| Coronado High School | |
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| Established | 1961 |
| Type | Secondary |
| Principal | John Biera |
| Faculty | 121 |
| Students | 1,295 (October 2010)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | Scottsdale, Arizona, USA |
| Oversight | Scottsdale Unified School District |
| Colors | Scarlet red and navy blue |
| Mascot | Don |
| Website | susd.org/coronado |
Coronado High School is a public high school located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school enrolled 1,295 in the 2010-2011 school year who primarily come from feeder schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District.
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Coronado High School, named for the Spanish conquistador Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, opened in 1961 as a public comprehensive high school, grades 9-12, with emphasis on college preparatory and vocational/technical curriculum. A don is a name for a Spanish nobleman. Thus, the Coronado Don became the school mascot. Noted Phoenix midcentury architect Ralph Haver designed the original school, mostly made of precast concrete.<ref="quiz">http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/2011/09/20/20110920scottsdale-coronado-high-school-50th-anniversary-quiz-prog.html</ref>
Coronado High School was designed by Ralph Haver, a prolific midcentury architect who also designed numerous public and commercial buildings, as well as tract homes and private residences in Phoenix and Scottsdale, during the 1950s and 1960s. The neighboring residential community of Town and Country, also featuring classic contemporary ranch style tract homes designed by Haver, was designated as historic by the City of Scottsdale in 2005. Coronado High was overhauled by DLR Group for the 2008-09 school year, though the white folded plate motif was kept in the new structures as a nod to the former appearance.
The Coronado baseball team has been one of the school's most successful program over its nearly 50 years. The team has won four baseball championships, three of which ('66, '69 and '79) were won in Arizona's 5A division and the other in 2007 in 4A division II led by Coronado's long time coach Buck Holmes. The Dons football program has been known for its small but powerful players. In 1976, Coach Ed Anderson led the team to a perfect season and a 5A Championship. The primary rival of Coronado sports is Arcadia High School. The Varsity program is now coached by BJ Pasquel.
The Coronado Shield has been a symbol of the school for many years. It was originally designed by Joe Gatti, who also created another symbol of the school, the mural on the auditorium. Mr. Gatti was an art teacher at Coronado from its opening in 1961 through 1984. He felt that this shield design fit the idea of Coronado's namesake.
Coronado has a wide range of arts programs
Coronado High School has art classes from art to photography and 3D art. The school's most famous work of art, the mural that hangs above the school auditorium, was pieced together by some of the school's first art students. Recently, Coronado art students have made a mosaic that stands in between two of the art classes.
Coronado High School's theater program had a "reboot" in the 2008-09 school year with their first production to have all fine art departments collaborating in 20 years with the show "Once Upon a Mattress" directed by the school's theater teacher. The following year Coronado produced the show "Grease", directed by Dr. Brauer and co directed by previous Saguaro High School theater teacher, Paul Townsend (a 1982 graduate of Coronado). The fine arts department performed "The Music Man", directed by Mr. Carey, on February 3–5, 2011. In 2012 Mr. Townsend will be returning to co-direct "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown." with Dr. Brauer for the school's 50th anniversary.
Coronado High School is also home to Thespians Troupe #1557. The current members of this troupe are hoping to get the group more active in shows and other school events. The Thespians are currently planning to do a radio show during the 2011-2012 school year for the school's 50th anniversary.
Coronado's choir program has been under the direction of Dr. Sammy Jo Brauer since 2007. The Coronado Varsity Chorus is the main choir at the school. Varsity Chorus student size has more than doubled in size since under the direction of Dr. Brauer. Varsity Chorus has participated in multiple Heritage Festivals in California as well as many in-state events. Starting in the 2011-12, the choir was separated into a Varsity and Women's choir. The choirs, along with the orchestra, are planning to go to New York in the first week of March to sing in the Lincoln Memorial center.
The Advanced Choral Ensemble (A.C.E.) is a smaller choral ensemble of 14 members (3 Tenors, 3 Basses, 4 Altos, and 4 Sopranos) by audition at Coronado High School. Members of A.C.E. be in the varsity choir, maintain excellent Grade Point Averages, and must display leadership qualities. The A.C.E. group has competed in several Heritage Festivals as well as the Northern Arizona University (NAU) Jazz and Madrigal Festival, where they received the ratings of "Excellent" in Jazz and "Superior" in Madrigal (February 2010). A.C.E. returned to NAU in February 2011 to compete in their Jazz and Madrigal festival once again. This time they received Superiors in both Jazz and Madrigal with near perfect scores giving them one of the highest scores out of all the competing schools.
The Coronado Dons band program, under the direction of Dr. Schultz Bennett since 2006, has grown considerably. The marching band continues to be successful. As of the 2009-10 marching season, the band is a Division II with almost 75 members and continued to be as, if not more, successful than they were prior years in Division III. At the ABODA State Marching Festival on November 7, 2009, they were one of three bands to receive a rating of Superior with Distinction as well as four of five captions. At this year's ABODA State Marching Festival, which took place at Hamilton High School on November 6, 2010, the Dons Marching Band received a rating of Superior with 3 of 5 captions and they qualified for the state championships on November 13, where they received 2nd place for Division II with a score of 71.30.
Coronado a variety of clubs and organizations. The various clubs and organization, in cooperation with student counsel, sponsor dances and other activities. Except for size and specific requirements, all clubs and organizations are open to all students as per Board Policy, which states that he governing board encourages student involvement in the many and varied organizations that complement the academic program. These organizations will be under the authority and approval of the school administration and student government.
Listed below are the clubs and student organizations that are active at the school:
All hail to Coronado scarlet and navy blue
We pledge to you allegiance,
we Dons forever true
May each year bring more glory,
hold your banner high
Thy praise we sing and vict'ries bring to
Coronado High
Coronado Dons go marching on
Go marching on
To this, their song
Ever faithful, loyal, valiant be
Bring victory
We proclaim them proudly
Coronado win this game
Fight on to fame
Uphold the name
Take it on the chin and never give in
Coronado Dons fight on!!!
In the late 1980s, Coronado was used as a film location as a less-expensive alternative to filming in California. Coronado High School was the site of the high school that "Bill and Ted" attended in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure although the high school in the movie was named San Dimas High School (San Dimas was actually the site of the Bill & Ted sequel). The movie finale (Bill & Ted's final on-stage report with historical figures) was filmed in Coronado's auditorium, torn down for remodeling in 2006.
Disney used the school twice, as Coronado was the site of filming for ABC's Not Quite Human, a film featuring Jay Underwood, Robyn Lively, and Alan Thicke. Another movie called Just Perfect (featuring Jennie Garth) was filmed for the Mickey Mouse Club in 1989. The final football game shown in the movie was actually Coronado's varsity and junior varsity teams.
The 1985 movie Just One of the Guys, starring Joyce Hyser, was filmed at the now-demolished Scottsdale High School as well as at Coronado High School.
There was another Lifetime Network—type movie filmed on the campus in 1998.
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