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Laguna Hills High School
Address
Map
25401 Paseo De Valencia

Laguna Hills
,
California 92653

United States
Information
TypePublic
Established1978
Enrollment1,434 (2022-23)[1]
Color(s)   
MascotHawk

Laguna Hills High School (LHHS) is a public and high school located in Laguna Hills, California.

The innovative programs include the Golden-Bell Award-Winning Two-Way Language Immersion Program,[2]

Awards and recognition

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  • LHHS has historically had the highest API scores of the four comprehensive high schools in SVUSD, and had a score of 838 in 2007, 17 points higher than the next highest school and scored 854 in 2008,[3] one of the top scores in the county[4]
  • In Newsweek's list of the top 1,300 high schools, LHHS placed 613 which places it within the top 3% of schools nationwide[5]
  • LHHS has been named a National Blue Ribbon School and a California Distinguished School on multiple occasions[6]

Athletics

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Wrestling

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  • 29 Consecutive league championships[7]
  • In 2007 the program won 2 CIF titles (CIF duals and CIF individuals), 2006 CIF Champion; won the 2005 CIF Championship as well, 3 out of the last 5 years with the other two seasons recognized as CIF runners-up.

Football

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  • 6 consecutive league championships ('05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10) to go with 7 previous titles and another title in 2012 as well as another in 2021[8]
  • Undefeated CIF Champions (2008)(13-0)
         CIF Champions(1991)(10-3-1)
           CIF Champions(1997)(13-1)
CIF and State Champions (2022)(15-1)

Soccer

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Both the boys and girls team won Pacific Coast League titles on all 3 levels. In 1990, The boys advanced and won the CIF Southern Section Finals defeating Orange High School. The boys have also advanced to the CIF quarterfinal and the girls to the CIF semifinals in 2008. In 2010 the boys advanced to the CIF semifinals while girls made it to the quarterfinals. In 2015 the girls team advanced to the CIF Division 1 Finals.[9]

Softball

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Recent alums Brittany Lastrapes and Rosey Neill played in the NCAA tournament. Elisa Victa made it to Super Regionals. Brittany for the University of Arizona, Rosey for Stanford, and Elisa for North Dakota State. In 2008 the girls repeated as Pacific Coast League champions and made it to the semifinals of CIF [10] In 2009 a third straight title was won, and in 2010 the team won it again to make it four in a row.[10]

Notable Alumni

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References

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  1. ^ "Laguna Hills High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  2. ^ "California School Boards Association". Archived from the original on December 25, 2007.
  3. ^ "2008 Growth API School Report - Laguna Hills High". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
  4. ^ 2007 Growth API LEA List of Schools Report (CA Department of Education)
  5. ^ "America's Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com". Newsweek.
  6. ^ "SVUSD Distinguished and Blue Ribbon Schools". Archived from the original on February 28, 2008.
  7. ^ "Article - SPORTS - Laguna Hills makes it 23 league titles in a row".
  8. ^ "Hawkfootball". Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2006-12-11. [not specific enough to verify]
  9. ^ "Laguna Hills HS Boys Soccer | Laguna Hills, CA". The Nest.
  10. ^ a b "CIF Southern Section - CIF-SS". CIF Southern Section.
  11. ^ "Students get private concert as contest prize". Daily Pilot. 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  12. ^ "Swimmer Carvin Has High Expectations; Kagy Looking to Have Fun : Boys' swimming: Laguna Hills senior, fresh off Olympic Trials, looks for third consecutive 2-A 200 freestyle title". Los Angeles Times. 1992-03-17. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  13. ^ Henderson, Martin (1997-02-18). "Taking Their Chances : Laguna Hills' Haneef Is Making This Her Last Shot at Basketball". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
  14. ^ McKIBBEN, DAVE (2001-01-16). "Laguna Hills' Reed Talks, Plays a Good Game". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
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