Quartz Hill High School
Quartz Hill High School | |
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Address | |
6040 West Avenue L Quartz Hill, California 93536 | |
Coordinates | 34°39′29″N 118°14′18″W / 34.65806°N 118.23833°WCoordinates: 34°39′29″N 118°14′18″W / 34.65806°N 118.23833°W |
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School type | Public high school |
Established | 1964 |
School district | Antelope Valley Union High School District |
Principal | Matt Anderson |
Grades | 9–12 |
Years offered | 4 |
Age range | 14-18 |
Enrollment | 3,133[1] (2014-15) |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
Mascot | The Rebel |
Nickname | Rebels |
Accreditation | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
Newspaper | The Ubiquity |
Yearbook | The Cavalier |
Website |
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Quartz Hill High School is a public, co-educational high school located in Quartz Hill, California. Founded in 1964, it is the third oldest comprehensive high school in the Antelope Valley Union High School District.
Campus
The basic layout of Quartz Hill High School's 80-acre (320,000 m2) campus is a courtyard surrounded by several quads and athletic buildings, a design that is typical of high schools in Southern California. The school's campus was originally designed for 1,800 students, but over two times that number are currently enrolled. In the school year 2008-2009, there is a reported number of over 3000 students now attending the school, some being foreign exchange students.
From the summer of 2003 to the fall of 2004, Quartz Hill High School's campus underwent a $15 million modernization that updated a majority of the school's classrooms.
Student body
Quartz Hill High School consists of approximately 3,200 students and growing. Most of the school's students live in Quartz Hill, Palmdale and Lancaster, cities in the Antelope Valley of northern Los Angeles County.
- American Indian: 0.8%
- Pacific Islander: 0.03%
- Filipino: 1.8%
- Asian: 3.2%
- African American: 8.4%
- Hispanic: 15.3%
- White: 70.21%
Academics
Quartz Hill High School is one of 65 high schools in California to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme, which began at the school in 1998. Advanced Placement (AP) classes are also available in nearly all academic departments.
Activities
Activities at Quartz Hill High School include on their website
- Associated Student Body (ASB), which organizes dances, assemblies and other events that promote school spirit
- American Cancer Society (ACS)
- The AP/IB Scholarship Foundation (AISF)
- National Honor Society (NHS)
- Model United Nations
- Animal Rights Club
- Amnesty International Club
- Key Club
- Hiking Club
- Young Democrats Club
- Young Republicans Club
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
- Future Farmers of America (FFA)
- Multicultural Club
- The Ubiquity, a student-run newspaper
- Journalism
- Fight Aids Now (FAN) Club
- California Scholarship Federation (CSF)
- Spanish Club
- French Club
- Asian Culture Club
- Swimming and Waterman Club
- Yearbook
- Marine Biology Club
- Cheerleading/Pep Squad
- Mock Trial
- Christian Club
- Vocal Association
- Anime Club
- Japanese Culture Club
- Blue Crew
- Hip Hop Club
- Drama Club
- Mixed Martial Arts
- Gay–straight alliance
- Speech/Debate Club
- Art Club
- Art History Club
- Take Down Club
- Tech Club
- Parkour Club
- Hydrate! Club (founded by Eric Pavlotskiy)
Sports
The sports program at Quartz Hill High School includes football, baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, cross country, track and field, tennis, swimming, wrestling, volleyball, golf and dance. The men's cross country team is known as the most successful and most accomplished sports programs in the past ten years at Quartz Hill. Under the helm of Head Coach Matthew Bierowicz, the Quartz Hill cross country team has risen to one of the most prominent and dominant cross country programs in all of California.
In 2015, boys' volleyball went undefeated in league play. The team competed in the CIF Southern Section playoffs where they went to the finals.
The mascot of Quartz Hill High School is the Rebel, a confederate soldier. Rebel teams began interscholastic competition in the mid-1960s.
Cross Country
The Men's cross country team has been one of the most successful sports programs to come out of Quartz Hill in the past decade. Competing in the CIF Southern Section division 1, notorious for being the most competitive, and the deepest talent-based in all of the United States, the Quartz Hill team has found considerable success within the division. Quartz Hill has dominated its league, winning nine of the past championships, however unfortunately lost its streak during the 2017-2018 cross country season. However, the Men's 2018-2019 cross country is looking to upset the favored to win Highland highschool cross country team. In Rich Gonzalez 2014 Prep Cal Track, hot 100 teams of California, he ranked Quartz Hill 23rd in the state, having this to say: "A program that has quietly yet consistently scaled the Division I hierarchy in recent years is now in the thick of battle state meet qualification as the Rebels return five from last year's CIF-SS Finalist lineup. Seniors Thomas Ortega and Derek Rodriguez are cornerstones within a squad with plenty of experience. Brady Butler and siblings Cameron and Brendon Smith add further to an explosive attack up front, with wildcard Brandon Garcia looming as a big-time contributor for this team. The notoriously injured Emilliano Gonzalez is looking to leave his mark by the seasons end as well. The writing has been on the wall: Quartz Hill only gets better, and better, and better and 2018 could be their year to shine even overtaking the 2015 team!"[2] Coached by the bald and lonely Matthew Bierowicz, he has built the program from a small dozen runners to fifty plus runners coming out to compete each season. -Jeremy T.
Planned school attack
On December 15, 2005, two former Quartz Hill students were arrested for planning a Columbine style massacre at the school. The two youths allegedly intended to attack the school on February 14, 2006. News reports described them as goths and indicated that they had accumulated knives, ammunition, a gas mask and bomb-making instructions. They were charged on December 19, 2005 with conspiracy to commit murder.[3][4]
Tensions flared again on January 13, 2006, when a rumor that the former students who had been arrested would again attempt to attack the school using pipe-bombs. According to Principal Mark Bryant, the planned attacks were merely "rumor, upon rumor, upon rumor." This "Friday the 13th" rumor was passed between students via internet messages and cell-phone text messages. In response to the threat, nearly 50% of the student body was absent from the campus by the time the school day had finished. In the end, the only disruption to the day was a firecracker explosion within a trash can during the school's lunch break.[5][6]
Notable alumni
- Kiel McClung - Professional Soccer Player USL First Division
- Michelle Perry - Silver medalist in heptathlon, at NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2001,[7] competitor in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- Joseph Castanon - child actor
- Bradley Steven Perry - teen actor
References
- ↑ "Quartz Hill High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- ↑ Gonzalez, Rich. "Boys Teams "Hot 100"". PrepCalTrack.
- ↑ "Teen Enters Plea In Alleged Columbine-Style Attack Plan". KNBC. April 10, 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ↑ "Man pleads no contest in Quartz Hill High murder plot". The San Diego Union-Tribune. December 15, 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ↑ Associated Press (January 14, 2006). "Rumors of attack keep hundreds away from high school". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ↑ Karen Maeshiro (January 14, 2006). "ATTACK RUMOR FRIGHTENS KIDS HUNDREDS STAY AWAY FROM QUARTZ HILL HIGH". Daily News (Los Angeles). Retrieved 2008-03-31.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 20, 2005. Retrieved December 19, 2005.