Azusa High School

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**Azusa High School** is a public high school in Azusa, California, United States, a city east of Los Angeles, California and east of the San Gabriel Valley. It is one of the three high schools in the Azusa Unified School District.
In addition to offering multiple Advanced Placement courses. Azusa High School is currently an IB (International Baccalaureate) school. Alumni of the school have graduated from prestigious undergraduate institutions like Yale University, Stanford University, Amherst College, University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, San Diego etc.

## Academics

As of 2014, Azusa High School operates on an 8:00 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. schedule. The only exception is on Wednesday where school ends at 2:00 as every Wednesday is a minimum day.

### Enrollment

Azusa High School has had an enrollment of about 1,416 students in 2011–2012 school year. Azusa High School is integrated in the school years of 2011–2012 with, 0.2% American Indian/Alaska Native, 1.1% Asian, 0.3% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 1.7% Filipino, 90.6% Hispanic, 1.0% Black, and 4.4% White.

## Athletics

Currently, Azusa High School offers its students 12 sport teams. All Sports Teams are associated with the Montview League. These sports include:

* Baseball
* Softball
* Basketball
* Golf
* Football
* Wrestling
* Volleyball
* Track & Field
* Soccer
* Cross Country
* Tennis
* Badminton.

## Aztec Band and Pageantry Corps

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The Azusa High School Aztec Band & Pageantry Corps is under the direction of Band Director Bill Fritz. The Aztec Band is associated with the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA).

**Marching Band Championship Awards**

* 2009

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 1st Place Gold Medalists
 2A Division
 Field Show – **Rhythms Of A City**

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* 2010

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 2nd Place Silver Medalists
 3A Division
 Field Show –  **Attraction!! The Music of Scheherazade**

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* 2011

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 1st Place Gold Medalists
 3A Division
 Field Show – **Ascension**

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* 2012

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 1st Place Gold Medalists
 3A Division
 Field Show – **Arachnid**

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* 2013

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 5th Place
 3A Division
 Field Show – **Regenesis**

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* 2014

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 4th Place
 3A Division
 Field Show – **The Nightmare**

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* 2015

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 5th Place
 3A Division
 Field Show – **Wishing You Were Here**

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The Aztec Band is a combination of marching band, symphonic band, wind ensemble, and jazz band. Pageantry is a competitive Dance and Tall Flag unit with Marching band. Pageantry also has their own season often known as winter guard. The Winterguard team is associated with the Winter Guard Association of Southern California (WGASC).

**Winterguard Championship Awards**

* 2013

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 3rd Place Bronze Medalists
 Division RAAA
 Show – **Cleopatra**

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* 2014

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 3rd Place Bronze Medalists
 Division RAAA
 Show – **Abracadabra**

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* 2015

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 1st Place Gold Medalists
 Division RAAA
 Show – **Bats**

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## Notable people associated with this school

* Lizette Salas – professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour.
* Ruth Wysocki – middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres and 1500 metres.
* Steve Monreal  – professional drummer who performed with the popular American Band, "Tower of Power".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Azusa High". National Center for Education Statistics. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school\_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0603600&ID=060360000268. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
2. ↑ "Azusa Unified School District – Schools". http://ausd-ca.schoolloop.com/schools. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
3. ↑ "Azusa High School – Bell Schedule". http://ahs-ausd-ca.schoolloop.com/file/1301752510104/1331967107018/832015063604761631.pdf. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `nces_sch`
5. ↑ "Ed-Data – Azusa High School". http://www.ed-data.k12.ca.us/App\_Resx/EdDataClassic/fsTwoPanel.aspx?#!bottom=/\_layouts/EdDataClassic/profile.asp?tab=1&level=07&ReportNumber=16&County=19&fyr=1112&District=64279&School=1930528. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
6. ↑ "Azusa High School – Activities". Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130519014547/http://ahs-ausd-ca.schoolloop.com/activities. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
7. ↑ "Azusa High School: Band & Pageantry". http://ahs-ausd-ca.schoolloop.com/bandpageantry. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
8. ↑ Mickey, Lisa. "A Path to Opportunity Through the Greens". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/sports/golf/lizette-salas-earns-spot-on-lpga-tour.html?pagewanted=all&\_r=0. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
9. ↑ "Ruth Wysocki bio". https://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/TrackAndFieldArchive/1997/wysocki.asp. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
10. ↑ "Tower of Power - Credit". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib6VuYHZTfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

## External links

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* Azusa High School website
* Azusa Unified School District