| Colony High School | |
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| Address | |
| 3850 East Riverside Drive Ontario, California, 91761 United States |
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| Information | |
| Motto | "Where Every Student Masters The Essential Curriculum" |
| Established | 2002 |
| Principal | Kern Oduro |
| Slogan | "Everything we do at Colony, we do with Pride!" |
| Mascot | Tommy the Titan, Torro |
| Nickname | The Titans |
| Newspaper | 'Titan Tribune' |
| Yearbook | 'The Odyssey' |
| Website | Colony High School - Home |
Colony High School is a high school located in Ontario, California and is part of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District.[1]
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Colony opened in 2002.[2] Many of the first students and faculty members were transfers from around the Chaffey Joint Union High School District. Jim Brodie was the school's first principal.[3] He was replaced by Michelle Boyette in 2007. Ms. Boyette stepped down in 2011 and was replaced by Mr. Kern Oduro, previously principal at Rancho Cucamonga High School.
The Class of 2005 was the first graduating class, better known as The Titan Legacy!
The Colony High Branch Library, a branch of the Ontario City Library, is also found on campus.
Colony High School follows a standard California high school curriculum as defined by the California Department of Education's High School Graduation Requirements and tests students with the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program and the California High School Exit Exam.
Colony High School offers students opportunities to earn college credit through College Board Advanced Placement (AP) and dual-credit courses. Dual-credit courses, are taken at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga during the summer session and, if passed, qualify as credit for both high school graduation and college classes. In addition, Colony High School has the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program, honors classes, and participates in the nationwide Renaissance program.
The Class of 2006 recorded the highest pass rate for any AP test, receiving a 95% pass rate for the AP Calculus test under the instruction of Christopher W. Chang.
Colony High School has a wide array of classes and clubs revolving around the arts: Art, Ceramics, Music Appreciation, Digital Media, Drama & Theatre, Choir, Dance, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Percussion, and Color Guard classes.
The Colony High School Titan Regiment consists of the band, percussion, and color guard. They compete in the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA) circuit and host annual field tournaments. Prior to the 2008-09 year, the Colony Band Director was Jason Alvo. He was replaced by Graig Withrow, who was replaced by James Rocillo.
Championship qualification years:
2004- 7th place (3A)
2006- 4th place (3A)
2007- 9th place (3A)
2008- 10th place (3A)
2009- 5th place (3A)
2010- 10th place (2A)
2011- 1st place (2A)
The Colony Theatre Arts Department performs at the 1263-seat Colony High School Performing Arts Theatre. Among their past productions are Dracula, Grease, Black Comedy, Metamorphoses, Noises Off, West Side Story, You Can't Take It With You, Taming of the Shrew, A Christmas Carol, Lend Me A Tenor, Once on this Island, Leading Ladies, The Diviners, Tartuffe, The Elephant Man (play), Blithe Spirit (play) a show called 30/60 (which features a cast of seven performing thirty original skits in just one hour). Their next production will be the well-known musical Hairspray (musical)They also compete in the Drama Teacher Association of Southern California's (DTASC) acting and tech competition, and CETA.Their new production will be dinner with zombies(comedy)
As "Home of the Titans" the school enrolls approximately 2,500 low to middle income students between grades 9 through 12.
Colony High School's sports program includes baseball, basketball, cheer, cross country, football, golf, swimming, soccer, tennis, track, volleyball, water polo, softball, and wrestling.
Derrick Smith also of the class or 2006 and a running back on the football team won the 2005 CIF-SS Masters Meet champion in the long jump. Several athletes in the class of 2006 set the foundation for the future success of Colony Athletics.
On Friday, December 8, 2006, the Colony High School football team won the CIF-Southern Section Central Division championship game against Wildomar Elsinore by finishing an 80-yard drive with a touchdown run by quarterback Jeff Ginolfi for a 16-to-13 final score.[4] The Daily Bulletin, a local newspaper, stated, "For as long as Colony High School exists, they will always remember 'The Drive.'"
The Titans went on to win the Central Division Championship again in 2007.
The Titan Soccer team 2004-2005 led by the Paez brothers were Champions of the Mt Baldy league 2004-2005 coach Frank Green received the title unfortunately he left Colony after.
In the graduating class of 2007 there were several D-1 athletes, including Omar Bolden (Arizona State University), Chris Givens (Boise State University), Maurice Shaw (University of Idaho) Ryan Paez (University of San Diego).
The Girls Water Polo team was undefeated Mt. Baldy League Champions in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
The 2007-08 Boys Tennis Team ranked #1 and went 14-1 in the Mt. Baldy League and made history being the first boys league champs at Colony High School. Dominic Annoreno, the team water girl, led the team to CIF Playoffs and in the first round won all three of their matches against Hemet High School with a 13-5 victory. Second round, they faced top ranked ViewPoint, previous CIF Finalists and Champions and ended up losing 4-14, with Jose Ramos getting two wins in singles and the Quinones brothers winning two out of their three matches.
The Girls Tennis team was undefeated Mt. Baldy League Champions in the 2008 season (15-0). In 2009, they also won League Title with only one loss all season. Their number one singles, Lauren Remington was number one in League as were number one doubles players, Jocelyn Mireles and Tasnuva Islam.
Colony's clubs and organizations include CSF, NHS, the Anime Club, Comic Book Club, Key Club, Art Club, Media Club, and Roots & Shoots, to name a few.
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