Tesoro High School
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| Tesoro High School |
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| 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
Tesoro is a California Distinguished School.
Tesoro's 2007 Miliken CIF 4x50 butterfly relay team took 1st place (1:36.31) and clocked the second-fastest time in meet history, just off Irvine's 1:35.55 record set in 1999. The fly relay was lead off by Brett Boval (23.66), followed by Rick Caporale (24.13), Spencer Wollkind (25.30), and anchored by Tyler Walker (23.22).
The Tesoro High School Chamber Orchestra recently performed 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.
In 2004, Tesoro High School's theatre arts department won many CAPPIES awards.
Tesoro High School's mock trial team lost in the county finals in 2005 and won in the county finals against Woodbridge High School in 2006
Girl’s water polo made it to the 2007 SS-CIF playoffs in division II. This was the first year Tesoro Girls water polo team has made it to CIF.
[edit] Sports
Tesoro's 2007 Miliken CIF 4x50 butterfly relay team took 1st place (1:36.31) and clocked the second-fastest time in meet history, just off Irvine's 1:35.55 record set in 1999. The fly relay was lead off by Brett Boval (23.66), followed by Rick Caporale (24.13), Spencer Wollkind (25.30), and anchored by Tyler Walker (23.22).
The High School Varsity football team beat Western High School in 2004 to capture their first division title. 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.
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. The track team has also suffered from the move, putting it far into last place up against the top ranked South Coast League schools.
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.
Tesoro High School Aquatics has also a trophy-winning Swim Team and Men's and Women's Water Polo as part of its water sports program. Girl’s water polo made it to the 2007 SS-CIF playoffs in division II. This was the first year Tesoro Girls water polo team has made it to CIF.
[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, Ladera Ranch, 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, Tesoro Tribune offices, and a large outdoor quad in the center. There is also a pool flanked by two locker rooms.
Tesoro has two baseball fields, full aquatics facilitie for swimming and water polo, 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 High School opening.
[edit] Academics
Tesoro is starting to build an excellent program, though it is still young. The API is 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.
