Lowell High School was a public high school in the
Fullerton Joint Union High School District
Fullerton Joint Union High School District (FJUHSD), founded in 1893 is a school district in Orange County, California that serves a fifty-square-mile area which includes the cities of Fullerton, La Habra, and small sections of Anaheim, Buena P ...
from September 1961 until June 1980, when it was closed because of declining student enrollment. It was a four-year institution, with students coming primarily from Rancho-CaƱada and Starbuck Junior High schools. The school athletic name was the Patriots, and its mascots were known as Johnny Patriot and Janie Patriot.
Campus information
Lowell High School was located on 16200 E. Amber Valley Drive,
Whittier,
CA 90604. The site was purchased and now occupied by
Southern California University of Health Sciences in 1981.
The History of Southern California University of Health Sciences
/ref> The site is , about 400m per side. Lowell had a pool, a track, a gymnasium, baseball fields, and a performing arts center. It played its football home games at nearby La Habra High School
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.
Notable alumni
* Martin Manley, 1970, US Assistant Secretary of Labor
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, founder/CEO of Alibris
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* Jack Russell, musician, Great White
* Brent Boyd
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, 1975, football player, Minnesota Vikings
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* Dave Leiper 1980 MLB relief pitcher
* Michael Sweet
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, 1980 lead singer of Stryper
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* Scott Thomson Scott Thomson may refer to:
* Scott A. Thomson, taxonomist and herpetologist
* Scott Y. Thomson (born 1966), Scottish football goalkeeper
* Scott M. Thomson (born 1972), Scottish footballer
* Scott Thomson (actor) (born 1957), American actor
* Scot ...
. 1972 actor, most notable for ''Police Academy
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'' and ''Twister
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* Tornado
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* Pipistrel Twister, a Slovenian ultralight trike
* Silence Twister, a German homebuilt aircraft design
* Wings of Change Twister, an Austrian paraglider design
Entertainment
* ''Twister'' (1989 ...
''.
See also
*List of closed secondary schools in California
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There was a noticeable increase in closures starting about 1979, the year following the passage of Proposition 13. A change in funding changed the financial situation for these school dis ...
References
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Defunct schools in California
Whittier, California
Educational institutions established in 1961
1961 establishments in California
Educational institutions disestablished in 1980
High schools in Los Angeles County, California
1980 disestablishments in California