Rancho Bernardo High School
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Rancho Bernardo High School is a public high school in the Poway Unified School District of San Diego County, California. RBHS opened in September 1990 as the district's third high school. The student body is comprised of approximately 3,000 students in grades 9 through 12. There are approximately 150 faculty members.
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[edit] Athletics
Rancho Bernardo is a Division I school competing in the Palomar League against Poway High School, Mount Carmel High School, Westview High School, Torrey Pines High School, and La Costa Canyon High School. The school's sports teams go by the name "The Broncos". Two famous athletes to come from Rancho Bernardo is Philadelphia Phillie Cole Hamels and Texas Ranger Hank Blalock, nephew of RB Varsity Baseball Coach, Sam Blalock. RBHS has long been reputed as a heavily-focused Baseball school. According to the book Moneyball, RBHS is considered "The Faculty," due to their constant value of baseball players being drafted to either college, minor,or major leagues.
[edit] Football
The athletic program at Rancho Bernardo takes great pride in its football program led by longtime coaches Ron Hamamoto and Brad Elrod. Recent graduates include Notre Dame tight end Will Yeatman and San Diego State end Ryan Chohany.
[edit] Water polo
With a strong finish in the 2005 season, Rancho Bernardo Boys Water Polo looks to build on its already strong foundation in the 2006 season. With a new headcoach, Fred Gleason, and 5 returning starters, this promising squad is returning with a punch knocking off strong San Diego teams such as Scripps Ranch, Westview, Mt. Carmel, Fallbrook, and several more along with the Orance County teams of El Segundo, Cresenta Valley, and Santa Monica. Key Players this year include goalies Alex Deibolt and Chris Loughlin with Field Players Adam Child, Cameron Lew, Tom Chard, Brian Huang, Matthew Bruner, Chris Barry, Chris Hartman, and AJ Bas. Key statistic girls this year include Samantha Booher, and Jackie Crosby, both of which excel in the girls program at the school. While beating key teams and improving their record is important, the post season is a top priority for this team. Finishing in the top 6 of Division One will allow this talented group of athletes to progess to the quarter finals of CIF and beyond.
[edit] Rancho Bernardo Royal Regiment
The school's marching band, under the direction of Tom Cole and drum major Julie Gill, is known as the Rancho Bernardo Royal Regiment. When performing on the field, the Royal Regiment (2006-2007) is comprised of 190 musicians and 52 color guard (Auxiliary). During parade, the top 99 members of the band are in the "parade block" and will perform the parade march.
The band's 2006 Field Show is entilted "Revolutions". It contains Borodin Symphony No.2 Mvt 4, Persian Dances by Mussorgsky, Polovtsian Maidens by Borodin, and Polovtsian Dances by Borodin. The show is aprox. 8 minutes 15 seconds long, with a total of 76 pages of drill. The 2006 Parade March is The Boys of the Old Brigade by Chambers.
During marching season (August through November) the Royal Regiment performs in several regional field show tournaments and band reviews: Westview, Poway, Mount Carmel, Mira Mesa, Chula Vista, Vista, and Arcadia. The Poway Unified School District has a long tradition of excellence in music. Mount Carmel, Poway High School, Rancho Bernardo, and Poway's newest high school, Westview, all have well-respected instrumental music programs.
During the rest of the academic year the music program is focused on orchestra, concert band and wind ensemble. The groups perform at regional music festivals and local venues. The color guard also ramps up after marching season to perform at winter guard events throughout the United States.
[edit] Symphony orchestra
The RBHS Symphony Orchestra is considered to be in the top 10% of high school orchestras in the nation. First starting with a extremely small chamber style group when the school first openned back in 1990, the program has grown from some 20 strings to a full 100+ piece orchestra with full woodwind, percussion, brass, and string sections under the direction of Gary Horimoto. The program started just doing arranged pieces to full conplete symphony style pieces such as the Tchaikovsky's Symphony V and the Finale of Symphony IV. With a new school year upon the lucky students at Rancho Bernardo, Mr.Horimoto plans on taking on the Holst Jupiter and Hoedown from Rodeo by Copland, as well as The Overture to William Tell by Gioacchino Rossini. Mr. Horimoto is very proud of his program at Rancho Bernardo and plans on topping last year's performances where the Symphony played; Shindler's List by John Williams, Fugue by J.S. Bach, Shepard's Hey by Percy Granger, and of course Tchaikovsky's Symphony IV Finale.
[edit] Newspaper
The school newspaper is The Silver Spur, part of the High School National Ad Network.
[edit] Broomstick incident
Belying the reputation of the school's baseball team is a 1997 incident in which three baseball players pleaded guilty to sodomizing a new teammate with a broom handle in the locker room after a game. The school district paid $675,000 to settle the claim -- one of the highest payments in high school hazing cases to date. The incident revealed a hazing culture that stretched back at least six years in which older team members would threaten to rape incoming freshmen players, or would perform simulated rape. [1] [2]
[edit] Underwear incident
In April 2002, Rancho Bernardo received media attention when one of the school's assistant principals forced students to lift their clothing and expose their underwears and thongs. The district said the reason for the check was to "ensure appropriate school dress." [3] Rita Wilson, the assistant principal involved in this incident was later demoted to a teaching position. [4]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Eugene Amano
- Hank Blalock Third baseman for the Texas Rangers
- Tom Caple Minor league player
- Cole Hamels Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
