Alta Loma High School (ALHS) is a comprehensive public secondary school located in Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States, that was established in 1963. As a member of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District, the school employs roughly 150 staff members that serve 3,000 students.
Controversy erupted the week of April 6, 2009, when pages for the upcoming yearbook were part of an online preview. A few ALHS alumni, who double as current st...
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Alta Loma High School (ALHS) is a comprehensive public secondary school located in Rancho Cucamonga, California, United States, that was established in 1963. As a member of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District, the school employs roughly 150 staff members that serve 3,000 students.
Controversy erupted the week of April 6, 2009, when pages for the upcoming yearbook were part of an online preview. A few ALHS alumni, who double as current staff members, did not hesitate to criticize the yearbook name revision, from Sisunga to Legend; emails ensued, proclaiming the blatant disregard and disrespect for tradition at ALHS.
As a student-run publication, the yearbook staff of 2008-2009 had decided upon the change in the beginning of the school year, due to the lack of association with the word Sisunga, an Indian term believed to mean "place of the spirit", by current and recent student generations. They chose Legend as the worthy replacement, noting its dictionary definition as a...
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