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Van Nuys High School (VNHS) established in 1914, is a high school in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles, California, belonging to the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school is home to a Residential Program and three Magnet Programs: Math/Science, Performing Arts, and Medical.

Several neighborhoods, including much of Van Nuys, portions of Sherman Oaks, Magnolia Woods [1], Victory Park [2], are zoned to this school.

From 1998 to 2005 the school principal was Mr. Herman Clay. Dr. Judith Vanderbok replaced him in 2005. The school colors are crimson and gray and the teams are called the Wolves.

Contents 1 History 2 Van Nuys Community Adult School 3 Notable alumni 4 Filming on the Van Nuys High School 5 External links

Van Nuys opened in 1915 [3].

The opening of Panorama High School in October 2006 [4] relieved overcrowding at Van Nuys High School[5].

The adult school is on the same campus as Van Nuys High School.

Much like two other LAUSD high schools, Fairfax High School and Hollywood High School, Van Nuys High School has been a breeding ground for Hollywood talent over the years. There have been hundreds of famous graduates of Van Nuys High School, including:

• Bob Waterfield, football player
• Don Drysdale, baseball player
• Jane Russell, actress
• Jonathan Postel, one of "the giants of the internet"
• Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers of the Internet"
• Steve Crocker, inventor of the RFC series
• Julie Brown, actress/comedienne/producer/singer/writer
• Marilyn Monroe, actress
• Natalie Wood, actress
• Paula Abdul, entertainer
• Robert Redford, actor
• Stacy Keach, actor
• Stephen M. Cohen, fraudster and sex.com hijacker
• David J. Skorton, President of Cornell University
• Bruce Kovner, multibillionaire
• Steve Kanaly, actor
• Kim Darby, actress
• Erika Eleniak, actress
• Danny Wilde, musician
• Mark Adair-Rios, actor

The campus was used as a location for the 1982 movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Ridgemont High's mascot in the movie was the same as Van Nuys High School--a wolf, which remains VNHS' mascot today.

The horror films Christine and Sleepwalkers, both written by Stephen King, were filmed at Van Nuys High School.

Other, more forgettable movies filmed at Van Nuys High include Kid 'n Play's Class Act and My Stepmother is an Alien (featuring Kim Basinger.)

The Pilot episode of The Wonder Years, and several episodes of Highway to Heaven, as was The Ramones' punk rock movie classic Rock 'n' Roll High School.

The music video of Vitamin C's Graduation song was filmed at Van Nuys High School.

An episode of Seventh Heaven was filmed at Van Nuys High School, as was an episode of Twin Peaks.

Parts of 'Grease' were also filmed at VNHS

• Van Nuys High School website

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