Coronado High School (El Paso)

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Coronado High School, located on the west side of El Paso, Texas, is a public high school under the El Paso Independent School District. Its mascot, inspired by a natural silhouette on its Franklin Mountain backdrop, is the Thunderbird, shortened to T-Bird, and its slogan is "The Pride of the West Side." The school's name honors Spanish conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, whose expeditions in the southwest took him through what is now El Paso. Coronado's school colors are blue and gold.

1 Academics
2 History
3 Notable alumni
4 External link

[edit] Academics

Academics at Coronado include the standard fare in math, science, and the humanities. Most incoming students from Morehead and Lincoln Middle Schools will begin with a six-unit courseload that includes IPC (Integrated Physics and Chemistry), English, Math (either Algebra I or Geometry), World Geography, a Foreign Language, and an Elective. The mission of Coronado High School is to advance the academic, artistic, emotional, physical, and social education of every student in order to develop productive citizens.

Coronado High School has offered the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme since 2000. Students who are accepted into the program take a special exam at the end of a two-year curriculum that is recognized by many universities.

[edit] History

Coronado High School is the school involved in the landmark supreme court case involving Chesley Karr (a student at Coronado High School) and then principal Clifford Schmidt over the issue of long hair on males.