Ruben S. Ayala High School

Senator Ruben S. Ayala Senior High School

Location
14255 Peyton Avenue Chino Hills, California, 91709 United States
Information
School type	Public, high school
Motto	Home of the Bulldogs Dare to be G.R.E.A.T
Established	1990
School district	Chino Valley Unified School District
NCES District ID	0608460^[1]
NCES School ID	060846009757^[2]
Principal	Diana Yarboi
Assistant principals	Christine Hischar, Tony Poletti, Jeff Wyckoff
Teaching staff	100.5 FTE^[2] (2009–2010)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,464^[3] (2010–2011)
Grade 9	619
Grade 10	611
Grade 11	602
Grade 12	632
Student to teacher ratio	26.2^[2] (2009–2010)
Hours in school day	6 hours 47 minutes (Tuesday-Friday) 5 hours 57 minutes (Monday)
Campus size	46 acres (19 ha)
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Red, Black, and Silver
Athletics	Football, Cross Country, Tennis, Volleyball, Water Polo, Golf, Basketball, Soccer, Wrestling, Swimming, Track and Field, Softball
Mascot	Bulldogs
Rivals	Chino Hills High School & Diamond Bar High School
Average SAT scores	Critical Reading Average: 545 Math Average: 550 Writing Average: 518^[4] (2009–2010)
Average ACT scores (2009–2010)	23.88^[5]
Newspaper	Bulldog Times
Yearbook	The Outlook
Feeder to	Canyon Hills Junior High School
Website	Ayala High School

Senator Ruben S. Ayala Senior High School, often abbreviated as Ayala High School and AHS, is located in Chino Hills, California and is one of the four regular high schools in the Chino Valley Unified School District. The school was established in 1990 and named after California state senator Ruben S. Ayala. It has received the 2011 California Distinguished School award.^[6]

1 Academics
- 1.1 Test Scores
2 Various information
3 Sports
4 Alumni
5 References
6 External links

Academics

The 17 AP classes offered for the 2010–11 year are:^[7]
The languages offered at Ayala are American Sign Language, Chinese, German, French, and Spanish.

Test Scores

Of the 411 AP exams given out in the 2009–2010 school year, 59.85% scored 3 or above. 320 students took at least 1 AP exam.^[8]

The following table lists the percent of students who scored Proficient or above on their STAR Test.

% of Students Who Received Proficient or Above on STAR Test
Year	English	Mathematics	Science	History
2004–2005^[9]	60.08%	44.89%	33.77%	40.37%
2005–2006^[10]	58.4%	40.14%	42.1%	38.9%
2006–2007^[11]	62.7%	40.5%	45.7%	45.9%
2007–2008^[12]	63.8%	37.1%	50.8%	47.8%
2008–2009^[13]	66.5%	40.1%	54.0%	48.8%
2009–2010^[14]	70.2%	46.4%	55.1%	54.6%
2010–2011^[15]	70.9%	46.8%	70.9%	56.2%

The following are the percentage of those who passed the CAHSEE test in their 10th Grade:

CAHSEE
Year	English^[16]	Mathematics^[17]
2004–2005	93%	92%
2005–2006	95%	94%
2006–2007	95%	92%
2007–2008	93%	94%
2008–2009	95%	95%
2009–2010	94%	96%
2010–2011	95%	94%

Ayala's API score in the 2010–2011 school year was 832, 8 points up from the year before (2009–2010).^[18]

The graduation rate for this school in the 2008–2009 school year is 96.4%.^[19]

Various information

Ayala High School was ranked 1,183rd in the nation in 2006 by Newsweek Magazine.^[20]
In the Freeway Complex Fire, Ayala was used as an evacuation site for the City of Chino Hills and Carbon Canyon.
Ayala High School's Vocal Ensemble performs regularly at state competitions and festivals. They also tour along with Women's Ensemble and Men's Ensemble each year to various parts of the country.
The class of 2009 successfully broke a world record for longest penny trail. The money was then given to charity on behalf of the class.
Ayala was home to a SkillsUSA chapter. The last engineering/architecture teacher, Mr. Trent Munsey, retired after the 2009–2010 school year. Ayala also participated in the Solar Cup, a competition in which schools build a solar-powered boat from scratch.
In the 2010 SkillsUSA California State Conference, 9 students received gold medals, 7 students received silver medals, and 1 student received a bronze medal.^[21]
In April 2010, Ayala's USB Leadership Program received the California Association of Student Leaders Outstanding Activities Program Award.^[22]
Ayala High School has received the 2011 California Distinguished School award.^[6]
Ayala's USB Activities Director Mrs. Deborah Weiss received the 2011 California Warren E. Shull Adviser of the Year Award.

Drama

Drama has 10–12 productions per year. There are 3 main stage shows: Fall Drama, Comedy, and Musical. There are also 3 shows produced by the Advanced Arts classes. There are also at least 3 shows produced by the Beginning Theater Arts Classes. Finally, there is one production and performance by the highest level class.

