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29-532: The first school in the district was Newhall Elementary. The school opened in 1876, near the current location of the Saugus Cafe. The school is named for Henry Mayo Newhall, as is the town. The school and the town of Newhall moved two years later, to a location 2 miles south of its original location. An oil boom in the Santa Clarita Valley brought the families of 53 students to area and the school

58-479: A bond measure to build the valley's first high school on a 27-acre parcel on Newhall Avenue, just down the street from Newhall School (Hart High School). The first Hart District school board was composed of school board members from each of the elementary districts. Tom Frew III and S.S. Donaldson represented the Newhall district. Donaldson was a sitting Newhall school board member, while Frew had already retired from

87-827: A dedication ceremony on June 11, 2000, seven years after Chavez's death. The San Fernando High School colors are black and gold. Students in the City of San Fernando are assigned to the school. Originally more of the Pacoima neighborhood was zoned to the school, but much of it was reassigned to Arleta High School upon that school's opening in 2006. Students in the San Fernando Gardens public housing complex in Pacoima are still assigned to San Fernando High School. San Fernando High School's attendance boundary changed numerous times as well as new high schools opening in

116-806: A lengthy tenure on the Newhall board which included several years as president. All schools within the Newhall School District are located within the Newhall neighborhood of Santa Clarita or the unincorporated community of Stevenson Ranch . As of the 2022-23 school year, 5,927 students were enrolled in Newhall District schools. 45.9% of students were Hispanic or Latino , 29.7% were non-Hispanic white , 10.7% were Asian American , 6.1% were multiracial , 3.4% were Filipino , 1.7% were African American , 0.3% were Indigenous American , and 0.1% were Pacific Islander . San Fernando High School San Fernando High School ( SFHS )

145-580: A part of the Los Angeles High School District. On August 18, 1921, Los Angeles City High School District added the territory of the following grade school districts: Alturas, Beverly Hills, Calabasas, Castaic, Cornell, Culver City, Felton, Garripatos (the district was later renamed to Topanga), Honby, Las Vergenes, Liberty, Live Oak, New Era, Newhall, San Francisquito, San Martinez and Saugus. The high school district annexed Venice Union High School District in 1925. Residents of

174-608: A record of 21-0. The 2006 wrestling team took first place at the C.I.F. championship, with five of their wrestlers qualifying for the State championship. In 2013, Johnny Parada became the first ever CIF wrestling state champion from the Los Angeles City Section when he defeated Wyatt Wyckoff of Paradise High School 13-6 for the 126 lbs. title. 1988 City Championship runners-up; lost to Monroe High School . 1991, 2011 & 2013 City Baseball Team Champions. In 1991,

203-421: A ride in a converted automobile to San Fernando High School. In 1932, an actual bus was purchased. As the town grew, so did its school-aged population. The schoolhouse at Lyons and Newhall Ave. was not able to be expanded and so a new school was built in 1928 at the corner of 11th and Walnut streets. Fire hit the school again in 1939; however, the school was rebuilt where it stood. The school re-opened in 1940. This

232-604: A score of 28-21. San Fernando High's football stadium is named for Charles White. The San Fernando High School wrestling team currently holds the largest number of city championships in Los Angeles. They have been the City Wrestling Champions in 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1991, 2001—2003, 2006—2009, 2012—2015, and 2017. During the 2006 season, the Tiger wrestling team had an undefeated season, with

261-764: A similar manner as Beverly Hills. On January 30, 1945, the Santa Clarita Union High School District (also known as the William S. Hart Union High School District ) took the territories of the Bee, Newhall, Castaic Union and Saugus Union school districts. In 1947, Torrance High School was transferred to the Redondo Union High School District , and the elementary schools in the City of Torrance were formed into

290-583: Is a high school of the Los Angeles Unified School District . It is located in the Pacoima neighborhood of Los Angeles , in the northeastern San Fernando Valley , California. It is near and also serves the City of San Fernando . San Fernando High School—SFHS—was established in 1896, and was originally known as the San Fernando Union High School (SFUHS). It is one of the oldest high schools in

319-462: Is the current location of Newhall Elementary School (2012). As for the older students, they would continue to travel until 1945 when Hart High School opened. The original grades were 9th–12th. In 1948, the 7th and 8th graders moved to Hart High School. Hart High stayed a 7th–12th grade school until Placerita Junior High School opened in 1961. The second school in the Newhall School District was Peachland Elementary School which opened in 1959. The third

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348-775: The Palos Verdes School District , formed in 1925, were zoned to Los Angeles City High School District facilities for high school. On July 22, 1929 the Oak Flat district territory was transferred from Antelope Valley Joint Union High School District to Los Angeles City High School District. On July 22, 1932, the Huntington Park School District became included in the Los Angeles City High School District. On March 23, 1936, Beverly Hills left

377-404: The L.A. City Football title in 1974 and 1975, repeating the 1934, 1937, 1953 and 1967 season championships. Prior to the 1975 season, they were ranked #1 in the country. In 1976 they lost their first game of the season to Gardena High School by a score of 41-0. The team rebounded, losing only one more game (and defeating John Elway's Granada Hills High School team along the way) to earn a spot in

406-669: The Los Angeles City High School District and formed the Beverly Hills High School District; by operation of law this became the Beverly Hills Unified School District . On December 29, 1942, the Bee School District was transferred from Antelope Valley Joint Union High School District to the Los Angeles City High School District. On January 25, 1945, Culver City left the Los Angeles High School District in

