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  Beverly Hills High School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Considering its name, you might assume that Beverly Hills High School was the school used as the location for "West Beverly High" in the hit Fox TV show "Beverly Hills, 90210." Guess again.
And ironically, since Beverly Hills High is situated in the city's southern section, the school's actual zip code isn't even 90210 - it's 90212.
Beverly Hills High school is located just two blocks east of the Century City Shopping Center, on Moreno Drive, (between Santa Monica Blvd. and Olympic Blvd).
www.seeing-stars.com /Schools/BeverlyHillsHigh.shtml   (600 words)

  
  Beverly Hills High School - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[1]) Beverly is part of the Beverly Hills Unified School District and is located on the west side of Beverly Hills, at the border of the Century City area of Los Angeles.
The Beverly Hills school board didn't allow the producers to do either, so the producers created the fictional "West Beverly Hills High School" (or "West Beverly") and the show was filmed at Torrance High School, in Torrance, California.
The city, the school district, and the oil companies named as plaintiffs dispute this assertion, claiming that they have conducted air quality tests with results showing that air quality is normal at the high school.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beverly_Hills_High_School   (1149 words)

  
 "Beverly Hills High in the 1980s"
Within the previous year, three of the high school's students had committed suicide, and afterward I heard so many stories of excruciating academic pressure, cocaine abuse, and drifting children that I came to believe there was some news I was not getting from the local metropolitan dailies.
Beverly Hills bears striking similarities to big-city suburbs such as Grosse Pointe, Michigan and Glencoe, Illinois, both of which possess renowned area high schools with national reputations for excellence; the lessons being that no great school can exist in the absence of generous public or philanthropic outlays.
Yet Beverly Hills is not Kuwait, not a land of limitless riches and profligacy, and, like other affluent American suburbs, must regularly refute the notion that it is a paradise of sybaritic millionaires.
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 Beverly Hills, 90210 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Beverly Hills, 90210 was a popular primetime television soap opera that aired from October 1990 to May 2000 on the Fox Network in the United States and subsequently on various networks around the world.
Andrea Zuckerman: School newspaper editor; Secretly commuting to Beverly Hills from Van Nuys; Brandon's best friend while harboring a not so secret crush on him; Later had a shotgun marriage with Jesse, had a baby, and left Beverly Hills to attend Yale while Jesse pursued his law career.
The filming location for West Beverly High School was in the less affluent middle class community of Torrance, CA at Torrance High located in the 90501 zip code.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beverly_Hills,_90210   (2898 words)

  
 School Programs Offered by the maple counseling center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Beverly Hills High School Counseling Program is for mainstream high school students who have been identified by school staff as needing counseling for emotional, social or adjustment difficulties.
The program coordinator is in the SPC offices at the high school during all sessions and is responsible for the confidentiality of the counselee files.
The students are identified by the high school counselors and interviewed by the program coordinator for suitability in a group environment.
www.tmcc.org /programs/school.htm   (1077 words)

  
 Beverly Hills Unified School District - Service-Learning (CA Dept of Education)
The Beverly Hills Unified School District (BHUSD) is a medium-sized urban district in the Los Angeles basin consisting of an ethnically and socio-economically diverse student population.
Beverly Hills is a unique community because of the high involvement of parents and community partners through the Chamber of Commerce Education Committee, parent leadership in the service-learning advisory committee, and parent involvement with many of the local community partners.
Through high levels of student involvement, BHUSD is able to coordinate meaningful partnerships with organizations within and beyond the boundaries of Beverly Hills that truly have a positive impact on the community.
www.cde.ca.gov /ci/cr/sl/beverlyhills.asp   (531 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Lawyers calling Beverly Hills High a hazard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Allegations that elite Beverly Hills High School is the site of a "cancer cluster" are scaring parents and swinging the spotlight again to the environmental sleuth profiled in the movie Erin Brockovich.
Beverly High, as the school is known, outranks Brockovich in connections with Hollywood.
Beverly Hills has a high rate of one form of thyroid cancer, but so does the rest of Los Angeles' west side, Cozen says.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-04-28-bevhills-usat_x.htm   (1249 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State/The West -- Brockovich files pollution claims against Beverly Hills school
BEVERLY HILLS – Erin Brockovich and attorneys filed 25 claims against the city's school district Monday, alleging that former students of Beverly Hills High School got cancer from being exposed to toxic fumes emitted from an on-campus oil field.
Beverly Hills Unified School District and the South Coast Air Quality Management District, which tracks air pollution for most of Southern California, have disputed the Brockovich-Masry findings.
The campus oil rig is no secret in Beverly Hills, which early in the 20th century was rich with oil.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20030428-1403-ca-brockovich-beverlyhills.html   (486 words)

