Mt. Carmel High School - San Diego, California/CA

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Mt. Carmel High School

9550 Carmel Mountain Rd., San Diego, CA, 92129-2799 -

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Definition of Terms

Mt. Carmel High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

San Diego County, CA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2202 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

102 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 582 students

Grade 10 - 567 students

Grade 11 - 602 students

Grade 12 - 451 students

This School

(CA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:22

1:23

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(CA) School Average

% American Indian	1%	n/a
% Asian	27%	12%
% Hispanic	9%	42%
% Black	4%	8%
% White	55%	33%
% Unknown	4 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

(CA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

30%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

(CA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Poway Unified School District

This School's Agency

(CA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	34	7
Number of Students Managed	32,645 students	3,960 students
District Total Revenue	$295,921,000	$37,604,000
District Expenditure	$347,986,000	$39,520,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,065	$9,496
District Expenditure / Student	$10,660	$9,980
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Nado Natterings (Coronado Eagle & Journal)
posted on June 25, 2009 at 06:01:55 pm
The No. 1 seeded Coronado High School's Boys Lacrosse Team (20-2) defeated La Costa Canyon Saturday night by the score of 9-4 to win the CIF San Diego Section championship.
COMMUNITY NEWS: NCT, June 23, 2009 (North County Times)
posted on June 24, 2009 at 07:50:47 am
Water District honors local residents ENCINITAS ---- The Olivenhain Municipal Water District, in partnership with other local water agencies, recently honored local residents who participated in two annual contests designed to boost conservation. The Water Awareness Month Poster Contest, open to fourth-grade students who live within the district, were judged on best expression of theme, poster ...
Star factories: Most celebs born in big cities (CTV.ca)
posted on June 14, 2009 at 11:44:34 am
Where are the new "star factories"? In the entertainment capitals themselves, it turns out. A new Forbes ranking of where stars come from shows the lion's share of today's stars were born in big cities like New York and L.A.
Star Factories (Forbes)
posted on June 12, 2009 at 04:15:26 pm
To become a big-name celebrity, it helps to be born in a big city.
Catching up with progress made on recent repair requests (San Diego Union-Tribune)
posted on June 12, 2009 at 10:13:37 am
From railroads to storm drains, here are updates on problems mentioned in recent Just Fix It columns: IT'S FIXED: A sunken water-meter box on a Carmel Mountain Road sidewalk – a tripping hazard for students at nearby Mt. Carmel High School – was repaired by the city Water Department within days of our inquiry (Just Fix It, June 3).

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Mt. Carmel High School (MCHS), a California Distinguished High School in 2005, is located in Rancho Penasquitos, a community of San Diego, California. The school belongs to the Poway Unified School District and its mascot is the Sundevil.
Since 1975, the Sundevils have been of great benefit to the small community where they are located. As an example, Palomar Community College holds more evening classes at MCHS than any other satellite campus in their system. Historically the school's main rival has been Poway High School; other major rivals include the newly created Westview High School and Rancho Bernardo High School.
Mt. Carmel High School is both a California Distinguished School Award winner and a National Blue Ribbon School. In recent years, it has sent graduates to New York University, Duke University, Harvard University, Yale University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the California Institute of Technology, Dartmouth College, Stanford University, and most other elite American universities.
History: Mt. Carmel High School was built in 1974, with a few classes first held at the neighboring Black Mountain Middle School while the rest of construction finished.
In 1999, the movie Bring It On filmed on campus, with Mt. Carmel's locker room, weight room, and football scoreboard making it onto the big screen. Also, this same year, Mt. Carmel set a record with the largest high school enrollment in California. Enrollent later diminished as a new high school, Westview High School, was built nearby.
Renovation: The school is currently undergoing a major renovation thanks to funds provided by Prop U and funds approved by district voters. Completion of the "Pardon our Dust"-sloganed renovation is expected by spring of 2007 and was started in the spring of 2004.
Mt. Carmel's renovation began sometime towards the end of Poway's; Poway is the oldest school in the district, and Mt. Carmel second.
The Instrumental Music Department: Mt. Carmel's two-time Grammy award-winning band and orchestra is well-known throughout the country. The school's orchestra and wind ensembles are directed by nationally-recognized director Warren Torns. The school's marching and concert bands are led by Garry McPherson and assistant Danielle Bruce. Most recently, the Marching Sundevils performed for the 3rd time in the rainy 2006 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. Performing ensembles consistently receive unanimous superior ratings at music festivals throughout southern California. In 2005, Mount Carmel's Music Department hosted the Holiday Bowl High School Band Competition. This season at the Westview, Poway, and Vista Tournament of Bands, the Marching Sundevils took Grand Sweepstakes over the Rancho Bernardo Royal Regiment. Also, the Marching Sundevils took home Sweepstakes for General Effect, Auxiliary, and Band in the fieldshow competition of the Arcadia Festival of Bands, finishing in 1st Place Combined (parade and fieldshow) for Band and Auxiliary behind the Rancho Bernardo Royal Regiment.
Athletics: Mt. Carmel competes in the Palomar League against Poway High School, Rancho Bernardo High School, Westview High School, Torrey Pines High School, and La Costa Canyon High School. Mt. Carmel has teams for all California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) sports and has done exceptionally well in CIF championships. The most recent CIF titles captured by Mt. Carmel include 2005 wrestling, 2005 girl's swimming, and 2006 girl's basketball.
Newspaper: The school newspaper is the Mt. Carmel SUN, a 12 page broadsheet publication. The SUN is distributed free of charge every two weeks to the student body. It has been the recipient of numerous national awards.
Famous alumni: Billy Beane, General manager, Oakland A's.
Bobby Lee, actor/comedian, MadTV.
Darren Balsley, Pitching coach, Padres.
Eric Anthony, Retired baseball player.
Eric Munson, Baseball player, Houston Astros.
Eric Munson, Baseball player, Houston Astros .
Johnny Jeter, Pro Wrestler.
Mark Risley, Emmy winning director.
Robyn Villanueva, Chicago Bulls Luvabull.
Robyn Villanueva, Chicago Bulls Luvabull.
Steve Cherundolo, Defender, Hannover 96, U.S. National Team (Soccer).
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