School in Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Antelope Valley High School
44900 Division Street
, , 93535
United States
Coordinates
34°42′02″N 118°07′44″W / 34.70059°N 118.12878°W / 34.70059; -118.12878 Funding type Public Motto "Once a Lope, Always a Lope" Established 1912 School district
Antelope Valley Union High School District
NCES District ID
0602820
[1] Superintendent David Vierra
CEEB code 051355
[2]
NCES School ID
060282000203
[3] Principal Lisa Schmidt
[4] Teaching staff 78.42 (on an
FTE basis)
[3] Grades 9-12 Gender Co-ed Number of students 1,506 (2019–20)
[3] Student to teacher ratio 21.22
[3] Schedule Bell schedule 2021-2022
[5] Color(s) Black and red
Fight song "Lope's House" Athletics conference The Golden League Sports Baseball, boys basketball, boys golf, boys soccer, boys tennis, boys volleyball, football, girls golf, girls soccer, girls tennis, girls volleyball, girls wrestling, softball, swimming, track, wrestling
[6] Mascot Antelopes
Nickname Antelopes Newspaper AVSandpaper - Student Newspaper
[7] Website
www .avhs .org
Antelope Valley High School is located in
Lancaster, California , and is part of the
Antelope Valley Union High School District , in northernmost
Los Angeles County, California . It was founded in 1912, and had its first graduating class in 1912.
[8] It is located near the western edge of the
Mojave Desert . At the time of its founding, classes were held at the Women's Independence Hall on Cedar Ave. and Lancaster Blvd. (then called West Tenth Street) until a permanent building could be built. In July 1914, construction was planned to begin on a concrete building, Central Hall, but construction didn’t begin until 1915 and was completed in mid-1915.
[9] However, a strike over unpaid wages prevented students from entering the new building at the beginning of the 1915 school year. It was settled, and students began their classes in the new building in October 1915. The school was a residential boarding school serving students from farms and ranches from north Los Angeles and south
Kern counties. At present, the school primarily serves the population of Lancaster, California.
Notable alumni
Kevin Appier , former MLB pitcher
[10]
Priscilla Barnes , actress of
Three's Company
[11]
Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) , singer, songwriter, musician, painter (as Don Van Vliet)
Lon Boyett , former NFL player
Steve Chilcott , number one pick in the 1966
Major League Baseball draft
Sean Douglass , former MLB pitcher
[12]
Judy Garland , actress
Mike Gaechter , former
Dallas Cowboys defensive back.
Bruce Hill , former
Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver
Al Krueger , former NFL player
Terence McKenna , a writer, philosopher, and ethnobotanist.
Dwayne Murphy , former MLB centerfielder
[13]
James Richards , former
Canadian Football League offensive guard
Jim Slaton , former
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher, current bullpen coach,
Seattle Mariners .
[14]
Alex St. Clair , musician best known as founding member of
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
Vern Valdez , former NFL player
Marcy Walker , soap opera actress
Frank Zappa , musician, composer, activist and filmmaker
References
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"Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Antelope Valley Union High School District" .
National Center for Education Statistics .
Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved 3 February 2013 .
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"LIST OF HIGH SCHOOLS" . secure.californiacolleges.edu . Retrieved 3 February 2013 .
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b
c
d
"Search for Public Schools - Antelope Valley High School (060282000203)" .
National Center for Education Statistics .
Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved 3 February 2013 .
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"PRINCIPAL'S PAGE" . Retrieved 2 November 2021 .
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"Bell Schedule" . Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
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"ATHLETICS" . Retrieved 2 November 2021 .
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"AVSandpaper - Student Newspaper" . Archived from
the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021 .
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Antelope Valley High School, Lancaster, CA at
NNDB
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"The Los Angeles Times 16 May 1915, page 78" .
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Kevin Appier at the Baseball Cube
Archived June 15, 2006, at the
Wayback Machine
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"Three's Company Cast Biographies" . Archived from
the original on 2006-11-21. Retrieved 2006-10-08 .
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Sean Douglass at the Baseball Cube
Archived March 10, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine
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Dwayne Murphy at the Baseball Cube
Archived June 29, 2006, at the
Wayback Machine
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Jim Slaton, Antelope Valley High School
Archived 2010-03-01 at the
Wayback Machine , AVSports.com Hall of Fame. Accessed August 28, 2007.
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