Legacy High School (South Gate, California)

Legacy High School, or STEAM Legacy High School , is a STEAM public school located in South Gate, California. It was ranked the 322nd best high school within California for the 2023–2024 school year by U.S. News & World Report.[2] The school is part of and within the Los Angeles Unified School District and is affiliated with the International Studies Learning Center. Teachers within the school have their projects, maintained on DonorsChoose,[3] and as of 2023, the school currently has around 583 students.[4] Students in the school can participate in various programs such as the Water Equity Technology Program[5] and the ELAC Early College Program.[6]

STEAM Legacy High School
Address
5225 Tweedy Boulevard

South Gate
,
Los Angeles County
,
California

United States of America
Coordinates33°56′29″N 118°10′43″W
Information
Founded2012
School districtLos Angeles Unified School District
NCES School ID062271013133[1]
PrincipalMichael Santiago
NicknameTigers
Websitehttps://legacyhs.lausd.org/

History

Plans to construct the school started in the 2000s under the name South Region High School #9.[7] On February 23, 2009, construction for South Region High School #9 was approved.[8] The principal planned to administer the school at the time, Carla Barrera-Ortiz of the Los Angeles Unified School District, claimed the main goal of the school was to "reverse the underrepresentation of Latinos in the field of mathematics and technology".[9] Masonry for the school was at the cost of around 3 million USD dollars[10] and construction costed around 13.5 million dollars.[11] The school opened on August 14, 2012, in the Gateway Cities city of South Gate.[12][13][14] On January 8, 2016, the girl's basketball team of Legacy High School won against Palisades Charter High School with a score of 65-62 for the CIF Los Angeles City Section championship.[15] In 2019, STEAM Legacy High School won in the 2019 Horizon Grand Prix, an automotive competition in Prague, by building a prototype hydrogen vehicle.[16][17][18]

References
  1. "Search for Public Schools - STEAM Legacy High School (062271013133)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  2. "STEAM Legacy High School". usnews.com. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. "Legacy High School - Steam". donorschoose.org. DonorsChoose. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. "STEAM Legacy High School". niche.com. Niche. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  5. Gonzalez, Natalie. "LA River Walking Tour with STEAM Legacy High School". riverla.org. River LA. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. "ELAC Early College Program". Los Angeles Unified School District. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. "South Region High School No. 9". ceqanet.opr.ca.gov. California Environmental Quality Act. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  8. "South Region High School No. 9". ceqanet.opr.ca.gov. California Environmental Quality Act. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  9. "Board Informative_SRHS 9" (PDF). lausd.org. Los Angeles Unified School District. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  10. "SouthRegionHighSchool9-Block" (PDF). masonryinstitute.org. Masonry Institute of America. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  11. "LAUSD South Region High School #9". icsinc.tv. Innovative Construction Solutions. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  12. Blume, Howard. "New South Gate high school is finally opening". latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  13. Arzate, Guillermo. "New High School to Open Next Month". patch.com. Patch Media. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  14. "Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics at Legacy High School Complex". cde.ca.gov. California Department of Education. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  15. Sondheimer, Eric. "South Gate Legacy has risen quickly in girls' basketball". latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  16. McDonnell Nieto Del Rio, Giulia. "L.A. Latino students take prize in Prague, could help conquer climate change". latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  17. Williams, Bret. "Californian high school students win championship for hydrogen prototype vehicle". www.hydrogenfuelnews.com. Hydrogen Fuel News. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  18. Resendiz, Eric. "South Gate students make history with hydrogen prototype vehicle, win world automotive competition". abc7.com. KABC. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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