Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
| Palos Verdes Peninsula High School | |
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27118 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates, California, United States | |
| Information | |
| Established | 1964 |
| Principal | Mitzi Cress |
| Faculty | 114 |
| Enrollment | 2,526[1] (2012–13) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 22.1 |
| Color(s) | Black and gold |
| Mascot | Panthers |
| Rivals | Palos Verdes High School |
| Original name | Rolling Hills High School |
| Renamed | 1991 |
| Website | http://www.pvphs.com |
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School (also known as Peninsula High, Pen High, or PVPHS) is one of three public high schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Rolling Hills Estates in Los Angeles County, California, USA, (the others being Palos Verdes High School and Rancho Del Mar High School). Located near the Peninsula Promenade mall and near Hawthorne Boulevard and Silver Spur Road, Peninsula High serves the communities of Rolling Hills Estates, Rolling Hills, Rancho Palos Verdes, and Palos Verdes Estates.
PVPHS has been ranked 15th in the nation by Newsweek and 89th by U.S. News & World Report. It has an API of 907 in the state of California.[2]
The school was formed in 1991 when Miraleste High School, Palos Verdes High School, and Rolling Hills High School were merged into a single high school. The former Rolling Hills High School campus (opened 1964) had the highest capacity and was used for the combined school. When overcrowding became a problem after 1999, the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District elected to re-open Palos Verdes High School in 2002. There are approximately 2,500 students.
Enrollment of 2,543 includes 641 seniors, 579 juniors, 635 sophomores, and 688 freshmen with a certificated staff of 113 (98 teachers, 6 counselors, 3 administrators, 1 athletic director, 1 activities director, 1 safe school counselor, 1 psychologist, 1 librarian, and 1 nurse) to service the multi-ethnic student body.
Students compete in baseball, basketball, choreo, crew, cross country, equestrian, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, marching band, pep squad, roller hockey, rowing, soccer, softball, surfing, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, wrestling, and robotics.
Demographics
As of the 2009–10 school year, PVPHS students were 43% White, 40% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 4% Filipino, and 3% African American.[3]
Sports
PVPHS has 180 league titles, 40 CIF titles, 8 state titles, 4 national titles.
Palos Verdes Peninsula Panthers Sports
Notable alumni
- Clark Haggans, NFL football player
- Erik Lorig, NFL football player
- Kyle Nakazawa, soccer player
- Petros Papadakis, radio/television personality[4]
- Shawn Weinstein, Filipino-American professional basketball player
- John Welbourn, NFL football player
- Yoko Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
- Whitney Engen, professional soccer player
- Scott Jackson, NFL football player
- Robin Leamy, 1984 Olympic gold medalist in swimming
- Duane Davis, actor
- Tracy Austin, professional tennis player
- Lee Ritenour, jazz guitarist
- Duane Chase, actor
- Vince DiFiore, jazz trumpeter
- Jay Bilas, ESPN Commentator
- Don Slaught, catcher for California Angels
- Vicki Peterson, member of The Bangles
- Liz Gateley, TV producer
- Kevin Hartman, professional soccer player
- Eric Stevens, NFL Player
- Debbi Peterson, member of The Bangles
- Craig Stevens, NFL Player
- Tom Martin, TV writer
- Steve Sharp, professional Soccer Player
- Julie Reuben, historian
- Lauren Iungerich, TV producer
- Jon Jafari, internet personality and comedian
References
- ↑ "Palos Verdes Peninsula High School – School Profile". Pvphs.com. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ↑ "2010 Growth API School Report – Palos Verdes Peninsula High". Api.cde.ca.gov. December 16, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
- ↑ "2010 API Growth School Report". Api.cde.ca.gov. December 16, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/2001/aug/31/sports/sp-40460 articles.latimes.com. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
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Coordinates: 33°46′41″N 118°22′25″W / 33.77801°N 118.37353°W