Dos Pueblos High School

Dos Pueblos High School

Ex fide fortis
(Latin: From loyalty, strength)
Location
7266 Alameda Ave.
Goleta, CA
United States
Information
Type Public
Established 1966
School district Santa Barbara Unified School District
Principal Shawn Carey
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2,300
Color(s) Navy Blue and Vegas Gold
Athletics conference CIF-SS Division 2
Channel League
Mascot Chargers
Rivals San Marcos High School
Santa Barbara High School
Information (805) 968-2541
Website www.dphs.org
Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California

Dos Pueblos High School is a public high school located in Goleta, California, west of Santa Barbara. Located adjacent to the foothills on the edge of the Goleta Valley in an area known as El Encanto Heights, it serves a student body of approximately 2,300 in grades 9-12.

Dos Pueblos High School, ("DP" or "DPHS"), is a National Blue Ribbon School. Dos Pueblos' school mascot is the "Charger". The school has undergone recent renovations including finishing of the football stadium, as well as the building of a Broadway-sized theater, an Olympic size pool, and a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) engineering facility.

In 2012, Newsweek ranked Dos Pueblos High School as 597 within the top 1000 high schools in America, and 127 in the state of California, far surpassing any others in the area. It based its decision on several criteria, including its graduation rate (93%), percentage of graduates attending college (95%), number of AP/IB tests per student (0.5), average AP test score (3.4), average SAT score (1690), average ACT score (26.5), and the percentage of students receiving subsidized lunches (28%).[1]

Student Ethnicity

During the 2013–2014 school year, there were 2,140 students. 41.6% of students were White (not Hispanic), 43.3% were Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% were Asian, 1.4% were African, 0.3% were Native American, and 0.1% were Pacific Islander. 4.5% were multi-racial or declined to state.[2]

Academic programs

Dos Pueblos is an IB World School; however, the majority of students participate in a curriculum that includes vocational, college preparation, and Advanced Placement courses.[3][4]

International Baccalaureate Programme

DPHS students can participate in the International Baccalaureate Programme, a program that provides highly motivated and academically able college-bound students, an opportunity to pursue a rigorous liberal arts curriculum that is recognized by many colleges and universities. Course pre-requisites and participation are subject to instructor approval and an application process. Students may apply for the program at the end of their sophomore year. There are limited spots and not all are accepted.[3][4]

Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy

The Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy is a four-year program at Dos Pueblos High School, founded by MacArthur Fellowship winner Amir Abo-Shaeer. The Engineering Academy offers classes in machining, physics, industrial design, programming, and CAD.[5] The Engineering Academy follows a philosophy of project-based learning; over the course of four years, students complete many projects including a mobile, a light sculpture, and a Kinetic Sculpture. During their senior year, students choose between constructing a robot to compete in the FIRST Robotics Competition, or designing a mechatronics art installation for display in the Bay Area Maker Faire. The FIRST team, the D'Penguineers, has won several regional competitions and was a regional division finalist in 2008.[6] The Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy was the subject of the book The New Cool by Neal Bascomb.[7]

Dos Pueblos Mock Trial Program

The Dos Pueblos mock trial program gained prominence in 1984, winning the California state championship in that year and again in 1987. Under the coaching of teacher Ken Larson and attorney coach Chris Kroes, the Dos Pueblos team won several county championships in the 1980s and 1990s with second-place state finishes in 1993, 1994 and 1996. Under coach Bill Woodard (2008–2014), Dos Pueblos won Santa Barbara County titles in 2009, '10, '11 (tied with San Marcos High School), '12, and '13 and finished 13th, 5th, 8th, 2nd, and 9th at state respectively. DP finished second at the 2012 Empire World Invitational—losing in the championship round by a single ballot. A return trip to Empire in 2013 ended with a 4th place world ranking.[8][9] In 2015, DP's Mock Trial program won first place in the World Championships at Empire.[10]

Science Bowl

In April 2010, Dos Pueblos finished 13th in the nation after making it into the "Sweet 16" in the U.S. Department of Energy's National Science Bowl competition in Washington, D.C. United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu presented the award of a $1,000 check to the Dos Pueblos High School team, including captain Ilan Goodman, Nicholas Su, Sean Risser, Felix Li, Anjian Wu and Coach Chris Jones. In 2008, Dos Pueblos School's Science Bowl was founded and run by John J. Kim for 2 years. Dos Pueblos team took top honors in regional competition in 2008 and 2009, and advanced to the national finals in 2009. On their first appearance in 2008, the DP team took 2nd place in the Kern County Regional Science Bowl. In 2009, the team placed first out of 32 teams in the U.S. Department of Energy's regional Science Bowl competition in Kern County.[11]

