School Description Quartz Hill High School Profile Quartz Hill High School is located in the Antelope Valley in 6040 W. Avenue L the city of Lancaster and is part of the rapidly growing Quartz Hill, California 93536 of Antelope Valley Union High School District. 661-718-3100 Quartz Hill High School Enrollment for grades 9-12 was 3,008 in August 2020. The ethnic breakdown of our student body is as follows: Principal Asian 3% Black 9% Zach Mercier Quartz Hill, California Hispanic 44% White 33% 2021-2022 Multi-Race or No Response 8% Assistant Principal Quartz Hill High School is a comprehensive high school Charae Anderson with many programs offered for a wide range of student interests and abilities. We have 110 instructors on our school site that are building on the same standards of Vice-Principals: excellence traditionally associated with our high school. Neil Love – Athletics & Student Services Special Programs Quartz Hill High School has many programs that help meet Robert Mohammadi - Special Ed the needs of our students. They include: • Television and Film Academy (QHTV) Gary Pierson - Activities • Project Lead The Way Engineering Pathway (PLTW) o Aerospace and Engineering • Honors and International Baccalaureate (IB) • Advanced Placement in: Mathematics, Foreign Language, English, Science, Behavioral Science, Social Science, Computer Science and the Arts. Counselors: • AVID— Advancement Via Individual Determination • English as a Second Language Jeff Tepper -Head Counselor • Various forms of individual and group counseling Mission Statement: • Supplemental Instruction (APEX) & tutoring Jacqueline Gamez • Inclusion into the Virtual Academy • Special Education Gretchen Vidal Our Mission at Quartz Hill High is to: Engage, equip, and CEEB/ACT Code Number: 052543 Dana Roth Quartz Hill High School is accredited by the Western empower all students to Association of Schools and Colleges and is a member of the Shelly Ryan be problem solvers CollegeBoard. Latisha Sampson Debbie Weilbacher . Larry Queen Quartz Hill Athletics Academy and Pathways service oriented or focus on the health and well-being of Quartz Hill participates in the highly competitive CIF QHTV – Television and Video Academy students. Students and student clubs also participate in southern section. We feature 21 different Varsity sports. In The Quartz Hill Television and Video Academy, is a learning large events, including, “Relay for Life”, the “Teen the 55 years of our existence, we have won a total of 300+ community with rich and rigorous communication skills Summit”, and “Red Ribbon Week”, to name a few. The Golden League Championships, including our Girls Tennis training, that will provide a personalized education to prepare annual Multicultural Assembly produced by the team who has won the league title for 3o+ consecutive years. students for post-secondary life. Student's academic and Multicultural Club features students performing dances Quartz Hill has won 11 CIF Championships, including personal potential will be obtained through standards-based and musical numbers from their home cultures. This is recently the 2008 and 2017 CIF football titles and the 2018 curriculum, common core practices and meaningful life traditionally the most popular assembly of the year at CIF volleyball title (including making it to the semi-finals of experiences in and beyond the classroom. Working in Quartz Hill High. the state tournament). QH has been the annual winner of the partnership with parents and the local community, academy “All-League” Championship banner, naming the most staff will develop student's college and career readiness skills Advanced Placement Results as they prepare to be citizens of the 21st century. Students successful athletics program in the league, essentially every In 2020, 694 students took 1,482 AP exams with 64% of who graduate from the Quartz Hill Television and Video year of the awards existence. total AP students with qualifying scores. This marks the 7th Academy will be prepared for college/work while learning to year in a row with over 60% of AP students receiving build a close community with other students and their Advanced Placement & International passing qualifying scores of 3 or more. teachers They will incorporate real world experiences into Baccalaureate their high school education. This will be done through Quartz Hill High School offers Advanced Placement courses experiencing hands-on application of all modern Senior Awards Night as well as being recognized as an International Baccalaureate communications media technology, like the Adobe Creative At our annual Senior Awards Night last school year, Diploma School. This year’s senior class has had the Suite, and live video production, integrating this with their Quartz Hill High School seniors received over $1.3 academic classes. Students will also explore issues of social opportunity to participate in AP and IB classes throughout million in scholarship monies, including school-based, conscience, social change and social responsibility, helping their four years at Quartz Hill High School. Both the AP and them plan not only for college but for career and life. local, state and national scholarships. This celebration of IB Programs at Quartz Hill High School offer students our senior class leads into graduation season. challenging, advanced level classes in the academic areas of English, foreign language, science, mathematics, social science Project Lead the Way Engineering Scholastic Aptitude Test and the arts. These courses and their prerequisite Honors Pathway: One measure of student achievement is the students’ courses constitute the most rigorous course of study offered at The Project Lead the Way (PLTW) pathway to engineering Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. The following summarizes our school. Quartz Hill offers a high level of Math (AP curriculum is designed as a four-year high school sequence the junior class results in the school-day administration of Calculus BC and AP Statistics with the highest level of Science taught in conjunction with traditional math and science the SAT. For many, this is the first attempt at SAT: 60% classes being AP Physics, AP Chemistry, Biology IB/HL2, and courses. The program is divided into rigorous, relevant, met requirements for Math, 28% for ELA, and 26% met AP Biology. Quartz Hill offers the full AP Capstone program. reality-based courses, including: Introduction to Engineering both requirements. Our students scored at or above the Design, Digital Electronics, and Principles of Engineering, California and national average in all three metrics. AVID – Advancement Via Individual plus the capstone course of Aerospace Engineering. In Post High School Statistics Determination 2020/2021, QHHS will open their Computer Integrated 614 of the graduating class of 2020 submitted paperwork AVID addresses the needs of students “in the middle” who Manufacturing course where students will build an airplane. confirming the following (Due to COVID, these are last have been identified by their core teachers or counselors as updated numbers): having the potential to be successful in a rigorous college ASB – School Culture preparatory program. The course provides the support and • 4 Yr. or Private College/University: 199=32% Students involved in the ASB Leadership organization are encouragement necessary for students to be successful, • Community College: 305=49% enrolled in an elective class that focuses on five academic employing WIC-R strategies(writing to learn, inquire, • Military: 49=8% collaboration, reading), tutorials, study skills, time management strands: communication, personal and social responsibilities, • skills, test preparation strategies for the PSAT, SAT and ACT, government, service learning, and business. ASB supports Work/Internship: 41=6.6% college visitations, and motivational speakers. Students are extracurricular activities for all students. Quartz Hill High • Trade/Technical/Vocational School: 30=4.8% taught interactive note-taking and organizational skills. School currently has over fifty active clubs and organizations Students participate in collaborative projects, which require on campus. Many clubs support the cultural diversity present higher-level thinking skills and problem solving. on campus and in the community while other clubs are .