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The largest high schools in California are mostly located in Los Angeles.

California has a total number of 13,014 schools and out of this there are 2079 high schools.
1. Belmont Senior High School is the largest high school in California due to the heavy population of Westlake district. It has total enrollees of 5,336 in 2006. It is located in downtown Los Angeles and caters to students from grades 9 to 12. It was established in September 11, 1923 and is now led by Gary Yoshinobu as their District Principal. Team members represent the school as Sentinels. Heavy enrollment will soon be distributed to another center, the Belmont Learning Center now known as Vista Hermosa Learning Center.

2. Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School is the second largest school in California with a total number of 5,126 students and 220 full time teachers. A regular school that belongs to the Los Angeles unified district, which caters to grades 9-12 and a teacher student ratio of 1:23. Ethnicity is composed of Asians, American Indians, Non-Hispanics, Hispanics, and the Whites. As of date, the school is populated the most with Hispanics.

3. Long Beach Polytechnic High School is the third largest school in California. It is located in Long Beach. It accommodates high school students from not only Long Beach but also Bixby Knolls, Signal Hill and Lakewood. It was founded in 1895 and was formerly known as Long Beach High School and now more popularly known as Poly it belongs to the Long Beach Unified District. It is populated with more than 5000 students. This school is not only geared towards the academics but also in athletics because of which Sports Illustrated Magazine named it as “Sports School of the Century” in 2005. It has also won multiple Grammy awards for its music program. Famous alumni include Snoop Dogg, Tony Gwynn, Billie Jean King, and Cameron Diaz.

4. James A. Garfield Senior High School is the fourth largest high school in California. It caters to grades 9-12 with a total of 4569 students.

5. John H. Francis Polytechnic High School is the fifth largest high school in California. It is a comprehensive school from the Los Angeles Unified District, which is located in the Sun Valley of Los Angeles. It was founded in the 1900′s and a known rival of North Hollywood High School. It has a parrot mascot named Joe Poly.

6. John Marshall Senior High School is the sixth largest high school in California. It is a public school, which caters to students in grades 9-12 and has a total population of 4561 students. It was founded in 1931, named after the Great Chief Justice John Marshall who built the American system of constitutional law. The motto of the school is veritas vincit or truth conquers. Students are known as barristers since the school’s mascot is Johnny Barrister. Recently, it launched programs to help supply school funds one of which is Parent Involvement. This mandate indicates that parents are required to actively participate in planning and evaluation of school budgets and programs.

7. Bell High School is the home of the mighty eagles and is the seventh largest high school in California. It is another member of Los Angeles Unified District, which caters to students in grades 9-12. It was founded in 1925 and has 4778 number of students as of the last survey.

8. Los Angeles Senior High School is the eight largest high schools in California. It’s a public school, which caters to students in grades 9-12 and has a population of 4405 students.

9. James Monroe High is the ninth largest high school in California. It is also under the Los Angeles Unified District. It is popular for its small learning communities and magnet schools. It was founded in 1958 and it located in North Hills California.

10. Wilson High School, the tenth largest high school in California is another member of the Los Angeles Unified District, which was established in 1937. Popularly known as Woodrow Wilson High School, it is a public school, which includes students in grades 9-12. It is open to students from Hillside Village, El Sereno, and University Hills, plus City Terrace and Ramona Gardens. It has a population of 3000 students with a Seymour mascot called Mule.

At the end of the school year, teenagers rely on their high school yearbook to laugh, share memories of the school year, and find pictures of themselves, and their friends. The high school yearbook has been a staple project for students, to work together throughout the semesters, and to finally achieve the finished product, which is kept and cherished well into adulthood.

Recently students have been enthusiastic over a new variation on the classic high school yearbook. The buzz is on Yearbook Alive, the company who creates unique software, to create a digital high school yearbook. The beauty of this software is that kids can capture videos, photos and co-ordinate music and text, to match with their favorite moments from throughout the year.

The Digital High school Yearbook is Easy!

The high school yearbook is easy, and not only due to the tech savvy generation of today. The software is so simple and intuitive that Yearbook Alive offers their digital yearbook services to pre, and elementary students. The high school yearbook building process can be completed in three easy steps:

1. Build the project by adding grades, classes, events and staff descriptions. Add hours of photos, video, music and text.

2. Pick a template. Select between fifteen professionally designed style templates for the high school yearbook project, or create your own.

3. Copy the high school yearbook onto CD or DVD. It’s as easy as clicking a button and the program will let you know how much space is remaining, on the format of choice.

