Anaheim Union High School District

School district in California

Anaheim Union High School District

Address

501 Crescent Way

Anaheim

, California, 92803
United States
Coordinates| 33°50′20.27″N 117°56′56.03″W﻿ / ﻿33.8389639°N 117.9488972°W﻿ / 33.8389639; -117.9488972
District information
Type| Public
Motto| “The Spirit of Learning Since 1898.”[2]
Grades| 7th-12th[1]
Established| 1898 (1898)[2]
Superintendent| Michael Matsuda[3]
Asst. superintendent(s)| Dianne Poore,
Paul Sevillano,
Russell Lee-Sung[3]
Accreditation(s)| Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Schools| 22
Budget| $472,492,000[1]
NCES District ID| 0602630 [1]
Students and staff
Students| 29,183 (2020–2021)[1]
Teachers| 1,203.57 (FTE)[1]
Staff| 1,294.22 (FTE)[1]
Student–teacher ratio| 24.25:1[1]
Athletic conference| CIF Southern Section
Other information
Website| www.auhsd.us

The Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD) is a public school district serving portions of the Orange County cities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, La Palma, and Stanton. It oversees eight junior high schools (7-8), eight high schools (9-12), and one non-magnet, secondary selective school, Oxford Academy (7-12).

Its superintendent, Dr. Elizabeth Novack, was fired in December 2013 without public explanation.[4] The Board of Trustees appointed Michael Matsuda, the district's former BTSA Coordinator who also currently serves as Secretary on the North Orange County Community College District Board of Trustees.[5]

The school district has gained brief national notoriety twice: once in 1968 when members of the organization Mothers Organized for Moral Stability, inspired by the information in the pamphlet "Is the School House the Proper Place to Teach Raw Sex?", flooded a school board meeting and demanded that a course in sex education at the school be suspended,[6] and again in 1978 when it banned the novels Silas Marner and Gone with the Wind from the school curriculum.[7] The books and the course have long since been reinstated.

## High schools[edit]

* Anaheim High School (Established 1898), serves the Anaheim Colony District
* Western High School (Established 1957), serves the western end of Anaheim, southwest Buena Park and northwest Stanton
* Magnolia High School (Established 1961), serves the Southwest Anaheim region and northeast Stanton
* Savanna High School (Established 1961), serves the Northwest Anaheim region and southeast Buena Park
* Loara High School (Established 1962), serves the Anaheim Resort District
* John F. Kennedy High School (Established 1964), serves La Palma and small portions of Cypress and Buena Park
* Katella High School (Established 1966), serves the Southeast Anaheim region
* Cypress High School (Established 1973), serves a majority of Cypress
* Oxford Academy (Established 1998, 7th-12th grades)

Los Alamitos High School (Established 1967, was in the Anaheim Union High School District until 1980 when it left to become part of the new Los Alamitos Unified School District.

From 1898 through 1954, Anaheim Union High School was a four-year high school. Starting in the 1954-55 school year, AUHSD 7th through 12th grade education was split between three-year junior high school (grades 7-9) and three-year high school (10-12). This would continue until the 1980-81 school year, when junior high schools became two-year (7-8) and high schools became four-year (9-12) institutions.

## Junior high schools[edit]

* Ball Junior High School (Established 1962)
* Brookhurst Junior High School (Established 1956)
* Dale Junior High School (Established 1959)
* Lexington Junior High School (Established 1972)
* Orangeview Junior High School (Established 1957)
* South Junior High School (Established 1967
* Sycamore Junior High School (Established 1961)
* Walker Junior High School (Established 1959)

Pine Junior High School (Established 1968, now Christa McAuliffe Middle School) and Oak Junior High School (Established 1962, now Oak Middle School) were formerly in Anaheim Union High School District until 1980, but are now in the Los Alamitos Unified School District.[8]

Other former junior high schools:

* Apollo Junior High School (Established 1967, Closed in 1979, demolished)
* Crescent Junior High School (Established 1961, Closed in 1979, demolished)
* John C. Fremont Junior High School (Established 1912, Closed in 1979, demolished)
* La Palma Junior High School (Established 1964, Closed in 1980. Now Hope School - AUHSD Special Needs)
* Oxford Junior High School (Established 1965, Closed in 1980. Now Oxford Academy)
* Trident Junior High School (Established 1960, Closed in 1980. Now Polaris High School - AUHSD independent study continuation high school)

