Legacy High School (South Gate, California)

STEAM Legacy High School
Address
Map
5225 Tweedy Boulevard

South Gate
,
Los Angeles County
,
California

United States of America
Coordinates33°56′29″N 118°10′43″W / 33.9413736°N 118.1786605°W / 33.9413736; -118.1786605
Information
Founded2012
School districtLos Angeles Unified School District
NCES School ID062271013133[1]
PrincipalMichael Santiago
NicknameTigers
Websitehttps://legacyhs.lausd.org/

Legacy High School, or STEAM Legacy High School , is a STEAM public school located in South Gate, California. It was ranked the 322nd best high school within California for the 2023–2024 school year by U.S. News & World Report.[2] The school is part of and within the Los Angeles Unified School District and is affiliated with the International Studies Learning Center. As of 2023, the school currently has around 583 students.[3] Students in the school participate in various programs such as the Water Equity Technology Program[4] and the ELAC Early College Program.[5]

History

Plans to construct the school started in 2008 under the name South Region High School #9.[6] On February 23, 2009, construction for South Region High School #9 was approved.[7] The principal planned to administer the school at the time, Carla Barrera-Ortiz of the Los Angeles Unified School District, claimed the main goal of the school was to "reverse the underrepresentation of Latinos in the field of mathematics and technology".[8] Masonry for the school was at the cost of around 3 million US dollars[9] and construction costed around 13.5 million dollars.[10] The school opened on August 14, 2012, in the Gateway Cities city of South Gate.[11][12][13] On January 8, 2016, the girls' basketball team of Legacy High School won against Palisades Charter High School with a score of 65-62 for the CIF Los Angeles City Section championship.[14] In 2019, STEAM Legacy High School won in the 2019 Horizon Grand Prix, an automotive competition in Prague, by building a prototype hydrogen vehicle.[15][16][17]

On August 30, 2023, Varsity Head Football Coach, Steve Medina was named Week 1 - Coach of the Week by the Los Angeles Chargers.[18] Coach Medina led an undefeated Legacy Tigers team into week 7, and finished the regular 2023-24 season at 8 - 2. This was the most successful season by any varsity team in school history, but it was overshadowed by the untimely passing of Coach Medina on November 5, 2023, when he succumbed to a long battle with kidney disease. A few weeks later, he was also posthumously awarded the Coach of the Year for Los Angeles County during a special halftime ceremony of the Chargers Sunday Night Football game versus the Baltimore Ravens on November 26, 2023 at SOFI Stadium in Inglewood, California.

On October 26, 2023, a police officer opened fire on campus[19] at around 9:30 PDT[20] after an SUV driver attempted to run another police officer over.[21] The SUV then crashed into a parked car[22] and the school was placed on lockdown.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Search for Public Schools - STEAM Legacy High School (062271013133)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "STEAM Legacy High School". usnews.com. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  3. ^ "STEAM Legacy High School". niche.com. Niche. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  4. ^ Gonzalez, Natalie. "LA River Walking Tour with STEAM Legacy High School". riverla.org. River LA. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. ^ "ELAC Early College Program". Los Angeles Unified School District. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ^ "South Region High School No. 9". ceqanet.opr.ca.gov. California Environmental Quality Act. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. ^ "South Region High School No. 9". ceqanet.opr.ca.gov. California Environmental Quality Act. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Board Informative_SRHS 9" (PDF). lausd.org. Los Angeles Unified School District. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  9. ^ "SouthRegionHighSchool9-Block" (PDF). masonryinstitute.org. Masonry Institute of America. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  10. ^ "LAUSD South Region High School #9". icsinc.tv. Innovative Construction Solutions. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  11. ^ Blume, Howard (11 August 2012). "New South Gate high school is finally opening". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  12. ^ Arzate, Guillermo (30 June 2012). "New High School to Open Next Month". patch.com. Patch Media. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics at Legacy High School Complex". cde.ca.gov. California Department of Education. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  14. ^ Sondheimer, Eric (25 January 2016). "South Gate Legacy has risen quickly in girls' basketball". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  15. ^ McDonnell Nieto Del Rio, Giulia (15 July 2019). "L.A. Latino students take prize in Prague, could help conquer climate change". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  16. ^ Williams, Bret (16 July 2019). "Californian high school students win championship for hydrogen prototype vehicle". www.hydrogenfuelnews.com. Hydrogen Fuel News. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  17. ^ Resendiz, Eric. "South Gate students make history with hydrogen prototype vehicle, win world automotive competition". abc7.com. KABC. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Los Angeles Chargers". www.chargers.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  19. ^ Leong, Tracy; Chinchilla, Rudy. "Students locked down when shots are fired after football game at high school in South Gate". nbclosangeles.com. KNBC. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  20. ^ "Police shoot at suspect at Legacy High School during football game in South Gate". presstelegram.com. Press-Telegram. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Students placed on lockdown after police shooting at Legacy High School in South Gate". abc7.com. KABC-TV. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  22. ^ Graciette, Gigi; Johnson, Kelli. "Legacy High School police shooting: Gunshots ring out following football game in South Gate". foxla.com. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  23. ^ Kiszla, Cameron. "Officer, suspect hurt after chase, shooting near South Gate high school football game". ktla.com. KTLA. Retrieved 23 January 2024.