPASS is also in charge of the school's literary arts magazine, Visions. The COMPASS lead teachers are Mr. Vann and Mrs. Massich.
Global Technology
- Global Tech is a four year college preparatory program emphasizing computer applications and technology. This academy offers a rigorous college preparatory education that provides the necessary foundation for students to either enter college or be competitive in the world of work. Global Tech students are members of a small learning community that is committed to integrating classroom learning with technology. Students are required to take technology classes such as Cisco Networking, Web Page Design, Architectural Design, Graphic Design & Print Making and Computer Programming.
GREEN
- Formally known as the KIUP program, the GREEN (Generating Respect for the Earth, the Environment, and Nature) Academy is designed to provide university preparation and career exploration. Math and science enrichment geared toward the average and above average student is provided within a supportive cross-curricular program. Students graduate with both their "A-G" http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/freshman/subject_reqs.html university requirements and a personal career exploration portfolio.
MBA
- (Millikan Business Academy) promotes essential life skills and college-preparedness with a particular emphasis on entrepreneurship, marketing, enterprise, and financial independence steeped in sound business practices and principles.
PEACE
- (Personal success through Empowerment, Academic achievement, Character education, and Ethics in action) is an innovative academy that engages such programs as simulations (Contemporary World Project, International Negotiations & Panopticon Role Playing), hands-on learning, community service, and field experience.
QUEST
- (Questioning, Understanding, Engaging, - Success through Technology), is a GATE magnet for gifted and talented honors students. QUEST students commit to a rigorous four-year, distinguished college preparatory program that encourages diversity of thought and scholarly endeavor. The academic independence of QUEST Scholars culminates in a self-directed Senior Project. The curriculum integrates academic disciplines though a thematic, problem-based approach to learning and includes accelerated, honors, and a minimum of three Advanced Placement (AP) classes and exams. QUEST students are supported in post-secondary planning through counseling and an academic portfolio. In addition to academic studies, QUEST students are active participants in campus extra- and co-curricular activities. Entrance requirements include a GPA of 3.3 or higher, high standardized test scores, and a good record of citizenship and attendance. The lead teacher of the Quest program is currently Mrs. Abbate.
STELLAR
- (Scholastic Teams of English Language Learners for Academic Rigor) provides a standards-based, challenging curricula for English learners at EL Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4. Teams of teachers work together with students to provide personal and academic support in a Small Learning Community environment. Upon acquiring English proficiency, students transition to other Millikan academies.
AVID
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a rigorous support program for highly-motivated students that works in conjunction with other Millikan programs to prepare students for attendance at a college or university. The AVID program involves students with a strong group of peers and adults who share a commitment to academic achievement and who work together to help the group succeed. The AVID elective teacher fills the roles of teacher, academic coach, and mentor. AVID is an elective course of study taught within the school day, and so the teacher has regular contact with AVID students throughout the school year. The AVID coordinator is Ms. Tiffany Alexander.In addition to the AVID program, students are given the opportunity to be tutored by college undergraduates graduate student who major in math, science, history, english, etc.
Its mission is to prepare students for college by offering rigorous academic classes and by fostering good study habits, as well as helping students navigate the college application process.
The AVID program grants special consideration to groups underrepresented in college, students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and to students who will be the first in their family to attend college.
AVID is an international program, and as of June 2001, adopted by over 1,200 schools in 21 states and 14 countries.
Choral music
The choral program at Millikan High School is directed by John Harvey. The choral program consists of six courses: Cecillian Singers 1-2 which is a freshman girls class (also called Choraleers); Varsity Chorale 1-8, a freshman boys class; Voice, a small class concentrating on vocal solos; Cecillian Singers 3-8, an intermediate girls class; Concert Choir 1-8, a large, advanced, Co-Ed group of male and female vocalists; and Vocal Ensemble, the most prevalent class in the choral program consisting of Millikan's top 8 male and top 10 female vocalists: 4 basses, 4 tenors, 5 altos, and 5 sopranos.Since 2006,The Millikan High School Vocal Ensemble takes a trip every year to San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
to compete with the best high schools, city colleges, and state colleges from the entire west coast of the country. The Concert Choir and Vocal Ensemble, which are the advanced choirs are able to sight read up to 6 part choral music, pieces they have worked on in past years are, When David Heard and As Vesta Was both composed by Thomas Weelkes
Thomas Weelkes
Thomas Weelkes was an English composer and organist. He became organist of Winchester College in 1598, moving to Chichester Cathedral. His works are chiefly vocal, and include madrigals, anthems and services.-Life:Weelkes was baptised in the little village church of Elsted in Sussex on 25...
.Other pieces of music such as Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? arr. by Moses Hogan
Moses Hogan
Moses George Hogan was an African-American composer and arranger of choral music. He was best known for his very popular and accessible settings of spirituals. Hogan was a pianist, conductor and arranger of international renown...
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Performances
- There are 2 concerts a year for the whole entire program which takes place in the fall and the spring.
- After the fall concert, the concert choir men and varsity chorale men mix for a special men's ensemble and perform for the Principal for a Day luncheon.
- Concert Choir performs 3 times a year, the fall concert, the holiday concert, and the spring concert.
- Concert Choir and Vocal Ensemble are often known to perform for QUEST recruitment presentations.
- Before the spring concert, the Vocal Ensemble goes on a trip to a festival in San Francisco.
- After the spring concert, the Concert Choir sings for the Most Inspiring Student Awards for the LBUSD.
- Every year on graduation day, the Concert Choir sings the Alma Mater for the graduating class.
- Once a year the co-principal, Dr. Jeff Cornejo, gives an operatic performance in the Millikan auditorium to a select group of top students. It is said to be both entertaining and silly.
