John A. Rowland High School is a public, four-year high school and International Baccalaureate (IB) World School in the city of

Rowland Heights, California Rowland Heights is an unincorporated area in and below the Puente Hills in the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 48,231 at the 2020 census. Rowland Heights is in the Los Angeles metropoli ...

, United States. It is one of the two high schools in the Rowland Unified School District. It is located directly across from one of the district's elementary schools, Killian Elementary School. Rowland High School received a six-year WASC accreditation in 2007Rowland High School:"''Overview of Rowland High'

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Renovation

The school entered a period of building and renovating; the initial conceptual designs were presented in 2013, and the process of modernization started in 2017. Renovations planned for the high school include additional new buildings, such as a two-story classroom building, a two-story building that will replace the existent administration and library building, a multipurpose room, and a new performing arts center, among other upgrades. The project was completed in September 2019.

Athletics

Rowland participates in the

Hacienda League The Hacienda League is a high school athletic league that is part of the CIF Southern Section. Member schools are located in the eastern San Gabriel Valley. Rowland High School, Diamond Bar High School and Bonita High School left the league after ...

of the

CIF Southern Section The California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section (CIF-SS) is the governing body for high school athletics in most of Southern California and is the largest of the ten sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF ...

CIF Southern Section Championships

* Boys' basketball (1976) * Boys' gymnastics (1982) * Boys' cross country (1988) * Boys' water polo (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) * Girls' water polo (2003, 2004) * Girls' soccer (1997) * Girls' swimming (2018) * Boys' swimming (2017, 2018)

Notable alumni

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(1987) - two-time Olympic medalist; ordained minister * Dave Hansen (1986) -

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References

External links

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