John Muir High School (Pasadena, California)

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John Muir High School
"The Home of the Mighty Mustangs"
Location
1905 N Lincoln Avenue, Pasadena, California
Flag of the United States United States
Coordinates 34°10′43″N 118°09′36″W / 34.178513, -118.159871Coordinates: 34°10′43″N 118°09′36″W / 34.178513, -118.159871
Information
Principal Gary Roggenstein
Faculty 49
Type Public
Grades 9-12
Mascot The Mustang
Color(s) Blue and Gold           
Established 1955
Students approx. 1,300
Homepage pusd.us

John Muir High School is a four year comprehensive secondary school located in Pasadena, California. It was named after the conservationist, John Muir, who explored many of California's natural wonders.

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The school's buildings were originally a part of John Muir Junior College (not to be confused with John Muir College in San Diego, CA).[1] The junior college merged with Pasadena City College, and the buildings were changed over to a two-year high school in 1955. (The senior students of the first graduating high-school class in 1955 were freshmen of the previous two-year junior college in the prior year.) It later increased to become a full four-year high school.

Prior to 1964, mostly Caucasian and Asian students from the communities of La Canada Flintridge, California joined the near equal mix of African-American, Hispanic and Asian students from the surrounding school area, and enrollment was nearly 3,000 students. In 1965, La Canada Flintridge, California built its own school system and removed their students. Shortly after that, the Pasadena City School District created Blair High School, siphoning off another large portion of the school's population.

Approximately 1300 students attend each year. The student body is made up of 42% Latino/Hispanic, 47% African-American, 9% are Caucasian, and 2% are "Other" (which includes 1.1% Asian/Pacific-Islander). It maintained a school wide average class size of 27 students and a pupil-to-teacher ratio of 21:1 for the 2002-03 school year, during which a total of 49 fully credentialed teachers were on staff.[2] According to National rating systems, John Muir received 2 out of 10, 10 being the highest, well below the national average. Consequently, John Muir high School has been under federal investigation, a form of probation, for some time.

In the school year 2004-2005, approximately 100 students at John Muir were removed from the regular school system due to poor grades and placed at the remedial Rose City. However the number exceed the school's capacity, and 'Rose City North' was created on the North Western part of the campus, annexing a portion of the class rooms.[citation needed]

John Muir High School has two Academies, the Business and Finance Academy, and the Science Engineering and Technology Academy.[citation needed]

John Muir High School is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

In 2000 a teacher, Cyrus Javaheri, pleaded guilty to engaging in group sex with minors. The teacher lured two students from the school in addition to another minor through the internet. Furthermore, numerous incidences of cyber sex were conducted between the teacher and various minors as young as 12.[3]

In 2002, a white teacher named Scott Phelps was the center of controversy when he asserted that the majority of the students who are failing and disruptive were black.

"But overwhelmingly, the students whose behavior makes the hallways deafening, who yell out for the teacher and demand immediate attention in class, who cannot seem to stop chatting and are fascinated by each other and relationships but not with academics, in short, whose behavior saps the strength and energy of us that are at the front lines, are African American. . . . Eventually, someone in power will have the courage to say this publicly."[4]

Opinion was divisive with whites and blacks from the community on both sides. While some students and teachers defended that his assertion, that the majority of the underperforming students were black, was accurate others took offense to it. Subsequently he was placed on administrative leave but allowed to return to the school a few days later. In 2005, Phelps was elected to a four-year term on the district's Board of Education.

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  • The cross-town rival school is Pasadena High School.
  • The two schools have an annual tradition in November called the Turkey Tussle, during which the two schools' football teams play a game at the Rose Bowl. The winning school takes possession of a ceremonial bell, which is rung at various events during the year in celebration.
  • The ceremonial bell was stolen at the end of the 2005 school year, and was found on February 7, 2006 near a road in the Angeles National Forest.[5]
  • The school is located on Lincoln Avenue, which is a street named after the famous city, Lincoln, Nebraska, rather than the equally famous 16th President of the United States.

The school's official song is as follows:

Hail Alma Mater, Blue & Gold So Fair
We Sing thy Fame, We Love thy Name
Thy Strength Shall never Fail.
We Sing thy Praises, Our Love Shall Never Die
Blue and Gold all Hail to thee
John Muir High!

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Notable alumni of John Muir High School (graduating 1955 or later)
Notable alumni of John Muir Junior College (graduating prior to 1955)

Years listed above in parentheses are the year of graduation.

Anthony Miller (1983) Former NFL player for the San Diego Chargers 1988-1993, Denver Broncos 1994-1996, Dallas Cowboys 1997. Anthony Miller also set a club record for the Denver Broncos with fourteen (14) touchdowns receiving in a season in 1995.

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