Herbert Hoover High School (Glendale)

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name = Herbert Hoover High School


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established = 1929
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district = Glendale Unified School District
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principal = Kevin Welsh
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students = Approximately 2,800
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colors = colorbox|purple colorbox|white Purple and White
mascot = Tornadoes
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location = 651 Glenwood Rd., Glendale, CA 91202
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website = http://hooverhs.org/

Herbert Hoover High School is a public high school in Glendale, California. The school's colors are purple and white.

Hoover High School, named after Herbert Hoover, the 31st president of the United States, is located on 18.6 acres in Glendale. The original campus was erected in 1929 and served students until 1966 when, with the exception of the auditorium and physical education facilities, the buildings were demolished and replaced by a new facility completed in 1969. In 1990, due to continual and anticipated growth in the number of students entering Hoover, a 33-classroom facility was built and completed in 1992.

Hoover High School is still a vibrant part of a neighborhood cluster that includes five elementary schools and Toll Middle School. The Hoover High School of today has approximately 2,700 students which includes a wide range of socioeconomic, educational, and cultural backgrounds. Some 62.9 % of the students are Caucasian with 45% of those being of primarily Armenian background; 21.6% Hispanic 9.5% Asian; 4.7% Filipino; 1% African-American; and 0.2% other. Additionally, almost half of the current student body participates in the federal free or reduced lunch programs. Some 84% of the student body come from homes whose primary language is other than English.

In 2001, Hoover High School met its school wide API (Academic Performance Index) and has received over $150,000 in Governor's Incentive Award money. The Hoover staff is keenly focused on standards-based instruction and consistently uses data to chart and plan for improvement. Hoover High School offers 22 different Advanced Placement (AP) classes which span a wide variety of disciplines including history, English language and literature, science, foreign language, math, economics, art, psychology, music theory, and computer programming. For the past two years, 40% of our graduating seniors planned to attend a four-year college. Some 44.4% of graduating seniors meet the University of California A-G requirements.

Hoover High School is an integral part of the city of Glendale which now has over 200,000 residents. National studies, realtor's, and residents all concur that Glendale's excellent schools, picturesque neighborhoods, commercial industries, shopping facilities, and strong municipal agencies are motivating factors that keep and attract families and businesses in the community. Glendale has become one of the largest financial, commercial, retail, and motion picture animation centers in the state of California.

The school was founded in 1929 during the Hoover administration. The school claims to be the only High School named after a then sitting President. Another significant aspect of the school's history is the long time cross-town rivalry with Glendale High School. Beat Glendale Day is the biggest social/athletic event of the school year including spirit assemblies, a parade with floats culminating with the Varsity football game with Glendale High.

The mascot was temporarily changed to the Wind Gusts when a Kansas team whose town had just been ravaged by tornadoes came to visit.

Notable alumni/attendants

*Steven Banks, Actor, TV Star "The Steven Banks Show"
*Richard Boone, actor star of Have Gun Will Travel television series
*John Cho, actor best known as Harold Lee in Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle
*Jack Davis, 2-time Olympic medalist
*Robert Englund, actor best known for portraying Freddy Kreuger in the Nightmare on Elm Street series
*Joseph Hahn, DJ for the band Linkin Park
*Maren Jensen, actress co-star in the original BattleStar Galactica television series
*Eva Mendes, actress
*Wally Ritchie, former Major League Baseball pitcher
*Anthony Velez "ANT V", Executive Producer, Nomadic Minds Productions - Music, T.V, Film/HBO documentaries.
*Gerald Quist, 4-time Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup (including "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Star Trek: The Next Generation," and "Quantum Leap"); 19 Emmy Award nominations
*Tony McClain Football Coach at Mesa College in Mesa Arizona. Member of the 2007 staff that won the Valley of the Sun Bowl game over Fort Scott Community College 47-31. This was 1 of only 5 National Bowl games played at the Junior College level. Coach McClain is the running backs coach and recruiting coordinator.

External links

* [http://hooverhs.org/ Hoover High School website]
* [http://gusd.net/cgi-bin/schools/schools.idc?site_code=3 School profile on GUSD]
* [http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=hooverpepteam School's Pep Team]

Director Ron Howard; City Slickers, Speechless, Stealing Sinatra, In The Mix, Mighty Joe Young, Puto Nash, Santa Baby, etc.Has also directed episodes of: Eli Stone, Ugly Betty, Boston Legal, Monk, etc.

Has won the Eastman Kodak Award, the Peabody Award

Anita Jones Garner: Air personality at KCET and KBIG, Los Angeles. Author