Established 2008 Grades 9-12 Campus type Urban Mascot Dragon | Principal Mr. Spicer Average class size 25 Phone +1 323-817-6400 | |
School color(s) Royal Blue Black and White Similar Hollywood High School, Belmont High School, Dorsey High School, John Marshall High Sch, North Hollywood High Sch | ||
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Helen Bernstein High School is a Public High School in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California. The school is named after educational reformer and former president of United Teachers Los Angeles, Helen Bernstein.
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History
During the planning stages, Helen Bernstein High School was known as Central Los Angeles New High School No. 1 and was planned to help relieve overcrowding at Hollywood and Marshall High Schools. It opened in the fall of 2008.
Campus
Bernstein occupies the former site of the Fox Television Center (formerly Metromedia Square, the longtime home of Fox Television station KTTV). Perkins+Will architects designed the buildings.
Curriculum
Bernstein High is a comprehensive school. Academic Performance Excellence (APEX) Academy, a program geared toward low income families in East Hollywood, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Medicine (STEM) Academy also operate independently within the school.
Athletics
The campus is home to the Dragons. Bernstein is home to sports including Football, Basketball, Track and Field, Soccer, Volleyball, Softball, Wrestling, Swimming, Cross Country, Cheerleading, and Drill Team.
In Track & Field, Varsity Boys were League Champions in 2011, first ever league title in school history; they also were League Champions in 2013. Varsity Girls Track team also were League Champions in 2012 and in 2013. The Girls Varsity Volleyball team were League Champions in 2011.
After going 4-36 since 2008, when the school opened, under a new coach the Varsity Football team were League Champions in 2012 with an overall record of 8-3. In 2013, they were 11-2 and lost to Poly in the semifinals 32-38; they were Central League Champions. The Varsity Football coach earned Coach of The Year By The L.A. Time in 2013. As of February 13th, Head Football Coach Masaki Matsumoto stepped down as head coach.
In 2015, under a new Varsity Coach, the Bernstein Basketball team won CIFLACS Division III title against Franklin High.