Robert A. Millikan Senior High School is a high school in Long Beach, California, United States, administered by the Long Beach Unified School District. It is located near the intersection of Spring Street and Palo Verde Avenue in the Los Altos neighborhood of East Long Beach on a 36-acre campus. As of the 2007-2008 school year, Millikan High School had 4,500 students. Millikan is an AP school and does not offer IB courses.
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Eponym
Millikan High School is named after the Nobel Prize winner Robert Andrews Millikan.
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Academies
Millikan is separated into six small learning communities (SLC's) each specializing in different fields. They all have different paths for success and different requirements to enter.
COMPASS
- The COMPASS (Community of Musicians, Performers, Artists, and Social Scientists) Academy is a smaller learning community designed to prepare students for college by engaging them in a program that integrates core curriculum with the social sciences and the arts. This program places great emphasis on standards-based instruction while helping students to connect learning with real-world situations. COMPASS is also in charge of the school's literary arts magazine, Visions. COMPASS is known throughout the Long Beach area as a leading arts program in public high schools.
MIT
- Formally known as Global Technology, MIT (Millikan Integrated Technology) is a four-year college preparatory program emphasizing computer applications and technology. The academy offers a college preparatory education that provides the foundation for students to either enter college or be competitive in the world of work. Students take technology classes such as Cisco Networking, Web Page Design, Architectural Design, Graphic Design & Print Making, Computer Systems, and Computer Systems Forensics. The MIT academy has recently also partnered with the NAF Organization, in an effort to provide students opportunities in real world job scenarios within Information Technology.
GREEN
- Formally known as the KIUP program, the GREEN (Generating Respect for the Earth, the Environment, and Nature) Academy provides university preparation and career exploration. Math and science enrichment geared toward the average and above average student is provided within a supportive cross-curricular program. Students graduate with both their "A-G" [2] university requirements and a personal career exploration portfolio. It is being shut down at the end of the 2017-18 school year.
MBA
- (Millikan Business Academy) promotes life skills and college-preparedness with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, marketing, enterprise, and financial independence.
PEACE
- (Personal success through Empowerment, Academic achievement, Character education, and Ethics in action) is an academy that engages such programs as stimulations (Contemporary World Project, International Negotiations and Panopticon Role Playing), hands-on learning, community service, and field experience.
QUEST
- (Questioning, Understanding, Engaging, - Success through Technology), is a GATE magnet for gifted honors students. QUEST students commit to a four-year, college preparatory program that encourages diversity of thought and scholarly endeavor. The academic independence of QUEST Scholars culminates in a self-directed Senior Project. The curriculum includes accelerated, honors, and a minimum of five Advanced Placement (AP) classes and exams. QUEST students are supported in post-secondary planning through counseling and an academic portfolio. In addition to academic studies, QUEST students are participants in campus extra- and co-curricular activities.
AVID
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a support program for highly motivated students that works in conjunction with other Millikan programs to prepare students for attendance at a college or university. The AVID program involves students with a group of peers and adults who share a commitment to academic achievement and who work together to help the group succeed. The AVID elective teacher fills the roles of teacher, academic coach, and mentor. AVID is an elective course of study taught within the school day, and so the teacher has regular contact with AVID students throughout the school year.
In addition to the AVID program, students are given the opportunity to be tutored by college undergraduate and graduate students who major in math, science, history, English, etc.
Its mission is to prepare students for college by offering rigorous academic classes and by fostering good study habits, visiting a variety of universitiss throughout the four year long program, as well as helping students navigate the college and scholarship application process.
The AVID program grants special consideration to groups underrepresented in college, students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and to students who will be the first in their family to attend college.
AVID is an international program, and as of June 2001, adopted by over 1,200 schools in 21 states and 14 countries.
Choral music
The choral program consists of six courses: Cecillian Singers 1-2 which is a freshman girls class (also called Choraleers); Varsity Chorale 1-8, a freshman boys class; Voice, a small class concentrating on vocal solos; Cecillian Singers 3-8, an intermediate girls class; Concert Choir 1-8, a large, advanced, Co-Ed group of male and female vocalists; and Vocal Ensemble, the most prevalent class in the choral program consisting of Millikan's top eight male and top eight female vocalists: four basses, four tenors, four altos, and four sopranos.
Since 2006, the Millikan High School Vocal Ensemble has taken a trip every year to San Francisco, California to compete with the best high schools, city colleges, and state colleges from the west coast of the country. The Concert Choir and Vocal Ensemble, which are the advanced choirs are able to sight read up to six-part choral music.]].
Performances
- There are two concerts a year for the whole program which take place in the fall and the spring.
- After the fall concert, the concert choir men and varsity chorale men mix for a special men's ensemble and perform for the Principal for a Day luncheon.
