Trabuco Hills High School
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| Trabuco Hills High School | |
| School type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1985 |
| District | Saddleback Valley Unified School District |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Principal | Dan Sullivan |
| Faculty | 106 |
| Students | 3,128 |
| Colors | Blue, grey, and white |
| Mascot | Mustang |
| Location | 27501 Mustang Run Mission Viejo, CA |
| Information | (949) 768-1934 |
| Website | www.svusd.k12.ca.us/Schools/THHS/ |
Trabuco Hills High School is a high school in Mission Viejo, California, United States and is the largest school in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District in terms of attendance, with 3,128 students enrolled as of the 2006-2007 school year. The school has served the area since 1985 with its first graduating class in 1987. Its mascot is the mustang and its colors are blue, silver and white. The current principal of the school is Dan Sullivan.
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[edit] Extracurricular programs
Trabuco Hills High School houses a significant number of extracurricular programs, many of which have received official recognition at the state and national level.
[edit] Instrumental Music
Trabuco Hills houses one of the most accomplished high school music programs in the state of California. Its drumline and marching band have performed in various regional and state competitions. The school's Symphonic Orchestra has performed, among other pieces, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter Overture at a national festival in Orlando Florida, and set an all time record for highest score achieved at that prestigious festival. On the heels of that tremendous accomplishment, it recently turned down an invitation to perform in Carnegie Hall. In the year 2006, the Symphonic Orchestra attended the inauguaral of the Orchestra of America Fesitval in Indianapolis. The current director of the music program is Dr. Howard Stephens and Mr. Russell Moreau.
[edit] Model United Nations
Trabuco Hills boasts a broad and successful Model United Nations program. Model UN is currently incorporated into the social science curriculum as an optional component in the freshman cultural geography course and the sophomore world history course. A junior-senior level international studies and comparative government course was discontinued in 2004.
Delegates representing THHS MUN have attended numerous prestigious conferences including UC Berkeley, UC Irvine and El Toro High School. Minor conferences that are used primarily for training of freshman delegates include Mission Viejo High School and Laguna Hills High School. THHS delegates have garnered numerous performance and research awards, both personal and delegation, at these conferences.
[edit] Athletics
[edit] Basketball Program
Trabuco Hills High School has a storied basketball program, currently under the reign of head coach Tom McCluskey.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Nick Punto, 1996, Major League Baseball infielder, Minnesota Twins
- Andrew Modino, 2001, Graphic Designer, Entrepreneur Magazine
- Jarah Mariano, 2002, Victoria's Secret Model
[edit] Awards
Below is a selection of significant state and national recognition that THHS has received. Almost all of these accolades were achieved during the tenure of the class of 2004 (whose students attended the school between September, 2000 and June, 2004).
- 2003 California Exemplary Career Technical School. (1 of 4 high schools in named California)
- 2002 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
- 2001 California Distinguished School
- 2001 California Excellence in Arts School (1 of 3 high schools named in California)
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