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Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School

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Posted April 2, 2012

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It was alright. Clean, some teachers are good, others not, just like every other HS. Most of the discipline they tear themselves apart to instill doesn't ever matter in college or anywhere else you aren't getting paid to work. I had a good four years but that's mainly because I was comparing it to the horrible middle school I went to. It's alright. That's really it. Sometimes it may feel like you didn't have a real High School experience.

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Posted February 18, 2010

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Best school ever! teachers really care about the students, and really want to help them succeed! i'm very glad i got accepted here!
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Posted February 9, 2010

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Your teenager is far better off attending a regular school like all the rest of his peers, and being given the opportunity to explore what he or she finds interest in. Don't send your kid to Clark if he or she wants to take a music class, or have easy access to sports, or a proper social environment, or school activities, or inspiration. It's a stale place, free of stimulation for students. It doesn't even have a very robust curriculum for science and technology, at least, if your child is interested. Not even its academic performance - the basis for much of its rep and crowing - is so substantially above the rest. Its SAT scores are an insignificant 88 points above Hoover and 95 above GHS. I just don't see anything other than wasted opportunity at Clark, and I don't think its benefits outweigh its deficiencies at all.
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Posted January 8, 2010

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Excellent school, but the 1 and a half hour classes are too extreme and leads to students sleeping in class. Another problem is that most colleges and universities don't consider Clark as a tough school academically, but indeed it is. That is very sad because the students work their butts off, but don't get the right kind of recognition.
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Posted August 20, 2008

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Clark is a great school academically, but there is nothing besides that. You are basically limited in your school participation to lunch assemblies and the occassion assembly during enrichment. If you're an athlete you're almost worst off. Clubs are practically off limits and you don't get as involved in the school as you wish. Other than the lack in social activities it is a great school to learn and develop academically
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Posted May 28, 2008

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I am a student at this school and think that Clark is a great school. However, some teachers dont support the students, but that makes the students go the extra mile and helps them achieve more. Also this school has an emphasis on technology and science which is great but they need more sports and spiritual activities. This year only 40 students wanted to go to the junior prom so it was cancelled. So much for school spirit. Other than that, this school is great.
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Posted October 31, 2007

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School 'technology' is only focused on cinema and photography department without any recent upgrades for PCs.
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Posted April 18, 2006

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Clark is an amazing school, I am a current student at this high school and I recommend it to students who are seriouse about their goals and are willing to work hard. The students and teachers are amazing at this school, and personally, I feel very comfortable and safe at clark.
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Posted July 5, 2005

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This school is a great school, it is small, but focuses in every child's education.
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Posted May 20, 2005

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High school, in my opinion consists of many things. Only one of which is a good scholarly education. Others include community activity and awareness of what's going on, extracuriccular activities, sports and finally a social life. Having attented this school for four years and having a 3.8-4.1 gpa throught my whole high school education, I think I'm qualified to rate this school. Select teachers are amazing, but many others lack basic teaching skills, knowledge about their subject. This school gives students a good education (if they get lucky with teachers)but no real world experience. There is no diversity to speak of, or any community involvement activities. There is no sports program to speak of, which eliminates the homecoming dance and other social activities. It's not a great university-prep school. I hope my review helped!
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Posted March 8, 2005

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School pushes technology very hard. Students are motivated. There are no sports at this school--athletes travel to a GUSD high school other than Clark to participate. Art is really a function of technology at Clark--Photoshop, photography etc. Teachers--most are very good and work hard with the students to see that they understand the material and can apply it. My daughter had a few teachers whose English was so heavily accented that she couldn't understand them. Tutoring is widely available. There are a great deal of parents involved in the school.
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Posted November 16, 2004

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Clark Magnet High School is a great school and my child enjoys going attending Clark. The one and only thing that my child and I both dislike very much is the 'principal' more like a dicator if you ask me. He does not listen to the students and their opinions, He tricks the students with free dress days trying to make them do better on tests so that his name will go up. He does everything for his own benefit and seems to favor certain nationalities over others, it is extremely obvious.
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Posted March 9, 2004

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This is a terrific school. The small size (less than 1100 students), excellent principal leadership,quality teachers & caring staff all work together to create the perfect atmosphere for academic success for every student.
—Submitted by Gay Varga, a parent

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	Ethnicity	This school	State average
	White	84%	28%
Hispanic or Latino	6%	49%
Asian	5%	8%
Filipino	5%	3%
African American	0%	7%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%	1%
Multiple or No Response	0%	3%
Pacific Islander	0%	1%

