Temple City High School

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Temple City High School
Address
Temple City High School
9501 East Lemon Avenue

Temple City
,
California
91780

United States
Coordinates 34°07′08″N118°03′56″W / 34.11884°N 118.065562°W / 34.11884; -118.065562
Information
School type Public high school
MottoHome of the Temple City Rams[ citation needed ]
Established1954
School district Temple City Unified School District
NCES District ID0638980
School number 19 65052 1938679
PrincipalElena Li [1]
Faculty74.73 (FTE) [2]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,803 (2022-23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio24.13 [2]
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Green and gold   
Athletics Baseball, Basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, marching band, soccer, Softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo,
Athletics conference CIF Southern Section
Rio Hondo League
Mascot Rams
Newspaper TCHS Rampage
Website tcusd.net

Temple City High School (also known as TCHS) is a four-year comprehensive secondary school located in Temple City, California, in Los Angeles County. The high school was awarded the California Distinguished School award in 1996 and in 2019, [3] and a California Gold Ribbon School award in 2017. Temple City High School was ranked #209 in the distinguished Newsweek list of America's Best High Schools.

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History

The Temple City Unified School District was established on July 1, 1954, and incorporated Oak Avenue Intermediate School, a junior high school formerly part of the Pasadena Unified School District. Before 1956, Temple City public school students would attend Pasadena High School after Oak Avenue, but in 1956 the first 12th grade class in the district graduated at Oak Avenue. The first graduation from Temple City High was a year later, when the Associated Student Body established the green and gold school colors and the Ram as the school mascot. Temple City High School holds its annual graduation ceremonies at the school's Hitchcock-North Stadium in the evening and the Grad Night celebration takes place after the ceremonies on campus instead of holding it at a Southern California theme park. [4]

Awards and recognition

Temple City High School has received several awards for its academic programs. Rampage, the school newspaper, was presented with the second place award for High School Newspaper Excellence in Division A by the Los Angeles Times at the Student Journalism Awards on May 26, 2005. [5]

Temple City High has a vast number of science competition teams. Their Science Olympiad team has place many times throughout its history, notably placing 3rd for 2024 and 2023 and 2nd for 2022 and 2020 for regionals. [6] Their Physics Bowl team in 2023 placed 1st nationally in all divisions and third internationally in all divisions. [7]

Temple City High School Yearbook: Templar

Over the years, Temple City's yearbook program has been both regionally and nationally recognized. The most prominent year was in 2007, where the Templar's 2005–06 edition yearbook, themed "It All Adds Up", received one of only six Columbia Scholastic Press Association "Gold Crown" awards in the nation. [8] In 2009, the Templar received the "Herff Jones Yearbook Silver Crown" award for their 2007–08 edition yearbook entitled "Right Click". In 2009, at the East Los Angeles Journalism Education Association (ELAJEA) Write-Offs competition in Alhambra, the Templar also took home Grand Sweepstakes for accumulating the most points over a series of criteria that include Copywriting, Layout, and Pictures. [ citation needed ]

Athletics

Temple City High School mascot Temple City High School Mascot.JPG
Temple City High School mascot

Temple City High School competes interscholastically as a member of the Rio Hondo League in boys' and girls' baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, marching band, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, boys' football, Auxiliaries, cheer, pep flags, song, Choreo Dance Team, and Fusion Competitive Dance Team.

In 1973, the football team set the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section record for most consecutive wins, with 46. It also tied the California high school football state record. [9] [10]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us / Staff Directory". Archived from the original on September 17, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Temple City High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Distinguished School Awards - California School Recognition Program (CA Dept of Education)". June 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 23, 2006. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Congressman Adam Schiff - Representing California's 29th District - In Recognition of the Temple City". Archived from the original on March 28, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Student Journalism Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
  6. ↑ "Temple City High School - Science Olympiad".
  7. ↑ "PhysicBowl 2023 Results" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "2007 - Awards For Student Work Crown Awards - Scholastic Recipients". Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Grid Team Aiming for State Mark". The Los Angeles Times. October 11, 1973. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  10. ↑ Anderson, Claude (September 13, 1973). "Hitchcock nears mark". The San Bernardino County Sun . Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae Kent Cullers, Ph.D." (PDF). Retrieved April 27, 2007.[ dead link ]
  12. ↑ "Astronaut Bio: Steven W. Lindsey (7/2006)" . Retrieved September 30, 2006.
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