Costa Mesa High School

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Costa Mesa High School
Location
2650 Fairview Road
Costa Mesa, CA
Information
School district Newport Mesa Unified School District
Principal Dr. Ed Wong (High School)
Dan Diehl (Middle School)
Enrollment

1240
Type Public
Grades 7-12
Mascot Mustangs
Color(s) Green and white
Established 1958
Information (714) 424-8700
Homepage Costa Mesa High School website

Costa Mesa High School, otherwise known as CMHS or "Mesa," is a public middle school / high school for grades 7 through 12 located in Costa Mesa, California. It is part of the Newport Mesa Unified School District and is located at 2650 Fairview Road. The school's rival is Estancia High School.

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[edit] Engineering


[edit] Sports

Each year, rival football teams from Costa Mesa High School and Estancia High School play each other in a game known as the Battle of the Bell.

[edit] M.E.S.A.

Math Engineering Science Achievement (M.E.S.A.) is an engineering program throughout California and eight other states, however, the Costa Mesa High School team was the first M.E.S.A. team to compete at the state level in the national M.E.S.A. competition . That same team won third place at the national competition in 2007. The 2008 M.E.S.A. team swept the state level competition and is continuing on to the national M.E.S.A. competition in Maryland on June 19. The 2008 team Consists of Raymond Lumantas, Alex Krochman, Cory Kiefer, and Dante Flores (in order of age, ascending). Steve Nelson is the M.E.S.A. Advisor.

[edit] Water Polo

The Costa Mesa High School Water Polo team had an impressive DECADE OF DOMINANCE from 1986-1996. They were league champions and held numerous CIF titles. Water Polo Coaches

  • Conroy
  • Shubert
  • Olsen
  • Lynch
  • Krutzkamp
  • Taylor

[edit] Choir

The Costa Mesa High School choir department is divided into five different choirs: Girls Chorus, Boys Chorus, Concert Choir, Vocal Ensemble, and the Madrigal Choir.

Girls chorus consists of 7th and 8th grade girls. Boys Chorus is made up of 7th and 8th grade boys. Concert Choir is made up of 8th grade - 12th grade boys and girls, is an audition choir for 8th graders, and is an elective for 9th-12th graders. Vocal Ensemble is an audition choir for 9th- 12 grade girls. The most advanced choir is Madrigal Choir and is an audition-only 9th-12th grade boys and girls choir. The Madrigal Choir, commonly known as "Mads," is very selective and there is an equal number of boys and girls members. Currently all the choirs are under the direction of Jon Lindfors, who can often be seen drinking coffee in the Baker Street branch of Starbucks. In 2007, the Madrigal choir performed in Carnegie Hall under the conducting of John Rutter along with a few other selected choirs. In the previous years the Madrigal Choir also performed with American Idol finalist, Clay Aiken.


[edit] Cross Country

One of Mesa's cross country coaches was Joe Fisher, a X-country legend from 1969 through 1980. He had a record of ten straight years of varsity dual meet league victories and, in 1976, won a high school CIF Southern Section championship at the boys varsity 3-A level. Costa Mesa High School varsity boys cross country has won the Orange County championships six times under Coach Fisher. This is the record holder of Orange County victories in the history of varsity boys cross country. Coach Joe Fisher was voted California high school boys cross country coach of the year in 1978.

List of past cross country coaches:

  • Joe Fisher, 1969-1980
  • Joe Busi - led the boys varsity cross country team in two Pacific Coast league championships in 1995 and 1996.
  • Mark Howard: 1987-2001 - Led the boys varsity cross country team to a second place finish in the Pacific Coast League, in November of 1991. In May of 1995 Howard, Coached Bruce Hancock, 8th grade. Hancock broke the Newport-Mesa Unified School District 17 year old boys Jr. high track & field record in the 1320 yard run. Hancock's record time was 3:30.1. In May of 1995 Howard also coached Sarah Cotton who set the girls 7th grade Jr. high 1320 yard run record at the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Track & Field finals. Cotton's record time was 4:07.3.

[edit] Cheerleading

The 2007-2008 cheer squads won numerous awards based on their outstanding community involvement and philanthropic activities. They represented Costa Mesa High School at events like: the OC Fair, Susan G. Komen for the cure events, Relay for Life, City of Costa Mesa events, CHOC Walk, Colelcted items for wildfire victims, performed in a fashion show to benefit Olive Crest Charities and continued to cheer for all athletic teams at the school while maintaining an empressive 3.3 collective GPA. They won: The Presidential Volunteer Service Award, The NMUSD outstanding program award, The Volunteer recognition award from the Costa Mesa City Council, A certificate of Recognition Award from the California State Legislature, a top 10 finalist in the American School Spirit Awards and a judges favorite and they were the featured cheer squad on Varsity.com for the Month of December 2007. They also had several featured articles in the local newspapers.

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