  
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The mean scale score (average student score) for Beverly Hills students has also increased from 380 in 2002 to 402 in 2003, with 350 representing the passing score.
The pass rate for students from Beverly Hills exceeds the pass rate for students from California in every subgroup by anywhere from 22 percent to 55 percent, indicating that courses at Beverly Hills High School are effectively aligned to the State standards.
To help students transition from the high school environment to the demands of adult life, transition is addressed in the IEP at age 14 with an individual transition plan at age 16.
www.ed.gov /programs/nclbbrs/2004/applications/ca-beverly-hills.doc   (5432 words)

  
 Beverly Hills High School
Beverly Hills High School API rank compared to all schools is 10 out of 10.
This means that the school's API fell into the top 10% of all schools in the state.
To encourage schools to improve the academic performance of all students, the state also computes APIs for each of the major subgroups of students at the school.
beverlyhillshighschool.com /api   (168 words)

  
 BHC - MN5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The recent reports coming out of the electronic media concerning potentially dangerous levels of chemicals from the oil wells of Venoco Oil Company at Beverly Hills High School have led to questions of bias in the minds of many school officials.
According to Beverly Hills School Superintendent Dr. Gwen Gross, the Masry & Vititoe law firm, which had threatened litigation, had ties to the local KCBS producer on the Beverly Hills High School cancer risk story.
Beverly Hills School Board President Barry Brucker noted that the district’s only concern is the safety of their staff and students.
www.thebeverlyhillscourier.com /02212003/MN5.htm   (260 words)

  
 About the Editor
Ellen Stern Harris is a third generation resident of Beverly Hills and a graduate of Beverly Hills High School.
Harris was also the lead amicus in the federal suit to clean up Santa Monica Bay, she represented the City of Beverly Hills on the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the world's largest water agency.
Having served on the City of Beverly Hills' first Recreation & Parks Commission where she chaired the horticultural committee, she previously served as chair of the Mayor of Beverly Hills' Cable TV Advisory Committee.
www.beverlyhillscitizen.org /abouteditor.htm   (289 words)

  
 Beverly Hills 90210
In 1996 the show's ratings were still high, the teens had graduated from high school, and some were attending California University.
Produced by Aaron Spelling, who has seemed to have his finger on the pulse of popular television taste since the 1960s, Beverly Hills 90210, was the first in a string of programs on FOX geared toward adolescent and young adult audiences who were attracted to glamour and attention to certain issues.
The rise of Beverly Hills 90210 and its ilk coincided with changes in the broadcast network television in an era of increased competition from cable television.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/B/htmlB/beverlyhills/beverlyhills.htm   (918 words)

  
 TIME.com: As Private as Public Can Be -- Jul 19, 1963 -- Page 1
No, it is Beverly Hills High School, a pink stucco hacienda that boasts 1,750 over-achieving students, a producing oil well on the premises, a summer school in France and spotless academic credentials.
A measure of the results is that last year Beverly Hills' school average on the national Iowa Tests of Educational Development was in the 99th percentile.
As a result, it has the lowest school-tax rate of any sizable school district in the state, but the tax take is nonetheless so high that Beverly Hills spends almost twice as much per student as the average for Los Angeles County.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,896886,00.html   (654 words)

  
 Planet Ark : Court Fight Over Beverly Hills School Turns Nasty
The charges flew after Beverly Hills issued a press release saying that attorney Masry and his law firm could not prove that chemicals from oil drilling at Beverly Hills High School were causing cancer and faced contempt charges by a judge for withholding information from the city.
Beverly Hills, home to some of America's most exclusive neighborhoods, collects hundreds of thousands of per year in royalties from the oil wells, which were first drilled in 1906 and predate the high school.
City and school district officials say they and a state agency have conducted extensive tests and found that the campus was safe.
www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/21572/newsDate/21-Jul-2003/story.htm   (715 words)

  
 Beverly Hills High School principal accepts post with Las Virgenes Unified
Stepenosky quickly rose in the administrative ranks to become assistant vice principal of the high school.
He is a member of the California Interscholastic Federation Executive Committee, guiding the vision, philosophy and goals for the Southern Section of the group, which governs high school interscholastic sports for the 600-member high schools.
He also cowrote the high school's successful 1999 California Distinguished School Award application and the National Blue Ribbon application in 2000-garnering the high school's first-ever Blue Ribbon award.
www.theacorn.com /news/2006/0706/schools/063.html   (521 words)

  
 Beverly Hills High School Adult Education Portal, News And Secrets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Beverly hills unified school district educates 5150 students attending four k 8 grade schools, one high school, one continuation school.
School antelope valley union high school district lancaster.
Yet schools are virtual cauldrons of homophobic sentiment, as witness by everything from the graffiti in the bathrooms and the putdowns yelled on the playground to the heterosexist bias of most texts and the firing of teachers on no othe r basis than that they are not heterosexual 114.
www.adultschooleducation.com /beverly-hills-high-school-adult-education.html   (1100 words)