- Every year Millikan has a cultural assembly where students perform dances and acts based on a certain nationality. These performances include traditions from Asia, Mexico, Spain, Samoa etc.
Dramatic Arts
The Drama program is spearheaded by Ms. Wendy Atwell. They put on 3 plays a year, the fall play, the spring musical, and the spring play which is performed in the Black Box Theatre.The fall play is performed in the school auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
. The spring musical is open to everyone that attends Millikan and is also performed in the auditorium.
Spring Musical
The Spring Musical is a production that is headed by Ms. Wendy Atwell, with assistance from Mr. John Harvey and Ms. Waters from the dance department, whose lead students are often distinct members of the Vocal Music program and the Drama Department. Previous performances include, Fiddler on the RoofFiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in Tsarist Russia in 1905. It is based on Tevye and his Daughters by Sholem Aleichem...
, Cinderella
Cinderella
"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
, Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
Oklahoma! is the first musical written by composer Richard Rodgers and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is based on Lynn Riggs' 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs. Set in Oklahoma Territory outside the town of Claremore in 1906, it tells the story of cowboy Curly McLain and his romance...
, The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, based on William Shakespeare's play, The Comedy of Errors, as adapted by librettist George Abbott. The score includes swing and other contemporary rhythms of the 1930s. The show was the first musical...
, with The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music
The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
, and as a possibility for 2010 Guys and Dolls
Instrumental Music
The instrumental music program consists of Jazz Band, Symphonic Winds, Concert Band, Marching Band, Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Symphonic Orchestra. The Millikan Music program has been directed by Michael Pappone, Roger Johnson, and James Mooy before they went on to teaching at LBCC, CSULB/LBCC, and SBCC respectively. Now the Millikan Instrumental Music program is under the direction of Renee Baldrige.Each year the various music ensembles compete in festivals throughout the United States. In recent years Millikan musicians have traveled to compete in festivals in San Francisco, Las Vegas and Reno. In the Spring of 2006 the Symphonic Orchestra performed in a national festival at the Historic Boston Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.
Athletics
Millian won CIF Southern Section football titles in 1979 and 1981. They also fielded a top level Division 1 baseball program for many years in the 80's, 90's and 2000's under former head coach Dan Peters.Notable alumni
- Craig SwanCraig SwanCraig Steven Swan was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1973 to 1984 for the New York Mets and California Angels. Swan's best season came in when he posted a 9-6 win–loss record and led the National League with an earned run average of 2.43. This was significant as the Mets were in the...
, Professional baseball player - Gary GarrisonGary GarrisonGary Lynn Garrison is a former American football wide receiver who played professional football in the American Football League and the National Football League . He attended San Diego State University from 1964-1965...
, Professional football player with the San Diego Chargers - Wendi McLendon-CoveyWendi McLendon-CoveyWendi McLendon-Covey is an American actress, writer, producer and comedian. She is known for roles on television shows, such as Reno 911! and Rules of Engagement . She is also known for her role in the 2011 hit film Bridesmaids.-Personal life:McLendon-Covey was born Wendy Anne McLendon in...
, actress on Comedy Central's Reno 911! - Soben HuonSoben HuonSoben R. Huon is a beauty queen from Los Angeles, California who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Huon won the Miss Utah USA 2006 title in late 2005 in her first attempt. She represented Utah in the Miss USA 2006 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland in April 2006. She was also the...
, Miss Utah USAMiss Utah USAThe Miss Utah USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state of Utah in the Miss USA pageant.Utah has been quite successful at Miss USA, with 20 placements as of 2009. Their most consistent period was in the 1950s and 1960s. Utah has produced one Miss USA in 1960...
2006 - Mike MontgomeryMike MontgomeryMike Montgomery is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the California Golden Bears men's basketball team. He was also the men's basketball coach of at Stanford from 1986 to 2004 and at the University of Montana for eight seasons prior to coaching at Stanford...
, former Golden State Warriors coach and current University of California Head Basketball coach - Jason Bell , NFL Football Player
- Gene HoglanGene HoglanEugene "Gene" Victor Hoglan II is an American drummer. He is acclaimed for his creativity in drum arrangements, including usage of odd devices for percussion effects and his trademark lengthy double-kick drum rhythms...
, Metal Musician - Robert MillikanRobert MillikanRobert A. Millikan was an American experimental physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his measurement of the charge on the electron and for his work on the photoelectric effect. He served as president of Caltech from 1921 to 1945...
, scientist - Nick BierbrodtNick BierbrodtCleveland Indians and Texas Rangers. After playing for the Brother Elephants of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in , he returned to the United States the next year, joining the Long Beach Armada of the independent Golden Baseball League....
, Baseball player - Ryan BaileyRyan Bailey (water polo)Ryan Bailey is an American water polo player, currently playing for VK Partizan. He is a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary.Went to Millikan High School in Long...
, Olympic water polo player - Dave FrostDave FrostCarl David Frost is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The 6'6", 225 lb. right-hander was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 18th round of the 1974 amateur draft...
, professional baseball player - Marcus TurnerMarcus TurnerMarcus Turner is one of New Zealand's best-known folk musicians and songwriters, who has performed in most New Zealand folk festivals, as well as festivals in Australia, and in venues in other places overseas...
, Former NFL player - Karen WitterKaren WitterKaren Rachel Witter is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1982 issue, and her centerfold was photographed by Arny Freytag. Witter later appeared on the cover of the March 1983 issue with fellow Playmates Kimberly McArthur and Kelly Tough...
, Playboy Playmate of Month, March 1982 - Susie Atwood, Double Olympic Medalist, 1972 Olympics, Backstroke