Eagle Rock High School (ERHS) is a public school located in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of northeast

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History

The school opened its doors on September 12, 1927.Eagle Rock High School History & Traditions by Eric Warren S '65
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until 1961, when it merged into LAUSD. Eagle Rock was relieved of overcrowding when Central Region High School 13, also known as Taylor Yard and then as

Sonia M. Sotomayor Learning Academies Sonia M. Sotomayor Learning Academies is a complex of high schools and one middle school choice in Los Angeles, California. It is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Sotomayor is made up of five individual schools.Northeast Los Angeles Northeast Los Angeles (abbreviated NELA) is a region of Los Angeles County, comprising seven neighborhoods within the City of Los Angeles. The area is home to Occidental College located in Eagle Rock. History The bulk of the area closer to Pu ...

neighborhoods of Eagle Rock and Mt. Washington, as well as parts of Highland Park and

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. The student body is estimated to be 60% Hispanic, 28% Asian, 9% Non-Hispanic White, 2% Black, 0.4% Pacific Islander/Native American, and 0.04% Mixed Race. '' U.S. News & World Report'' estimates that 65% of students are economically disadvantaged, meaning they are eligible for the free- or reduced-lunch program. Out of the student body, 51% are eligible for the free lunch program—capped at a household income of $29,995 for a family of four—while 14% of students are eligible for the reduced lunch program—capped at a household income of $42,643 for a family of four.

Notable alumni

* Guy Allison (born 1959), musician *

Roger Bobo Roger Bobo (born June 8, 1938) is an American tuba virtuoso and brass pedagogue. He retired from active tuba performance in 2001 in order to devote his time to conducting and teaching. He gave what is reputed to be the first solo tuba recital i ...

, musician * Luis Bonilla, musician * Conrad Buff IV, Oscar winning film co-editor, "Titanic" (1997)/ co-editor, "Terminator 2 :Judgement Day" (1991) *

Alex Cabagnot Alexander Cabagnot Jr. (born December 8, 1982) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He plays the point guard position. Alex once had a rivalry with Mark Caguioa fo ...

, PBA basketball player *

Mark Caguioa Mark Anthony Yu Caguioa (born November 19, 1979) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as The Spark and as MC47 from his initials an ...

, PBA basketball player * Dan Cantore, Olympic weightlifter * Mike Carter (born 1955), American-Israeli basketball player *

Pimbongkod Chankaew Allison Sansom (born July 31, 1994), also known as by Thai name Pimbongkod Chankaew ( th, พิมบงกช จันทร์แก้ว; ) is a Thai-American beauty pageant titleholder who won the title of Miss Thai New Year USA 2013 and pla ...

, beauty queen * Scott Colley (born 1963), musician * Bob Hall, car designer and journalist *

Hudson Houck Hudson Houck (born January 7, 1943) is an American football coach and college player who was an offensive line coach for a six teams of the National Football League (NFL) over a 40-year coaching career. Houck retired on January 10, 2012. Pl ...

(born 1943), NFL football coach *

Roger Ingram Roger O'Neal Ingram (born November 13, 1957) is a jazz trumpeter, educator, author, and instrument designer. He played trumpet for the orchestras of Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Wynton Marsalis, Ray Charles, and Harry Connick Jr. Early life T ...

(born 1957), musician and author *

Jere H. Lipps Jere Henry Lipps (August 28, 1939) is Professor of the Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley, and Curator of Paleontology at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. Lipps was the ninth Director of the museum (1989–1 ...

(born 1939), scientist *

Buddy Noonan Buddy Noonan (April 9, 1937 – July 3, 1989), born Earl Seely Noonan in Glendale, California was an American cinematographer, actor, entertainer, and television producer for nationally Broadcast syndication, syndicated television series such ...

, TV producer *

Darian Sahanaja Darian Sahanaja (born May 20, 1963) is an American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and arranger who is best known for co-founding Wondermints in 1992 and playing with Brian Wilson's supporting band since 1999. He has also performed alongside ...

, musician * Robert Shaw, conductor *

Marley Shelton Marley Eve Shelton (born April 12, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Wendy Peffercorn in David Mickey Evans's coming-of-age comedy '' The Sandlot'' (1993), the Customer in Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez's neo-noi ...

, actor *

Minh Thai Minh Thai (born 1965 as Thái Minh) is a Vietnamese-American speedcuber. He was a sixteen-year-old Eagles Rock High School student from Los Angeles when he won the first world championship on June 5, 1982 in Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is ...

, former world record holder/fastest time to solve a Rubik's cube *

Robert Totten Robert Charles Totten (February 5, 1937 – January 27, 1995) was an American television director, writer, and actor, best known for directing many '' Gunsmoke'' episodes between 1966 and 1971. Career In addition to directing, Totten also co ...

, television/film director *

Tui St. George Tucker Tui St. George Tucker (born Lorraine St. George Tucker; November 25, 1924 – April 21, 2004) was an American modernist composer, conductor, recorder virtuoso and creator of unique musical instruments. Her compositions often feature microtonality ...

, composer *

Carlos Vega Carlos Vega (December 7, 1956 – April 7, 1998) was a Cuban-born Los Angeles-based session drummer best known for his performances with James Taylor. As a part of the L.A. studio scene from the late 1970s through the 1990s, Vega contributed to ...

, musician *

Lindsay Wagner Lindsay Jean Wagner (born June 22, 1949) is an American film and television actress, model, author, singer, and acting coach. Wagner is best known for her leading role in the American science-fiction television series '' The Bionic Woman'' (197 ...

, actor

References

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