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Wa sared as a one-roo sool buldn n 1889 evenuall rew o eseond lares sool apus n e Sae of calforna (b area), w an

overall sze of 56 ares.

te now-naed Redondo non h Sool was oranzed ofall n e

suer of 1905. te rs lasses were eld n wo upsars roos of e mason

Buldn n Redondo Bea, and n Deeber of a sae ear, a se known as

ld cauauqua Plae was seleed as e loaon for e sool.

in 1906 ere were onl wo senor sudens, bu n 1927 ere were 46

es a aoun. te area was rown rapdl, and w e opleon

of e bos nasu n 1931, e sool realzed soe of e an fuure

developen plans.talk o RhS raduaes fro an deade, and er eores wll of ourse

be all unque o e. however, os raduaes wll enerall aree a Redondo

was a rea sool o aend n e Sou ba.

ne su raduae, Fran Koer (nee colean), raduaed n 1952, and

alou se realled a dene dress ode, se ad fond eores.

We wore unfors n e 1950s, w ad probabl sared n e 1930s or

1940s, sad Koer. Four das a week we wore a blak or brown skr, and an

olor of sweaer as lon as ou wore a we blouse undernea. Frdas we ould

wear ann we waned. We ad a grls cour and a Jude, and ever rs

perod ere was a unfor board w one person n aendane n ea roo.if ou were ou of unfor wou persson, ou were ven a aon. if ou

reeved so an aons, ou ad o o before e jude.

i was Frans dea o ove fro ese soewa drab unfors o e red and

we olors, w ave saed o e presen da. Redondo also ad sudens

fro all around e Sou Ba, as was e onl sool n e area.

We were e onl sool, so we ad people fro manaan, herosa,

Palos Verdes and Rolln hlls, as well as Nor and Sou Redondo aendn

Redondo, se sad. i beleve we ad approxael 2,000 sudens a e e

e raduan lasses were lare.

trouou e earl ears and no e 1950s, raduae lasses ave endedo sa lose and plan frequen reunons, ore frequen an e pal 10-ear

reunons oer sools pu on.

ur lass as been reall lose, sad Koer. ive ared all e reunons

sne e 10 and we ave reunons ever 5 ears. We ad lose o 200 people

up unl e 55 reunon. Now ere are earl reunons w eld around e

ounr w a os and osess.

trouou e ears, RhS as eld ono soe old radons and reaed

new ones. ne n a as reaned e sae s e loal and fondness a

Sea hawks ave for er sool.

ruhs, 20th century featuring the c olonnade entrance.

Sea Hawks Stats:

1905 - h sool opens w one eaer and 10 pupls

1912 h sool areded

1929 la maer s wren b carloe E. cene, 26

1952 capus s expanded w e addon of an new lassroo buldns

1972 New audoru s opleed

1980 75 annversar elebraon a Seasde Laoon

1988 Naed a calforna Dsnused Sool

1997 RhS lun Walk s onsrued and dedaed

2007 - RhS ne hundred class graduaes