## Mascots[edit]

* Anaheim High School \- Colonists
* Cypress High School \- Centurions
* Katella High School \- Knights
* John F. Kennedy High School \- Fighting Irish
* Loara High School \- Saxons
* Magnolia High School \- Sentinels
* Oxford Academy \- Patriots (Oxford Junior High School, 1965-79: Wildcats)
* Savanna High School \- Rebels
* Western High School \- Pioneers
* Apollo Junior High School - Astros
* Ball Junior High School - Blackhawks
* Brookhurst Junior High School - Spartans
* Crescent Junior High School - Crusaders
* Dale Junior High School - Lancers
* John C. Fremont Junior High School - Junior Colonists
* Gilbert Junior High School - Gladiators
* La Palma Junior High School - Patriots
* Lexington Junior High School - Lions
* Orangeview Junior High School - Panthers
* South Junior High School - Eagles
* Sycamore Junior High School - Buccaneers
* Trident Junior High School - Dolphins
* Walker Junior High School - Vikings

## Feeder Districts[edit]

* Anaheim Elementary School District
* Buena Park School District
* Centralia School District
* Cypress School District
* Magnolia School District
* Savanna School District

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Anaheim Union High". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
2. ^ a b "AUHSD Brochure" (PDF). Anaheim Union High School District. Retrieved 4 August 2012.[permanent dead link]
3. ^ a b "Anaheim Union High School District Organizational Chart" (PDF). Anaheim Union High School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
4. ^ "Search to Begin for New Anaheim Schools Superintendent". Voice of OC. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
5. ^ "NOCCCD - Board Biographies". NOCCCD. Archived from the original on 2014-06-30. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
6. ^ Josh Corngold (2008). Toleration, Parents' Rights, and Children's Autonomy: The Case of Sex Education. ProQuest. pp. 149–150. ISBN 978-0-549-85273-5. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
7. ^ Ockerbloom, John Mark. "Banned Books Online". The Online Books Page, University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
8. ^ "About McAuliffe Archived 2019-08-29 at the Wayback Machine." Christa McAuliffe Middle School. Retrieved on December 3, 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Greater Los Angeles portal
* Schools portal

* Official Anaheim Union High School District website

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Anaheim

* Mayor: Ashleigh Aitken
* Mayor Pro Tem: Natalie Rubalcava
* City Manager: James Vanderpool

History|

* Timeline
* 2012 police shooting and protests
* 2017 Anaheim protests
* Carnegie Library
* John Woelke House
* Phillip Ackley Stanton House
* Samuel Kraemer Building
* St. Michael's Episcopal Church

Areas|

* Anaheim Hills
* Anaheim Resort
* Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city
* Downtown Anaheim
* Miraflores
* Platinum Triangle

Municipal government|

* Mayors
* Anaheim City Council
* Anaheim Fire & Rescue
* Anaheim Police Department

Primary and secondary schools|

| Public|

* Anaheim Elementary School District
* Centralia School District
* Magnolia School District
* Savanna School District
* Anaheim Union High School District
* Anaheim High School
* Katella High School
* Loara High School
* Magnolia High School
* Savanna High School
* Western High School
* Orange Unified School District
* Canyon High School
* Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
* Fullerton Joint Union High School District

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Private|

* Fairmont Preparatory Academy
* Servite High School

Closed|

* Cornelia Connelly High School

Colleges and universities|

* North Orange County Community College District (Anaheim campus)
* Anaheim University

| Closed|

* Bristol University

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Culture|

* Anaheim Packing House
* City National Grove
* Disneyland Resort

Points of interest|

* Anaheim Convention Center
* Anaheim GardenWalk
* Angel Stadium
* Big A Sign
* Honda Center

Transportation|

* ARTIC
* Orange County Transportation Authority
* Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
* Anaheim Resort Transportation
* Anaheim Rapid Connection
* proposed

Sports|

* Anaheim Ducks
* Los Angeles Angels

| Defunct|

* Anaheim Amigos
* Anaheim Arsenal
* Anaheim Bullfrogs
* Anaheim Piranhas
* Anaheim Splash
* Anaheim Storm
* Anaheim Valencias
* California Surf

|

Former|

* Los Angeles Rams

* Category

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Buena Park, California

K-12 schools|

* Buena Park School District
* Centralia School District
* Cypress School District
* Magnolia School District
* Savanna School District
* Fullerton Joint Union High School District
* Buena Park High School
* Anaheim Union High School District

Points of interest|

* Train station
* Buena Park Downtown
* Dreger Clock
* Ralph B. Clark Regional Park
* Knott's Berry Farm
* Knott's Soak City
* Jain Center of Southern California
* Medieval Times
* Japanese Village and Deer Park (closed)
* Movieland Wax Museum (closed)

History|

* History of Knott's Berry Farm
* Murder of Stuart Tay

* Category
* Commons

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Cypress, California

Primary and secondary schools|

* Cypress School District
* Anaheim Union High School District
* Cypress High School
* Oxford Academy

Colleges and universities|

* Cypress College

Landmarks|

* Los Alamitos Race Course

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