The school is located on Second Street, across the street from City Hall and the Police Department, bounded by Second Street, Commonwealth Avenue, Fifth Street, and Main Street. The campus is divided into three parts, by Third and Fourth Streets.
Alhambra High School has been accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges—for the first time in 1965 and most recently in 2024, for a fixed term after each evaluation.[3]
Around 1884, Alhambra citizens saw the need for their own school.[5][6]
On October 11, 2006, a small explosive device was found on a sidewalk bordering the north end of campus. Hours later, a second similar device was found in a trash can on the south end of campus. The Los Angeles County sheriff's bomb squad safely removed and disabled both items, and the campus was searched.[7][8]
In early 2007, the school was featured on the third season of Hell's Kitchen. 100 members from the senior class of 2007 were invited to participate. Each chef had to prepare 100 portions of a dish for each of the students.[9] It was one of a select few public high schools in California to be awarded a distinguished Great Schools Rating of 8 out of 10.[10]
In April 2005, an article was published by The Moor, the school's biweekly newspaper, titled "Latinos Lag Behind in Academics". It discussed that Hispanic students' test scores have improved, then asked why Asian scores were noticeably higher, postulating that Asian students worked harder in academics than Hispanic students, suggesting the latter were "not pulling their weight".[13] The Los Angeles Times discussed the achievement gap in context, noting the outrage and charges of racism towards the student author and the Latino pride response.[14]
↑ Resendiz, Eric (March 21, 2019). "Alhambra Unified School District band prepares to march in 2020 Rose Parade". ABC7. KABC Television, LLC. Retrieved May 21, 2024. The district band is put together with students from three different high schools: Mark Keppel High School, Alhambra High School and San Gabriel high.
↑ U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880-2012, Alhambra High School, 1964
↑ F.M. Carney; N. Ravitch; L.M. Van Deusen; R.V. Hine (1986). Krogh, David (ed.). "John W. Olmsted, History: Riverside". University of California: In Memoriam: 225–227. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014.
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