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The official letter of confirmation about the listing of the High School in the National Register of Historic Places (aka the National Register) has arrived at the school district and was mailed from Milford Wayne Donaldson, the State Historic Preservation Officer at the Office of Historic Preservation, Department of Parks and Recreation.

You may view it by clicking the file linked to this page:…

Henry “Hank” Smith graduated from Hollywood High in the spring of 1938. Following high school Hank worked on the scenes of western films tending to the horses. His friend and co-worker at the time was Richard Farnsworth who later became a popular actor. Hank Smith followed a career as a cartoonist for Charles…

I was doing some YouTube research and would you believe the top-ranked videos for the keywords "Hollywood High" are folks using the school grounds as a skate part--videos documenting the various skaters who come to show off their talents. I'm slightly of mixed-feelings about this, but I do remember being a very young kid once...so it's logical to embrace the reality that Hollywood High doubles as a skate park. But this video just amazed me...how does he do it?…

What an amazing lady we have here! Doris Hendley Furness is a dear friend of the HHSAA and her grand daughter Wendy Deming reached out to us with this great message:

Mr. Spencer,

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I have been losing sleep over this because there never seems to be enough time during an average day to completely do all the volunteer work that I want to do, let along that has to be done without fail.

Tonight I've sent out a huge stack of press releases announcing that the…

Every opera house has a phantom, every theater its ghost. The drama students at Hollywood High School have, for as many years as anyone can recall, shared their auditorium with Olivia. While crossing the stage in a Christmas processional, the story goes, Olivia burned to death when the candle she carried lit her papier-mache dress. Her spirit ascended into the catwalk above the…

I was very impressed to see that our listing in the National Register of Historic Places was posted so quickly on Wikipedia. I also wanted to encourage you, if you like to Wiki, to review and update our page on Wikipedia. Possible content is far greater than what is actually on there. I'd love to see this page grow and encompass the depth of valuable information really out there about our school.

If you have the desire to Wiki, please go here and make some valuable…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Christopher Matthew Spencer

3852 Eureka Drive

Studio City, CA 91604-3106

Email: admin@hhsalum.org

Phone: 818.567.4000

Hollywood High School Listed in the National Register of…

1959

2011 and still looking…

Come see The Clippers and watch Hollywood High School's H20 perform.

Support our students and music!

March 14, 2012 at the Staples Center

Tickets are a mere $20 and available at the Magnet Office and online at www.hollywoodhightickets.com

Somebody says, "Well, I can't be concerned about other people. About the best I can do is to take care of myself." Well, then you will always be poor.

Woodbury, CT-- Ruth Lovina Galbreath, 92, died April 11, 2005 at Bridgeport Hospital.

Miss Galbreath was born June 24, 1912 in Los Angeles, California, daughter of the late Frank and Gertrude Galbreath and sister, to the late Dorothy Gertrude Schlieper.

She was a member of Eastern Star and a volunteer for the American Red Cross during WWII.  She worked as a companion and caregiver all of her life retiring to NM in 1975.  In 2001, she moved to CT to be with her…