whitney high school offers a college preparatory-based curriculum where students are required to take four years of language arts, three and a half years of social studies, three years of mathematics and science each, three years of physical education, and one year's worth of foreign languages, technology and applied sciences, and visual and performing arts (vapa). one semester of health education and ten semesters' worth of electives are also mandatory for graduation, in addition to twenty-five hours of completed community service.