Antelope Valley High School

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Antelope Valley High School
Address
Antelope Valley High School
44900 Division Street

Lancaster
,
Los Angeles County
,
California
93535

United States
Coordinates 34°42′02″N118°07′44″W / 34.70059°N 118.12878°W / 34.70059; -118.12878
Information
Funding typePublic
Motto"Once a Lope, Always a Lope"
Established1912
School district Antelope Valley Union High School District
NCES District ID 0602820 [1]
SuperintendentDavid Vierra
CEEB code 051355 [2]
NCES School ID 060282000203 [3]
PrincipalLisa Schmidt [4]
Teaching staff78.42 (on an FTE basis) [3]
Grades9-12
GenderCo-ed
Number of students1,506 (2019–20) [3]
Student to teacher ratio21.22 [3]
ScheduleBell schedule 2021-2022 [5]
Color(s)Black and red   
Fight song "Lope's House"
Athletics conferenceThe Golden League
SportsBaseball, boys basketball, boys golf, boys soccer, boys tennis, boys volleyball, football, girls golf, girls soccer, girls tennis, girls volleyball, girls wrestling, softball, swimming, track, wrestling [6]
MascotAntelopes
Nickname Antelopes
NewspaperAVSandpaper - Student Newspaper [7]
Website www.avhs.org

Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California, and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District, in northernmost Los Angeles County, California. It was founded in 1912 and had its first graduating class in 1912. [8]

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History

The school is located near the western edge of the Mojave Desert. Classes were initially held at the Women's Independence Hall on Cedar Avenue and Lancaster Boulevard (then called West Tenth Street) until a permanent building was constructed. In July 1914, construction was planned to begin on a concrete building, In 1915, students began attending classes in a new concrete building, Central Hall. However, a strike over unpaid wages prevented students from entering the new building at the beginning of the 1915 school year. It was settled, and students began their classes in the new building in October 1915. [9] The school originally served as a boarding school for students from farms and ranches in northern Los Angeles County and southern Kern County. Today, it primarily serves the population of Lancaster.

Athletics

The school offers a range of sports, including:

Notable alumni

NameGrad ClassCategoryBest Known For
Kevin Appier SportsFormer MLB pitcher [10]
Priscilla Barnes EntertainmentActress of Three's Company [11]
Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) Music, ArtSinger, songwriter, musician, and painter (as Don Van Vliet)
Lon Boyett SportsFormer NFL player
Steve Chilcott SportsNumber one pick in the 1966 Major League Baseball draft
Sean Douglass SportsFormer MLB pitcher [12]
Judy Garland EntertainmentActress
Mike Gaechter SportsFormer Dallas Cowboys defensive back
Bruce Hill SportsFormer Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver
Al Krueger SportsFormer NFL player
Terence McKenna Literature, PhilosophyWriter, philosopher, and ethnobotanist
Dwayne Murphy SportsFormer MLB centerfielder [13]
James Richards SportsFormer Canadian Football League offensive guard
Jim Slaton SportsFormer Milwaukee Brewers pitcher, current bullpen coach for Seattle Mariners [14]
Alex St. Clair MusicFounding member of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
Vern Valdez SportsFormer NFL player
Marcy Walker EntertainmentSoap opera star on All My Children
Frank Zappa Music, FilmMusician, composer, activist, and filmmaker

References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Antelope Valley Union High School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  2. ↑ "LIST OF HIGH SCHOOLS". secure.californiacolleges.edu. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - Antelope Valley High School (060282000203)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved February 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "PRINCIPAL'S PAGE" . Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bell Schedule" . Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  6. ↑ "ATHLETICS" . Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  7. ↑ "AVSandpaper - Student Newspaper". Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2021.
  8. ↑ Antelope Valley High School, Lancaster, CA at NNDB
  9. ↑ "The Los Angeles Times 16 May 1915, page 78".
  10. ↑ Kevin Appier at the Baseball Cube Archived June 15, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "Three's Company Cast Biographies". Archived from the original on November 21, 2006. Retrieved October 8, 2006.
  12. ↑ Sean Douglass at the Baseball Cube Archived March 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Dwayne Murphy at the Baseball Cube Archived June 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  14. ↑ Jim Slaton, Antelope Valley High School Archived 2010-03-01 at the Wayback Machine , AVSports.com Hall of Fame. Accessed August 28, 2007.
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