John F. Kennedy High School (La Palma, California)

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8281 Walker Street
La Palma, California 90623
(714) 220-4101
www.auhsd.us/Kennedy/

Anaheim Union High School District

Grades nine through twelve, Kennedy High School receives students from it´s main feeder school, Walker Junior High School, 8132 Walker Street, diagonally across Walker St., and they are thus inextricably linked to one another. I am from Denmark, and my two brothers went to K.(and I to Walker JHS) in 1973/74. Took me forever to locate. Wish to save others the time.Remember vaguely, 12 years old as I was when in California, that my two older brothers played soccer for Kennedy HS, and team was called the 'Vikings'. How hilarious. Nostalgic memories. Our father an aircraft electrician inspecting McDonnellDouglas DC 9/10(´s)before delivery to Scandinavian Airlines System.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_High_School_(La_Palma,_California)
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Coordinates:   33°50'28"N   118°2'21"W

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  • John F. Kennedy High School is one of 8 high schools in the Anaheim Union High School District. The Anaheim Union High School District, founded in 1898, has a student body population of approximately 37,000. The District covers 46 square miles incorporating the cities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, Garden Grove, La Palma, Orange, and Stanton. Anaheim Union High School District is proud to have the second highest API scoring school in the State. Along with this achievement, the District has accumulated numerous awards including California Distinguished Schools, Golden Bell Awards, and Golden State Exam awards for student achievement. Kennedy High School is the home of the "Fighting Irish." (Walker JHS is the "Vikings.") Kennedy's Band, "The Shamrock Regiment" has over 250 members and is world famous, having traveled to Ireland for the Dublin St. Patrick's Day parade every 4 years since the late '70's. The Fighting Irish Football Team won the California Interscholastic Federation Championships in 1971 and 2006. The school's website may be found at http://www.kennedyhigh.org and the Shamrock Regiment may be found at http://www.kennedyband.org. The school is located in La Palma, California which is the smallest city in Orange County. La Palma was mostly dairyland back in the late 1950's and early 1960's when the school districts needed more land for schools. La Palma's 1.2 square miles is now built up with houses, one High School, one Junior High School, 3 elementary schools and several businesses. More information on La Palma may be found at http://www.cityoflapalma.org.
  • (Need to remove the trailing periods in www.kennedyband.org and www.cityoflapalma.org in the above article for the links to work.)
  • La Palma also has 3 carwashes in its 1.2 square miles. That's 2.5 car washes per square mile, arguably the highest concentration of carwashes in the world.
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