Economics Challenge and Capital Markets Contest

Dos Pueblos High School had a successful run in the 2009 Capital Markets contests. One team went to the Los Angeles County competition on Wednesday and another team to the Orange County competition yesterday. The Los Angeles team took third in a close contest, and the Orange County team took first place against a very tough field. Our Orange County champions (all juniors) are, Philip A. Bildner (Cal-Berkeley), Da-bin Ryu (Harvard), Nick Su (Stanford), and Anjian Wu (Cal Tech).[12]

The Dos Pueblos team also won the 2010 Los Angeles Capital Markets Contest. The team consisted of Haley Araki, Owen Chen, Richard Cheng, and Peter Shao for the Los Angeles Capital Markets Contest on May 27 at the Federal Reserve Bank in Los Angeles. Roland Lewin is the students’ coach/economics teacher. The contest enables students to learn basic economic principles through stock trading and financial analysis, and challenges them to draw conclusions and provide recommendations for addressing national economic issues.[13]


Media Programs

The Image

The Image Yearbook Staff is an award winning program on campus. The Image has been awarded and recognized nationally: 2008-2013 Look Book Feature, 2012 CSPA Gold Crown Award, 2012 NSPA Best of Show San Antonio, 2012-2013 Book Look Highlighted Book, 2013 CSPA Silver Crown Award, 2013 Design of the Year-Jostens Design Contest, 2013 NSPA First Place; with four marks of Distinction, 2014 NSPA Best of Show San Diego, 2015 NSPA Best of Show Denver. Students work as staff members and editors to produce an annual yearbook on Jostens, an online publication platform. The Image boasts a social media following of over one-third of the school's population. [14]

Performing Arts

Dos Pueblos Theatre Company

The Dos Pueblos Theatre Company challenges its participants and audiences to think, dream and live creatively through visionary programming, collaboration with leading resident theater companies and colleges, ongoing community outreach, interaction with professional artists and unique performance opportunities for all levels and interests. Students have the opportunity to participate directly in the creation of brand new work, gaining invaluable insights into writing, rewriting, professional theater rehearsal processes and character interpretation.

The Dos Pueblos Theater Company is led by a democratically elected student leadership council. These students help manage the theater program and facilit, and produce theatrical events such as haunted houses, dinner theatre nights, and theatre workshops. Of particular note is Holiday Package, an annual show written, directed and produced by students in a format similar to Saturday Night Live. Most sketches satirize Dos Pueblos, the holiday season, or popular culture at large. The show is also famous for its Male Ballet finale, where 12th grade male students dance in humorous attire to popular music.

The construction of a new 749 seat theater was completed in September 2007 and named The Elings Performing Arts Center in 2011 after donor Dr. Virgil Elings.[15] In the Spring of 2008, the DP Theater produced Beauty and the Beast,[16] the first musical in the new theater. The Charger Theater has also produced the plays The Visit[17] (2008) and You Can't Take it with You[18] (2009), along with the musicals Annie[19] (2009) and Curtains[20] (2010). More recently, Servant of Two Masters (2010) and Hello, Dolly![21] (2011) took the stage at DP. The 2011-2012 school year showcased the West Coast premiere of the musical Like You Like It and one of the first ever high school productions of Disney's Tarzan.

Dos Pueblos Instrumental Music Program

Marching/Concert band

The Dos Pueblos High School Marching Band is the biggest group in the Instrumental Music Program at Dos Pueblos. It comprises drumline, color guard, and horn line, whom all compete and perform as one group. The Marching Chargers perform at football games as half time entertainment, in parades such as the Santa Barbara Downtown Holiday Parade, and also compete all along the south coast against other marching bands. For the two weeks preceding the beginning of the school year, the band meets every day for band camp. After school starts, the band meets daily during periods 6 and 7 to practice music and drill for their field show.

