William Workman High School
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William Workman High School is a public high school located in City of Industry, California. It is one of four high schools in the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
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, whom they are separated by just 1.4 miles.
William Workman High School is graded 5 out of 10 on greatschools.net.
Ethnic Breakdown:
The Associated Student Body of William Workman High School, pledged to increase supportive roles in their efforts to bring the students, the staff and the community together in order to promote educational, cultural and social activities.
Environmental Studies Academy
ESA prepares the students to conserve and care for the environment. It also benefits everyone, even the students not in class for anyone can recycle.
Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
The Hacienda La Puente Unified School District , is a school district located in Southern California. It is The district's headquarters is situated in the city of Industry.-High schools:* La Puente High School, La Puente, California...
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Students
Students from Valinda School Of Academics, Sierra Vista Middle School, Grandview Middle School, and other schools in the district enroll at Workman High School. Their crosstown rivals are La Puente High SchoolLa Puente High School
La Puente High School is a public high school in La Puente, California, located in the San Gabriel Valley, serving grades 9-12. It was established in 1915. It is one of six high schools in the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. It is a California Distinguished School and about 80% of...
, whom they are separated by just 1.4 miles.
William Workman High School is graded 5 out of 10 on greatschools.net.
Ethnic Breakdown:
- HispanicHispanicHispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
or LatinoLatinoThe 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."...
94% - Pacific IslanderFilipino AmericanFilipino Americans are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipino Americans, often shortened to "Fil-Ams", or "Pinoy",Filipinos in what is now the United States were first documented in the 16th century, with small settlements beginning in the 18th century...
0% - WhiteCaucasian raceThe term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia , Central Asia and South Asia...
3% - AsianAsian AmericanAsian 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,...
2% - African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
1% - American IndianIndigenous peoples of the AmericasThe indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
or Alaska Native 0% - Multiple or No Response 0%
Graduation Credits Summary
| Subject area | Required |
|---|---|
| English 1 | 10 |
| English 2 | 10 |
| English 3 | 10 |
| English 4 | 10 |
| World Studies | 10 |
| U.S. History | 10 |
| Civics | 5 |
| Economics | 5 |
| Mathematics | 30 |
| Biological Sci | 10 |
| Phys/Earth Sci | 10 |
| Physical Educ | 30 |
| Science | 10 |
| F.Art/For Lang. | 10 |
| Prac Arts/Acad | 20 |
| Electives | 40 |
| Total | |
| 230 |
UC/CSU Requirements Satisfied
| A-G | Course |
|---|---|
| A | History/Social Science |
| B | English |
| C | Math |
| D | Lab Science |
| E | Foreign Language |
| F | Visual/Performing Arts |
| G | Elective |
| * | UC Honors |
| Course Qualifers | |
| L | HS Elective |
| H | HLP Honors |
| W | Mt. Sac. Pre Req |
| X | None-Academic |
| 2 | SDAIE |
| 4 | ELD |
| 5 | AP |
| 6 | IB |
Clubs and Organizations
ASBThe Associated Student Body of William Workman High School, pledged to increase supportive roles in their efforts to bring the students, the staff and the community together in order to promote educational, cultural and social activities.
Environmental Studies Academy
ESA prepares the students to conserve and care for the environment. It also benefits everyone, even the students not in class for anyone can recycle.
Athletics
- Cheer
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross 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...
- BaseballBaseballBaseball 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...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball 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...
- FootballAmerican footballAmerican 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...
- Soccer
- SoftballSoftballSoftball 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...
- TennisTennisTennis 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...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball 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...
- Water PoloWater poloWater 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...
- Workman Lobos Sports - Max Preps
Achievements
- Boys Basketball Montview League Champions. 2008-2009 Undefeated 12-0
- Boys Basketball Montview League Champions. 2009-2010 11-1 record
Notable alumni
- Steven LuevanoSteven LuevanoSteven Luevano was a Mexican-American boxer in the Featherweight division and is the former WBO Featherweight Champion. He was trained by the former IBF Super Featherweight Champion Roberto Garcia....
, Pro Boxer, WBO Featherweight Champion - Dave Farmer, former NFL football player. Two time national champion at USC.
- Norberto GarridoNorberto GarridoNorberto Davidds-Garrido Jr. is a former American football offensive lineman.Both his Parents are from Mexico making him a first generation Mexican American.-Pro career:...
, a former American football offensive lineman who played at the University of Southern California,NFL player - Padma LakshmiPadma LakshmiPadma Parvati Lakshmi also Padma, Lady Rushdie is an American cookbook author, actress, model and television host. She has been the host of the US reality television program Top Chef since season two in 2006, for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for...
, Indian model and host of Top ChefTop ChefTop Chef is an American reality competition show that airs on the cable television network Bravo, in which chefs compete against each other in culinary challenges. They are judged by a panel of professional chefs and other notables from the food and wine industry with one or more contestants... - Jeffrey R. Long, USCF National chess master; former Southern California Open Champion.
- Dave Paveloff, played baseball with the Baltimore Orioles for 5 years
- Rhonda Wheatley, Three-time Division I Softball All-American at Cal Poly Pomona. She led the Broncos to the College World Series in 1985 and later won a gold medal with the U.S. team at the Pan-Am Games in 1987.
- Arturo MárquezArturo MárquezArturo Márquez is a renowned Mexican composer of orchestra music who is well known for using musical forms and styles of his native Mexico and incorporating them into his compositions.-Life:...
, Renowned Mexican composer of orchestra music whose works include Danzón no. 2Danzon no. 2Danzón No. 2 for orchestra is a composition by prominent Mexican composer Arturo Márquez. It is, along with José Pablo Moncayo's Huapango, Carlos Chávez's Sinfonia India and Silvestre Revueltas' Sensemaya, one of the most popular and significant frequently performed Mexican contemporary classical...
. Márquez is a Fulbright scholar and has been the recipient of several prestigious awards and honors. In February 2006, he made history when he became the first musician to receive "La Medalla De Oro De Bellas Artes de Mexico" (Gold Medal of Fine Arts of Mexico), Mexico's most coveted award for career accomplishments in the fine arts. Other awards have included the Medalla Mozart (awarded by the Austrian embassy), Medalla Dr. Alfonso Ortiz TiradoAlfonso Ortiz TiradoAlfonso Ortiz Tirado was an opera singer and doctor born in Álamos, Sonora, Mexico in 1893. His musical talent was apparent early in life, but he studied at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and university to become a doctor. He specialized in gynecology as well as general medicine, and eventually...
, California Institute of the Arts Distinguished Alumnus Award, and many others. In 2000, the German public paid homage to the composer at a concert in his honor in Berlin.