News & Announcements

Seniors Natalie Rivas and Jaida Nabayan each received a competitive $2,000 scholarship to participate in the UC Irvine School of Medicine iMedEd Technology Innovation Program ...

“The Annenberg Foundation took an all-encompassing look at POLAHS’ infrastructure, values, practices, and policies.

The POLAHS Board of Trustees, administration, and faculty would like to thank the Port of Los Angeles for awarding POLAHS a $50,000 grant for our school’s new Maritime Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program.

Every summer, Harbor-UCLA and LA BioMed bring in more than a dozen students from local area high schools and give them the experience of a lifetime, giving them the role and title of Summer Fellow.

POLAHS Trustee, Camilla Townsend, facilitated the Natural History Museum’s visit to POLAHS with their “Mobile Museum: An Ocean Experience.”

Through a buddy system, Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) fulfills its mission by taking both disabled and able-bodied men and women to sea.

The Bezos Scholars Program at the Aspen Institute is a leadership development program which brings together 12 of the nation's top public high school juniors, 12 exceptional educators, and 6 scholars from the African Leadership Academy in South Africa.

Natalie Rivas (POLAHS '16) was selected by her History teachers to participate in The Normandy Academy – a study abroad program that was funded by a private donor.

The POLAHS Board of Trustees, administration, and faculty would like to thank the K & F Baxter Family Foundation and Cruise Industry Charitable Foundation for supporting POLAHS’ new Reading Intervention Program.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced that 193 middle schools and 180 high schools have been honored under the state's new Gold Ribbon Schools Awards Program.