- Concert Choir performs three times a year, the fall concert, the holiday concert, and the spring concert.
- Concert Choir and Vocal Ensemble perform for QUEST recruitment presentations.
- Before the spring concert, the Vocal Ensemble goes on a trip to a festival in San Francisco.
- After the spring concert, the Concert Choir sings for the Most Inspiring Student Awards for the LBUSD.
- On graduation day, the Concert Choir sings the Alma Mater for the graduating class.
Dramatic Arts
The Drama program puts on three plays a year, the fall play, the spring musical, and Millikan on Stage which is performed and seen on the stage in the auditorium.
The fall play is performed in the school auditions are only open to the Play Production class . The spring musical is open to everyone that attends Millikan. There are four levels of theater arts to take as a class intro to theater arts(Freshman-Senior)
- Learn the basics of acting
- How to block
- How to build a character
- Learn how to perform comedic improv
Intermediate(Sophomore-Senior)
- Build upon topics in intro
Advanced (sophomore-senior)
- Write your own monologue and script
Play Production(sophomore-senior)
- Be a part of a crew (Costumes, Props, Hair&Make-up, Advertising, Sound&Lights, and Grips)
- Perform in the fall play
Spring Musical
The Spring Musical is a production that typically involves students from the dance department, the Vocal Music program, and the Drama Department. Previous performances include, Fiddler on the Roof, Cinderella, Oklahoma!, The Boys from Syracuse, The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Little Shop of Horrors, Hairspray, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anything Goes, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Instrumental Music
The instrumental music program consists of Gold Jazz Band, Blue Jazz Band, Symphonic Winds, Concert Band, Marching Band, Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Symphonic Orchestra.
Each year the music ensembles compete in festivals throughout the United States. In recent years Millikan musicians have traveled to compete in festivals in San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas and Reno. In the spring of 2006, the Symphonic Orchestra performed in a national festival at the Historic Boston Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.
Athletics
Millikan won CIF Southern Section football titles in 1977 and 1979 under head coach Dick DeHaven. They also fielded a top level Division 1 baseball program for many years in 60's with Robert Myers... Baseball Coach... CIF Champions 1967 and 1969... CIF Coach Of The Year 1969 and in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s under former head coach Dan Peters. Millikan teams include Cross Country, Tennis, Badminton, Water Polo, Dance, Football, Colorguard, Golf, Surf, Marching Band, Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Wrestling, Baseball, Gymnastics, Swim, Softball, Track, and Cheer. Some sports are co-ed while others are not. 2018 marked the first year for a female to score a point for the Millikan Rams varsity football. Chole Robinson is a kicker for the Millikan 2017-18 varsity football team.
Millikan has amassed over 20 winning soccer seasons making it the marquee soccer program in the Moore League and in So Cal. Most notably is their most recent CIF Division championship with a 7-2 historic win over Ventura.
Clubs
Millikan has over 75 clubs and more are added and lost each year. Clubs range from Language-based to Hobby-based clubs. Many of Millikan's clubs are dedicated to helping the community and the world. It is encouraged that freshman join at least one club to be involved. ASB manages all the clubs and their funds. Most clubs meet once a week during lunch but that can vary depending on the club.
Newspaper
Millikan has its own newspaper as well. It is known as the Corydon and is written by a team of many. It has been running since 2005 and every edition is posted online. It is published once a month and is printed by Gardena Valley News. The team is made up of many reporters as well as Editors and is an entire class period. It is under the supervision of Pamela Cathcart. The Corydon is funded by advertisements placed in the paper.
Notable alumni
- Susie Atwood, double Olympic medalist, 1972 Olympics, backstroke
- Ryan Bailey, Olympic water polo player
- Jason Bell, NFL player
- Jennifer Bermingham, professional golfer
- Nick Bierbrodt, baseball player
- Ashlie Brillault, former Lizzie McGuire and The Lizzie McGuire Movie actress.
- Alden Darby, NFL player
- John Forker, actor Hereditary (film) and Blood And Oil
- Dave Frost, professional baseball player
- Gary Garrison, professional football player with San Diego Chargers
- Jack Grisham, TSOL vocalist, author An American Demon: A Memoir
- Gene Hoglan, metal musician
- Soben Huon, Miss Utah USA 2006
- Wendi McLendon-Covey, actress on Comedy Central's Reno 911!
- Mike Montgomery, Golden State Warriors and University of California basketball coach
- Tino Nuñez, professional soccer player
- Greg Sampson, football player, sixth pick of 1972 NFL draft
- Jonathan Singleton, professional baseball player
- Craig Swan, professional baseball player
- Mike Tully, pole vaulter, 1984 Summer Olympics silver medalist
- Karen Witter, Playboy Playmate of Month, March 1982
References
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