Torrey Pines High School

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Torrey Pines High School'
Address
3710 Del Mar Heights Road
San Diego, California, 92130, United States
Website
http://www.sduhsd.k12.ca.us/tp/
Information
School board San Dieguito Union High School District
Superintendent Dr. Peggy Lynch
Principal Brett Killeen
School type High School
Grades 9-12
Area North County Coastal, San Diego
Mascot "Freddie" the falcon
Team name Falcons
Colors Cardinal & Gold
Founded 1975
Enrollment 2918

Torrey Pines High School is a high school in the North County Coastal area of San Diego, California. The school is named after the rare Torrey Pine tree that grows in the area. Torrey Pines High School is a member of the San Dieguito Union High School District and serves the communities of Rancho Santa Fe, Del Mar, Solana Beach, and Carmel Valley (City of San Diego). Before the school opened, students in the district attended San Dieguito High School (now known as San Dieguito Academy).

Torrey Pines is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). For the 2006-07 school year, there are approximately 2,918 students in grades 9-12.

Falcon students consistently earn top honors at academic competitions. Its Odyssey of the Mind team won second place at the 2006 World Finals. Its students have been Sweepstakes winners in the Greater San Diego Science & Engineering Fair and its Science Olympiad team consistently places first in the region and second in the state of California. Its Academic Team has represented the state of California in the Panasonic Academic Challenge for two years running.

The school newspaper, The Falconer, has placed well at national conventions, most recently 7th at the 2006 JEA/HSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in San Francisco and 1st in the 2004 JEA/HSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention. The school Literary Magazine, entitled FirstFlight, placed first in Best of Show for High School Literary Magazine.

Torrey Pines' black box theater program is also widely acknowledged for achievements in the theatrical field. It received awards for best play in the region from the California Educational Theater Association for Metamorphosis in 2003 and Inherit the Wind in 2005. The TP Players performed at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2006. A group of Torrey Pines film students also won two 1st Place awards and one Audience Choice award at the Best Fest America Student Film Festival (the world's largest student film festival) in 2006.

Torrey Pines offers a comprehensive Division I interscholastic athletics program with 26 different varsity-level sports. Its athletes have won over 116 CIF championships since 1974.

The school also offers over 150 extracurricular student clubs.

The school mascot is (Freddy) the Falcon.

Approximate percentage of students planning on attending a 4 year college: 88%

Approximate percentage of students planning on attending a 2 year college: 8%

Brett Killeen is the principal of the school, taking over from Rick Schmitt in 2006.


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Torrey Pines High School

Location: 3710 Del Mar Heights Road San Diego, California 92130

Mailing Address: 710 Encinitas Blvd. Encinitas, CA 92024

Phone: (858) 755-0125 Fax: (858) 481-0098

Charter school: No

Coeducational: Yes

Magnet school: No

Yearbook name: Freeflight

Team Name: Falcons

School colors: Cardinal and Gold

School district: San Dieguto Union High School District

Year opened: 1975

Year-round schedule: No

Literary magazine name: FirstFlight

Newspaper name: The Falconer (newspaper)


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