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Reseda High School
Location
Reseda, Los Angeles, California
Information
Type	Public school
Established	1955
School district	Los Angeles Unified School District
Principal	Alfredo Tarin
Grades	9-12
Mascot	Regent - a lion welding a crown and a scepter.
Website	Official website

Reseda High School, established in 1955, is located in the Reseda section of the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California.

The school currently is home to the Reseda High School Science Magnet HS and the Reseda Police Academy Magnet HS, in addition to Reseda High's four small learning communities.

Contents 1 Academic programs 2 Small Learning Communities 3 Reseda High School Science Magnet 4 Naval Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps. 5 School in film 6 1993 shooting 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Academic programs

Reseda High School has several programs. Among them are an active Humanities Academy, Multilingual Teachers Academy, Academic Decathlon Program, Navy Jr. ROTC, Urban Studies program, Health Occupations Students of America chapter, Science Bowl. Of note is the yearly science fair which is that largest of any high school in the San Fernando Valley

Reseda High School is one of the few schools in the San Fernando Valley to have a robotics team.^[1]

[edit] Small Learning Communities

In 2007, Reseda High School took its Small Learning Communities wall to wall. There are currently four communities, a Ninth Grade Academy, the Academy of Technology and Health Careers, the Liberal Arts and Education Academy, and the Visual and Performing Arts Academy. These academies of approximately 350 to 400 students each, share the campus and all facilities with Reseda High's successful Magnet programs.

[edit] Reseda High School Science Magnet

The Reseda Science Magnet School attempts to provide students with a stronger background in science, math and social responsibility. The program prepares students to be successful at the college level in the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, engineering, geology and environmental science. As an informal prerequisite, students are expected to have a strong background in mathematics.

Students are offered three educational choices: a medical option, an engineering option, and a geology/ environmental science option.

[edit] Naval Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps.

Reseda High School's NJROTC Program is ranked top JROTC unit in the San Fernando Valley.^{[citation needed]} The unit has placed top 5 in state meets and qualified for the National meet in Pensacola, Florida twice in it's 12 year history.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] School in film

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• Reseda was used as the high school in the television series The Shield and in an episode of Commander in Chief, and also several episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Many locations of the campus appeared in the feature film Grosse Pointe Blank.^{[citation needed]}
• At least a part of an episode of 90210 was filmed there as well as a part of the movie Boogie Nights.
• In 2007, the campus was used as a location to film a music video for the song "Misery Business" by the alternative group, Paramore.
• In 2008, one of the school's gyms was used to film parts of the season premiere of the hit show, "My Name is Earl".
• Beginning the first week of November 2009, Mtv will be filming in the schools auditorium.
• In 2009 RG Integra Entertainment filmed "The Life of a Street Racer and a Thug" was filmed through out the campus. It starred Rene Gutierrez as the thug street racer.

[edit] 1993 shooting

On February 22, 1993 two transfer students identified as members of rival gangs were involved in a shooting in the science building during a midmorning snack break. One student was killed instantly. The shooter was part of the violent gang D.Fis #72.^[2][3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• http://www.resedahighschool.net
• http://www.resedahighschool.com
• http://www.resedasciencemagnet.net/index.htm
• http://www.angelfire.com/ri/resedahigh/index.html

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