On Sunday, the 31st I will be 85 years young. Graduated in the summer of 48 at the Hollywood Bowl. Sports editor my senior year. Chairman of our 50th reunion committee. Our reunion was held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel  in the same room where the first Academy Awards were held.  If you were in my class 1945 to 1848 I would like to hear from you.

Gerald (Jerry) Baruch 

HELLO LOCALS AND HHS VISITORS ON 5/16,

PICNIC IN THE PARK AT CAMROSE PARK - HIGHLAND AVE & CAMROSE

TIME: 10 AM TIL 2PM     BRING YOUR FOOD, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR…

My 1st show, from my Hollywood Memoir "Three Stages" This is the event that propelled me into show business.

http://www.entertainmentbooksbyben.com/?p=761

Susan Luckey and Bruce Yarnell started it all.

On Thursday, Councilmember LaBonge presented Gloria Gordon with an official City of Los Angeles proclamation on the occasion of Ms. Gordon’s 90^th birthday. An Angeleno in every sense of the word, Ms. Gordon was born and raised in Hollywood, graduated from Hollywood High School, and earned her livelihood working in Hollywood show business. We all wish…

Moved to Hollywood from New York and graduated from Hollywood High School. Started working at Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Skunk Works in 1940. He met his wife, Devi at the roller rink in Hollywood and eloped to Las Vegas in 1941. They were married 74 years. He loves scuba diving, surfing, boating, water skiing and flying R.C. airplanes, teaching friends ad family how to fly them. he is survived b his wife Devi; son and daughter  in-law, Bart and Shirley Rogers; and daughter and son in-law Candi…

Aprile Millo, an operatic soprano with the Metropolitan Opera, was in my grade at Hollywood High. I'll never forget the first time I heard her sing, in our dusty auditorium, where she tamed a wild audience with her amazing voice. I wrote a blog post about those five minutes.

http://amykaufmanburk.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/aprile-millo-opera-and-hollywood-high-school/

On the HHS Friends and family website https://www.familycrossings.com/familycenter/  Alice Marshall Peters was kind enough to post this a couple of weeks ago: “Read about our time at Hollywood High in Ben's book. This is an easy read, fast moving book that includes Ben's…

A graduate from Hollywood High School, Class of Summer 1944. Thomas Smith passed away on December 18, 2013. He leaves behind his wife, Yolanda, sons David, Mark and Matthew and daughters, Candida, Priscilla, Denise, Yvette and Teresa. Go "Jugs"!

Harry Major, HHS retired English Teacher was found dead in his condo last week. Detectives are calling it a homicide, but no new information is available as yet.

Sunday, June 19^th, 2013.  It was the final performance of Hollywood High’s “In the Heights”.  The cast and crew and parents were emotional and exhausted, but everyone had to change into their “red carpet clothes” as we were heading to the 2^nd Annual Jerry Herman Awards at the Pantages immediately. 

The Jerry Herman Awards is the local award ceremony for the National High School Musical Theater Awards, also known as the Jimmy’s, which are held annually on Broadway…

A message to our members~

In an effort to "Going Green" we would like your opinion regarding our newsletters and invitations being emailed, or viewed on the HHSAA website (which wil be printable) verses the traditional method of printing and mailing. We realize that…