Coronado High School (Scottsdale)

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Coronado High School

Established	1961
Type	Public secondary
Principal	John Biera
Faculty	73
Students	1,433
Grades	9–12
Location	Scottsdale, Arizona USA
Oversight	Scottsdale Unified School District
Colors	Scarlet and Navy Blue
Mascot	Don
Website	susd.org/coronado

Coronado High School is a public high school located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school enrolled 1,433 in the 2005-2006 school year who primarily come from feeder schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District. Beginning in the summer of 2005, Coronado is under renovation.

[edit] Athletics

Coronado sports teams play in the 4A division 2 East Sky Region. Their mascot is the Don, an honorific term used to describe Spanish nobles such as Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, the school's namesake.

[edit] Extra Information

In the late 1980's CHS was used as a film site as a less-expensive alternative to filming in California. Coronado High School was the site of the high school that "Bill and Ted" attended in "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" although the High School in the movie was named San Dimas High School (San Dimas was actually the site of the Bill & Ted's Sequel.) The "Circle K" where the telephone booth is first landed was formerly near Oak Street and Scottsdale Road (now it is an independent convenience store.) The movie finale (Bill & Ted's final on-stage report with historical figures) was filmed in Coronado's auditorium prior to its tear-down for remodeling in 2006.

Disney used CHS twice as Coronado was the site of filming for 1987's "Not Quite Human," a film featuring Jay Underwood, Robyn Lively, Alan Thicke and Joe Mategna. Another movie called "Just Perfect" (featuring Jennie Garth) was filmed for the Mickey Mouse Club in 1989. The final football game shown in the movie was actually Coronado's Varsity and Junior Varsity teams.

Coronado High School was designed by architect Ralph Haver, a prolific midcentury architect who also designed numerous public and commercial buildings, plus tract homes and private residences in Phoenix and Scottsdale during the 50s and 60s. The neighboring residential community of Town and Country, also featuring classic contemporary ranch style tract homes designed by Ralph Haver, was designated as historic by the City of Scottsdale in 2005. Coronado High is currently under renovation, but Haver's touch lives on in the signature white folded-plate motif used atop the new structure.