John A. Rowland High School is a public, four-year high school and International Baccalaureate (IB) World School in the

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, United States. It is one of the two high schools in the Rowland Unified School District. It is located directly across from one of the district's elementary schools, Killian Elementary School. Rowland High School received a six-year WASC accreditation in 2007Rowland High School:"''Overview of Rowland High'

Retrieved 9 July 2017. as well as being named a California Distinguished School in 1996 and 2004, and a National Blue Ribbon School in 1998. Rowland High School was named a Gold Ribbon School in 2017.

Renovation

The school entered a period of building and renovating; the initial conceptual designs were presented in 2013, and the process of modernization started in 2017. Renovations planned for the high school included additional new buildings, such as a two-story classroom building, a two-story building that replaced the previous administration and library buildings, a multipurpose room, and a new performing arts center, among other upgrades. The project was completed in September 2019.

Athletics

Rowland participates in the Hacienda League of the

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CIF Southern Section Championships

* Boys' basketball (1976) * Boys' gymnastics (1982) * Boys' cross country (1988) * Boys' water polo (1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000) * Girls' water polo (2003, 2004) * Girls' soccer (1997) * Girls' swimming (2018) * Boys' swimming (2017, 2018)

Notable alumni

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(1987) - two-time Olympic medalist; ordained minister * Dave Hansen (1986) -

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(1979) - former head coach of the

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* Al Martin (1985) - Major League Baseball player * Aja Naomi King (2003) -Actress (How to Get Away With Murder, The Birth of a Nation) and Spokesperson for L’Oréal.
Elizabeth Hernandez
1996) Rowland High School cheerleader and local bank robber.

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Rowland High School
{{authority control Public high schools in Los Angeles County, California International Baccalaureate schools in California Educational institutions established in 1964 1964 establishments in California