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| Reseda Charter High School | |
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18230 Kittridge Street,Reseda, Los Angeles, California 91335 | |
| Coordinates | 34°11′24″N118°31′51″W / 34.189964°N 118.530886°W /34.189964; -118.530886 |
| Information | |
| Type | Charter |
| Established | 1955 |
| Status | Open |
| School district | Los Angeles Unified School District |
| Principal | Pia Damonte |
| Staff | 78.04 (on anFTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,354 (2023–24)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.35[1] |
| Colors | Navy,Columbia blue, White |
| Athletics conference | Valley Mission League CIF Los Angeles City Section |
| Mascot | Regent |
| Website | Official Website |
Reseda Charter High School (RCHS), established in 1955, is located in theReseda section of theSan Fernando Valley region ofLos Angeles,California, United States. In the fall of 2018, the school became a charter and is now Reseda Charter High School. In the fall of 2020, the school added middle grades becoming 6-12. It is in theLos Angeles Unified School District. The school's Police Academy Magnet and Science Magnet were named a national Magnet School of Distinction by the Magnet Schools of America in 2017, 2018, and 2019. As of July 2017, the school was issued a full six-year term of accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges' accreditation process.
The charter school is now home to Charter Academy 6-12 with enrollment by charter lottery and automatically for former residential boundary students, an International Dual Language Center (Spanish) 6-12, a School for Advanced Studies 6-12: PLTW Biomedical Science CTE pathway 9-12, the Arts, Media & Entertainment 9-12Magnet: Film Production and Management Magnet 9-12, the Police Academy Magnet 9-12, and the Reseda High School Science Magnet 9-12: PLTW Biomedical Science & PLTW Engineering Magnet.
Reseda Charter High School is in the planning stages of a 180+ million dollar renovation. New buildings will include administration, library, auditorium, Regent Hall (cafeteria), kitchen, and food service and two classroom buildings which will replace three industrial arts buildings. The new administration building will house administration, counseling, three magnet offices (AMEM, PA, Science), campus security, school police, college counseling, parent center, nursing and psychological services.
Reseda Charter High was the first complete high school to be built in the San Fernando Valley after World War II.[citation needed] Reseda opened with complete academic and science buildings, a gymnasium, track & field, Industrial shops, including an automotive repair facility. Reseda High School has a three-color system of navy,Columbia blue, and white.[citation needed] It was one of few high schools in the San Fernando Valley to have a complete auditorium when it was built.
It was in theLos Angeles City High School District until 1961 when it merged into LAUSD.[2]
Reseda Charter programs include Charter Academy residential school 6-8 & 9-12, an International Dual Language Center 6-8 & 9-12(Spanish), a School for Advanced Studies 6-8 & 9-12:PLTW Biomedical ScienceCTE pathway, the Arts, Media & Entertainment Magnet: Film Production and Management CTEMagnet, the Police Academy Magnet CTE Magnet, and the Reseda High School Science Magnet: PLTW Biomedical Science CTE and PLTW Engineering CTEMagnet an award-winning arts program including: animation, marching band, dance, graphic art, jazz band, orchestra, stagecraft, studio art, and theater artsAcademic Decathlon program, NavyJunior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, chapter ofHealth Occupations Students of America,Science Bowl. In addition, Reseda Charter has a competitive flag and drill team performing and competing with the marching band. The Reseda Charter Marching Brigade won 1st place in the LAUSD Band Competition in 2019 and 1st place in the 2019 Granada Hills Christmas Parade. Additionally in 2019, Reseda opened a professional dance CTE pathway led by a working professional dancer.
Reseda Charter has the only robotics program in the San Fernando Valley competing in theFIRST Robotics Competition and was in the 1st place alliance in the spring of 2018 in Pomona, CA.[3]
Reseda Charter fields teams for boys & girls in football, basketball, cheerleading, soccer, baseball, softball, volleyball, tennis, golf, track & field, cross country, water polo, swimming & wrestling.
On February 22, 1993, 15-year-old Robert Heard shot and killed 17-year-old Michael Shean Ensley in a corridor of Reseda High School. Although police declined to characterize the shooting as gang-related, they did say both boys were involved intagging. Ensley was the younger brother of actressNiecy Nash.[4] Heard was convicted as a juvenile for his crime. In 2017, Heard was charged with second-degree murder for stabbing his wife to death in 2012 during his parole and faced up to life without parole.[5]
The murder promptedLAUSD to install hundreds of metal detectors throughout the school district and a California State Assembly bill was passed allocating $1.5 million to buy metal wanding devices for all secondary schools in the state.[6]
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