1914 to 1929
Owensmouth High School opened on the second floor of Owensmouth Grammar School in 1914 with 14 students and 2 teachers. The grammar school principal also contributed as a 3rd teacher. The high school was located on the present-day sight of Canoga Park Elementary School.
Owensmouth High School first fielded a Baseball team in 1916. They had no coach and lost all their games but one. Track and Field was the only other sport offered to the boys that year.
Basketball was the only sport available to girls in 1916. There were no other schools to play so Owensmouth split the team and competed against each other. They won every game!
On September 11, 1916, Owensmouth High started the school year with a new building and a new location. This structure was located near the softball field on the present-day Canoga campus facing Hart Street.
The Greek Theater was an outdoor theater built on the backside of the new building. It was used for plays, graduations and various school/community events.
Solly Patrick (left) and Edith Haas (right) are considered Canoga's first graduates. They were allowed to have their ceremony inside the auditorium of the almost completed Hart Street building. They graduated in June 1916.
Maurice Beckstead did not attend his graduation at Owensmouth High in 1917. As a member of the Naval Reserve, he was sent to serve in World War 1. After the war, he returned home and became a rancher.
Owensmouth High School Football first took to the gridiron in 1920. The new and inexperienced team had a record of 2-3, defeating Burbank in the first game of the season, and San Fernando in the last. Lloyd "Pop" Squire was our school's first football coach.
The Owensmouth High School Marching Band started in 1925 with nine students. The following year, with 23 members, they took this picture with their band new uniforms.
On June 12, 1929, the upper floor of the main building burned. The fire started at at 10:20 AM while school was in session, but no one was hurt. Defective wiring was thought to be the cause.