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History

Panorama opened in fall 2006 with grades 9, 10, and 11, and then added 12th grade in 2007. In June 2008, the first students graduated from the school. Panorama relieved overcrowding at Van Nuys High School, Birmingham High School, James Monroe High School, and Polytechnic High School. The opening allowed for Van Nuys High School to return to a traditional calendar. Prior to having the name Panorama High School, the school was known as East Valley Area New High School #3. The school had previously had a variety of after school classes within an after school program from October 2007 to June 2010. The after school classes were film production, dj music, urban art, sound art, etc. By September 2010, Panorama cancelled the after school classes, leaving only after school tutoring instead. The first principal of Panorama High School, Sue Lepisto, retired in June 2010. She was replaced by Elias de la Torre in September 2010 and then replaced by Rafael Gaeta who was principal up till the end of the 2019-2020 school year with Joe Narduli who also was the principal at Vista Middle School up until the end of the 2019-2020 school year and being the current principal of Panorama High School from 2020–Present.

Athletics

The school has its own softball, baseball, water polo, football, flag football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, swimming, wrestling, Golf and track teams. The school has two gymnasiums, a heated swimming pool, one fitness room, and a weight room.

City Championship Titles

In 2010 the school gained its first city championship title; when the 2010 boys varsity water polo team, led by head coach Nick Samara, won third place in the CIF Los Angeles City Section. The school won its second championship title, after forming it first ever full girls wrestling team in 2013. Led by head coach Richard Ramos, and assistant coach Abby Herrera, the 2013 girls wrestling team won first place in the CIF Los Angeles City Section.

Filming

* Panorama High School served as the location of the Costa Verde High School for '' Heroes'' (NBC) in late 2007. It also was the studio for the High School Musical Film Series.Greg Beeman at blogspot.com, October, 2007.
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