Orange High School (Orange, California)


Orange High School is a traditional four-year public high school located in the city of Orange, California. Orange High is part of the Orange Unified School District and competes in the Golden West League.
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History

Orange High School first opened on September 21, 1903 as Orange Union High School. The first building for the new campus was completed in the summer of 1905 at Palm Ave. and Glassell St. in the city of Orange and first occupied in September of that year. Orange Union High was the county's fourth school.
In its first year, there were eighty six students enrolled, specializing in four areas of study: Classical, Literary, Scientific, and English. In 1904, Helen Billingsley becomes the first graduate of Orange Union High School.
In 1953, Orange High School moved to its current location at 525 N. Shaffer St. and its original location would eventually become the campus for Chapman University and be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Orange High is the oldest high school in the Orange Unified School District and currently serves downtown Orange, and small portions of southern Anaheim, eastern Garden Grove and northern Santa Ana.

Sports

Orange High School's gymnasium, also known as "The Dome", was dedicated to Howard E. Chambers in 1955.
In May 2011, Orange High's varsity baseball field was selected by the Baseball Tomorrow Fund and Major League Baseball Groundskeepers organization to be renovated. The new field was unveiled on Tuesday, January 10, 2012.
In 2018, the courts were upgraded, refinished, and dedicated by the Johnson family, long-time supporters of Orange High's tennis program.
In 2019, Orange High's athletic track and field were refinished and upgraded by the school district. Because of the construction projects going on that year, Orange High sports teams that utilized the athletic field spent a season competing at off-site venues.

Notable alumni