page_title: Los Gatos High School
section_title: In the media
hierarchical_section_title: Los Gatos High School / In the media
caption_attribution_description: English: Los Gatos High School. Los Gatos, California.
context_page_description: Los Gatos High School is a high school in Los Gatos, California. It was founded in 1908 and is part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District.
  The school enrolls approximately 2,100 students and employs about 100 teachers. In 2004, 94% of graduating seniors went on to attend college, including 64% to four-year colleges. Los Gatos High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and has regularly received six-year accreditations, the highest possible. In the 1970s, Los Gatos High School was listed among the top thirty high schools in the State of California. In 2018 US News & World Report ranked Los Gatos High 63rd within California. It has been recognized twice as a National School for Excellence. LGHS is also notable for its sports programs. The Los Gatos Wildcats are part of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League of the CIF Central Coast Section.
context_section_description: The front façade of the school was shown on The Amanda Show starring Amanda Bynes. It was used in the show's soap opera spoof segment called "Moody's Point". The front exterior of the school was also used on Saved by the Bell.
  The school was also used as a filming location for several scenes in the 1996 made-for-TV movie Lying Eyes.
  The school, its stadium and track, and nearby Santa Cruz Avenue were also used for filming an episode of the 1986 television series Starman; drama students played the role of some extras.
  The 1988 made-for-TV film Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story was based on the life of former Los Gatos High School head football coach Charlie Wedemeyer, who was stricken with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and continued to coach the football team for several years. The movie was actually filmed in Goose Creek, South Carolina at Stratford High School.
  In 1992, Principal Ted Simonson, former Dean of Boys during earlier decades, attracted media controversy for a series of racist and bigoted jokes he made during a roast at the Lions Club in which he referred to female joggers as "jigglers" and described gay-friendly city of San Francisco, California as "Fairyland" and the city of Oakland, California, with its large African American population, as "Jungleland."
caption: Los Gatos High School was originally called "Los Gatos Union High School", which still appears engraved on the front of the main building.
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