Temple City High School (also known as
TCHS) is a four-year public
high school located in
Temple City, California, in the
West San Gabriel Valley.
History
The
Temple City Unified School District was established on July 1, 1954 and incorporated
Oak Avenue Intermediate School, a junior high school formerly part of the Pasadena Unified School District. Before 1956, Temple City public school students would attend
Pasadena High School after Oak Avenue, but in 1956 the first 12th grade class in the district graduated at Oak Avenue. The first graduation from Temple City High was a year later, when the
Associated Student Body established the green and gold school colors and the
Ram as the school mascot.
Alma mater
The
alma mater of Temple City High:
- Temple City, we love thee
- Now and for all times to be
- And we have pledged our loyalty
- To thee, to thee.
- Hail our colors green and gold
- Standing for our dreams untold
- As we will strive to reach our goal
- For thee, for thee,
- Hail Temple City. All Hail!
Academics
Academic programs at Temple City High include
biology,
chemistry,
physics, mathematics up to
Calculus BC, and language courses such as
French,
German,
Spanish,
Mandarin and
English Language Development, a program focused on moving students from Limited English Proficiency to Redesignated Fluent English Proficiency.
Temple City High also offers
17 Advanced Placement. These AP classes are Biology, Microeconomics, World History, Art History,...
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