Talk:University High School (Irvine, California)

Past Marching Band Shows

I realize that this is not that big of a concern at the moment, but as the years go on this list will undoubtedly grow. Have guidelines regarding exactly how far back we can go / notability standards?  Esper  rant 23:45, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

I would also like to ask the same question of the Theatre section's list of previous seasons; it seems to be quite lengthy already.  Esper  rant 23:46, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

And in a completely unrelated train of thought, where is the citation for the statistics on the school's diversity? I recall seeing them myself on some sort of website where one could type in the name of a school and find out, but Googling hasn't allowed me to find it. I raise this question due to the fact that these statistics could very well be outdated, and there should at the very least be a "As of" part to that sentence. Esper  rant 23:49, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

OP reporting in, issue still stands.  Aar  ►  07:25, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Diversity

I don't think the parenthetical comment about the school's diversity is redundant at all. In fact, the school isn't particularly "diverse" in the definition of the word - a mixture of many different groups. It is overwhelmingly composed of people from just two groups: European American and Asian American. That's two groups that together make up over 90% of the student body. That being said, it's not a big deal so I won't revert. Moncrief July 5, 2005 07:05 (UTC)

The SAT score being the highest in America - well, it's just wrong. Look at one of your close geographic competitors, Troy High School. They have an average SAT of 1258, which is already higher than Uni's, without considering the rest of the world. Edited that sentence out.

==> Actually the latest statistics say that the average SAT score at Uni is 1836. Good day.

WP:NOT#FORUM. Oh, how I love throwing this around.  Aar  ►  07:22, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Interesting fact that could be added

University High School was one of three high schools to offer online application to the University of California System (Pathways) in a pilot program in 1995-96. I know this because I was one of the first to do an online application for college. I don't know if anyone wants to put forth the effort to find a source to substantiate my claim, but I think it would add to the article.

-- PK9 02:42, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Deleted vandalism, and not sure what to put back in...

I got rid of "University High School is composed of a diverse student body, consisting of a lot of Asian people, and some other people, but mostly a lot of Asian people." but I didn't replace it with the previous "University High School is composed of a diverse student body, consisting of 49.8% Caucasian, 41.5% Asian, 4.2% Hispanic, 1.8% African-American, 1.5% Filipino, 0.4% Pacific Islander, and 0.2% American Indian." Why? Because that sounds silly...who would call that diverse? But I couldn't come up with a better way to work that info in, so I just put it here. Do what you will with it. Coming from a non-IUSD student/parent perspective, this whole article is a little fawning. I mean, is this a brochure, or what? (Be kind to me, I'm still new at this.) -Randomglitter 08:15, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

As of March 2007

Hello all, and thank you for contributing to this school site. I'm part of the Wikipedia:WikiProject_Schools/Assessment team, and I'm reviewing this page, I'm currently giving it a grade of B on the Wikipedia 1.0 Assessment Scale but I'm not sure as to the importance of the school to the area. I would like some input from the community to this end. For now, I am giving it an importance rating of "None". Thank you all, once again, for your contributions and anti-vandalism work.

My reasoning for this rating is as follows: This page has a lot of interesting information but the Acheivements section needs more organization and reads like a brochure. This shows a lack of NPOV and as mentioned in one of the comments, there are a few unreasonable claims and lots of biased language. Adam McCormick 20:03, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I reassessed this article and gave it a low-importance, if it can be proven otherwise the importance rating can freely be increased. Articles with no references and that follow no kind of consistent format simply cannot be given a B-rating; once this key section is fulfilled at least in part the rating can be returned to B. We need to use some kind of strategy in rating these articles...drop any comments on my talk page. PhoenixTwo 22:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Inclusion criteria

I think no individual should be included as a notable alumni without one of the following: (a) a wikipedia article or (b) a citation to something which demonstrates that the subject could have a wikipedia article. As such, I have removed someone who doesn't meet this criteria. If you object to the criteria, let's discuss it here first. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 19:13, 13 July 2007 (UTC)--best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 19:13, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Acalades

I have substantially reduced the amount glowing-ness in the article. In particular, I have removed much of the "recent news" parts of each of the sections. Please understand that this article is meant to be an encyclopedic article which takes a neutral tone toward the subject and attempts to discuss the subject in a way that presents the long view. Adding good things about the high school is fine, but they should be about the high points (in the high school's history) not just about the good things that happened last year. --best, kevin [kzollman][talk] 00:21, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Reassessing WPSchools November 2008

I am reassessing this article C-class due to more advanced organization and a few reliable sources. I am also upgrading to Mid-importance due to relatively consistent rankings/alumni. Although the article's referencing of rankings has improved since its last assessment in March 2007, far too much of this article is still completely unsourced: Secondary School Recognition Program, California State Distinguished School, accreditation, Academic teams, Deaf program, the entire Performing arts section, and the entire Notable alumni section are unreferenced. Every part of this article should be sourced, preferably to third-party, reliable sources (Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Citing sources). Examples of relatively well-sourced school articles may be found at Category:GA-Class school articles and Category:FA-Class school articles. Even the U.S. News and Newsweek references should be expanded to full web references, including the date of publication and internet access date. Please make an effort to completely reference those sections. --Jh12 (talk) 07:08, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

40th Anniversary

University High School has been going through some rather important events due to its 40th anniversary celebrations, including the evening assembly, with appearances by notable alumni including a recording by Will Ferrel, at the new semi-stadium and the events tomorrow. If anyone can find something in, say, a local newspaper about this, it would be greatly appreciated if you could add more information.  Aar  ►  05:39, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

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