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John F. Kennedy High School
Location
Granada Hills, Los Angeles, California  United States
Information
School district	Los Angeles Unified School District
President	Ethan Jones
Principal	Christine Clark
Dean	Joseph Ruiz
Type	Public
Grades	9-12
Mascot	Golden Cougar
Color(s)	brown, gold
Enrollment	3,064
Fight song:	Oh, Cougars fight with all your might as we meet on the field. heir team can't hold our Brown and Gold, and we will never yield. Our spirit's bright; our cause is right; our goal is victory. We'll win the game and earn our fame; fight on for Kennedy!
Homepage	Official website

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John F. Kennedy High School is a secondary school located in Granada Hills, Los Angeles California. The school mascot is the golden cougar, and the school colors are brown and gold. It has been most recently known for its excessive lockdowns and popularity with the media during the past couple of years. The graduating class of 2007 ended a long streak of well developed and strong solid individuals. Since then the school has taken a small plunge in both academic standards and test scores.(2007 rox) It is located in District 1 of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The current principal is Christine Clark. There are currently 3064 students attending the school.

The school's classes are on a traditional calendar schedule. They include various advanced placement (college level) classes, foreign language and ESL classes, as well career-oriented classes such as journalism and military science. These are offered along with standards-based classes such as English, history, mathematics, etc.

The school will be relieved when Valley Region High School 4 opens in 2010 [1] and Valley Region High School 5 opens in 2011 [2].

The primary theme of the Architecture and Digital Arts Magnet are the layouts, infrastructures, and designs of a modern city and life in one. Classes included in the curriculum involve various architectural and structural-related fields as well as imaging, photography, and modern film production. Architecture, digital imaging, filmmaking, and photography are the four career selections offered in the magnet.

The Baseball varsity team is currently coached by Manuel Alvarado who in his first year on the job, led Kennedy to its third City championship, defeating Palisades 4-3.Kennedy has become a powerhouse in the San Fernando Valley winning its 7th city championship in 2006 defeating Chatsworth at Dodger Stadium. It is tied with Fremont High School for most L.A. City baseball championships. Kennedy won its titles in 1981,1985,1986,1995,1996,2000 and 2006^[1]. However, Fremont won two of its championships back when the champion was decided in a preseason tournament (1939 and 1942). Postseason tournaments to decide the champion of Los Angeles did not begin until 1943.

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• Garret Anderson, professional baseball player
• Bob Burns, professional golfer
• Jack Cassel, professional baseball player
• Rashied Davis, professional football player
• Darren Daye, professional basketball player
• Jon Garland, professional baseball player
• Cuba Gooding, Jr, actor
• Stuart Gray, professional basketball player
• Joseph Santos, American Painter
• Terrmel Sledge, professional baseball player

John F. Kennedy is proud to say that they have many former students who have succedeed in their future and careers and holds a 'Hall of Fame' for those students who achieved their goals. The wall of 'Hall of Fame' can be found in the main entrance to the school's offices.

2007 - Erick Zamora

1. ^ Greig Smith newsletter congratulating the team

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