Livermore High School

Founded in 1891, Livermore High School is a public high school located in the city of Livermore, California, United States. It is part of the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District (LVJUSD). In 2007, it was chosen as one in four schools in Alameda County to receive the California Distinguished School award.HistoryFoundingF. R. Fassett, who was one of the leading citizens of Livermore and served in the State Legislature in 1890, introduced a bill which allowed any township to establish a union high school. Livermore established its high school, which was opened in 1891 with E. H. Walker as teacher and principal, in one of the rooms of the Livermore Grammar School. The Class of 1893 was first to graduate from Livermore Union High School.The contract for the first high school building was agreed upon on December 31, 1892. The building consisted of eight rooms and was finished in the summer of 1893 on the site of what is now a Livermore Area Recreation and Parks District Facility.ExpansionImmediately after spring vacation in 1930, the high school students moved into a new two-story, red brick building with 14 classrooms and an auditorium, located at the present site. In 1939, the building was made earthquake-proof and refinished with a stucco face. Since then, many new classrooms, buildings, and facilities have been added. During the 1988-89 school year the auditorium was completely renovated, and is now known as the Livermore High School Performing Arts Theater. In 2005, the quadrangle was renovated to include an outdoor amphitheater. In 2009, new science buildings were created and the temporary classrooms were removed.