Mt. Whitney High School is a
public high school in
Visalia
Visalia ( ) is a city in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley of California. The population was 141,384 as per the 2020 census. Visalia is the fifth-largest city in the San Joaquin Valley, the 42nd most populous in California, and 192nd in ...
,
California
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, United States, founded in 1952.
Academics
In 2009 Mount Whitney was declared a California Distinguished School.
Athletics
Mt. Whitney competes in the
California Interscholastic Federation
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(CIF), Central Section Division II,
East Yosemite League
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Members
* Porterville High School
* Redwood High School (Visalia)
* Monache High School
* El Diamante High School
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.
History
Mt. Whitney High School opened in 1952 as Visalia High School on Conyer Street, a few blocks away from the site of Visalia Union High School. The new Visalia High School was built to provide room for the rapid growth of the "Baby Boom" that followed WWII. The new site, Visalia High School, provided students in the Visalia Union High School District modern facilities and space for the playing field needed by the growing number of students.
Visalia High School was painted two shades of light blue/aqua, the same colors as the
College of the Sequoias on Mooney Blvd. Both Visalia Union High School and Visalia Junior College, which would become College of the Sequoias, had been located on the old Visalia Union High school Campus on Main street.
The need for high school classrooms grew faster than was expected when the Visalia High School Campus was opened. In 1955 The old Visalia Union High school campus was reopened as a second high school and named
Redwood High School. From 1952 to 1954, the old VUHS campus had served as a junior high school feeding into Visalia High School. Visalia High School was renamed Mt. Whitney High School at the same time.
Mt. Whitney High School retained VUHS's original school colors of maroon and white, the Oak as the yearbook, and their Pioneer mascot.
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Notable alumni
*Avi Kaplan
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*Cody Gibson
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Background
Born in Blackwell, Oklahoma, in ...
*Kevin Costner
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*Tom Johnston (musician)
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References
External links
Official site
High schools in Tulare County, California
Public high schools in California
Education in Visalia, California
1952 establishments in California
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