Everything about Van Nuys High School totally explained
Van Nuys High School (
VNHS) established in
1914, is a
high school in the
Van Nuys area of
Los Angeles, California, belonging to the
Los Angeles Unified School District: District 2. The school is home to a Residential Program and three
Magnet Programs:
Math/
Science,
Performing Arts, and
Medical.
Several neighborhoods, including much of Van Nuys, portions of
Sherman Oaks, Magnolia Woods
(External Link
), and Victory Park
(External Link), are zoned to this school.
History
Van Nuys High School opened in 1915.
The
Los Angeles Unified School District ordered Van Nuys High School to convert to year-round scheduling in 2001 due to reasons such as overcrowding. Even though it relieved the overcrowding of Van Nuys High School, the Magnet Programs separated tracks, along with the residential students. The Performing Arts Magnet and the Medical Magnet were only available on the A-Track Schedule, while the Math and Science Magnet was only available on the C-Track Schedule. B-Trackers couldn't take the same classes as C-Trackers, while C-Trackers could only take certain A-Track classes. Teachers that had both A-Track and C-Track students were frustrated because the curriculum had to be synchronized with both tracks.
Van Nuys High School returned to the Traditional School Calendar in 2005. The switch was caused by a decline in the school population and by a new district policy to eliminate year-round schools whenever possible.
The opening of
Panorama High School in October 2006
(External Link) relieved overcrowding at Van Nuys High School
(External Link).
Van Nuys Community Adult School
The Adult School is on the same campus as Van Nuys High School. It allows adults as well as high school students to take classes. Most Van Nuys High School students take courses in the Adult School for academic remediation. However, some take classes for Counselor-Identified High School Credit Deficiencies, while others take classes for personal necessities of flexible scheduling.
The Adult School is considered a work-at-your-own-pace program. A student can finish an entire course in just 2-3 weeks, but can take longer depending on the work effort of the student.
Notable alumni
There have been hundreds of famous attendees of Van Nuys High School, including:
- Paula Abdul, entertainer
- Ed Begley, Jr., actor/environmentalist
- Julie Brown, actress/comedienne/producer/singer/writer
- Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers of the Internet"
- Stephen M. Cohen, fraudster and sex.com hijacker
- Steve Crocker, inventor of the RFC series
- Larry Dixon, drag car champion
- Tony Dow, actor
- Don Drysdale, baseball player
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor
- Stacy Keach, actor
- David Klein, creator of Jelly Belly Gourmet Jelly Beans
- Bruce Kovner, multibillionaire
- Scott Mason, Los Angeles Disc Jockey
- Marilyn Monroe, actress
- Jonathan Postel, one of "the giants of the internet"
- Robert Redford, actor
- Jane Russell, actress
- David J. Skorton, President of Cornell University
- Bob Waterfield, football player
- Alice Waters, creator of "California cuisine"
- Natalie Wood, actress
Filming on the Van Nuys High School campus
The campus was used as a location for the 1982 movie
Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Ridgemont High's mascot in the movie was the same as Van Nuys High School--a wolf, which remains VNHS' mascot today.
The horror films
Christine and
Sleepwalkers, both written by
Stephen King, were filmed at Van Nuys High School.
Other, more forgettable movies filmed at Van Nuys High include
Kid 'n Play's
Class Act and
My Stepmother is an Alien (featuring
Kim Basinger.) Parts of
Grease were also filmed at VNHS.
The
Pilot episode of
The Wonder Years, and several episodes of
Highway to Heaven, as was
The Ramones' punk rock movie classic
Rock 'n' Roll High School.
The music video of
Vitamin C's Graduation song was filmed at Van Nuys High School. An episode of
Apple's Way 1974-1975
Vince Van Patten was filmed on the football field. An episode of
Scrubs was filmed in the track field. An episode of
7th Heaven was filmed at Van Nuys High School, as was an episode of
Twin Peaks.
In 2007 an episode of
Miss Guided, ("High School Musical)," was filmed in the auditorium.
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