Culver City High School
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| Culver City High School | |
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 Front entrance of Culver City High School | |
| Address | |
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4401 Elenda Street , 90230 | |
| Coordinates | 34°00′27″N 118°24′07″W / 34.0075°N 118.4019°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | "Learn To Achieve. Achieve To Learn. Tomorrow Starts Today." |
| Established | January 1951 |
| School district | Culver City Unified School District |
| Principal | Adrienne Thomas (as of 7/1/2023) |
| Staff | 96.86 (FTE)[1] |
| Enrollment | 2,155 (2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 22.25[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue, white, silver |
| Mascot | Centaur |
| Newspaper | The Centaurian |
| Website | cchs |
Culver City High School is the main public high school of the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) in Culver City, California. It was established in 1951.[2] The school's colors are blue and silver, and the mascot is the centaur. As of 2022, its enrollment was roughly 2,200.[3] Culver City High School is recognized as a California Distinguished School, earning the honor in 2005.[4] The Robert Frost Auditorium is located within the school grounds of Culver City High School.
The district, and therefore the high school's attendance boundary, includes Culver City and a portion of Los Angeles.[5]
Notable alumni
[edit]- Kurt Alexander - "Big Boy" radio host
- Kelvin Atkinson – Nevada State Senate Majority Leader
- Ben Brode – designer of Hearthstone and MARVEL SNAP
- Derrick Deese – San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Zevi Eckhaus – college football quarterback for the Bryant Bulldogs and the Washington State Cougars[6]
- Joe Faust – Olympic high jumper, aviation publisher, renewable energy publisher
- Rocky George – Suicidal Tendencies guitarist[7]
- Darrin Jackson of the Chicago Cubs[8]
- Carnell Lake of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Baltimore Ravens[9]
- Billy Parks of the San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, and Houston Oilers[10]
- Karl Paymah of the Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, and San Francisco 49ers[11]
- Lauren Reynolds - investigative reporter, KGTV 10 News, San Diego
- Ryan Sherriff – Major League Baseball pitcher
- Pepi Sonuga – actress
- Chris Strait - comedian
- Robert Trujillo – Metallica bassist[12]
- Haji Wright - professional soccer player
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Culver City High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ Schools Archived 2010-06-13 at the Wayback Machine Culver City History.
- ^ "Education Data Partnership". Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ 2005 California Distinguished High Schools Archived February 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Virtual Library; California Department of Education.
- ^ "Culver City Unified School District".
- ^ Finley, Steve (2021-04-29). "Zevi Eckhaus: Culver City's greatest of all time". www.culvercitynews.org. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Rocky George: Going the Distance with Rocky." March 17, 2010. Guitar World. Accessed on June 23, 2010.
- ^ Darrin Jackson Statistics – Baseball Reference.
- ^ Carnell Lake Player Profile – NFL.com Website
- ^ Billy Parks, WR at. Nfl.com (2012-01-01). Retrieved on 2012-04-23.
- ^ Karl Paymah Biography Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine – Denver Broncos Website
- ^ "Interview with Robert Trujillo". Juice Magazine. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
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