Casa Roble High School

Casa Roble Fundamental High School is a public high school located in Orangevale, California. It is a part of the San Juan Unified School District with a student body of approximately 1700 students.

Academic Curriculum

Casa Roble uses the 4x4 block schedule in which students have four, 90 minutes classes per term. This allows for one more class per school year versus the normal seven class, full year schedule. To graduate a student must pass the Senior Project and possess a grand total of 280 credits.

Under the "Refuse to Fail" program, implemented in 2008 by principal Christopher Klyse, students with failing grades in classes are required to turn in all work and receive mandatory tutoring until their grades are passing. This was implemented in an effort to improve grades and decrease drop out rates. As of 2011, Refuse to Fail is no longer in use.

Casa Roble offers extensive elective opportunities. The school's yearbook (Rampages) is a predominantly student run program, they received 2006 H. L. Hall Adviser of the Year. Unique in the fact that the book is written, designed and photographed exclusively by the student staff, past yearbooks produced by the program have been nationally recognized by both the National Scholastic Press Association and Columbia Scholastic Press Association with multiple Pacemakers, considered the scholastic equivalent to the Pulitzer Prize, and Gold and Silver Crown awards from Columbia University. Casa Radio/TV (CRCN) has also earned an award itself for its "Gameday" segment which offers a little depth into the Casa Roble Varsity Football team each week of the season. It earned third place in the Best of Show category out of hundreds of other schools.

Casa Roble offers numerous Advanced Placement Program classes including European / US history, as well as English. Casa Roble offers three languages: Spanish, German and French.

Extracurricular activities

Air Force JROTC - One of the few schools in the area to offer the program.
AVID - AVID

Principal

Michele Lorenzo has been with San Juan Unified School District for 18 years. During this time she has had numerous opportunities to guide and lead as an elementary teacher, a middle school teacher, a middle school vice principal, and a high school vice principal. In the last 4 years she has had the privilege of being one of Casa Roble’s vice principals.^[2]

News

Casa Roble is holding a UV Colordash race on December 14 to raise charity for a young girl with leukemia and down syndrome. This race is put on by 5 students who are first time participants of the S.C.O.R.E. academy at Casa Roble, also it is for the notable senior project, a graduation requirement for all students. Their mentor is Aaron hutchinson, a 4 time Ironman racer and owner of Body On The Move.

http://www.uvsplashcolordash.com/orangevale-california.html

References

Notable alumni

• Manny Parra - Cincinnati Reds pitcher
• Mary Whipple - Olympic medalist in Beijing Games
• Dawn Rossi - Co-host of The Rob, Arnie, and Dawn Show
• Molly Ringwald - Actor