Millikan High School

Last updated
Robert A. Millikan
Senior High School
Address
Millikan High School
2800 Snowden Avenue

Long Beach
,
California
90815

United States
Coordinates 33°48′28″N118°06′38″W / 33.8078°N 118.1106°W / 33.8078; -118.1106
Information
Type Public
MottoPathway To Excellence And Integrity
Established1956
School district Long Beach Unified School District
SuperintendentJill Baker
Co-PrincipalsAlejandro Vega
Grades 9–12
Enrollment3,311 (2022–23) [1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  Blue
  Gold
Athletics conference Moore League
MascotRobbie and Millie Ram
Team name Rams
Rival Lakewood High School
Website
Ethnic composition as of 2020–21
Race and ethnicity [2] Total
Hispanic or Latino 46.4%46.4
 
Non-Hispanic White/Anglo 32.2%32.2
 
African American 8.5%8.5
 
Asian 8.1%8.1
 
Other3.9%3.9
 
Pacific Islander 0.8%0.8
 
Native American 0.1%0.1
 
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Robert Millikan

Robert A. Millikan Senior High School is a high school in Long Beach, California, United States, administered by the Long Beach Unified School District. It is located near the intersection of Spring Street and Palo Verde Avenue in the Los Altos neighborhood of East Long Beach on a 36-acre campus. Millikan High School has around 3,500 students. Millikan is an AP school and does not offer IB courses.

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Name

Millikan High School is named after the Nobel Prize winner Robert Andrews Millikan.

Choral music

The choral program consists of six courses: Choraleers Singers 1–2 which is a freshman girls class; Varsity Chorale 1–8, a freshman boys class; Cecillian Singers 3–8, an intermediate girls class; Concert Choir 1–8, a large, advanced, Co-Ed group of vocalists consisting of 100 singers; Vocal Point, a jazz and a cappella female group, sung on microphone; and Vocal Ensemble, the Co-Ed equivalent of Vocal Point.

Instrumental Music

The instrumental music program consists of Gold Jazz Band, Blue Jazz Band, Symphonic Winds, Concert Band, Marching Band, Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Symphonic Orchestra.

Each year the music ensembles compete in festivals throughout the United States. In recent years Millikan musicians have traveled to compete in festivals in San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas and Reno. In the spring of 2006, the Symphonic Orchestra performed in a national festival at the Historic Boston Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

Athletics

Millikan teams include Cross Country, Tennis, Badminton, Water Polo, Dance, Football, Colorguard, Golf, Surf, Marching Band, Basketball, Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Soccer, Wrestling, Baseball, Gymnastics, Swim, Softball, Track, Water polo, Lacrosse, and Cheer [3] Some sports are co-ed while others are not. 2018 marked the first year for a female to score a point for the Millikan Rams varsity football. [4]

Newspaper

Millikan's newspaper is the Corydon. [5] It has been running since 1957.

Notable alumni

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  1. ↑ "Millikan High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  2. ↑ "2020-21 Enrollment by Ethnicity and Grade: Millikan High". California Department of Education . Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "ATHLETIC INFORMATION". lbmillikan.schoolloop.com. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Millikan's Chloe Robinson makes history as first female player to score point for Rams". Press Telegram. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Corydon Newspaper". lbmillikan.schoolloop.com. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Baiotto, Brian (June 12, 2008). "Bierbrodt hopes the Armada will be a stepping stone back to the major leagues". Long Beach Press-Telegram . Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
  7. ↑ Davis, John W. (December 15, 2021). "Football Signing Day: Millikan CB Tacario Davis signs with Arizona". Press-Telegram .
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