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TORRANCE HIGH IMPORTANT DATES
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LATE START- 9:27 START TIME
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
2ND SEMESTER FINAL EXAMS
12:17 DISMISSAL
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Thursday, June 20, 2013
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EXTENDED DEADLINE
Torrance High Debate Team
Be a part of a tradition of excellence! Join Torrance Debate 2013-2014.
Click on the link(s) to print the coach's letter to applicants and an application. Applications are due to Mrs. Sluyter, head coach, in room A232 or in the Principal's Office. Good Luck!
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Important Dates
- May 21, 2013 - Auditions THS Library at 7:00 P.M.
- May 23, 2013 - THS 2013-2014 Debate Team Roster will be posted by 3:00 p.m. at Hull, Madrona, and Torrance.
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PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY:
On Wednesday, March 27th Torrance High, in conjunction with Torrance Chamber of Commerce, hosted a member of the business community for Principal for a Day. Natalia Soukhatchevskaia, Director of Operations for Alcoa Fastening Systems in Torrance, was our business partner. Ms. Soukhatchevskaia toured the campus and classrooms with Principal Girgis. She also met and interacted with students and teacher Dana Hagen from the Principles of Engineering class. She was a part of a Leadership class meeting with ASB students and advisor Lori Spradlin. Torrance Citi Cable was on hand to record some of the activities. The day culminated with a lunch with all Torrance school principals and business partners at ITT Technical Institute.
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CONGRATULATIONS TARTARS! Our API is 824.
We are proud to announce that our Academic Performance Index (API) score has grown 13 points. Go Tartars! We would like to thank every member of our Tartar team for this great score.
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CONGRATULATIONS TORRANCE HIGH!!! Newsweek's America's Best High Schools 2013
Newsweek's list highlights the best 1,000 public high schools in the nation—the ones that have proven to be the most effective in turning out college-ready grads.
TORRANCE HIGH is named on Newsweek’s list for the second year in a row, making the top 1000 list. We are 2nd among TUSD high schools and ahead of West HS on the list for the 2nd consecutive year. Please check out thedailybeast.com/BestHighSchools for the full list and related content.
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2011 California Distinguished School
 
Welcome to the Torrance High website, a 2011 California Distinguished School
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CONGRATULATIONS to Torrance High School for finishing 177th in the state in the Washington Post High School Challenge Index. This index ranks schools on how effectively they prepare their students for college, and THS ranked ahead of all the other Torrance high schools!!!
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School-wide Academic Goals
Torrance High Students Are:
Thinkers
- Solve problems efficiently
- Demonstrate reflective, critical, creative, logical & analytical thinking
Academically Motivated
- Master basic skills
- Meet state, district and/or course outline standards
- Set academic goals
- Prepare for a post-high school career
Responsible
- Set personal goals
- Display moral, ethical & civil behavior
- Employ time management skills
- Contribute to their community
Technologically Motivated
- Demonstrate technological proficiency
- Use available resources to further learning
Articulate Communicators
- Read, write, listen and speak proficiently
- Appreciate artistic communications
- Work collaboratively
Respectful
- Of themselves, of their peers, & their community
- Of the faculty & school guidelines
Skilled
- In core curricula areas
- In life skills
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Textbooks and/or Instructional Materials:
It is our responsibility as a school community to ensure all students have sufficient textbooks and/or instructional materials that are aligned to the content standards in the areas of mathematics, science, history-social science, English language arts, health, and foreign language. These textbooks and/or materials should be available for students to utilize when teachers assign class work, reading, and/or homework based upon information from the textbooks or instructional materials.
If your child does not have the appropriate instructional materials for class, please contact the librarian, Lois Graham at 310.533.4396 ext. 7901, so that she can remedy the situation.
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Current Air Quality & Conditions
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