Panorama High School
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|name = Panorama High School
|image = Panorama High School.jpg
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|established = {{Start date and age|2006|10|3}}
|status = 🟩 Opened
|schooltype = Public high school
|affiliation =
|district = Los Angeles Unified School District
|grades = 9-12
|president =
|principal = Joe Nardulli {{cite web |title=Principal's Message |url=https://www.panoramahs.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=355090&type=d |access-date=2 July 2018}}
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|enrollment = 1,420 (2023-2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0622710&SchoolPageNum=48&ID=062271011653|title=Panorama High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=June 1, 2025}}
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|colors = Gold and Black {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|black|border=darkgray}}
|mascot = Pythons
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|location = 8015 Van Nuys Blvd, Panorama City, Los Angeles, California 91402
|information =
|website = [http://www.panoramahs.org/ Panorama High School Official website]
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Panorama Senior High School is a public high school located on Van Nuys Boulevard in the Panorama City district of Los Angeles, California, United States. Designed by architect DLR Group WWCOT, Panorama High School opened in 2006 to students in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12. The school is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school serves the Panorama City, Arleta and Van Nuys sections of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. Panorama High School's mascot is a python and the school colors are gold and black.
History
Panorama opened in fall 2006 with grades 9, 10, and 11,[http://www.laschools.org/project-status/one-project?project_number=55A67308 East Valley Area New HS #3, 55A67308] and then added 12th grade in 2007. In June 2008, the first students graduated from the school. Panorama relieved overcrowding at Van Nuys High School, Birmingham High School, James Monroe High School, and Polytechnic High School. The opening allowed for Van Nuys High School to return to a traditional calendar.[http://www.laschools.org/news/item?item_id=3780496 LAUSD Cuts Ribbon on Panorama High School] Prior to having the name Panorama High School, the school was known as East Valley Area New High School #3.
The school had previously had a variety of after school classes within an after school program from October 2007 to June 2010. The after school classes were film production, dj music, urban art, sound art, etc. By September 2010, Panorama cancelled the after school classes, leaving only after school tutoring instead.
The first principal of Panorama High School, Sue Lepisto, retired in June 2010. She was replaced by Elias de la Torre in September 2010 and then replaced by Rafael Gaeta who was principal up till the end of the 2019-2020 school year with Joe Narduli who also was the principal at Vista Middle School up until the end of the 2019-2020 school year and being the current principal of Panorama High School from 2020–Present.
Athletics
The school has its own softball, baseball, water polo, football, flag football, basketball, soccer, volleyball, swimming, wrestling, Golf and track teams. The school has two gymnasiums, a heated swimming pool, one fitness room, and a weight room.
= City Championship Titles =
In 2010 the school gained its first city championship title; when the 2010 boys varsity water polo team, led by head coach Nick Samara, won third place in the CIF Los Angeles City Section. The school won its second championship title, after forming it first ever full girls wrestling team in 2013. Led by head coach Richard Ramos, and assistant coach Abby Herrera, the 2013 girls wrestling team won first place in the CIF Los Angeles City Section.
Filming
- Panorama High School served as the location of the Costa Verde High School for Heroes (NBC) in late 2007. It also was the studio for the High School Musical Film Series.[http://gregbeeman.blogspot.com/2007/10/season-2-episode-3-kindred.html Greg Beeman at blogspot.com, October, 2007.]
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.panoramahs.org/}}
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Category:Public high schools in Los Angeles
Category:High schools in the San Fernando Valley
Category:Panorama City, Los Angeles
Category:Los Angeles Unified School District schools