Azusa High School is a
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high school
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in
Azusa, California, United States, a city east of
Los Angeles
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and east of the
San Gabriel Valley. It is one of the three high schools in the
Azusa Unified School District.
In addition to offering multiple
Advanced Placement courses. Azusa High School is currently an IB (
International Baccalaureate
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) school. Alumni of the school have graduated from prestigious undergraduate institutions like
Yale University
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,
Stanford University,
Amherst College,
University of California, Berkeley
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,
University of Southern California
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,
University of California, Los Angeles
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,
University of California, San Diego
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etc.
Academics
As of 2022, Azusa High School operates on an 8:00 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. schedule.
The only exception is on Wednesday where school ends at 2:30 as every Wednesday is a minimum day.
Enrollment
Azusa High School has had an enrollment of about 1,416 students in 2011–2012 school year.
[ Azusa High School is integrated in the school years of 2011–2012 with, 0.2% American Indian/Alaska Native, 1.1% Asian, 0.3% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 1.7% Filipino, 90.6% Hispanic, 1.0% Black, and 4.4% White.
]
Athletics
Currently, Azusa High School offers its students 13 sport teams. All Sports Teams are associated with the Montview League. These sports include:
* Baseball
* Softball
* Basketball
* Golf
* Football
* Wrestling
* Volleyball
* Track & Field
* Soccer
* Cross Country
* Tennis
* Badminton
* Swim.
Aztec Band and Pageantry Corps
The Azusa High School Aztec Band & Pageantry Corps is under the direction of Band Director Douglas McKenna.marching band
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, symphonic band
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, wind ensemble
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, and jazz band. Pageantry is a competitive Dance and Tall Flag unit with Marching band. Pageantry also has their own season often known as winter guard
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. The Winterguard team is associated with the Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC).
Winterguard Championship Awards
* 2013
3rd Place Bronze Medalists
Division RAAA
Show – Cleopatra
* 2014
3rd Place Bronze Medalists
Division RAAA
Show – Abracadabra
* 2015
1st Place Gold Medalists
Division RAAA
Show – Bats
Notable people associated with this school
*Lizette Salas
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Early life and education
Born and raised in Azusa, California, Salas graduated from Azusa High School in 2007 and went on to play colleg ...
– professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour
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.
*Ruth Wysocki
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Wysocki began track competition in age-group races in the late 1960s, and continued her track care ...
– middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres
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and 1500 metres
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.
*Steve Monreal
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– professional drummer who performed with the popular American Band, "Tower of Power
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References
External links
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Azusa Unified School District
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Public high schools in California
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Azusa, California
1956 establishments in California