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LAHighAlumni.com has been designed as a site to serve all Los Angeles High School Alumni, and is for all classes (past and present) to have a repository for their information, photos and memorabilia. There is a calendar to post events like upcoming reunions, activities, and special events. There is a forum for posting messages, and a members section for sending emails to your classmates and viewing their "All About Me". A photo gallery is included for class yearbook photos, class reunion photos and individual family albums. You may create your personal Blog (web log) or enjoy the Alumni Chat Room to communicate with your friends and classmates. You must "Sign In" to take advantage of these features.

Please take the time to select all menu choices and see what is available to you. We hope that all LA High alumni will register and participate.

L.A. High: Charter School or School Closure?

Written by Steve Russell (S'64) |

Due to low test scores and poor graduation rates for multiple years, Los Angeles High School (LAHS) is now on the Public Schools Choice (PSC) list, which means that management of the school is going out for bid. Included among the possibilities are a charter school and even closure.

The first public meeting to explain the PSC initiative was held June 9th in the Corwin Theater at LAHS. Attendees were alumni, teachers, students, administration, and folks from surrounding neighborhoods. Emotions ran high… there was a great deal of venting, finger pointing and reasons provided as to why LAHS has not met academic performance benchmarks established by states, school districts, and subpopulations of students.

White Coat Fever

Written by Roland S. Jefferson (S'57) |

"...It was 1960 in Los Angeles. There was a Gestapo police chief & the black folks living east of La Brea were still called Negroes. For 17 year old September Jackson, coal black in color, newly developed breasts and a crown of pressed hair, nothing was more important than her upcoming Cotillion...to her mother, nothing was more important than 'the list' she made to ensure the right boy stood next to her daughter on that day. But the right boy turned out to..." Want more? Get a copy of - WHITE COAT FEVER at your local bookstore.