William S. Hart High School (California)

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Hart High School
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Hart High School
24825 Newhall Avenue

Newhall, Santa Clarita
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California

United States
Coordinates 34°23′2″N118°32′12″W / 34.38389°N 118.53667°W / 34.38389; -118.53667 Coordinates: 34°23′2″N118°32′12″W / 34.38389°N 118.53667°W / 34.38389; -118.53667
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Type Public high school
Motto"Alive with Pride"
Established1945
School district William S. Hart Union High School District
PrincipalJason d'Autremont
Faculty95.93 FTEs [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment2,218 (2018–19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio23.12 [1]
Color(s)  Red
  Black
  White
Team name Indians
NewspaperThe Smoke Signal
YearbookThe Tomahawk
Website William S.Hart High School

William S. Hart High School is a four-year public high school in Newhall, Santa Clarita, California, United States. It is the oldest high school in the Santa Clarita Valley in California. The school has been educating students through the 12th grade since 1945. Hart was named for local cowboy actor William S. Hart and is a part of the William S. Hart Union High School District.

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As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,326 students and 82.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 28.2:1. There were 491 students (21.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 86 (3.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [1]

Extracurricular activities

Hart High School was formerly the host of the Hart Invitational Quiz Bowl, a quiz bowl competition for teams from Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Lori Huenink coached the quiz bowl team for 21 years from 1974 to 1995. [2]

Notable faculty

Film composer Paul Hertzog formerly worked at Hart as the AP Music Theory teacher. [3] Hertzog also taught 10th-grade Honors English.

Mascot

Hart High School's mascot has been an Indian since the school's foundation in 1945. In June 2020, students urged principal Jason d'Autremont to discontinue the mascot, which they characterized as outdated and offensive. An online petition to change the mascot gathered thousands of signatures. [4] d'Autremont replied that it wasn't his primary focus. [5]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School data for William S. Hart High, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ "FOND FAREWELLS FOR RETIRING TEACHER HART INSTRUCTOR LEAVES LEGACY OF SUCCESS". Los Angeles Daily News. June 7, 1995.
  3. ↑ "Paul Hertzog". Hart High School.
  4. ↑ Melnarik, David (June 8, 2020). "Hart High School Students Call For Retiring Of 'Outdated' Indian Mascot". KHTS.
  5. ↑ Brown, Michael (June 9, 2020). "Hart High Principal Responds To Student Call For Retiring 'Outdated' Indian Mascot". KHTS.
  6. ↑ "Kevin Millar". Baseball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
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