Mulholland Middle School

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William Mulholland Middle School is a public middle school located in Vanowen Street, Van Nuys, California. Mulholland is part of Local District 1 of the Los Angeles Unified School District and serves grades 6 through 8 following a traditional single track school calendar. The school was opened back in 1963 and is now serving approximately 1800 students, majority of which are Hispanic or Latino. Other race/ethnicities of the enrollees are White, African American, Asian, Filipino, American Indian/Alaska Native and Pacific Islander. The school has a student-per-teacher ratio of 22. Mulholland Middle School provides a variety of academic programs including the Gifted Program, School for Advanced Studies (SAS), and California Junior Scholarship Federation (CJFS) and National Honor Society Recognitions. Mulholland has also been developing an Individualized Honors Program (IHP) to implement in 2007-2008. The school also has a wide variety of extra curricular enrichment programs anchored by Los Angeles All Stars (formerly Arnold’s All Stars). Average Class Size Grade 6: 32 Grade 7: 30 Grade 8: 30 Student-Staff Ratio Students per paraprofessional staff: 53 Students per office/clerical staff: 180 Students per other classified staff: 72

William Mulholland Middle School Configuration Grade: 6-8 Year Opened 1963 School Type Public Principal John White Location 17120 Vanowen St, Van Nuys, Ca 91406 Students 1800 (approx.) Telephone 818-609-2500 Website Official Website

Contents 1 Ranking 2 History 3 Map & Directions 4 Faculty & Staff Information 5 Ethnic Diversity 6 Parent & Staff Comments 7 About the Neighborhood 8 School Awards/Recognition 9 Famous Alumni List 10 External Links

Ranking

• State Rank: 4 (based on API...1 Being Lowest, 10 Being Highest)
• API Score: 689 (The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school’s or school district’s performance)

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.

History

1963 - William Mulholland Middle School opened.

Map & Directions

1] Head south on Balboa Blvd toward Enadia Way.

2] Turn right at Vanowen St.

For more directions and detailed information on the school location, view the map here.

Faculty & Staff Information

• John White - School Principal

• Teachers with full credential: 92%
• Teachers with emergency credential: 6%
• Average teaching experience: 10 years
• Average teaching in district: 10 years
• First year teachers: 6%

Ethnic Diversity

83% Hispanic/Latino

8% White

4% African American

2% Filipino

2% Asian

<1% American Indian/Alaska Native

<1% Pacific Islander

Parent & Staff Comments

(parents and staff members can post their comments about this school here)

About the Neighborhood

School Awards/Recognition

• Certificate of Recognition by LA City Council 6th District

• Selected to Pilot ESY Program

• High Point Training Center

• School hosts Superintendent of Instruction & delegation from Hawaii

• Attendance Improvement ($14,600)

• Spring 2005 adoption by Wendys

• Spring 2005 Target donation ($1,000)

• Arnold’s All Star Hosted Spring 2005 Gala at MMS featuring the Governor

• Jessica Rivera, MMS student art project selected for the EMAZE publication

• 60 students & parent participated CSUN College awareness “Making It Happen”

• Girls’ Youth Basketball Tournament (1st place)

• Drum Corp San Fernando Holiday Parade (1st place)

Famous Alumni List

External Links

• William Mulholland Middle School LAUSD Profile Page
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