John Burroughs High School

John Burroughs High School is a public high school located in Burbank, California, United States.HistoryThe school was built in the 1920s, but was not established as a high school until 1948. The school was named after naturalist John Burroughs.AcademicsThe school scored a 768 on the Academic Performance Index in 2007, and in 2010 reached a score of 819, meeting the school's 12th consecutive goal. 90% of students passed the math portion of the CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exams) on the first attempt, while 92% of students passed the English portion of the CAHSEE on first attempt.AthleticsThe track and field team produced Olympic silver medalist Ron Morris (Rome, 1960).In 2016, the boys' varsity water polo team won the school's second CIF championship.Performing artsChoirsThe school has seven award-winning choirs including Chamber, the advanced mixed show choir, also known as Powerhouse when competing; Madrigals, the advanced women’s choir, also known as Sound Sensations when competing; Sound Waves, the intermediate mixed choir; Decibelles, the intermediate women’s choir; Men @ Work, the men’s choir; Vocal Ensemble, selected members from Chamber in an a cappella ensemble; Muses, selected members from Madrigals in an a cappella ensemble.Brendan Jennings directs four of the choirs. He took over the program in 2007 after Mrs. Mary Rago retired from being the vocal music director after almost 30 years (she began in 1978). Jennings was a previous student of Rago, graduating in 2000.