Dance team won 1st place in Lyrical at Nationals in Las Vegas!
Samantha Arevalo won the Mario Lomeli Scholarship from DTASC and CETA
Jayla Jones received the LA Spotlight Honorable Mention (3rd Place) acting - Music Center!
Wendy Otto received Arts Scholar recognition from CSSSA
Ashley Thatcher was one of 16 Student Ambassador in LA for the Center Theatre Group
Dance Team won Grand Champions at World Class Cheer & Dance Competition in Glendale!
Abigail Esquivel won a CA Educational Theatre Association Scholarship and performed at the recent southern CA Theatre Festival. She also won an acting medal for her scene work
Samantha Arevalo and Abigail Esquivel won scholarships to Stand Up 4 Arts Education, an advocacy event at our state's capitol in Sacramento
Students exhibit books at the local library created in VAPA English classes
Marching Band and Color Guard students participated in the Rose Parade!
The following students are in the Music Center Spotlight advanced rounds: Samantha Arevalo (acting), Jessie Shone (acting), Jayla Jones (acting and singing)
Fifty theatre students went to see August Wilson's Jitney at the Mark Taper Forum
Jayla Jones, one of 12 finalists in the LA August Wilson Monologue Competition, performed at the Mark Taper Forum on February 22
The following students were August Wilson LA semi-finalists: Melissa Pirjanians, Samantha Arevalo, & Abigail Esquivel
Jayla Jones was selected to perform at Thespians Go Hollywood, honoring Bernadette Peters
Actors and Technicians received recognition from the CA Educational Theatre Association for the fall play, A Piece of My Heart. Samantha Arevalo & Eli Martinez received director's medals.
Marching Band students performed in the production of Musical Theatre Guild's Barnum at the Alex Theatre, Glendale
Students participated in the Drama Teachers Assn. of S. CA Fall Festival
Jayla Jones won a scholarship to Stand Up 4 Arts Education, an advocacy event at our state's capitol in Sacramento
VAPA Seniors have a 10-week internship/partnership with the LA OPERA
Fifty theatre students attended a production of Frankenstein at A Noise Within
Tech Theatre Saturdays continue through the fall in preparation for the Fall Play
Cheerleaders, Dance Team and Marching Band are featured at our Football Games
Winter Guard placed 4th at the Winter Guard Association of Southern CA Championships!
A Capella Singers won 2nd place at the Music in the Parks Choral Festival, with Stephanie Reynolds receiving an outstanding soloist award!
Cheer received 3rd place at the CIF Regional Championships!
Winter Guard, in their new division (Scholastic A) took first place at Arcadia High School!
Juda Gonzalez represented Verdugo at the Semi-Finals and Finals in the LA ESU Shakespeare Competition
Dance Team won first place at the LA competition!
Cheer won first place at Golden Valley!
Winter Guard won first place at Murrieta Valley!
Fall Play, Battle Hymn, received performance and technical theatre honors at the CA Educational Theatre Association High School Theatre Festival in Rancho Cucamonga. Special kudos to Michaela Mahoney for receiving a director's award and an adjudicator medal.
The Marching Band, Color Guard and Drum Line took 2nd over all in LAUSD and the Color Guard took 1st!
The Marching Band, Color Guard and Drum Line competed in their 3rd competition at Sierra Vista and came in as the top LAUSD school! Color Guard came in 2nd and Drum Line came in 3rd. Congratulations, Marching Dons!
VAPA Actors performed at the Drama Teachers Assn. of S. CA Fall Festival! Congratulations to semi-finalist Michaela Mahoney!
VAPA Dance Students participated in a Dance & Dialogue cultural dance day
HAMILTON! 75 Verdugo Hills VAPA US History students attended the musical cultural phenomenon Hamilton @ the Pantages on October 26 through a generous grant from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History!
The Marching Dons and Verdugo Color Guard are thrilling fans at home football games with their field show, The Sound of Music
VAPA Senior English class receives a grant to work with visual artist, Debra Disman
50 VAPA Students attend the matinee of Matthew Bourne's Ballet The Red Shoes
VAPA Seniors intern with the Musical Theatre Guild on their production of Sugar
VAPA Juniors work with The Actor's Co-Op on their Job Shadow with the production of 39 Steps
VAPA Music Students help Sunland Elementary School celebrate!
Congratulations to our first VAPA Graduating class! Spotlight on the arts!
Congratulations to all of our visual art students who participated in the creative and impressive Trashion Show: Beyond Reality.
Kudos to our Verdugo Dancers for their phenomenal Disney themed dance concerts!
Excellent work at both recent music concerts. Kudos to all of our musicians!
Congratulations to the success of our Spring Musical SHREK and to Michaela Mahoney who was nominated by the Jerry Herman Awards. Also, leads Sara Weed and Narbeh Zakani will be performing at the Pantages at the 2017 Jerry Herman Awards!
Thank you to our incredibly talented a capella singers for performing at the Magnet School's of America Conference at the Los Angeles Biltmore!
Congratulations to our Drum Line who came in FIRST PLACE at the LAUSD Championships!
Congratulations to Verdugo's Winter Guard who won FIRST PLACE in the Scholastic A WGASC Contest at Azusa High School.
Kudos to all of the Thespians who participated in the Fullerton College High School Theatre Festival. Special congratulations to Sara Weed who received first place in Graphic Design.
Congratulations to our students who participated in performance and advocacy at the 20th Annual CA Youth in Theatre Day, Sacramento: Jayla Jones, Mara O'Neal, Serafina Rodberg & Zayar Lin.
Kudos to our Cheer and Dance teams who won First Place at the World Class Cheer & Dance Competition!
Congratulations to Michaela Mahoney, Verdugo's representative who participated in LA's English Speaking Union Shakespeare Competition. Excellent work, Michaela!
Congratulations to our VAPA Magnet students who participated in the LA All City Marching Band in the Rose Parade!
Congratulations to all of the actors and technicians who were recognized at the HS Festival by the CA Educational Theatre Association for their outstanding work in The Laramie Project
Thank you to our Verdugo Singers who brought joy during the holiday season to our community - elementary schools, senior citizen centers and the children's hospital.
Verdugo Actors and Singers participated in the YoungArts National competition, LA's Spotlight Festival and the August Wilson Monologue Competition - excellent work, VAPA Dons!
Congratulations to the VHHS Marching Dons for winning FIRST place in Band, Color Guard and Sweepstakes @ the LAUSD Championships!
Congratulations to the VHHS Marching Dons for ranking first and second in Band, Color Guard & Percussion competitions in Hacienda Heights, Simi-Valley and Ontario!
Congratulations to the Varsity and JV DTASC teams for their success at the festivals! Kudos to finalist, Sara Weed and semi-finalists Michaela Mahoney & Vincent Mahoney.
Thank you to our a cappella singers Makeshift Harmonies for performing at Mt. Gleason Middle.
