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Narbonne High School | |
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Address | |
24300 S Western Ave , California 90710 United States | |
Coordinates | 33°48′12″N118°18′19″W / 33.8032°N 118.3054°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | Domus Victorum (Home of the Victors) |
Established | 1925 |
School district | Los Angeles Unified School District |
Dean | James Collins |
Principal | Heather Karuza |
Staff | 90.37 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,731 (2022–23) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 19.15 [1] |
Color(s) | Green, Gold |
Athletics conference | Marine League CIF Los Angeles City Section |
Mascot | Gaucho |
Communities served | Harbor City Lomita |
Feeder schools | Fleming Middle, White Middle |
Website | narbonnehs |
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.
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.
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 ]
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]
As of the school year 2021–22, there were a total of 1,795 students attending the high school. [4]
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