Newport Harbor High Tradition of Achievement
In a year of challenges for California, Newport Harbor High School has proved that its foundations are strong. Its faculty and student body have continued the tradition of excellence in academic achievement, increasing graduation rates, four-year college admissions and athletics. Over 70% of Harbor seniors are college-bound, with more than 50% of those attending four-year colleges, including some of America’s finest institutions: U.S. Naval Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown, Brown, Duke, Princeton, Northwestern, Stanford, and the Universities of California at Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Irvine, Davis and Santa Barbara.

Harbor High continues to provide its students a well-rounded experience, ranking number one in Orange County in athletics and number of Advanced Placement classes, with more clubs than any other Orange County high school. Harbor High alumni continue the tradition of leadership in business, politics and sports.

Laying the Foundation for Excellence
The Newport Harbor Educational Foundation has been proud to support Harbor High's tradition through our fund raising activities, grants and school programs. With programs such as AVID, a structured support system for capable middle level students with college ability, and its interest based academies, the Foundation is committed to supporting all students of NHHS. In light of recent state budget cuts the Foundation's role has become even more critical.

State Budget Cuts Hit Home
The State and Newport Mesa Unified School District budget cuts for Harbor High are real and hard-hitting. The most recent district budget left Harbor High with:
  • Zero budget for instructional materials – teaching aids, LCD projectors – due to District cutbacks
  • Inadequate staff development budget, sorely needed for academies
  • No budget for additional nurses or for additional guidance counselors
  • The reconstruction of Robins and Loats Halls, condemned as non-earthquake safe, may receive only $5M in Measure A and state funds and no federal funds, leaving a $22M budget gap and the school operating in portable buildings

With any additional federal and state funding unlikely, the Foundation now has the even more critical purpose of raising funds from individual and company contributions to offset these state budget cuts.