Hill Valley High Schooledit

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Hill Valley High School was an educational institution in Hill Valley. It was built during the later years of the Great Depression ^[1] and lasted in the original timeline at least up to 1985. In the altered 1985-A timeline, the school burned down in 1979.

Contents 1 Description 2 History 3 Alumni 4 Faculty 5 Behind the scenes 6 Appearances 7 Notes and references

[edit] Description

The athletic teams at HVHS were called the Bulldogs. A poster in 1955 promoted an upcoming football game between the Bulldogs and the Indians, and George McFly had a notebook with the Bulldogs logo on it. The colors for the team appear to be red and white, based on the school jackets worn by some of the students in 1955.

The school gymnasium had a basketball court, as well as a stage. In 1985, the stage had a red, white and blue mural with the slogan "we the people", something that may have been a holdover from the American bicentennial in 1976.

[edit] History

The school superintendent was Mr. Strickland, who had been working there since 1955 and into 1985. By 1991, he had resigned from this position to become a dean of Hill Valley College.

The Enchantment Under the Sea dance was held in the school gymnasium on November 12, 1955. The school also hosted a Battle of the Bands with auditions the week of October 26, 1985.

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[edit] Alumni

• Marty McFly
• Jennifer Parker
• Linda McFly
• Dave McFly
• George McFly
• Lorraine Baines McFly
• Babs
• Betty
• Mark Dixon
• Biff Tannen
• 3-D
• Match
• Skinhead
• Needles
• Lester
• Ron Woodward
• Weeze

[edit] Faculty

• Mr. Strickland
• Mr. Arky
• Deborah Chambers
• Dexter Gore

[edit] Behind the scenes

• Whittier Union High School in Whittier, California was used as the filming location of Hill Valley High.
• Filming was done on the weekends as well as during school breaks.
• The Whittier High gymnasium was not a filming site. Although it appears that Marty is playing on the same stage in 1955 that he had been auditioning on in 1985, the commentary states that the 1985 audition was filmed in Burbank (at the McCambridge Park Recreation Center), and that the 1955 Enchantment Under the Sea dance was filmed at the Hollywood United Methodist Church.

[edit] Appearances

• Back to the Future
• Back to the Future Part II

[edit] Notes and references

1. ↑ BTTF novel p. 140