  
 GoodHumans Message Boards:Beverly Hills High School Celebrity Alumni -- David Harrison Levi - 90210
On the negative side, the infamous Menendez brothers, Lyle and Erik, were students at Beverly Hills High, as was the focus of the Clinton sex scandal, Monica Lewinsky (although she left in 1990 at age 16 to attend an exclusive Bel-Air prep school.)
The high school was also featured in the 1993 movie version of "The Beverly Hillbillies." It was where 'Ellie May Clampett' went to school (and where she whipped the boy's wrestling team in the gym).
And the school was also seen in the 1999 film "Anywhere But Here" - it was where Susan Sarandon's daughter 'Heather' (Natalie Portman) went to school.
www.goodhumans.com /Messages/Beverly-hills-high-school-celebrity-alumni-david-harrison-levi-90210--2274?____ghwgnumperpage=2085   (511 words)

  
 ASNE High School Journalism -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Gil Chesterton from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, Calif.
While it's true that being at Beverly Hills provides contacts other schools might not have, many of the guests are acquired the old fashioned way -- aggressive pursuit that any would-be reporter ought to possess.
Would you believe I was listening when I heard a caller say, "Hi, Larry, I'm a journalism student at Beverly Hills High, and I wondered if you would come out and talk to my journalism class?" King said, "Yes," and did come during his next trip to Los Angeles.
www.highschooljournalism.org /Teachers/Lesson_Plans/Detail.cfm?lessonplanid=262   (623 words)

  
 ABC News: Black Gold at Beverly Hills High
LOS ANGELES, May 10, 2006 — Beverly Hills High School may be best known for its famous alumni, its film and television appearances and its affluent students.
With hit television shows like "Beverly Hills 90210" and movies such as "Clueless" portraying the students as spoiled, shallow teens who only worry about their next purchase, the perception of Beverly Hills teens around the country probably isn't favorable.
But with oil literally looming over the campus, students at Beverly Hills High School are well aware of the oil crisis hanging over the country and the environmental issues affecting the world.
abcnews.go.com /US/story?id=1942646&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (416 words)

  
 My career day at Beverly Hills High - Los Angeles Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
I was told that the public high school added Omarosa due to pressure from the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce.
As I drove into the high school at 7:30 a.m., I couldn't believe my ego was so big that I was willing to wake up early to mentor some of the richest children in the nation.
Beverly Hills was a high school I could network at.
www.latimes.com /news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-stein30may30,0,6037724.column?coll=la-home-commentary   (711 words)

  
 Beverly Hills High School
Founded in 1928, Beverly Hills High School is a 4-year, college-oriented, public high school with an enrollment of approximately 2,099 students.
Beverly Hills has a strong sense of community as well as strong commitment to excellence in education.
If you are considering moving to Beverly Hills, please request a relocation package here or by clicking on the upper left hand corner of the screen.
beverlyhillshighschool.com   (348 words)

  
 School Locator
We are therefore committed to a comprehensive curriculum, a caring environment which encourages motivation, self discipline and confidence, interaction and cooperation with the community and effective and efficient school operation.
An Intensive English Centre (IEC) is attached to the school and is situated on a separate campus divided by the main playing fields.
The centre's graduating students attend their local high school with fourteen girls nominating to enrol in our school in 2000.
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 beverly hills high school california directory - LosAngeles-BestDeals.com
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 BHC - MN4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In an effort to support Measure K—the $90 million bond measure earmarked for the March 2002 ballot—Beverly Hills High School students are undertaking various activities to encourage students and alumni to vote.
Student Board of Education member Michelle Halimi is spearheading the effort, which will include a voter registration drive at the high school for students who will turn 18 before March 5.
Halimi says a group of students have already committed to walking the streets of Beverly Hills and knocking on doors, a task Halimi knows will be very effective.
www.thebeverlyhillscourier.com /01042002/MN4.htm   (446 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- L.A. County prosecutors investigating oil rig at Beverly Hills High
The probe comes after Erin Brockovich's law firm filed a third lawsuit in January against Beverly Hills, its school district and several oil and gas companies, claiming area residents developed cancer from toxic fumes emitted by a campus oil derrick.
The Superior Court suit filed on behalf of nearly 300 residents alleges that benzene and other substances from an oil derrick on the high school campus led to high rates of cancer among former students and others.
A number of the plaintiffs do not have cancer but are at greater risk of developing the disease because of the well, according to the suit filed by Brockovich and her boss, attorney Ed Masry.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20040318-0523-ca-brockovich-beverlyhills.html   (354 words)

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