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La Colina Junior High School
A California Distinguished School

Our School's Mission

Principal: Mr. David L. Ortiz

Assistant Principals:  Mr. Lito M. Garcia 

and Ms.Carole Nevarez

La Colina Junior High School, in partnership with parents and the community, will provide professional instruction and guidance so that students will:

• Attain academic excellence

• Take responsibility for their own learning and development

• Understand and respect diversity, equity and inclusion

• Balance individual interests and civic responsibilities

• Participate in an increasingly technological society through increased career awareness

All human and material resources of La Colina Junior High School will be dedicated to these purposes.

La Colina Junior High School opened in September, 1959, and is located on a beautiful campus set back from Foothill Road near the San Marcos Pass highway, with views of the mountains and the ocean. The staff includes 44 regular education teachers, four special education teachers, three counselors, one librarian, and three administrators. Support staff includes six office personnel, five grounds and building maintenance staff, six food service workers, and eight aides.

The school became a two-year junior high in 1981, dropping enrollment from 1,100 to 650. Grades seven and eight are now on campus with an enrollment of approximately 1005 students.

The campus is shared with the Open Alternative School, Las Alturas, and Community Day School.