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Malibu
High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. It is preceded by primary education. High school is also the name used to describe the institution in which the final stage of compulsory education takes place. In the United States, high schools generally consist of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, although the inclusion of grade 9 varies by school district. Malibu High School Established in 1992. Malibu High School is located in Malibu, California USA.
Malibu High School, MHS is a secondary public school in Malibu, California. It is home to a high school and middle school, both sharing the same campus. The school has two newspapers. The Current high school paper and the Surfwriter middle school paper. Mark Kelly is the Principal of the school. Malibu High is part of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
Until the 1980s, students from Malibu were required to bus into Santa Monica for grades ten through twelve. The former Malibu Park Junior High is now Malibu High School. The high school has been recognized as a California distinguished school. Newsweek magazine's top 1200 schools in America ranks MHS 240th best school in America and 28th in California as of 2006.
Scenes from the movie Smile 2005 were shot at MHS. In fact, the film revolves around the international organization, Operation Smile, which the school sponsors, and portrays several real-life MHS figures, such as former principal Mike Matthews played by Sean Astin. Scenes from the Disney Channel Original Movie Brink 1998 were also shot at MHS. It ranked 188 out of 1,000 top high schools in the United States in a 2005 Newsweek study.
Malibu High School is a high school with a personalized learning environment, which includes small learning communities where teachers and students integrate academic and occupational classes as a way to enhance real world relevance and still maintain high academic standards.
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