Diamond Bar High School

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Diamond Bar High School (DBHS) is located in Diamond Bar, California and is part of the Walnut Valley Unified School District. The school mascot is the Brahma, and the school colors are purple, gold, and white. Diamond Bar High School students participate in programs such as Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB). During the school year, DBHS received an Academic Performance Index of 845, and 95% of students passed the California High School Exit Exam.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] History

Diamond Bar High School was founded in 1982. Its first students came from Suzanne Middle School, Chaparral Middle School and Walnut High School. The first principal of the school was Walt Holmes and the first activities director was Dale Favier. The first student body president was Randy Thomas, the current technology coordinator at the high school.

[edit] Student Body Government (United Student Body)

Diamond Bar High School's student body government is called the United Student Body (USB). This differs from other schools with Associated Student Body (ASB) programs. At DBHS, there are six executive board members who are elected by the student body in December: President, Vice-President, Speaker of the House, Inter-Organizational Chairperson, Secretary, and Financial Director. They, along with their appointed commissioners, begin their terms in January and serve for a regular year (instead of a school year). The official transition from the old officers to the new officers takes place at the Extollation/Installation Banquet.

[edit] USB Inter-Organizational Council

The Inter-Organizational Council (IOC) is composed of IOC representatives from every club and class on campus. IOC Representatives are required to attend the monthly meetings and participate in the yearly "Club Signing Party." ^[1]

[edit] USB Senate

The USB Senate is composed of the USB Commissioners appointed by the Executive Board at the beginning of each calendar year. The Senate assists the Executive Board during Senate meetings. The Senate also policies DBHS's student activities. More information is available in the student constitution DBHS Constitution and the DBHS By-Laws

[edit] USB House of Representatives

The USB House of Representatives is composed of the representatives from each homeroom (4th period) class. The representatives meet once a month and offer input and advice on school activities.

[edit] Websites

Diamond Bar High School has several different websites. The school has an official website, a student body website, and sites managed by different groups on campus.

[edit] Diamond Bar High (diamondbarhigh.net)

DiamondBarHigh.net contains general information about Diamond Bar High School and the courses and programs offered. The site was created in January 2008 and contains more information than the previous school site. The site mainly serves to provide information about the school to the public and does not contain as much news as the USB website.

[edit] Diamond Bar High USB Website (dbhsusb.org)

DBHSusb.org was created as a student/parent informational site by providing school news and a school calendar. The site was also designed to help students share a part of their DBHS life by submitting appropriate pictures. The site also contains club websites and a club directory. Each club is responsible for updating and maintaining their own site. The website was started in early February 2006 and was created by USB Commissioners of Technology Jason Lee and Geoffrey Cheung. The website has undergone several design changes and two content management system (CMS) changes. The site is currently powered by the Joomla! CMS system and several other custom modifications. ^[2] In October 2006, USB made an effort to conserve more paper and decided to make more general school forms available online at the download section.

[edit] Other Websites

Some groups on campus have and manage their own website. An example of this would be the IB Program on campus.

[edit] Academic Programs

[edit] Advanced Placement Program

DBHS offers a wide variety of Advanced Placement (AP) courses for its students. In 2005, the College Board also recognized Diamond Bar High School's calculus program as the top performing large size (1000+) school.^[3]

[edit] International Baccalaureate Program

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Program is administered by the IB Organization. The program offers advanced level courses to students and offers students the opportunity to take IB Test in approved classes for college credit. Dena Lordi is the current IB coordinator. The very first year it started its program was in the fall of 2001.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Pathways Academy

Pathways is an alternate school program offered to students. The program offers different courses and class schedules. The curriculum includes a broad range of college preparatory courses and work experience classes.^[4]

[edit] Campus

Each of the buildings on campus have Western names. This naming convention was started in 1983 when the school was first built.

[edit] Notable alumni

• Keith Van Horn, 1993, Basketball, Dallas Mavericks^[5]
• Park Teddy of 1TYM
• Danny Im of 1TYM
• Mike Burns (baseball pitcher), Baseball, Cincinnati Reds^[6]
• Stephanie Hwang, Singer, Korean group Girls' Generation
• Bret Lockett, Football, New England Patriots ^[7]
• Jim Edmonds, Baseball, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim^[8]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Diamond Bar High Official website
• Diamond Bar High USB
• Diamond Bar High International Baccalaureate