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Mt. Whitney High School

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Type
  
Public

Principal
  
Rick Hamilton

Enrollment
  
1593 (2014-2015)

Phone
  
+1 559-730-7602

Founded
  
1952

Established
  
1952

Grades
  
9-12

Color(s)
  
Maroon and white

Mascot
  
Pioneers

Address
  
900 S Conyer St, Visalia, CA 93277, USA

District
  
Visalia Unified School District

Similar
  
Tulare Union High School, College of the Sequoias, Mission Oak High School, Visalia Times‑De, Tulare Western High Sch

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Mt. Whitney High School is a public high school in Visalia, California, United States, founded in 1952.

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Academics

Mt. Whitney High School offers a curriculum that prepares its students for post-secondary goals as well as for direct entry into the workplace. The school utilizes a six period day format with a 220-unit requirement for graduation that includes school board education mandates of required classes as well as electives.

In 2009 it was declared a California Distinguished School.

Athletics

Mt. Whitney competes in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), Central Section Division II, West Yosemite League. Most of the sports teams have won several league titles, as well as CIF Central Section Division I, Division II, and Division III titles.

History

Prior to the opening of Mt. Whitney High School, Visalia's public high school had been Visalia Union High School (VUHS).

From 1952 to 1954, the VUHS campus served as a junior high school for two years when Mt. Whitney was opened a few blocks to the south, before reopening as Redwood High School in 1955. Mt. Whitney retained VUHS's original school colors of maroon and white, and their Pioneer mascot.

Notable alumni

  • Doug Marshall, linebacker, former professional mixed martial artist
  • References

    Mt. Whitney High School Wikipedia


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