Anaheim High School
public high school in Anaheim, California, United States
Anaheim High School is a public, four-year high school in the city of Anaheim, California, United States and serves students living in the Colony District of Anaheim. Anaheim High School was first established in 1898, which makes it the oldest of nine comprehensive high schools in the Anaheim Union High School District. It is the third oldest high school in Orange County, behind Santa Ana High School (1889) and Fullerton Union High School (1893).
History
Beginnings
Following the arrival of the initial German settlers, they formally request the Los Angeles County superintendent to set up a school in Anaheim, their newly adopted town near the Santa Ana River.
From 1874 through 1881 James Guinn was the elementary school principal in a temporary building and offered subjects that would lead to a high school diploma. The first student to graduate with a high school diploma was in 1880. Students at that time had an oral examination as a graduation requirement and the public was invited to come for local entertainment. In 1878, Guinn wrote and championed the first school bond in the United States for the construction of the Central School. He left Anaheim to become the superintendent of the Los Angeles High School District in 1881.
High School classes officially started in 1898 on the second floor of the Central School that was located where George Washington Park is now.
The public source identifies “Anaheim High School” as public high school in Anaheim, California, United States. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Anaheim, High and School.
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