Workman High School

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William Workman High School
Address
Workman High School
16303 E Temple Ave

Industry
,
California
91744

United States
Coordinates 34°01′45″N117°56′12″W / 34.02917°N 117.93667°W / 34.02917; -117.93667
Information
Type Public High School
MottoOnce a Lobo;Always a Lobo
School district HLPUSD
PrincipalTim Espinosa
Staff46.10 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment820
Student to teacher ratio22.56 [1]
Color(s)  Red
  Black
  Gold
Nickname Lobos
Rival La Puente High School
YearbookPioneer
Website wwhs-hlpusd-ca.schoolloop.com

William Workman High School is the only public high school located in City of Industry, California. It is one of four high schools in the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. For sports, it is a member of the Montview League.

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History

School was named after William Workman whom had great success in the Los Angeles area, before moving to Rancho La Puente. [2] [3] [4] [5]

School opened at the beginning of the 1967–68 school year. [6] 1969, James Faul was the Principal, [7] the current principal is Timothy Espinosa. [8]

Located in the City of Industry is the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum with William Workman being part of the history of the area. The building is a California Historic Landmark.

Athletics

Championship Tradition

1969, Ben Rico at the track and field league finals set league records in the 100 and 440 yard dashes. [10] Tom Lomax tripled jumped 48'-10" and 49'-11 1/2" to rank one of 1976 top Southern California prep jumpers. [11] [12] 1991, Myra Smith won the CIF Southern Section 2A shot put and discus. [12] The boys varsity basketball team was, combined with those of two other schools, 196-90 under the leadership of coach Rich Skelton. [13] The first official day of the basketball season, the Lobos varsity basketball team practiced after midnight, and slept the night in the gym. The midnight practiced began under coach Rich Skelton in 1974 (for five years) and was revived in 1982 with coach Tim Stimpfel. Four of five of these years Workman won league. [14] 1984, boys varsity basketball team won CIF 2-A division championship game. [15] 2013, boys varsity basketball team won the Montview League championship four out of five years in a row. [16] Workman has won several CIF southern section wrestling championships, Mike Ramos (1987 4A 165-Lb), Raymond Molina (1989 3A 145-Lbs), Justin Ferrenti (2001 V 152-Lbs), and Cesar Martin (2001 V 171-Lbs). [12]

Dave McGuire 7'-0" center averaged 18 rebounds per game during the 1977 basketball season. [17]

1987, Richard Horrmann started the space shuttle club, created a Challenger time capsule, and was selected to serve on committee to select a new school principal. [18] [19]

1985 Workman hosted the annual Fast Action Summer Basketball Camp that included former Los Angeles Lakers players Keith Erickson and Brad Holland. [20] 2018 Workman hosted the Superstar Basketball League. [21]

Teacher gaining recognition was John Horn whom in 1975 was awarded California Biology Teacher of the Year by the National Association of Biology Teachers. [22]

Musical Excellence

Alumni

See also

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