Diamond Ranch High School

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Diamond Ranch High School
Established	2000
School type	Public
Grades	9–12
Superintendent	Dr. Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana
Location	Phillips Ranch, California, United States
Students	1,888 (2001)
Colors	Blue, White, Black, Silver
Mascot	Panthers
Website	http://www.pusd.org/schools/high/diamondranch/

Diamond Ranch High School (or DRHS) is a high school (secondary school) operated by the Pomona Unified School District (PUSD) in California, located on the hills where Diamond Bar and Phillips Ranch (a master-planned community located in the southwestern portion of the city limits of Pomona) meet. In 2003, Diamond Ranch was titled a California Distinguished School by the California Department of Education. The school received popularity from its appearances in movies such as The Cell, Orange County and Serenity. The school's unique architectural design was recognized in the book Morphosis/Diamond Ranch High School by Jeffrey Kipnis and Todd Gannon.

The construction of Diamond Ranch High School was originally controversial because of the inequities in the rest of the school district. Diamond Ranch's Academic Performance Index scores are substantially higher than at the other high schools in the PUSD. The construction of Diamond Ranch permitted the district to stop busing students to Ganesha High School, in the western part of Pomona. As a compromise, the district allows any other interested student within the district to transfer to Diamond Ranch on a space available basis, and operates a lottery that reserves spaces for Garey High School students to go to Diamond Ranch.

1 Timeline
2 Gallery
3 Movie appearances
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Timeline

June 1992 - PUSD voters approved $62.5 million dollars in school facilities bonds to build Diamond Ranch. In addition with the money provided by the district, the City of Industry provided $5.4 million dollars, and sold 80 acres of undeveloped land on a hill for a dollar.

November 1993 – The school district hires Morphosis to design the school.

September 5, 1997 – The school was officially opened for students, while construction continues.

September 8, 1997 – The inaugural of the first principal, Albert Webb

1999- 2000 – The school is established and students move from the Portables to the permanent facility.

June 8, 2001 – The first graduating class of Diamond Ranch.

2003 - DRHS wins California's Distinguished School Award.