- Tesoro High School is a public school found in the southern Orange County city of Las Flores, California. Established in the fall of 2001, Tesoro is 1 of 7 high schools in the Capistrano Unified School District. As of the 2009-2010 year, Tesoro serves nearly 3,000 students in grades 9-12. Students attending Tesoro are within the districted cities of Rancho Santa Margarita, Ladera Ranch, Coto De Caza and Mission Viejo.
- Achievements
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Tesoro is a California Distinguished School.
- In 2008, Newsweek's "America's Top Public High Schools" feature ranked Tesoro as number 493 out of the 1,300 top high schools nationwide. . This makes it the second highest ranked in the school district after Capistrano Valley High School. In 2007, Tesoro was the third highest ranked in the district.
- The Tesoro High School Chamber Orchestra recently performed for the State Music Educator's Conference in Sacramento and, along with the Wind Ensemble, performed in Carnegie Hall in April 2007.
- Tesoro's choral music department has also been recognized as one of top choral programs in Southern California , having won the Golden State South Choral Competition in 2008. In 2005, the Overtones, Tesoro's Barbershop Quartet, placed first in the Barbershop Harmony Society Far Western District High School Quartet Championship. The choir has performed extensively throughout Southern California, as well as Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Ireland, and Mexico. The choir has never received less than a superior rating at an adjudicated festival. The music program at Tesoro was ranked in the top 100 in the United States by the Grammy Foundation.
- In 2004 and 2005, Tesoro High School's theatre arts department won many CAPPIES awards , along with participating yearly in Theatre Festivals including: South Orange County Roleabout, Fullerton Junior College High School Theatre Festival, California Educational Theatre Association's festival, and the Long Beach State High School Theatre Festival.
- Sports
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The Tesoro High School Varsity football team beat Western High School in 2004 to capture their first division title. In 2005, the Titans became Back-To-Back Division IX CIF Champions after beating Northwood High School for the second time that season.
- Tesoro was moved into the more competitive South Coast League for sports in the 2006 school year. Although the 2004 and 2005 football teams had beaten several teams from upper division schools, including Dana Hills, Foothill, Kennedy, and Laguna Hills,
- and the '04 and '05 teams were ranked among the top 10 high school football teams in Orange County,
[http://www.ocregister.com/ocvarsity/2005/10/28/todaysregister/article_738107.php], [Orange County Register, OC Varsity TOP 10, 11/19/05, 11/15/05, 11/12/05, 11/8/05, 10/25/05, 10/8/05, 9/27/05, 9/24/05, 9/10/05, 9/25/04]the team placed last in the league in 2006, after losing key players including Josh Williams, Sean Calcagnie, Todd Sciacqua, Garrett Beck, Jason Johnson, Trevor Lozon, Scotty McKnight, Sam Smith and Josh Mitchell from the CIF Championship teams. [Hawley, Robles Earn State Honors, Orange County Register, Sports 1/10/06; Orange County Register OC Varsity, 2005 All-County Football Team, 12/24/05 ] - However, in its second season in Division I the Titan football team captured the South Coast League Championship, going undefeated in league play in 2007, and defeating both Mission Viejo and San Clemente.
[ Sports: Whicker column: Young Barnes making a name for himself | brian, barnes, john, tesoro, coach - OCRegister.com] - 2007 - Official Tesoro High School Baseball Website In Baseball, Tesoro finished 2nd after Capo Valley in the South Coast League with a 17-10 record and 10-5 in league. Tesoro lost in the first round of CIF playoffs to Mater Dei. For the 2007 season,
- 2007 - In Track and Field, Tesoro set a school record in the number of contestants who qualified for the CIF Championships. Seniors Brian Kopczynski (3200m), Katie Westland (High Jump), and Ashley Siletto (Long Jump), as well as sophomore Megan Meyer (3200m), qualified. Brian went on to become the first athlete to qualify for the CIF Master's Meet. Tesoro Track and Field Official Website [1]
- Girl's Tennis won South Coast in 2006 and ended the season ranked in the OC top ten.
- In 2004, The Tesoro Women's soccer team captured their first CIF victory with a 1-0 win over Buena High School. Again In 2006, the Tesoro High School Girls Varsity Soccer team tied with San Marcos High School to split the Division II Championship.
- Tesoro High School Aquatics also has a trophy-winning Swim Team and Men's and Women's Water Polo as part of its water sports program. Girl’s water polo made it to the 2007 SS-CIF playoffs in division II. This was the first year Tesoro Girls water polo team has made it to CIF.
- The men's cross country team placed 5th in league in the 2007 season. The girl's cross country team was more successful than the boys, placing third in league and qualifying for CIF and having one runner, Megan Meyer, in the top ten. They missed qualifying for CIF finals by one place.
- The girl's volleyball team placed fifth in league in the 2007 season going 3-7.
- The girl's tennis team continued to be a top team, placing second in league for the 2007 season.
- The 2008-2009 school year brought many returns for sports teams at Tesoro. Varsity football became the South Coast League champions, for the second year in the row. To get there, they had to beat their rivals from Mission Viejo High School. They went on to make it to the CIF Southern Section championship game at the Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and lost to Long Beach Polytechnic High School.
- The varsity basketball team also had an amazing season. They became the South Coast League champions, and also went to the CIF Southern Section championship game at the Honda Center where they beat Ventura High School. They went on to the second round of the state championship where they lost to Martin Luther King High School
- Academics
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According to the California Department of Education Policy and Evaluation Division, Tesoro High School's 2008 API score was 836, a 21 point growth from 2007 which was 815. There were 2071 students included in this API score.
- Facilities
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Tesoro is the second newest school is CUSD. Tesoro opened in 2001 serving Las Flores, Rancho Santa Margarita, Ladera Ranch, Coto de Caza,and Dove Canyon.
- The modern school is built in a canyon at the end of the 241 toll road in between Las Flores and Coto de Caza south of Oso Parkway. The school is about from the Pacific Ocean.
- Tesoro has two baseball fields, aquatics facilities, one softball field, one soccer/football practice field (in one of the baseball field's outfields), eight tennis courts, and a stadium. In 2006, the stadium was upgraded with artificial turf and track to match the other district high schools.
- Tesoro High School has 20 portable classrooms that have been placed on what used to be a blacktop and basketball court. This is an attempt to deal with the overcrowding at Tesoro. This is the second lowest amount of portables of the district's high schools after Capistrano Valley. Tesoro has 193, in permanent buildings and 19, in portable buildings. There is 212, in all on the campus.
[2008 Growth Academic Performance Index (API) Report]==Academics==According to the California Department of Education Policy and Evaluation Division, Tesoro High School's 2008 API score was 836, a 21 point growth from 2007 which was 815. There were 2071 students included in this API score.- In the Media
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In 2005, two star football players, Scott McKnight and Sam Smith, were expelled for writing explicit and graphic death threats that involved sexual actions.
- On June 19, 2008 it was reported that two students broke into the school to steal tests, and change their own, and others' grades, by hacking into the school's computer network.
[ FOXNews.com - California Teenagers Face Prison for Hacking Into School Computers - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News][ News: Teens accused of crimes to change grades appeared poised for success | singh, school, khan, high, today - OCRegister.com][http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/khan_singh_complaint.pdf] Both students were charged with multiple felony violations. - References
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