It is easy to see why this high school yearbook idea has become so popular. The technological age makes it even easier for teenagers to get creative with their digital cameras, video recorders and the computer. However, the best part is the option to re-sell the digital high school yearbooks at an unbelievable profit for fundraising.

The High School Yearbook that Makes Money

Unlike printed books of the past, the digital high school yearbook is incredibly cost-effective to produce. To buy CDs/DVDs in bulk costs approximately one dollar for each. Selling the high school year book for twenty dollars is not only less expensive than the traditional high school yearbook, but the profit makes the software a worthy investment for fundraising efforts.

Let’s not forget that the digital high school yearbook is paperless and supports the eco-conscious initiatives of many high school environmental clubs. The school can promote their high school yearbook with these original and modern selling points, to raise money for anything from local charities, to new computers.

The digital high school yearbook from Yearbook Alive has the option for multi-user usage. Teenagers will create wonderful memories, working as a team, to complete their high school yearbook project. Kids can have a blast taking videos, pictures, and brainstorming for the associating text. The music is a teenager’s favorite part of their high school yearbook creation, and definitely a unique component, which will still be enjoyed years down the road.

Yearbook Alive can be visited online, YearBookAlive.

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Why Parents’ Choice of Private Schools Has Changed Lives.

An important difference between private and public schools that helps parents decide where to educate their children is the availability of a well rounded education. The best private schools aim to create happy, healthy, rounded individuals, and are not merely exam factories. Private schools, like Mission Viejo’s Carden Academy, accomplish these goals through exposing students to multiple facets of education and adjusting their attitudes about education.

A typical private school exposes their students to classical education in Language Arts, Mathematics, History, Science, Computer skills, Spanish, Music, Art, Drama, as well as various intramural athletics programs. No spelling test is a “gimme” or “easy grade”. This not only fosters good study habits that they will keep with them after they graduate, but it also gives students an edge that they will have over their peers from other schools. This classical education, the mark of an accomplished individual throughout the history of Western civilization, has helped students go further in life.

A private school strives to develop each student’s attitude so they become exceptional individuals with not only the right skills, but the right mindset as well. Students are expected to pick one quality of their personality that they will work to improve upon every day. A student might work on improving their generosity for one day, and then work on improving their discipline the next day. One former student from the private school, Carden Academy, explained, “I credit not only my education, but my manners to Carden Academy.”

In private school the smarter you are, the more the school will do its best to stretch his or her intellect to its limits. For private school students, it’s cool to be smart. That’s why you go to private school. In many public schools the kids who want to learn and who are smart are branded as nerds and become the objects of social ridicule. Many students to graduate from private schools speak with a great fondness of the friendships that they forged there, which often last a lifetime. The great education and closeness that is developed through adolescence often prepares children for life, and provides a wealth of happy memories.

To learn more about private elementary education for your child and how it can change their life, visit CardenAcademy.com or call (949) 458-1776.

On November 4, 2008 voters in Minneapolis approved the School Boards Referendum. On Thursday, November 6, 2008 at the Minneapolis Urban League there was a meeting that included Natalie Johnson Lee from the Council on Black Minnesotans and Ryan Fair from the Minneapolis Public Schools with Zach Montoyer leading the meeting and other concerned community members called the Covenant Monitoring Committee.

It has been reported by Al Flowers that outreach dollars for the Covenant was given to Front Street Marketing, based out of the Minneapolis Urban League and operated by Mr. Todd Barnes. My questions, why would the Minneapolis Public Schools give 0,000 to a marketing company for outreach that does not have a presence on the Internet? Secondly after repeated requests for information as in the original RFP (Request for Proposal) how could the Minneapolis Public Schools or the Minnesota Department of Education allow 0,000 to be tagged for aimless community outreach?

A funny statement was made in the meeting that I would like to share with you. We are here today to hold the Minneapolis School Board accountable for the money they (the School Board) will get from the Referendum being passed. The meeting facilitator went on to say, We have to make sure they adhere to the Covenant. Obviously no one in the room knew this Referendum will have no effect on school funding in Minneapolis, for this year (2008-2009 school year) or next year (2009-2010 school year). It only affects school funding starting in 2010-2011.

