Colony High School

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Colony High School is a high school located in Ontario, California. The school opened in 2002, and is part of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District. Enrolling approximately 2,500 students between grades 9 through 12, Colony High School holds carnivals and food fairs throughout the school year, as well as many other student club activities

1 Academics
2 Arts
- 2.1 Theatre arts
3 External links

[edit] Academics

Colony High School offers a standard Californian high school curriculum as defined by the Californian State graduation requirements. Colony High School as well as other Califonrian schools test their students with Star 9 Testing, and the Californian High School Exit Exam. In addition to those minimum requirements, Colony High School also offers numerous College Board Advanced Placement (AP) courses that gives students the opportunity to qualify for college credit. Recently Colony High School offers students dual-credit summer courses that, if passed, qualifies as credit for both high school graduation and college. Students take these courses during the summer school session at Chaffey College, in Rancho Cucamonga. Colony High School also offers G.A.T.E. programs, as well as honors programs.

[edit] Arts

Colony High School also offers a wide array of classes and clubs revolving around the arts. Currently, Colony High School offers: Art, Ceramics, Music Appreciation, Digital Media, Drama & Theatre, Choir, Dance, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Percussion, and Color Guard classes. The Dance department also host's an annual show. The Colony High School Titan Regiment consists of the band, percussion, and color guard, and are in their 4th year of competition in the SCSBOA circuit. They will be hosting their 2nd annual field tournament on November 6th.

[edit] Theatre arts

The Colony Theatre Arts Department has recently done productions of Dracula, Grease, Black Comedy, Metamorphoses, and Noises Off. It also produces a show called 30/60, featuring a cast of seven performing thirty plays in just one hour.