Ranch Hills High School

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Ranch Hills High School is nestled into a bucolic, chaparral hillside, surrounded by rolling hills of shrubs and thorny bushes, typical of Southern California's wild, native landscape. The school is built on 72 acres of land once considered unusable due to the nature of the rural surroundings and impracticality of building on several steep slopes, according to Alice Kim of Architecture Week (2000). After collaboration between the City of Pomona and the Pomona Unified School District, two years of grading, $12 million in soil work, and $31 million in building expenditures, Ranch Hills High School officially welcomed students into portable classrooms in 1997 and after two additional years of construction, opened its main campus to students in …show more content…
The large parking lot has recently been outfitted with solar panels to provide both shade for cars and electricity to power the campus. It is a thoughtful detail but one of many that distinguishes the design of the school from the prototypical format of other schools. An extensive gate system is in place to direct visitors to the main administrative office building but students arrive via the side gate located just to the left of the administrative office gate. Although security guards can be seen directing traffic throughout the parking lot and also posted intermittingly along the walkway onto the campus, there are no visible metal detectors at the school gates. Students seem cordial and socialize with friends in the common areas along the main …show more content…
Parents are considered an integral part of students' education and teachers are encouraged to communicate with parents via email or the Teleparent automated phone system. The School Site Council is another vehicle where parents can get involved and collaborate with staff members to lessen weaknesses and develop strengths to increase student achievement. Ranch Hills High School has an on-site psychologist and speech therapist, part-time nurse, and full-time counselors to assist with student's various needs. The Panther Pride Association (PPA) is another school organization where parents can assist and support specific student interests such as the Dance, Band, sports and academic

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