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Several sections of Los Angeles, including the Fairfax District, Park La Brea, portions of Hancock Park, and Larchmont, and the city of West Hollywood are served by Fairfax. Some areas (including parts of West Hollywood) are jointly zoned to Fairfax High School and Hollywood High School.
The school colors are red and gold and the mascot is the Lion. As of February 2006, the principal is Mr. Edward Zubiate.
Fairfax is also home to the Fairfax Magnet Center for Visual Arts, which attracts students from across the 700 square miles of the district. It opened in 1981.
It was known from the 1930s until the 1980s as a breeding ground for future major figures in the entertainment industry. It also made headlines on January 21, 1993 when a student went to school with a gun and it accidentally fired, killing one student (Demetrius Rice) and wounding another.
Bancroft Middle School and John Burroughs Middle School feed into Fairfax.
Notable alumni
Notable graduates of Fairfax High School include:
- Steven Adler, musician (Guns N' Roses, Adler's Appetite)
- Byron Allen, talk show host
- Herb Alpert, musician
- David Arquette, actor and wrestler
- Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Michael "Fat Mike" Burkett, musician (NOFX)
- Gower Champion, director and choreographer
- Chuck Essegian, outfielder 1959 World Champion Dodgers.
- Larry Gelbart, television writer/producer
- Az-Zahir Hakim, American football player in the NFL
- Charles Herbert, child actor of the 1950s/1960s.
- Saul "Slash" Hudson, musician (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver)
- Timothy Hutton, actor
- Jack Irons, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam)
- David Janssen, motion picture and television actor (the Fugitive)
- Alain Johannes, musician (Queens of the Stone Age)
- Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player
- Anthony Kiedis, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Lenny Kravitz, musician
- Mila Kunis, actress
- Bria Myles, model, actress
- Chris Mills, professional basketball player
- Ricardo Montalban, actor
- Demi Moore, actress (dropped out at age 16)
- Dave Navarro, musician (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Stephen Perkins, musician (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros)
- Judith A. Reisman, author, critic of Kinsey
- Mickey Rooney, actor
- Larry Sherry, pro baseball pitcher and MVP of the 1959 World Series
- Norm Sherry, pro baseball catcher
- Hillel Slovak, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Phil Spector, record producer
- Arnold Steinhardt, first violinist of the Guarneri Quartet
- Martha Tilton, vocalist with Benny Goodman's band
- Craig Smith, basketball player
- Jermaine Jackson and Marlon Jackson, musicians, Jackson Five
External links
- Fairfax High School website
- Fairfax High School alumni website
- Views from Fairfax High
- Fairfax Lion JROTC
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