Point Loma High School

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Point Loma High School is a public high school in the San Diego Unified School District. The school serves the neighborhoods of Point Loma, Ocean Beach and Mission Hills.

Point Loma High School is the third largest of 16 high schools in the San Diego Unified School District. It is a four-year, comprehensive high school serving grades 9–12 with a wide range of courses, including fine academic programs, extensive elective offerings, and excellent extracurricular opportunities. It houses a student population of approximately 2000 students who come primarily from the local community. Approximately 35 percent come from a variety of neighborhoods to participate in specialized programs, such as the Voluntary Ethnic Enrollment Program (VEEP), the Choice Program, the Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (NJROTC) program, or the Seminar Program.

The school's colors are maroon and gold, although football uniform colors are typically unconforming with their traditional colors of a main maroon with an accented gold. The mascot is the Pointer Dog. The school offers an extensive program of competitive sports for both boys and girls, ranging from football and baseball to a nationally ranked sailing team.

PLHS was dedicated in 1925 as Point Loma Junior-Senior High school, serving grades 7 through 12. During the 1950s it was converted to a three-year high school with the opening of Richard Henry Dana Junior High School. During the 1980s it became a four-year high school. PLHS now draws from seven elementary schools serving grades kindergarten through 4, and two middle schools: Dana Middle for grades 5 and 6, and Correia Middle for grades 7 and 8.

Point Loma received a six-year accreditation in May 2003 from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

The Point Loma "Pointers" won the CIF championship in 1987 and 1991, but lost to Saint Augustine High School, 48-17 in 2005.

Some famous alumni include David Wells, Eric Allen, LaRoi Glover, JJ Stokes, Slightly Stoopid, Defamation League, Marion Ross, Matthew Bauer, Don Larsen, Dennis Conner, Suzy Spafford, Jason Scheff, Sandra Good, Phil Clark the famous actor, financial guru Dr. Robert Higgins and CNN business reporter Todd Benjamin.

Point Loma High School is one of the leader in their amount of AP classes, offering advanced placement classes ranging from Music Theory to Physics.

[edit] The Leap Of Faith

Point Loma High School is the location of the Leap of Faith, an infamous location amongst skateboarders and Rollerbladers. Remodeling in 2002 rendered the spot unskateable and it has never been landed. Many people have tried to land the drop but were not successful. Jamie Thomas and a man known only by Texas are the only people to come close to landing the 18 foot drop.