Every year the group changes the theme of its show. For the 2010/2011 season, the show was "Echoes of Childhoods Past", composed and arranged by Lozell Henderson and including "In My Life" by the Beatles, The Twilight Zone theme song, the Looney Toons Theme Song, The Simpsons Theme Song and "We Don't Have To Take It" by Twisted Sister. Previous shows have included "Synergy," "Through the Veil of Night", "An American Portrait", "Flight", The Incredibles, The Phantom of the Opera, Grease, and Les Misérables. During their "Flight" show in the 06-07 season, at the Battle of the Bands competition at Moorpark High School, the band got first place for the first time in more than five years. In 2007 the Dos Pueblos Marching Chargers also won sweepstakes with their show "An American Portrait", beating 17 other bands at the Royal Competition in October. This is the first time band has won this award in more than 15 years and it is a great honor to them. The Drumline also got the first place and high Percussion award at the Royal Competition. In 2008, the band received sweepstakes again and high music awards at the Royal Competition. In the 2011-2012 marching band season, Lozell Henderson wrote "American Anthems". the show features a boton twirler, traditional songs of the United States, and a strong sense of American pride. The 2013-2014 season's show is titled "Emerald". For this season the band features the best staff in recent history, the drum major is Andrew Barone, the drum captain is Tommy Soto, the horn sergeant is Aidan Hovey, and assistant drum major is Brandon Phung.

Once second semester comes, the band splits into smaller groups who each go their separate ways. The Horn Line becomes a performing concert band, the Color Guard becomes Winter Guard, and the Drumline becomes their own performing group just like the rest to showcase their talents with their instrument and compete against others of their level.[22]

Jazz Ensemble

The Dos Pueblos HS Jazz Ensemble is the reigning Reno Jazz Festival champion. These young men and women perform at a variety of venues in the Santa Barbara area, as well as the Reno Jazz Festival, and other Community College and High School jazz festivals on the central coast. A few students in this band even take on the responsibility of producing the annual Dos Pueblos High School Jazz Festival, which will be in its 40th year in March 2009. The 39th Festival featured thirteen competing bands from Southern California and was followed by a benefit concert for the new theatre, which all the local district high school and Santa Barbara City College bands participated in.[23]

As well as participating at jazz festivals, the Jazz Ensemble regularly plays at the local Elks' Lodge. The band plays from a classic repertoire of danceable swing tunes. The Ensemble is available for hire in the Santa Barbara area.

There is also a smaller jazz combo. It is partially student run and emphasis is placed more on individual improvisation and expression, rather than ensemble playing.

Color Guard

Using hand and eye coordination along with a wide variety of flags, rifles, sabers, props, and dances, the Color Guard entertains the crowd while they listen to the music of the Marching Band and the beat of the Drumline. During the first semester of the school year, the Color Guard performs with the Marching Band and the Drumline. They perform at football games and competitions. For the second semester, the guard performs to a CD instead, and travels to competitions and other performances.

Orchestra

The Dos Pueblos High School Orchestra gives the opportunity for high school string and wind players in 9-12 grades to learn and rehearse a variety of music as a group. Dos Pueblos is the only high school in the Santa Barbara Unified School District with an Orchestra, and the number of members have been growing each new school year. The orchestra performs at their Winter and Spring Music Concerts onstage at Elings Performing Arts Center. Some years, the group also performs at Disneyland during Disney Magic Music Days. "The class emphasizes the fundamentals of orchestral playing and all around musicianship, including proper tone production, knowledge of key signatures and their scales, technique, sight reading, and the performance of intermediate and advanced level high school orchestral literature." For more information, visit the Dos Pueblos Instrumental Music Program's website.

Dos Pueblos Vocal Music Department

A Capella and Mixed Chorus

A beginner and an intermediate choir, open to 9-12 grades, that works on performance and vocal technique. Sight-reading, vocal techniques such as proper breathing, diction, tone quality, blend and pitch will be skills gained and honed. Both the Dos Pueblos A Capella Choir and The Dos Pueblos Mixed Chorus join the Madrigals and The DP Jazz Choir and Combo for a Winter and Spring Concert. The Concerts are held at the Elings Performing Arts Center.

Jazz Choir and Combo

The Dos Pueblos Jazz Choir and Combo is an honor performing group of singers and instrumentalists from 9th-12th grades, who with instructor approval, perform both in conjunction with the Madrigals 2 and on their own as an instrumental ensemble. They not only perform in the Winter and Spring Vocal Music Concerts, but have also been asked to record songs at a professional studio in Santa Barbara. The Jazz Choir and Combo is the ensemble that competes at The Reno Jazz Festival and also at Cuesta College's Vocal Jazz Competition each year. They also sang onstage with Foreigner, recorded 5 songs sold on iTunes, and met and sag for Katy Perry.

