Concord High School (Concord, California)

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Concord High School
Address
4200 Concord Boulevard Concord, California, 94521-1059, United States
Website
http://www.mdusd.k12.ca.us/concord/
Information
Superintendent	Gary McHenry
Principal	M. Ronald Miller
School type	High school
Grades	9-12
Area	144,373 sq. ft.
Motto	Home of the Minutemen
Team name	Minutemen
Colors	green and gold
Founded	1966
Enrollment	1631 (2006)

Concord High School is located at 4200 Concord Blvd. in Concord, California, near El Dorado Middle School and Westwood Elementary. As of 2006, the current principal is Dr. M. Ronald Miller. The school educates nearly 1700 students and it continues to grow. It is one of the six high schools in the Mount Diablo Unified School District. Concord High School was constructed in 1966 and currently provides 144,373 square feet of area in permanent structures. This includes about 70 classrooms, a library, and other structures.

1 Academics
2 Athletics
- 2.1 Field of Dreams
3 Notable alumni
4 External links

[edit] Academics

Concord High offers many course choices to its students, including over 18 AP/Honors courses. Concord offers many languages including English, Spanish, French, German, and American Sign Language. The school also features a great band program with six different bands. Ladies First, the award-winning advanced women's singing group, is also located at Concord High. Fine Arts classes at Concord include Art, Ceramics, Photography, Creative Writing, Film Study, Video Production, Foods, Drama, Concert Choir, Show Choir, Ladies First, Concert Band, Orchestra, Stage Band, Jazz Band, Wind Emsemble, and Marching Band.

[edit] Athletics

Athletics have grown tremendously at Concord High, especially in the last few years. Several programs have been added and others have expanded rapidly, triumphing along the way. These include:

Cross Country
Football
Golf
Spirit Squad
Tennis
Volleyball
Water Polo
Basketball
Soccer
Wrestling
Baseball
Softball
Swimming
Track & Field

[edit] Field of Dreams

The vision of the Field of Dreams Project is to renovate existing, build new, and maintain facilities that will benefit all indoor, outdoor athletic programs, and fine arts programs. Field of Dreams led the way for:

The brand new Concord High football stadium. Opened in fall 2006, the new stadium features brand new lights, turf, scoreboard, much bigger and better bleachers, fencing, goal posts, and renovations and building of stadium buildings. The Homecoming game of 2006 was the first ever game in the history of Concord High to be played on Concord's own field, under their own lights.
Over the summer of 2006, many improvements were made to the Concord High Gymnasium, including new flooring with artwork and new lighting.
Concord received brand new tennis courts as a result of a $500,000 project funded by Measure A and Prop. 55. They are currently in use.
Baseball field improvements, including scoreboard, fencing, wind screen, and many more improvements are being planned.
Renovated softball field with new scoreboard, fencing, etc.

This is just the start for the improvements. Future improvements include a pressbox, new synthetic track, and more.