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Hilltop High School

1959 establishments in CaliforniaEducation in Chula Vista, CaliforniaEducational institutions established in 1959High schools in San Diego County, CaliforniaPublic high schools in California
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Hilltop High School (formerly Hilltop Senior High) is a four-year public high school located in Chula Vista, California and is part of the Sweetwater Union High School District (SUHSD). The school colors are kelly green, white, and black. The school mascot is the "Lancer". Hilltop boasts the magnet program Foreign Language and Global Studies (FLAGS) as well as the Academies of Hospitality and Tourism (H&T), Information Technology (IT) programs, Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), Music Technology, Televideo, and Ballet Folklorico. For the 2007–08 school year, former Montgomery Middle School principal Ernesto Zamudio took over as principal for Hilltop High School and replaced the retiring Jerry Rindone. As of 2020, Karen Hernandez is the principal of Hilltop High. who had served Hilltop since 1997. Rindone is currently serving as a member of the San Diego County Board of Education

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Hilltop High School
Via de Laurencio, Chula Vista

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Via de Laurencio
91910 Chula Vista
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Options Secondary School

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