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Van Nuys High School

• Location & Contact Information
  • Address, Directions, & Map
    • 6535 Cedros Avenue, Van Nuys, California, United States of America 91411
  • Telephone Numbers:
    • (818) 778-6800
    • ((818) 781-5181 (fax)
  • Official Website: [1]
• History & Memorable Moments
  • Van Nuys High School opened in 1914 as one of three high schools in the San Fernando Valley serving what was then a rural community. In the intervening eight decades, society has undergone remarkable social and technological transformations that have required schools to make tremendous changes in order to prepare students for an increasingly demanding and complicated world. Despite these changes though, one fact has remained constant: students still need a solid foundation in traditional academic fields.^[1]
  • Van Nuys High School, keenly aware of the needs of a rapidly changing world and those of traditional academics, has developed academic programs to fulfill these needs. Van Nuys High combines an outstanding faculty and a rigorous curriculum to produce an academic program that provides college-level instruction in English, Math, Social Studies, Foreign Language and Science. For the past 16 years, the Van Nuys High School Magnet graduates have routinely achieved a high rate of admission to top universities and our Magnet Programs have been recognized nationally for their outstanding academic programs.
  • 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 was only available on the A-Track Schedule whilst the Math and Science Magnet was only available on the C-Track Schedule. B-Trackers could not take the same classes as C-Trackers whilst C-Trackers can only take certain A-Track classes. Teachers that had both A-Track and C-Track students were frustrated because the curriculum has to be synchronized with both tracks.^[1]
  • Van Nuys High School returned to the Tradition School Year in 2005. It caused Van Nuys High School to be even more overcrowded.
  • The opening of Panorama High School in October 2006 relieved overcrowding at Van Nuys High School.
  • Van Nuys High School is also home to one of the best instrumental music programs in all of LAUSD. The VNHS Marching Band won the LAUSD Championships several times including a three year streak. Their concert band has always been given the "superior" marking at festivals. Other than being home to these two amazing groups, Van Nuys High School is also home to these wonderful and amazing musical emsembles: the sinfonietta, jazz ensemble, jazz combo (the only student organized group), brass ensemble, woodwind chamber groups and the VNHS Van naires (choral ensemble). It is also home of one of the few Organs built in LAUSD.
• Overview, Photographs, & Video Links

Prospective Students

• Admissions

New & Current Students

• Campus Events
• Transportation
• Safety Tips
• Support Centers
• Grading System
• Good Classes & Teachers
• Groups & Organizations
  • Amnesty International
  • Anime Club
  • Armenian Student Union
  • CSF-California Scholarship Federation
  • Chess Club
  • CYF-Christian Youth Fellowship
  • Chinese Club
  • Computer Club
  • Desi Club
  • Dragon Ball Z
  • Drill Team
  • Fencing Club
  • Future Business Leaders of America
  • French Club
  • IFC-Independent Film Club
  • Interact
  • JSU-Jewish Student Union
  • Junior Board
  • JETS-Junior Engineering and Technical Society
  • JSA-Junior Statesmen of America
  • Key Club
  • Korean Club
  • M.E.C.H.A.
  • M.E.S.A.
  • National Honor Society
  • Pagan Club
  • Russian Club
  • Senior Board
  • Ski and Snowboard Club
  • Speech and Debate
  • Sophomore Board
  • Thai Club
  • The United Nations Club
  • True Pinoy
• College & Career Tips

Alumni

• Benefits of Joining Alumni Association
• Mailing List Directory
• Chapters
• Teachers (Where are they now?)
• Alumni Directory
• Notable Alumni
  • Much like two other LAUSD high schools, Fairfax High School and Hollywood High School, Van Nuys High School, especially the Performing Arts Magnet, has been a breeding ground for Hollywood talent over the years. There have been hundreds of famous graduates of Van Nuys High School, including:
    • Paula Abdul, entertainer
    • Aaron Brenner, entertainer, theaaronfanclub.com
    • 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
    • Charles Klapow, Choreographer
    • 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
    • Geraldine McGee Rosenthal
    • Jane Russell, actress
    • David J. Skorton, President of Cornell University
    • Bob Waterfield, football player
    • Alice Waters, creator of "California cuisine"
    • Natalie Wood, actress
• Alumni Events
  • Refer to this link [2]

Visitors

• Hotels Nearby
• Restaurant Recommendations
• Places of Worship
• Sports Facility Access

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• Job Listing

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Links

• Van Nuys High School - Alumni Directory
• Van Nuys High School - Wikipedia.ORG

References