Carpinteria High School

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Carpinteria High School is a high school located in Carpinteria, California. Located adjacent to the foothills on the edge of the Carpinteria Valley, it is the only public high school in Carpinteria and serves a student body of approximately 900 students in grades 9-12. Its Mission Statement is: "Carpinteria High School, in partnership with the community and parents, believes that all students can learn and are capable of being successful in our diverse society. We are committed to providing a quality educational program in a caring, positive environment which promotes self-esteem and mutual respect."

1 Athletics
2 Activities
3 Performing Arts
4 Notable Alumni
5 External links

[edit] Athletics

Carpinteria High School competes in CIF in Tri-Valley League as The Warriors. The football program holds the CIF record for of 66 consecutive league wins without a loss. The program has also captured the CIF championship 6 times. Carpinteria High School's football team, the Warriors, defeated Moorpark High School in 51 consecutive games, ending in 1997, which is a national high school record. Carpinteria High School graduate of 2001 Chris Gocong won the Buchanan Award as the outstanding defensive player in D-l FCS football while playing for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Gocong currently plays for the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football League.

The track and field program has also had notable success as it has won 2 CIF championships and 36 league titles in the boys division. Other sports teams include basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, volleyball, softball, swimming, and waterpolo.

[edit] Activities

Carpinteria High School has many different clubs and societies available to students, including the California Scholastic Federation, French Club, Spanish Club, Environmental Club (aka Eco Club), Forensics, Mock Trial, Movimiento Estudantil Chicano de Atzlan (MECHA), Future Farmers of America, Future Leaders of America, Car Club, Interact Club, Friday Night Live, Junior State of America (JSA), Math Club, Migrant Education Club, and CalSOAP Club.

[edit] Performing Arts

For years Carpinteria High School was home to a musical theatre class, aptly named Muses, through which students were able to learn performance skills and participate in a musical show each semester. But when Jeff McKinnon arrived to teach Performing Arts in 1999, he formed a new drama society called The Company, which acted as an after school program that allowed students to perform in a variety of non-musical plays. From 1999 to 2003 The Company put on a play every semester and experienced great successes within the community, although it changed hands as drama teachers came and went. The plays that were produced include Indians, Crimes of the Heart, Our Town, Dancing at Lughnasa, Macbeth, A Streetcar Named Desire, Of Mice and Men, Steel Magnolias, Bus Stop, and a number of showcases; most of these were directed by the current drama instructor, although some were student directed. In 2002 The Company attended the Twenty-seventh Annual Henry Kemp-Blair Shakespeare Tournament at Chapman University and performed scenes and monologues from their Macbeth (directed by Amy Koers and Kaia Rose). They took home the Best Scene of the Tournament award (with actors Tobias Shaw and Elyse Fults) and Shaw received awards for Outstanding Performance in a Scene and Outstanding Monologue. However, in 2003 The Company and the Performing Arts class were shut down due to budget cuts. Muses still remains, under the direction of Elise Unruh, and continues to do good work, now producing plays as well as musicals.