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| Poway High School | |
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| Location | |
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15500 Espola Road Poway, California | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Faithful Titans we will be through our years to you |
| Established | September 1961 |
| School district | Poway Unified School District |
| Principal | Scott Fisher |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 3,045[1] (2007) |
| Color(s) | Green, Gray |
| Mascot | Titan |
| Fight Song | Sons of Westwood |
| Newspaper | The Iliad |
| Yearbook | Odyssey |
| Website | Poway High School |
Poway High School (PHS) is a public, comprehensive high school located in the city of Poway, California. Established in 1961, it serves ninth through twelfth grade students from the communities of Poway and Rancho Bernardo. The school mascot is the Titan. Poway is the oldest high school in the Poway Unified School District.
Poway High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. First granted in 1965, the current accreditation is valid through 2008. Poway High School is both a California Distinguished School Award winner (1999) and a National Blue Ribbon School (1990/91).
Campus
The campus is in northern San Diego County, approximately 35 miles northeast of downtown San Diego. The campus covers 59 acres (238,765 m²).
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
Poway's athletic teams, the Titans, compete in the Palomar League and the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) San Diego Section.
The school fields teams in 19 sports: gymnastics, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, roller hockey, soccer, softball, swim, dive, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling.
The wrestling program has won four state championships, 57 different CIF division awards, and numerous Palomar League awards.
The 2007 football team finished the season 12-0 and were the CIF Division I champions. However in the 2009 season head coach, Damian Gonzalez, led Poway High's team to a 1-9 record only two years after going undefeated.
The 2007-2008 Boys Soccer team finished with a record of 23-2-5 and were the Palomar League and CIF Division I Champions. They were also finalists in the first annual Southern California Regional Soccer Championships.
Boys Tennis won CIF in both 2007 and 2008
The Girls Golf team won the 2006 CIF State Championship and the 2006 CIF San Diego Section Championship.
Also, the Marching Band has won many competitions throughout the years.
The baseball team has won CIF championships in 2006, 2008, and 2009.
Instrumental Music
The music program consists of several bands: Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, and the top band Wind Symphony, as well as the marching band, The Emerald Brigade. String Ensembles include Symphony Orchestra, and the Chamber Orchestra. Also, Poway has a Jazz Band and a Concert Percussion Ensemble. The Percussion Ensemble replaced the percussion Winterline shows in 2007. All groups consistently receive Superior ratings at the El Camino and district Festival competitions.[citation needed] In 2006, the Poway High School music program was designated a Grammy Signature School by the Grammy Foundation.
Choral Music
Poway High School also boasts one of the most successful choral programs in Southern California, and the entire United States, under the direction of Nancy Gray. The school has 5 choral groups, of which 2 are audition-only. The choirs, from more novice to more advanced are:
- Beginning Women's Choir
- Men's Choir
- Concert Choir
- Women's Ensemble
- Die Lieder Singers
In 2006, Poway's chamber group, the Die Lieder Singers won the annual Festival of Gold in Chicago, scoring a 94.67 on a 6-song festival set adjudicated by 3 judges.
Poway's choral music department is also known for its extremely successful musical productions every spring. The last few shows have been:
- Guys and Dolls (2009) - Frank Loesser
- The Music Man (2008) - Meredith Wilson
- The Secret Garden (2007) - Marsha Norman & Lucy Simon
- Les Misérables (2006) - Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schöenberg
- Beauty and the Beast (2005) - Alan Menken & Tim Rice
- The Pirates of Penzance (2004) - Gilbert & Sullivan
- Oklahoma! (2003) - Rodgers & Hammerstein
Theatre Guild
Poway's stage productions, under the direction of Rollin Swan, are well-known for being the most successful in the district; the Theatre Guild stages a Shakespeare play every fall ("Taming of the Shrew" in 2009,A Midsummer Night's Dream in 2008, Twelfth Night in 2007, King Lear in 2006, etc.) and puts up one or two smaller-scale productions every winter, with the spring play usually being a large-scale play written and directed by a senior for a senior project (2008 brought senior Marcus Kevorkyan's highly acclaimed Internal Bliss).