435-600: The Los Angeles Unified School District. SFHS was originally located at Fifth and Hagar streets in the City of San Fernando. In 1906, the school moved to a new campus on North Brand Boulevard. San Fernando High School moved again in 1952, to its present location. It was in the Los Angeles City High School District until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD. The auditorium was renamed after Cesar Chavez in

464-452: The Tigers beat Banning High School 3-2 at Dodger Stadium. In 2011, the Tigers beat El Camino Real Charter High School 2-0 at USC in the semifinals and beat Chatsworth High School 8-6 at Dodger Stadium in the final. In 2013, the Tigers beat Cleveland High School 2-1 in the final, again at Dodger Stadium. 1973 City Soccer Team Champions. When LAUSD offered soccer as an official sport,

493-579: The Tigers won the first-ever championship against Franklin High School , 2 to 1. 2010 City Soccer Team Champions. Played in the Southern California Regional Playoffs up to semi-finals. 1981 Basketball League Champions; 1988 Varsity Basketball League Champions. Los Angeles City High School District Los Angeles City High School District (known in its last year as West County Union High School District )

522-714: The Torrance City School District; the latter became Torrance Unified School District the following year and took the high school. The citizens of the Los Angeles City School District voted to become a unified school district on June 7, 1960. On July 1, 1961, it became the Los Angeles Unified School District . Additionally, the Palos Verdes School District became the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District on

551-615: The West County Union High School District to the same border as Las Virgenes grade school district as of July 1, 1962, the 1935 state law known as the Unification Act caused their automatic unification on that date; the resulting district took the name Las Virgenes Unified School District . Its citizens approved a bond issue and state aid authorization in the April 16, 1963 election, leading to

580-530: The area. In the fall of 2006, 9th and 10th grade students in a portion of San Fernando High School's 2005-2006 school year zone attended Arleta High School instead of San Fernando [1] ; Arleta will phase in grades 11 through 12 [2] . SFHS was further relieved of overcrowding when César Chávez Learning Academies (Valley Region High School 5) opened in 2011. [3] During 2020-2021, the school had 2,044 students and 110 faculty members. In 2000, 10% of faculty had attended San Fernando High School as students. At

609-459: The city playoffs. They went on to defeat Banning High School to win the city title. In 2012 the team lost to Van Nuys and Sylmar high schools out of their ten games making them 8-2, leading them to the Division 2 Championship against Canoga Park High School . They repeated in 2013, becoming back-to-back champions. In 2017 SFHS defeated Dorsey High School for the Division 1 Championship with

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638-608: The city's planned charter middle school to take campus facilities from San Fernando High School. SFHS was the only high school in California with Project G.R.A.D. (Graduation Really Achieves Dreams), which has now expanded to Arleta and Sylmar high schools and César Chávez Learning Academies. Operating the wishbone offense (a rarity in California) with future USC stars Charles White and Kevin Williams, San Fernando High won

667-1060: The district took the Jewell Union High School District . In 1909, the district took the Hollywood Union High School District and the San Pedro City High School District . In 1910 it took the Wilmington Union High School District . In 1913 it took the Van Nuys High School District . In 1914, it took the San Fernando Union High School District . In 1916, the Owensmouth Union High School District , became

696-554: The same day. The remainder of the high school district, with only the territory of the Las Vergenes Union School District and Topanga School District , and no high school, renamed itself the West County Union High School District. The new L.A. Unified was only required to provide high school service to the remaining West County district for three years. On October 3, Topanga School District citizens also voted to join L.A. Unified. Since this reduced

725-565: The time the school was actively seeking alumni to be teachers. Many of the teachers who were alumni of San Fernando High were bilingual and could offer assistance to Spanish-speaking students. In 2008 it was announced that San Fernando High School would start on a traditional academic calendar, rather than the "year-round" staggered calendar to accommodate overcrowding, in the fall of that year. The traditional calendar allows all three tracks (A, B, and C-track; roughly 3300 students in total) to join as one academic class. It also made it impossible for

754-497: Was Wiley Canyon Elementary School which opened in 1966. On January 13, 1945, the California State Board of Education approved the petitions of five Santa Clarita Valley school districts — Newhall, Saugus, Castaic, Mint Canyon and Sulphur Springs — to form the Santa Clarita Union High School District, later renamed the William S. Hart Union High School District . Two weeks later, on January 29, local voters approved

783-675: Was a school district that served high school -aged residents of western Los Angeles County, California from 1890 to 1962. At times the district included Beverly Hills , Culver City , and Torrance . The district formed in 1890; it served students of the Los Angeles High School while the Los Angeles City School District and various other elementary school districts served elementary and junior high school students. The high school district expanded its territory by annexing other high school districts and including other elementary school districts in its boundaries. In 1906,

812-475: Was built on the same site as the first two-story building. Those students who continued on to high school faced a long horseback ride to San Fernando High School , in the San Fernando Valley, once that school was built in 1896. In 1914, a fire struck Newhall Elementary School again. Another building was built at the northwest corner of Lyons and Newhall Avenues. The older students were able to catch

841-402: Was placed where the current Valencia Marketplace (Target store) currently stands. One year later, in 1879, a proper school house was built at the corner of 9th and Walnut streets, in the current town of Newhall. The building was a wooden, two-story building. The second story was used on weekends, for Sunday school classes. This original building succumbed to a fire in 1890. A new two-story school

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