Yorba Linda High School

Yorba Linda High School
Location
19900 Bastanchury Rd. Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Yorba Linda, (Orange County), California 92886
United States
Coordinates 33°54′12.4″N 117°46′44.5″W / 33.903444°N 117.779028°W / 33.903444; -117.779028Coordinates: 33°54′12.4″N 117°46′44.5″W / 33.903444°N 117.779028°W / 33.903444; -117.779028
Information
Type Public
Motto Run with the Stampede
Established 2009
School district Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
Principal Mr. Dave Flynn
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment 1807 as of Fall 2016[1]
Color(s)                Navy Blue, Crimson, Silver
Mascot Mustang
Newspaper The Wrangler
Yearbook Roundup
Website www.ylhs.org

Yorba Linda High School (YLHS) is a public high school located in Yorba Linda, California and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District.

The school's colors are navy blue, crimson, and silver. The school mascot is the Mustang. Most students who attend this school live in Yorba Linda. A small portion of Anaheim Hills with houses located north of Yorba Regional Park are also directed to this school. Before the school opened in 2009, students who lived in Yorba Linda attended Canyon High School (Orange Unified School District), El Dorado High School, Esperanza High School (The latter two are part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District).

The school site occupies over 70 acres (280,000 m2) and has over 170,000 square feet (16,000 m2) of classroom and administrative space, including a library, gymnasium, performing arts spaces, a pool, an adjacent joint-use park, baseball fields, and a large stadium facility.[2]

History

Construction of the school began in April 2007.[3] The first students to receive diplomas from the school were the graduating class of 2012.[4]

Student life

The ethnic distribution was 62% White, 17% Asian, 16% Hispanic, and 5% other in the 2015/2016 school year.[5]

Academics

To graduate from YLHS, a student is required to complete 4 years of language arts, 2 years of Math, 3 years of Social Studies, 2 years of Science, 1 year of a Foreign Language or Fine Arts, 1 year of Health/Academic Planning, 2 years of Physical Education, as well as 80 credits worth of electives, 40 hours of community service, and complete the California High School Exit Exam.[6]

As of the 2015/2016 school year, 16 Honors Courses and 23 Advanced Placement (AP) Courses were offered.[7]

The school was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 2013, a 2015 Gold Ribbon/Exemplary Arts High School, and in August 2017 recognized by US News and World Report as one of the top high schools in the nation.

Athletics

Yorba Linda High School won its first California Interscholastic Federation/Southern Section football championship, defeating Burbank High School by the score of 31-21, on December 2, 2016. Also in 2013, won CIF in wrestling. YLHS has the following sports that you can enroll in as of 2016 (basketball, football, swimming, soccer, wrestling, baseball, softball, waterpolo, cross country, track and field, golf, lacrosse, tennis)

Administration

As of 2016, the school's leadership is as follows:[8]

Office Officeholder
Principal Dave Flynn
Assistant Principal of Curriculum Richard Dinh
Assistant Principal of Student Services Greg Kemp
Men's Athletic Director / Attendance Director Jeff Platt
Activities Director Shea Runge
Women's Athletic Director Lisa Tully

References

  1. ↑ "Yorba Linda High School - School Profile" (PDF). Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. ↑ https://d39smchmfovhlz.cloudfront.net/BMWVIRs2G0ijfnfxCou0Bh9LvhnJRaNYnTBkCpoXvu0sk8IU.pdf
  3. ↑ "Ground breaks on Yorba Linda's first high school". Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Yorba Linda High awards first diplomas Monday". Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.ylhs.org/ourpages/auto/2012/11/26/50712596/School%20Profile%202015-16.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  6. ↑ "Yorba Linda High School - Graduation Requirements". Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  7. ↑ http://www.ylhs.org/ourpages/auto/2012/11/26/50712596/School%20Profile%202015-16.pdf%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  8. ↑ "Yorba Linda High School - Administration". Retrieved 6 August 2016.


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