Athletics

School teams play in the Channel League, and thus are eligible for a California Interscholastic Federation championship.

Football

The furthest Dos Pueblos has reached in CIF playoffs was in 2001, when they were CIF Western Division runners-up and finished with an 11 - 3 record. The 2001 team overcame many on and off the field issues on their way to a record setting season for DP Football. The Chargers are the 2010 Channel League and City champions. Dos Pueblos beat rival San Marcos 34-7 and Santa Barbara 27-7 to win the City Championship, an unofficial title amongst Channel League teams from Santa Barbara County. They went undefeated in Channel League, beating Ventura 30-27 to win their first league title since 1979. In the 2011 season they were defeated by Ventura in a nail-bitingly close match, but defeated everyone else in the Santa Barbara/Goleta area, thus being back-to-back City Champs.[24][25][26]

Boys soccer

The 1983 boy's soccer team won the CIF Championship. Although the championship game with Camarillo HS ended with the score knotted at 3-3, the match was officially declared over after two overtime periods. Oddly, that year there was no method for ending a tie such as with penalty kicks. Therefore, co-champions were officially declared. This was the first CIF 4-A Championship ever won by a Dos Pueblos HS athletic team.[27]

The coach was Jorge Lorca. Players on that team were Chuck Adam, Jose "Yo-Yo" Banuelos, Alan Carlin, Pedro Guillen, Gary Hoag, Paul Hovda, Gerardo Jimenez, Mike McGrath, Mickey Miranda, Paul "Babe" Mocker, Abel Pizano, Rafael Rios, Lewis Stark, James Stupak, Andy Tangel, Scott Valianos, Fred Wilms, Brian Wolf and Brian Zimmerman. (Added to the postseason roster were Bruce Shumikowski, John Blaney and Michael Blaney.)

On November 29, 2008, the team celebrated the 25th anniversary of the championship with a game against a squad of current varsity players and recent alumni. A celebration of the lifetime achievements and overall contributions to soccer in Goleta of Joe Nunez, Jorge Lorca, R. Cam Camarena, and Abe Jahadhmy capped the weekend. Tributes of applause, gratitude, tears (and shirts signed by the players) were bestowed on these four individuals in recognition of the deeply valuable contributions each has made to the communities, schools, and student-athletes of Goleta Valley.

Girls Volleyball

The girl's volleyball team won a CIF volleyball title in 2009. Coached by Todd Garrett, the team swept all games to take the championship match.

Boys Cross Country

In the 2012 season the Boys Cross Country team finished 4th at the Division 2 State Championships. Bryan Fernandez went undefeated on the season, winning the CIF Southern Section and State Titles to go along with back to back County and League titles. In 2013, led by UCLA's Cole Smith, the team finished 2nd at the Southern Section Finals and 3rd at the State Championships after winning the Channel League and Santa Barbara County Championships for the 2nd year in a row.[28] [29]

Boy's Baseball

The 2015 Dos Pueblos Boy's Baseball team was the fourth straight Channel League Champions, beating out rivals Santa Barbara High School and Buena High School. Since 2009, the boys are 11-1 against their crosstown rivals, the Santa Barbara Dons. Four year varsity ace Gabe Speier was drafted in the 18th round by the Boston Redsox, passing on his full-time offer to nationally ranked UCSB. Speier is currently playing in the Detroit Tigers organization, the same organization that James McCann, Dos Pueblos Graduate (2008), plays for

Administration

On May 11, 2010, Shawn Carey, a former teacher and assistant principal was named the new principal. She began performing her job duties on July 1, 2010.

The school has four assistant principals: Mary Ziegler (Athletics and Activities), Nea Voss (Intervention Programs, EL), Jorge Fulco (Discipline and Safety), and Bill Woodard (Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment),

Notable alumni

Kim Wilson

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  14. ↑ http://www.dpyearbook.org/
  15. ↑ "Dos Pueblos High’s Performing Arts Center Has A New Name". Santa Barbara Unified School District. 18 April 2011.
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  17. ↑ "Dos Pueblos’ Fall Play Weighs the Personal Price in ‘The Visit’". Noozhawk. 5 November 2008.
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  23. ↑ "Jazz Band". DPHS Music.
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