Millikan High School

Robert A. Millikan
Senior High School
Address
2800 Snowden Avenue
Long Beach, California 90815
United States
Coordinates 33°48′28″N 118°06′38″W / 33.8078°N 118.1106°W / 33.8078; -118.1106Coordinates: 33°48′28″N 118°06′38″W / 33.8078°N 118.1106°W / 33.8078; -118.1106
Information
Type Public
Motto Pathway To Excellence And Integrity
Established 1956
School district Long Beach Unified School District
Superintendent Christopher J. Steinhauser
Co-Principals Jeffrey Cornejo Ed.d.
Monica
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 4,474 (2007-2008)
Campus Suburban
Color(s)      Blue
     Gold
Athletics conference Moore League
Mascot "Milli the Ram"
Team name Rams
Website
Robert Millikan

Robert A. Millikan Senior High School is a high school in Long Beach, California, USA, 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.

Eponym

Millikan High School is named after the Nobel Prize winner Robert Andrews Millikan.

Academies

COMPASS

MIT

GREEN

MBA

PEACE

QUEST

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. The AVID coordinator is Ms. Tiffany Alexander.

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, as well as helping students navigate the college 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 at Millikan High School is directed by John Harvey. 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. Pieces they have worked on are, When David Heard and As Vesta Was both composed by Thomas Weelkes. Other pieces of music worked include Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? arranged by Moses Hogan.

Performances

Dramatic Arts

The Drama program is spearheaded by Ms. Wendy Atwell. They put on three plays a year, the fall play, the spring musical, and the spring play which is performed in the Black Box Theatre.

The fall play is performed in the school auditorium. The spring musical is open to everyone that attends Millikan and is also performed in the auditorium.

Spring Musical

The Spring Musical is a production that is headed by Ms. Wendy Atwell, with assistance from Mr. John Harvey and Ms. Waters from the dance department, whose lead students are often members of the Vocal Music program and the Drama Department. Previous performances include, Fiddler on the Roof, Cinderella, Oklahoma!, The Boys from Syracuse, with The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Hello Dolly, My Fair Lady, Annie Get Your Gun, and Music Man.

Instrumental Music

The instrumental music program consists of Jazz Band, Symphonic Winds, Concert Band, Marching Band, Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, and Symphonic Orchestra. The Millikan Music program has been directed by Michael Pappone, Roger Johnson, and James Mooy before they went on to teaching at LBCC, CSULB/LBCC, and SBCC respectively. Now the Millikan Instrumental Music program is under the direction of Renee Bhatia.

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 1980s, 1990s and 2000s under former head coach Dan Peters.

Under Coach Rod Petcovic, 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.

US Men's National scouts have seen interest in the past of players at this Nationally Recognized High School. They urge players to apply to Top Ten Soccer Universities like U.C Santa Barbara, U.C San Diego, and to reach the next level by striving for Local MX team Xiolos Tijuana and L.A Galaxy to garner attention.

Notable alumni

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