Drama Productions
Year	Production and Performance Showcase	Mainstage Musicals	Mainstage Productions
2002–2003	Is there a Comic in the House?		Flowers for Algernon
2003–2004	The Miracle Worker	Bye Bye Birdie	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
2004–2005	Undercover Romance	My Fair Lady	Stage Door
2005–2006	To Kill a Mockingbird	South Pacific	Our Town
2006–2007	The Plot, like Gravy, Thickens	OKLAHOMA!	Playing for Time
2007–2008	Parlor Games	West Side Story	Ladies of the Jury
2008–2009	Ladies of the Jury	The Music Man	Speak
2009–2010	It Was a Dark & Stormy Night	Hello, Dolly!	Inherit the Wind
2010–2011		The Sound of Music	The Crucible The Family Nobody Wanted

Band and colorguard

Ayala High School Band and Colorguard
Ayala Band and Colorguard 2010–2011
High School	Ayala High School
Director of the band	Mr. Mark Stone
How many people make up the band	210 (Band and Colorguard)
Description of the Uniform	Red and Black (Band) Purple and Black (Colorguard 2010–2011)
Official Website	Band and Colorguard Percussion

The Ayala Band and Colorguard (BAC) is nationally recognized as a consistent top performing group. In recent years, they have attended competitions such as the Western Band Association field tournaments and Championships as well as several Bands of America regionals, and the largest marching band competition: Bands of America: Grand Nationals.
Ayala BAC took 3rd place in the 2008 WBA Championships at Pleasant Hills, CA.^[23]
Ayala BAC took 2nd place in the 2009 WBA Championships at Fresno, CA.^[24]
Ayala BAC took 1st place in the 2011 WBA Championships at Santa Barbara, Ca.^[25]
In the 2010 BOA: Grand Nationals held at Indianapolis, Indiana, the Ayala BAC got to the semi-finals.^[26]

The Ayala Marching Percussion Ensemble and Ayala Concert Percussion Ensemble are also nationwide recognized performing groups.
Both groups were awarded first place in the 2010 WGI Championships held April 15–17, 2010 in Dayton, Ohio.^[27]

The Ayala Winter Guard Ensembles (JV and Varsity) are also nationally recognized performing groups.
The Varsity Guard was awarded 4th place in the 2009 WGI Championships held in Dayton, Ohio.^[28]
The following year, the 2010 JV Guard moved up two divisions in the WGASC circuit and up three divisions in the WGI circuit.
The JV team managed to win double gold medals in the 2010 WGASC championships. The Varsity team also won a bronze medal at the WGASC championships.^[29]

Class sizes

The average class sizes for the 2009–2010 school year are:^[19]

English-Language Arts: 28.5
Mathematics: 28.2
Science: 30.2
History-Social Science: 29.1

Enrollment trends

Enrollment at Ayala High School started out at around 1,000 students in 1991 and grew to 3,696 students before Chino Hills High School opened in 2001. After that, enrollment dropped to around 2,400 students, with a graduating class of about 600 students each year.^[30]

Sports

Ruben S. Ayala High School is a member of the California Interscholastic Federation Sierra League in the Southern Section (CIF-SS).
The campus has a swimming pool, 6 tennis courts, an indoor gym, pitching cages, 2 baseball fields, a weight room, and a stadium.
A documentary has been made about the 2010–2011 Ayala Wrestling Team.
In June 2011, varsity football coach Tom Inglima, who was named Inland Valley's Coach of the Year in 2007, was transferred to Chino High School.^[31]^[32]
The table below lists the years a sport has made Sierra League, CIF-Southern Section (CIF-SS), and CIF (State). For CIF-SS and CIF, unless otherwise noted, the sport has won that level in that year.

Sports
Sport	Sierra League (Champions)	CIF-SS	CIF
Boys' Football	1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2008	1994 (2nd), 1996 (2nd), 1997 (2nd)	none
Boys' Cross Country	1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004	1992, 2007	1992 (3rd), 2007 (4th)
Girls' Cross Country	1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010	1995 (2nd), 1996 (2nd), 2006 (3rd)	1996 (3rd), 2006 (3rd)
Girls' Volleyball	1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007	1997 (Qtr), 2001 (Qtr), 2003 (Qtr), 2004 (SF), 2006 (SF), 2007 (SF)	none
Girls' Soccer	1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010	1995	none
Boys' Soccer	1995, 1997	none	none
Boys' Track	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002	none	none
Girls' Track	1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010	none	none
Boys' Swim	1997, 1998	none	none
Girls' Swim	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2011	none	none
Boys' Water Polo	1994, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008	1995 (2nd), 1996 (2nd), 2003, 2007 (SF)	2003
Girls' Water Polo	2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008	2005 (2nd), 2006, 2007 (2nd), 2008 (2nd)	none
Boys' Basketball	1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006	2000 (2nd), 2005 (SF)	none
Girls' Basketball	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010	1998 (SF), 2000 (SF), 2002 (SF), 2006 (SF), 2007, 2008 (2nd), 2009 (SF), 2010 (SF)	none
Boys' Tennis	2003, 2006	2006 (SF)	none
Girls' Tennis	1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006	none	none
Baseball	1995, 1997	none	none
Softball	1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010	2010	none
Boys' Golf	1996	none	none
Girls' Golf	2005, 2006, 2007	2006 (2nd) (Eastern Division), 2007	none
Wrestling	1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010	1997 (3rd), 1999 (2nd), 2001 (2nd), 2002 (2nd), 2003 (2nd), 2004 (2nd), 2005 (2nd)	none

Legend: Qtr – Quarterfinals, SF – Semifinals

Alumni

A Static Lullaby- Post-Hardcore band from Chino Hills, CA.
K. C. Asiodu – National Football League player for the New Orleans Saints.
Karen Bardsley – Goalkeeper for England women's national football team
Matt Frazier – Drummer for The Local Natives
Mike Randolph – Professional soccer player who formerly played for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer.
Marquise Wilson – Actor – Hanging' with Mr Cooper

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