	This school	District average	State average
English language learners ¹	9%	N/A	24%
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program ²	43%	N/A	52%

	Language	This school	State average
	Armenian	86%	1%
Korean	6%	1%
Filipino (Pilipino or Tagalog)	5%	1%
Spanish	2%	85%
Farsi (Persian)	1%	0%
Mandarin (Putonghua)	1%	1%

	This school	District average	State average
Average class size	31	N/A	25

	This school	District average	State average
Average years teaching in district	17	N/A	11
Average years teaching	19	N/A	13

	This school	District average	State average
Full credential	98%	N/A	96%
Emergency credential or waiver	0%	N/A	2%

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4747 New York Avenue
La Crescenta, CA 91214
Phone: (818) 248-8324

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All Students	90%
Females	95%
Males	86%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	93%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	91%
Economically disadvantaged	95%
Non-economically disadvantaged	84%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	91%
English learner	89%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	91%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	94%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	85%
Parent education - college graduate	98%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	80%
Parent education - declined to state	84%

All Students	96%
Females	100%
Males	92%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	97%
Economically disadvantaged	100%
Non-economically disadvantaged	92%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	96%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	96%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	100%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	89%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	n/a
Females	n/a
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African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
Economically disadvantaged	n/a
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	n/a
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	n/a
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	n/a
Females	n/a
Males	n/a
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Native Hawaiian	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	n/a
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Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	n/a
English learner	n/a
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Migrant education	n/a
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Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	91%
Females	92%
Males	91%
African American	n/a
Asian	92%
Filipino	100%
Hispanic or Latino	84%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Native Hawaiian	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	91%
Economically disadvantaged	88%
Non-economically disadvantaged	95%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	92%
English learner	69%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	94%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	100%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	67%
Parent education - high school graduate	87%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	91%
Parent education - college graduate	97%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	100%
Parent education - declined to state	88%

All Students	76%
Females	76%
Males	78%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	78%
Economically disadvantaged	69%
Non-economically disadvantaged	82%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	77%
English learner	64%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	78%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	94%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	81%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	67%
Parent education - college graduate	80%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	76%
Parent education - declined to state	73%

All Students	62%
Females	56%
Males	67%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	61%
Economically disadvantaged	60%
Non-economically disadvantaged	63%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	61%
English learner	50%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	63%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	61%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	67%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	71%
Parent education - declined to state	53%

All Students	75%
Females	65%
Males	85%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	88%
Hispanic or Latino	82%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Samoan	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	73%
Economically disadvantaged	65%
Non-economically disadvantaged	84%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	75%
English learner	50%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	78%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	98%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	58%
Parent education - high school graduate	68%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	62%
Parent education - college graduate	83%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	89%
Parent education - declined to state	66%

All Students	42%
Females	30%
Males	54%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	36%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	38%
Economically disadvantaged	46%
Non-economically disadvantaged	34%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	40%
English learner	67%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	38%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	45%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	42%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	45%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	21%
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

All Students	52%
Females	35%
Males	68%
African American	n/a
Asian	73%
Filipino	71%
Hispanic or Latino	50%
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
Pacific Islander	n/a
Other Pacific Islander	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	48%
Economically disadvantaged	49%
Non-economically disadvantaged	53%
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	51%
English learner	35%
Fluent-English proficient and English only	52%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	82%
Parent education - not a high school graduate	45%
Parent education - high school graduate	43%
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	45%
Parent education - college graduate	59%
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	49%
Parent education - declined to state	68%

All Students	29%
Females	n/a
Males	36%
African American	n/a
Asian	n/a
Filipino	n/a
Hispanic or Latino	n/a
American Indian or Alaska Native	n/a
White (not Hispanic)	29%
Economically disadvantaged	42%
Non-economically disadvantaged	n/a
Students with disability	n/a
Students with no reported disability	29%
English learner	n/a
Fluent-English proficient and English only	33%
Migrant education	n/a
Gifted and talented	n/a
Parent education - not a high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - high school graduate	n/a
Parent education - some college (includes AA degree)	n/a
Parent education - college graduate	n/a
Parent education - graduate school/post graduate	n/a
Parent education - declined to state	n/a

Students typically attend these schools prior to attending this school	Glendale High School Hoover High School Crescenta Valley High School
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Visual arts	Painting Photography
Performing and written arts	Dance
Media arts	Video / Film production

School start time	8:00 am
School end time	3:00 am
School Leader's name	Doug Dall
Special schedule	Block scheduling
Fax number	(818) 957-2954

Visual arts	Painting Photography
Performing arts	Dance
Media arts	Video / Film production

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