Narbonne High School

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Narbonne High School
Address
Narbonne High School
24300 S Western Ave

Harbor City
,
California 90710

United States
Coordinates 33°48′12″N118°18′19″W / 33.8032°N 118.3054°W / 33.8032; -118.3054
Information
Type Public
MottoDomus Victorum
(Home of the Victors)
Established1925
School district Los Angeles Unified School District
DeanJames Collins
PrincipalHeather Karuza
Staff90.34 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,176 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio24.09 [1]
Color(s)   Green, Gold
Athletics conferenceMarine League
CIF Los Angeles City Section
MascotGaucho
Communities servedHarbor City
Lomita
Feeder schoolsFleming Middle, White Middle
Website narbonnehs.org

Nathaniel Narbonne High School (NHS) is a school located at 24300 South Western Avenue, in the Harbor City area of Los Angeles, California. Narbonne serves grades 9 through 12 and is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Narbonne serves the Harbor City area and the city of Lomita.

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The school motto is "Domus Victorum" which means "Home of the Victors." Narbonne's colors are green and gold. The school's mascot is the Gaucho, which is often regarded as an Argentinian cowboy. The official fight song for the high school is "Onward Narbonne!" which is a variation of "On, Wisconsin!" – the official state song of Wisconsin as well as the fight song of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

History

Narbonne dates back to 1925. The school was named for Nathaniel A. Narbonne, a sheep rancher, who owned most of the land in the Lomita and Harbor City area. The original building, from when Narbonne covered 7th through 12 grades, is in Lomita, and is now Alexander Fleming Middle School. In 1957, the new school was built on the present site at 242nd Place and Western Avenue.[ citation needed ]

1995 killing of Shazeb Andleeb

In May 1995 Shazeb Andleeb, a 17-year-old student of Pakistani descent, was killed by several other students in a hallway at Narbonne High School. [2] The incident is referred to in the track "The Last Stand of Shazeb Andleeb" on the 1996 album The Cult of Ray by Black Francis, who attended Narbonne in the early 1980s. [3]

Academics

Enrollment

As of the school year 2021–22, there were a total of 1,795 students attending the high school. [4]

Notable alumni

Attended but did not graduate from Narbonne

In media

Narbonne has been a filming location for the following movies:

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  2. ↑ Kim Kowsky; Jeff Kass (19 May 1995). "Student Dies After Youths Beat Him at High School". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
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