Pioneer High School is a public school in West Whittier-Los Nietos, a

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Academics

Pioneer High School encourages the taking of AP courses in order to challenge and prepare for college. Pioneer High School offers a wide variety of AP courses, which include: *

AP Biology Advanced Placement (AP) Biology (also known as AP Bio) is an Advanced Placement biology course and exam offered by the College Board in the United States. For the 2012–2013 school year, the College Board unveiled a new curriculum with a greate ...

AP Calculus AB Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus (also known as AP Calc, Calc AB / Calc BC or simply AB / BC) is a set of two distinct Advanced Placement calculus courses and exams offered by the American nonprofit organization College Board. AP Calculus AB cov ...

AP Calculus BC Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus (also known as AP Calc, Calc AB / Calc BC or simply AB / BC) is a set of two distinct Advanced Placement calculus courses and exams offered by the American nonprofit organization College Board. AP Calculus AB cov ...

AP Chemistry Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry (also known as AP Chem) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate their ...

AP English Language and Composition Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition (also known as AP English Language, APENG, or AP Lang) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. When AP exams were first implemen ...

AP English Literature and Composition Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature and Composition (also known as Senior AP English, AP Lit, APENG, or AP English IV) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program in the United State ...

AP Environmental Science Advanced Placement (AP) Environmental Science (also known as APES, AP Enviro, AP Environmental, AP Environment, or AP EnviroSci) is a course and exam offered by the American College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school ...

AP French Language Advanced Placement (AP) French Language and Culture (also known as AP French Lang, AP French Language or AP French) is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States as an opportunity to earn placement credit ...

AP Human Geography Advanced Placement (AP) Human Geography (also known as AP Human Geo, AP Geography, APHG, AP HuGe, AP HuG, AP Human, or HGAP) is an Advanced Placement social studies course in human geography for high school students in the US, culminating in an e ...

AP Physics C In the United States, Advanced Placement (AP) Physics collectively refers to the College Board Advanced Placement Program courses and exams covering various areas of physics. These are intended to be equivalent to university courses that use best ...

AP Spanish Language Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish Language and Culture (also known as AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish V, or AP Spanish) is a course and examination offered by the College Board in the United States education system as part of the Advanced Placeme ...

AP Spanish Literature Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish Literature and Culture (also known as AP Spanish Literature, AP Spanish Lit or AP SpLit) is a high school course and examination offered by the College Board's Advanced Placement Program. The course This course i ...

AP United States Government and Politics Advanced Placement (AP) United States Government and Politics (often shortened to AP Gov and sometimes referred to as AP American Government or simply AP Government) is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students throug ...

AP United States History Advanced Placement (AP) United States History (also known as AP U.S. History or APUSH () is a college-level course and examination offered by College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. Course The AP U.S. History course is designe ...

AP World History Advanced Placement (AP) World History: Modern (also known as just AP World History, AP World, or WHAP) is a college-level course and examination offered to high school students in the United States through the College Board's Advanced Placement ...

General information

Pioneer High School, home of the Titans, is located in unincorporated community of

West Whittier-Los Nietos, California West Whittier-Los Nietos () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California, near the San Gabriel River (California), San Gabriel River and the Interstate 605, San Gabriel River (I-605) Freeway. ...

, neighboring the city of Pico Rivera. The school serves students from the Los Nietos, South Whittier, and Whittier City school districts. PHS is one of the 5 comprehensive high schools in the Whittier Union High School District.

Demographics

The student body at pioneer is 96.4% Hispanic, 1.8% White, and less than 1% each Asian, Black, Native American and Pacific Islander. (As of 2020-2021)

Titan sports

Fall sports

*Cross country *Football *Tennis (girls) *Volleyball (girls) *Water polo (boys)

Winter sports

*Basketball *Soccer - 1979 3A CIF Champs; 1978, 1979 *Wrestling -

Spring sports

*Baseball *Golf *Softball *Swimming *Tennis (boys) *Track & field *Volleyball (boys)

Summer sports

* Wrestling * Baseball * Basketball * Cross country * Football * Soccer * Tennis * Volleyball * Water polo

Notable former pupils

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References

External links

Pioneer High School

Titan Tribune, 1959-1960
* Titan Tribune, 1960-1961 * Titan Tribune, 1961-1962 * Titan Tribune, 1962-1963
Pioneer Highschool School - Titan Memories (1963)

President Reagan's Question-and-Answer Session With Pioneer High School Students on June 30, 1983

1983 CNN Report about Pioneer

Pioneer High School Showcase (2022)
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