Los Osos High School
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| Established | 2002 |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Principal | Chris Hollister |
| Students | 3,161 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA |
| Colors | Blue/Gold |
| Mascot | Grizzly |
| Yearbook | Montivagus |
| Newspaper | ''The Grizzly Gazette,
The Alternative (independent) |
| Website | Los Osos High School |
Los Osos High School is one of eight public schools in the Chaffey Joint Union High School District. LOHS is located in the city of Rancho Cucamonga in Southern California's Inland Empire in the United States. LOHS opened in 2002 and finished its 2006-2007 school year with a student body of 3,260 and a graduating class of around 750.
The mission of LOHS is to actively engage in the learning process and provide all students with opportunities to reach their highest academic potential, to develop abilities to think critically, creatively, communicate effectively, and graduate as confident, self-directed, and life-long learners in society.
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[edit] Demographics
As of 2007, the racial makeup of the school is approximately 48% White American, with the second and third largest minority population being Hispanic and African-American.
[edit] Academics
Students graduating from Los Osos have gone on to attend some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the country, including but not limited to: Harvard University, Stanford University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, University of California, Berkeley, Brown University, Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, UCLA, University of Notre Dame, University of Southern California, Bowdoin College, and the Claremont Colleges.
In 2007, Los Osos earned an Academic Performance Index of 826, the highest score out of all high schools in San Bernardino County and the Inland Empire. [1]
In November 2007, US News & World Report's newly installed "Best High Schools 2008" ranking awarded Los Osos a Silver Medal, the equivalent of Top 500 in the nation out of a selection pool of roughly 18,790 public institutions.[1] Los Osos was the only comprehensive high school in San Bernardino County to receive such an honor. The selection criteria was based on a combination of promise and challenge, overall academic quality, and college readiness.[2]
The 2007-08 school year featured three National Merit Scholars amongst the class of 2008.
[edit] Performing Arts
Led by Mr. Michael Kremer, Los Osos High School has one of the best theatre departments in Southern California. The Los Osos Theatre Department won SCETA Area 3 in 2006 with its enactment of Michael Frayn's "Noises Off" and also, in 2007, was a part of the SCETA Festival of Scenes and performed a part of Tina Howe's "The Art of Dining" to 1300 people at Plummer Auditorium in Fullerton, California.
The theatre department was nominated by the American High School Theatre Festival to represent the United States in Scotland at the world renowned Fringe Festival, the second consecutive nomination for Los Osos after its selection as one of 30 representatives to the prestigious festival in 2007.
[edit] Advanced Placement
Los Osos currently supports Advanced Placement courses in 17 subjects:
- AP Biology
- AP Calculus AB & BC
- AP Chemistry
- AP Economics (Micro)
- AP English Language & Composition
- AP English Literature & Composition
- AP French Language
- AP U.S. Government
- AP Latin Literature
- AP Latin Vergil
- AP Physics B
- AP Spanish Language
- AP Spanish Literature
- AP Statistics
- AP Studio Art
- AP U.S. History
- AP World History
In the 2006-07 school year, 770 exams were administered and 463 students received scores of 3, 4, or 5 - a 60% pass rate, the highest in the school's five-year history.
[edit] Alma Mater
All hail to thee, our Alma Mater:
The blue, the gold and the white.
And we thy sons and daughters
Will always look to thee for light.
Thy spirits rise as the mountain peaks
From the valleys to the skies.
We'll falter never, live forever!
Hail Los Osos High!
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