Tesoro High School

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Tesoro High School
Established 2001
Type Public secondary
Principal Daniel Burch
Students 3000+
Grades 9–12
Location Las Flores, California USA
Mascot Titan
Newspaper Tesoro Tribune
Website www.tesorohighschool.com

Tesoro High School is a public school in the Capistrano Unified School District, founded in the fall of 2001. As of the 2005-2006 year, Tesoro serves over 3,000 students in grades 9-12.

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[edit] Achievements

In addition to being a California Distinguished School, the Tesoro High School Varsity football team beat Western High School in 2004 to capture their first division title. That same year, Tesoro High School's theatre arts department won many CAPPIES awards. In 2005, the Tesoro High School Varsity football team became Back-To-Back Division 9 CIF Champions after beating Northwood High School for the second time that season. A week later, the Tesoro High School Mock Trial team went to the finals against Esperanza High School. Tesoro was moved into the much more competitive South Coast League for sports in the 2006 school year. The football team placed last in the league since competing with other large public high schools like San Clemente and Mission Viejo(in OC top ten), and Dana Hills, Capistrano Valley, and Aliso Niguel High, as opposed to playing small private schools and small public highs in the Pacific Coast League. Tennis won South Coast in 2006 and is in the OC top ten. In 2006, the Tesoro High School Girls Varsity Soccer team tied with San Marcos High School to split the Division II Championship. The Tesoro High School Chamber Orchestra recently preformed for the State Music Educator's Conference in Sacramento and, along with the Wind Ensemble, will perform in Carnegie Hall in April 2007. Tesoro's choral music department has also been recognized as one of top choral programs in Southern California, participating & placing in a number of competitions since its inaugural year-2000. In the Spring of 2007, the collective choirs are traveling overseas to sing in Ireland and England.

[edit] Facilities

Tesoro is the newest school is CUSD, until San Juan Hills opens in 2007. Tesoro opened in 2001 serving Mission Viejo, Las Flores, Rancho Santa Margarita, and Coto de Caza. Today Mission Viejo students have been moved to Capistrano Valley High in Mission Viejo. The modern school is built in a canyon at the end of the 241 toll road in between Las Flores and Coto de Caza off Oso Parkway. The school is about 14 miles inland. The school features a gymnasium, several modern science labs, a theater, a library, ASB offices, and a large outdoor quad in the center. There is a pool flanked by two locker rooms. Tesoro has two baseball fields, one softball field, and only one soccer field, and a stadium that has new artificial turf and track added in 2006 to match the district's other schools. Eight tennis courts round out the sport facilities. There are 22 portable classrooms that were placed on the school's basketball courts and blacktop to handle overcrowding. The crowding should be relieved with San Juan Hills opening.

[edit] Academics

Tesoro is starting to build an excellent program, though it is still young. The API is an excellent 801. AP classes are being added each year with just as many options as the more established district schools, with the exception of IB. Also an Industrial Design and Engineering Community is the school's specialty, for those interested in engineering. Some classrooms are specially built for this program.

[edit] In the Media

In 2005, two star football players, Scott McKnight and Sam Smith, were expelled for writing explicit and graphic death threats that involved sexual actions. [1][2] The students wrote the journals for a class assignment that the teacher, to whom they were referring, collected and then promptly notified school officials.[3]

Also in 2005, Rianna Woolsey, a Tesoro cheerleader died in a high speed crash when she crashed into a tree in Coto de Caza.[4] The school was shaken by the tragic loss. [5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sam Miller. Some journal entries by 2 Tesoro students focused on violence. The Orange County Register. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
  2. ^ Dave Lopez. CIF: If Suspended Students Play, Games Forfeited. KCAL 9 CBS. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
  3. ^ High School Athletes Accused Of Death Threats Face Suspension. KNBC 4 TV. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
  4. ^ Dave Lopez. Tesoro High Cheerleader Killed In Crash. KCAL 9 CBS. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
  5. ^ Christa Woodall. 1,300 remember student killed in crash. The Orange County Register. Retrieved on 2006-12-06.
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