Azusa High School

Azusa High School
Location
240 N Cerritos Ave
Azusa, California 91702
United States
Coordinates 34°07′26″N 117°53′47″W / 34.123808°N 117.896451°W / 34.123808; -117.896451Coordinates: 34°07′26″N 117°53′47″W / 34.123808°N 117.896451°W / 34.123808; -117.896451
Information
School type Public
Motto Every Student College And Career Ready
Established 1956
School district Azusa Unified School District
CEEB code 050188
NCES School ID 060360000268[1]
Principal Martin Gomez
Faculty Approximately 157
Grades 9–12
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment 1,289 (2014-15)[2]
Campus type Suburban
Color(s)              Blue, white, and black
Slogan Once An Aztec, Always An Aztec!
Athletics conference CIF Southern Section
Montview League
Mascot Aztecs
Rival Gladstone High School
Accreditation WASC – 6 years
IBO
Yearbook Turoquoi
Feeder schools Center Middle School, Foothill Middle School, Slauson Middle School
Website ahs-ausd-ca.schoolloop.com

Azusa High School is a public high school in Azusa, California, United States, a city east of Los Angeles, California and east of the San Gabriel Valley. It is one of the three high schools in the Azusa Unified School District.[3] Azusa High School is currently an IB (International Baccalaureate) school.

Academics

As of 2014, Azusa High School operates on an 8:00 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. schedule.[4] The only exception is on Wednesday where school ends at 2:00 as every Wednesday is a minimum day.

Enrollment

Azusa High School has had an enrollment of about 1,416 students in 2011–2012 school year.[1] Azusa High School is integrated in the school years of 2011–2012 with, 0.2% American Indian/Alaska Native, 1.1% Asian, 0.3% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 1.7% Filipino, 90.6% Hispanic, 1.0% Black, and 4.4% White.[5]

Athletics

Currently, Azusa High School offers its students 12 sport teams. All Sports Teams are associated with the Montview League. These sports include:

  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Basketball
  • Golf
  • Football
  • Wrestling
  • Volleyball
  • Track & Field
  • Soccer
  • Cross Country
  • Tennis
  • Badminton.[6]

Aztec Band and Pageantry Corps

The Azusa High School Aztec Band & Pageantry Corps is under the direction of Band Director Bill Fritz.[7] The Aztec Band is associated with the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA).

Marching Band Championship Awards

  • 2009
 1st Place Gold Medalists 
 2A Division 
 Field Show – Rhythms Of A City
  • 2010
 2nd Place Silver Medalists
 3A Division
 Field Show –  Attraction!! The Music of Scheherazade
  • 2011
 1st Place Gold Medalists
 3A Division
 Field Show – Ascension
  • 2012
 1st Place Gold Medalists
 3A Division
 Field Show – Arachnid
  • 2013
 5th Place
 3A Division
 Field Show – Regenesis
  • 2014
 4th Place
 3A Division
 Field Show – The Nightmare
  • 2015
 5th Place
 3A Division
 Field Show – Wishing You Were Here

The Aztec Band is a combination of marching band, symphonic band, wind ensemble, and jazz band. Pageantry is a competitive Dance and Tall Flag unit with Marching band. Pageantry also has their own season often known as winter guard. The Winterguard team is associated with the Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC).

Winterguard Championship Awards

  • 2013
 3rd Place Bronze Medalists
 Division RAAA
 Show – Cleopatra
  • 2014
 3rd Place Bronze Medalists
 Division RAAA
 Show – Abracadabra
  • 2015
 1st Place Gold Medalists
 Division RAAA
 Show – Bats

Notable people associated with this school

References

  1. 1 2 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Azusa High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Azusa High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Azusa Unified School District – Schools". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Azusa High School – Bell Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "Ed-Data – Azusa High School". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Azusa High School – Activities". Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Azusa High School: Band & Pageantry". Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  8. ↑ Mickey, Lisa. "A Path to Opportunity Through the Greens". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Ruth Wysocki bio". Retrieved 20 June 2013.
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