Groth, Donald Fred, 82, of Mission Viejo, passed away April 12, 2011 of complications of pneumonia. He was born October 18, 1928 in Hollywood, CA and lived all his life in California. His wife, Linda; his children, Eric and Teri Sanford, Cynthia and Doug Stark, and Bergitta Groth; his grandchildren, Colin Sanford, Kaila and Andrew Stark, Alexander Trevisan, and Gabrielle and…

Eva, your long-lost friend Jackie Reese Mann is trying to reach you.

If you're out there, please call Christopher Matthew Spencer at 818-567-4000 and I'll get you in touch with Jackie today!

Source: Kimberly Matas Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Saturday, October 8, 2011 12:00 am

Pioneering space scientist Charles "Chuck" Sonett, the first head of the University of Arizona's department of planetary sciences, has died. He was 87.

Sonett, who had Parkinson's disease, died just after midnight Oct. 1. Per his wishes, there will be no public…

Source: By University Communications October 5, 2011

Charles P. Sonett, the first head of the UA's department of planetary sciences, died at the age of 87. Sonett was involved in spacecraft missions that dramatically advanced our understanding of the solar system and beyond, including the Pioneer Program, the Explorer Program…

Here are a few scanned photos for you.

“A Celebration of Life” ~~ Anne Watson, November 22, 1923 – July 16, 2011

Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and friend too many, Anne Watson died from Multiple Myeloma on July 16, 2011, passing away peacefully at home.

Born on Mohawk Street in Los Angeles on November 22, 1923, Anne was an accomplished singer, dancer and entertainer in her early years. 

Anne met Jim Watson on a blind date in February 1945; and the rest, as they say, was…

As our Class of 2012 makes preparations to graduate, we find a picture from the 1912 graduating class...a very small group of students indeed! A mere six rows of students out on the front lawn of Hollywood High School. They did have palm trees back then. The boys wore jackets and ties and the girls were formally dressed as well.

This public domain image was…

Okay, so the actual Elvis Costello and The Attractions won't be popping in just yet, but this 45 rpm vinyl single is in virtually new MINTY condition and was donated by eBay user John Ingham (eBay ID jonh5), who sent this beautiful gift all the way from London to become a part of our Hollywood High School Alumni Museum.

"I lived in…

We received a cool email from Kenneth Brown, Class of 1954, who sends his regards...

I spend more time now in Corsica than Paris. It's warmer and the fish are biting.

I'll try to attach a photo of me and my eldest son Daniel.



All best wishes,

Ken…

“Hollywood has always struck me as a place where it doesn’t matter where you are from,” says Principal Jaime Morales, who immigrated from Nicaragua. “You are welcome here.”

These resounding words are quite indicative of the diversity of the school today.

CNN recently showcased Hollywood High Schools diversity in a wonderful piece that was produced by Chuck Conder. We've shared this with you in this post.

There are students in desperate need of help reaching…

Although the Hollywood High School Alumni Association does not actively participate in any political agendas, I personally found that one of our representatives has been working with The Assembly Speaker on an initiative to cut college tuition fees at CSU and UC colleges by 2/3.

43rd District Assemblyman Mike Gatto and The Assembly Speaker introduced legislation that would propose to dramatically reduce the cost of attending state colleges.

Here are some comments he made on…

GARY JAY STEINMEHL"POPS"

February 19, 1937 - January 31, 2012

Born and raised in Hollywood, California, parents Harry and Elizabeth (Lee). Passed away at home surrounded by his loving family who meant everything to him. Survived by devoted wife and love of his life, Sharil, loving children Greg (Danette), Doug, Sherie (Mark) Thielen and step-children Chris…

The official letter of confirmation about the listing of the High School in the National Register of Historic Places (aka the National Register) has arrived at the school district and was mailed from Milford Wayne Donaldson, the State Historic Preservation Officer at the Office of Historic Preservation, Department of Parks and Recreation.

You may view it by clicking the file linked to this page:…

I was doing some YouTube research and would you believe the top-ranked videos for the keywords "Hollywood High" are folks using the school grounds as a skate part--videos documenting the various skaters who come to show off their talents. I'm slightly of mixed-feelings about this, but I do remember being a very young kid once...so it's logical to embrace the reality that Hollywood High doubles as a skate park. But this video just amazed me...how does he do it?…

What an amazing lady we have here! Doris Hendley Furness is a dear friend of the HHSAA and her grand daughter Wendy Deming reached out to us with this great message:

Mr. Spencer,

 

Thank you so much for helping make…

I have been losing sleep over this because there never seems to be enough time during an average day to completely do all the volunteer work that I want to do, let along that has to be done without fail.

Tonight I've sent out a huge stack of press releases announcing that the Hollywood High School has been officially listed on the…

Every opera house has a phantom, every theater its ghost. The drama students at Hollywood High School have, for as many years as anyone can recall, shared their auditorium with Olivia. While crossing the stage in a Christmas processional, the story goes, Olivia burned to death when the candle she carried lit her papier-mache dress. Her spirit ascended into the catwalk above the…

I was very impressed to see that our listing in the National Register of Historic Places was posted so quickly on Wikipedia. I also wanted to encourage you, if you like to Wiki, to review and update our page on Wikipedia. Possible content is far greater than what is actually on there. I'd love to see this page grow and encompass the depth of valuable information really out there about our school.

If you have the desire to Wiki, please go here and make some valuable…