First of all the Covenant is a philosophy. It cannot be measured; you cant control it and furthermore, the wrong people are at the table with its design inception. What would work is a CBA (Community Benefit Agreement). (At the meeting I was asked to sit in back because I could not be a part of the group because I was a Republican and Congressman Ellisons wife Kim would be attending.) The Covenant Monitoring Committee information and guidelines was plagiarized without permission from the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission (MPHEC). The MPHEC mission as an Agency of the Council of Atlantic Premiers that provides advice to Ministers responsible for Post-Secondary Education in the Maritimes, the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission assists institutions and governments in enhancing a post-secondary learning environment. With the wrong people at the table and no professional direction for outreach the Minneapolis School Board is bound to do whatever it wants with or without the community.

At the meeting I referred to, three handouts were given to the participants at the meeting authored by the Minneapolis Public School System. The first document titled Minneapolis Public Schools: Expulsions Referral Request by Ethnicity. This document showed information from 2005-2008 on students Expulsion Referral with a special note that says; None of these expulsion referrals resulted in expulsion students signed the waiver and were placed in an alternative setting, or did a voluntary withdraw, etc (Like a plea bargain). The numbers show that over 486 Black students were tagged by this action compared to 94 White students from 2005 to present.

The second document titled, Minneapolis Public Schools: Administrative Transfer Request by Ethnicity 2005-2008 showed an overwhelming rate of 648 Black students compared to 56 White students that were transferred to another school at the request of school administrators from 2005 to present. Current numbers are pacing the same.

The third document titled, Minneapolis Public Schools: Student Placement Services showed that from 2006 to Present 14,069 actions were taken against Black students in comparison to 1190 actions for White students with days missed in school for Black students 32,264 compared to 2976 for White students in the Minneapolis Public Schools from 2006 to 2008.

The achieve gap between black students and white students in Minneapolis public schools is among the very worst in the entire United States – worse than schools in Alabama or Mississippi. The achievement gap has not really changed since it was first identified.

The Minneapolis School Board, administration and teachers union say they want to close the achievement gap between black students and white students. Is the District committed to doing whatever takes to eliminate the black white achievement gap? Or is only planning to do what is easy and/or what is not controversial? If easy steps could reduce the gap, it would have been eliminated years ago. The only way to know the level of commitment is to know the specific action steps the School Board and Administration are committed to taking to close the black white student achievement gap. But the District has not shared with the Community what specific steps it will take to close the achievement gap. Iwant know and I believe that all members of the Community, parents and especially black parents deserve to know if the School Board and Administration are willing to take the heat for making the unpopular and/or controversialchanges that will be necessary to close the black white student achievement gap, now that a million referendum has been approved.

Guru Nanak Public School, Punjabi Bagh is an English Medium co-educational Senior Secondary Public School that was established in1964. The school is under the aegis of Sri Gurun Singh Sabha, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi. The school is recognized by the Directorate of Education, Govt of NCT of Delhi. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education. Guru Nanak Public School, Punjabi Bagh is a member of National progressive Schools Conference (NPSC). The school is also a founder member of Delhi Sikh Public Schools Conference (DSPSC). In 2007, the school became a member of British Council and ushered a benchmark moment of establishing international bonds with Oakington Manor School, Wembley, UK under the Global partnership program me for Schools.

Guru Nanak Public School is synonymous with quality education. The school has made quantitative and qualitative progress. The school has more than 2000 students on its roll. The school is coupled with extremely qualified and competent Academic and Sports Faculty. At the primary level, the school maintains a low student teacher ratio.

At the primary level, a low student teacher ratio is maintained. The low ratio is maintained to ensure maximum individual attention. The school offers Science, Commerce and Humanities at +2 levels.

The mission of the school is to initiate a transport framework. The framework is guided by a cogent vision of humanistic values. The school aims at fostering and nurturing an enduring qualitative education through cogent network. The students get to participate in co-curricular activities. The objective of the Guru Nanak Public School is to develop and promote the teachings and ideals of our Guru Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji through humility, brotherhood and unity of mankind. The school ensures academic excellence through intensive coaching by trained staff. The school also inculcates scientific temperament towards solving the problems using latest scientific and information technologies. The school encourages the students to include and develop aesthetic sensibilities to improve quality of living.

The school also has a nursery wing. The curriculum of Nursery and Pre-Primary has been assigned in such a way that full care of development of personal, social, behavioral, intellectual, communication and motor skills of the young ones is taken. The children also get to participate in drawing, painting, music, dance, paper crafts and value based education.

The school has a library with more than 5000 books on various subjects. The school also has a big collection of journals, magazines, periodicals and newspapers. The school has well-planned, spacious and well equipped labs for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Home Science.