Middle College High School

Middle College HS, modeled after La Guardia Middle College HS in Queens, NY, was began in 1989 with a grant from the California Community College Foundation. For most of its 18 years, the school occupied between seven and ten temporary bungalows that were the original classrooms of Los Angeles Southwest College (LASC) Middle College HS was designed to serve at risk students who were intellectually capable but not sufficiently challenged or nurtured in traditional schools. During those initial years, Middle College High School was one of the Los Angeles Unified School District's continuation schools. MCHS, however, experienced a transformation through the years.