Day of Silence incident
On August 22, 2004, Poway junior Tyler Chase Harper came to school wearing a t-shirt with masking tape on the front and back, upon which was written "Homosexuality is shameful - Romans 1:27" and "Be ashamed, our school has embraced what God condemned." [8] The incident occurred one day after the Day of Silence, a national protest staged by high-school students against homophobia and sponsored by several state and national gay rights organizations. Harper was sent to the principal's office by a teacher, where he was asked to remove the tape; he refused.. He then was forced to stay in the school's office until the end of the school day.
The incident garnered a minor amount of attention in local and national media as an example of tensions in schools arising from homophobia and religious freedom. California, at the time, was in the process of reforming domestic partnership laws (see Domestic partnership in California).
Backed by the Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian legal group, Harper eventually sued the district, claiming a violation of his right to free speech. The case was eventually heard before a federal judge, but was thrown out, with the judge in the case ruling that the message was disruptive and needlessly offensive.
A film called "Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech" from HBO Films uses this case as an example of a violation of the 1st Amendment rights.
Notable alumni
- Jud Buechler -- Former NBA Player most notably for the Chicago Bulls. Has 3 NBA Championship rings with the Bulls.[2]
- Kellye Cash -- Miss America 1987.
- Tom DeLonge (1993) Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist for Blink-182, Box Car Racer, and Angels & Airwaves. Expelled during his junior year for drinking alcohol at a basketball game, later transferred to Rancho Bernardo High School
- Chris Sheridan (1993) Writer, Director, Producer for Fox sitcom Family Guy.
- Kristin Dos Santos (1993) -- E! Entertainment Personality[citation needed]
- Tony Gwynn Jr. -- MLB Player San Diego Padres, son of Padre Hall of Famer.[3]
- Charley Hoffman -- PGA Tour Member. Won the 2007 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.[4]
- Josh Lamon -- Actor on Broadway. Currently acting in Hair which won a Tony in 2009.[5]
- Bobby Lee -- Comedian on MADtv.[6]
- Bill Lunde -- 2008 Nationwide Tour Member. Finished 5th on the Nationwide money list earning him a PGA Tour card for 2009. Also a member of the 1998 UNLV Golf Team that won the NCAA Championship.
- James Meetze -- Poet, author of the books I Have Designed This For You, Serenades, and Instrument. Lecturer at University of California, San Diego. [citation needed]
- Dave Smith-- 13-year major league relief pitcher with the Houston Astros and the Chicago Cubs
- Catherine Opie (1979) -- Photographer and Professor of Art at University of California, Los Angeles.[citation needed]
- Phil Plantier -- Former Major League Baseball player.[7]
- Stephanie Seymour -- Victoria's Secret model.[citation needed]
- Drew Wahlroos -- Linebacker for the St. Louis Rams.[8]
- Marvell Wynne II -- soccer defender, who currently plays for Toronto FC of Major League Soccer. Wynne played two years of college soccer at UCLA, where he was named First Team All-American in 2005, and was part of the Under-20 team at the 2005 World Youth Championship. He also started all three games for the USA Men's Olympic Team during the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
External links
- Poway High School site
- Poway High ASB Site
- Poway Unified School District site
- Poway High School Library
- School Accountability Report Card Summary (2003-2004) (pdf file)
- Poway High School Iliad (newspaper)
References
- ^ "Poway High - Reports (CA Dept of Education)". Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- ^ [1] Accessed June 19, 2008.
- ^ [2] Accessed June 19, 2008
- ^ [3] Accessed October 3, 2009
- ^ [4] Accessed September 20, 2009
- ^ [5] "'Mad' man". San Diego Union Tribune, September 19, 2004. Accessed April 26, 2009
- ^ [6] Accessed June 19, 2008
- ^ [7] Accessed June 19, 2008.