Coronado High School (Henderson, Nevada)

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Coronado High School is a public secondary school located at 1001 Coronado Center Drive in Henderson, NV, part of Clark County School District. It admits students in grades 9-12. The school's mascot is the Cougar, and the school colors are red, white and blue. It is a public school that contains roughly 3,000 students, and has 114 certified professional staff members. The current administrators are:

  • Principal: Lee Koelliker
  • Assistant Principals: Paul Fagone (Activities/Discipline), Sam Johnson (Athletics/Facilities), and Bob Mars (Curriculum)
  • Deans: Louis Hendrickx and Marla Kober

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[edit] History

The school was named after Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, a Spanish conquistador, who between 1540 and 1542 visited New Mexico and other parts of the southwestern portion of what is now the United States. It was opened during the 2001-2002 school year, with the first official graduating class in 2002-2003.

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

[edit] Clubs

There are a variety of over 50 activities a student can participate in while attending. There are clubs that include Spanish Club and French Club, and Teenage Republicans and Young Democrats club and even a Forensics and AP club.

[edit] Varsity Quiz

Coronado's Varsity Quiz team has been a state playoff team each year since 2004, and they broke through and won their first State Championship in 2008. Coached by Tony Knox, they are also the first team in Nevada to compete in the National Academic Quiz Tournament High School Championships. The tournament will be held May 25-27 in Chicago, Illinois.

[edit] Forensics

Coronado High School's forensics team is a part of the Golden Desert District and operates with the National Forensics League. It has had quarter-finalists, semi-finalists, and finalists in the district tournament. Two Coronado students are going to compete in the National Forensics Tournament being held in Las Vegas, Nevada.

[edit] Athletics

Sports range from golf to football.


[edit] Cross Country

The cross country team is coached by Mark Tondryk, the successor of Coach Steve Behm. The men's 2006 cross country team placed fourth in state, while the women's placed eighth. The 2007 women's team placed first at regionals.

[edit] Wrestling

Coached by Bob Clements, sending a multitude of athletes to state each year, including Austin Byrd, Alberto Ruiz, Josh Barnes, and Mark Rillera.

[edit] Swim team

The men's team won the sunrise region during the 05-06' season. and finished 3rd at state championships. The women's team won the sunrise region during the 05-06' season and finished 1st at state championships. Brook Brayman is the swimming team's coach.

[edit] Bowling team

Since the school's opening, Bob McKee has led the girl's and men's bowling team to success. The men bowlers captured back to back Nevada State Championships in 2004 and 2005, while the women bowlers took the Nevada State Championship in both 2006 and 2007.

[edit] Golf team

The men's golf team won back to back regional championships in 01'-02' & 02'-03' season. The first state champion of the school was golfer Matt Edwards, who moved on to play for UNLV's golf team. He now plays for NMSU's golf team where he won the 05'-06' WAC Championship as an individual and a team.

[edit] Cougar Pride Marching Band

Coronado's band is directed by Danielle McCracken and Benjamin Franke. The band made finals at the Bands of America performance at Northern Arizona University, only the fourth school to do so in the history of Clark County School District. The band consists of 174 members, including a six-member drum line. The have traveled to San Diego, London, to march in the New Year's day parade, and to Washington D.C. to perform in the national cherry blossom festival.

[edit] Music Groups

Big Beat Battalion is a rap group widely recognized by students of Coronado. Smooth J, a member of group, teaches social studies at the school. Official Website

Other notable local bands have members at the school, such as Shredmill, Dayoff, the Tramlines, The Sharkicorns, Syndicate, One Pin Short, Coral, Preferred Meat, The Silver Rockets, I Think You Taste Good, The Spazzes, and Old Republic Division of Savings.

[edit] Academics

  • Coronado High School has been named as high achieving according to the state guidelines for two out of past three years.
  • Many different AP classes are offered to students, ranging from Computer Science to U.S.– History and Chemistry to Psychology.
  • About 40 percent go to four year colleges and 30 percent enter two year community colleges after graduating senior year.

[edit] Notable Alumni

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