El Toro High School

El Toro High School

Infobox School
name=El Toro High School
type=Public
location=25255 Toledo Way
Lake Forest, CA
information=(949) 586-6333
established=1973
grades=9-12
enrollment=2,685
faculty=100
principal=Allan Mucerino
mascot=Chargers
colors=Blue and gold
district=Saddleback Valley Unified School District
website= [http://www.svusd.k12.ca.us/schools/ETHS/ www.svusd.k12.ca.us/Schools/ETHS/]

El Toro High School is a public high school in Lake Forest, California, United States and is one of five high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District (SVUSD). The school has served the area since 1973. The current principal of the school is Dr. Allan Mucerino, who succeeded Dave Ellick at the start of the '07-'08 school year.

Academics

El Toro's 2004 API score of 795 tied for highest in the SVUSD. The school began participating in the International Baccalaureate Program in 2004. Over 400 computers are available for student use, including 83 computers in the library and four classroom sets of laptops.

Recent graduates have been admitted to University of Southern California (USC), University of California, Irvine,University of California, San Diego,University of California, Santa Cruz, Colgate, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Stanford, Caltech, MIT, Cal Berkeley, UCLA, Notre Dame, Carleton College, Georgetown, Northwestern, Vassar, Duke, Tufts, California Lutheran University, Westmont College, Point Loma Nazarene University and the United States Air Force Academy.

Athletics

El Toro's mascot is a bull and teams identify themselves as the Chargers. School colors are blue and gold and teams compete in the CIF Southern Section.

Recent accomplishments include:
* 1995 Football CIF Champions
* 1999 Boys' Water Polo CIF Finalists
* 2000 Water Polo CIF Semi-Finalists
* 2001 Water Polo CIF Semi-Finalists
* 2001 Boys’ Cross Country Orange County Champions
* 2000 Girls’ Basketball CIF Semi-Finalist
* 2000 Girls’ Water Polo CIF Semi-Finalist
* 2001 Girls’ Volleyball CIF Finalist
* 2005 Boys' Basketball CIF Finalist
* 2005 Boys' Water Polo Quarter-Finalist
* 2006 Boys' Lacrosse State Champions
* 2006 Girls' Volleyball League Champs
* 2006 Boys' Water Polo CIF Champions
* 2006 Varsity Cheer National Champions
* 2007 Songleaders 2nd place Nationals, 2006 2nd place Nationals, 2005 3rd place Nationals
* 2007 JV Cheer US Spiritleaders Champions
* 2007 Boys' Lacrosse CIF Finalist
* 2007 Boys' Swimming League Champions
* 2007 Boys' Football CIF Quarter-Finalist
* 2007 Boys' Water Polo CIF Semi-Finalist
* 2008 Boys' Baseball CIF Champions

Extracurricular Activities

El Toro students participate in over 45 clubs and organizations. Two-thirds of the student body are involved in athletics, visual and performing arts and/or campus activities.

El Toro's newspaper, [http://www.etbulletin.org The BullETin] was awarded a gold award from Columbia University for its 2005-2006 school year.

Available programs include Model United Nations, Mock Trial, Drama Department, Scholastic Competition, Video Production, Web Page Design, and Virtual Economics. The Read 180 Program and the Newcomers Program were introduced in 2003. El Toro has highly recognized programs in the fine and performing arts including:

Instrumental Music and Pageantry Program [http://www.ethsband.com] The Royal Blue Regiment Marching Band and Color Guard 2003 WBA Class AAA Marching Band/Color Guard State Champions 2005 WBA Class AAAA State Championship Finalist 2007 WBA Class AAA State Championship Finalist Jazz Band 2008 Coronado High School Jazz Festival Novice 1st place Symphonic Band Wind Ensemble

Award-Winning Drama Department [http://www.ethsdrama.com] Recent productions include: "Barnum" - Spring 2007 Neil Simone's "Fools" - Fall 2007 "Little Shop of Horrors" - Spring 2008 "101 Dalmations" - Spring 2008

"Every 15 Minutes" (presented every other year) is an educational experience that reminds the students, family and faculty of the dangers associated with driving while impaired. It was most recently presented in April 2008.

Every year, the El Toro Engineering Club participates in the Solar Cup race in Temecula, building a solar powered motorized boat, and racing it against other teams across the state.

Awards

* California Distinguished School 1988, 1994, & 2001.
* National Blue Ribbon Nominee 1994 & 2001.
* California “Top 100” High Schools Selection.
* 15 National Merit Finalists; 15 Semi-Finalists in the past 5 years.
* 2005 Rancho Cucamonga One Act Festival First Place (for the one act WA)

Notable Alumni

* Elizabeth George, Mystery Novelist
* Brad Davis, Musician, Bassist, Fu Manchu
* Elliott Parks State Champ in 1996 (high jump) Still holds the Orange County Record at 7'2"
* Ginger Reyes, American rock bassist with the bands Smashing Pumpkins and Halo Friendlies
* Lindsay Soto of the Fox Sports Network
* Swimmer Kaitlin Sandeno, four-time Olympic medalist
* Rob Johnson, NFL Quarterback
* Steve Stenstrom, NFL Quarterback
* Tony Tave, Professional Skateboarder. Sponsored by C1rca and Element.
* Actor Brian Krause, Charmed
* Musician Erik Engstrom HORSE the Band
* Musician David Isen HORSE the Band
* Ryan Mariano, Professional Beach Volleyball Player - AVP tour
* Elaine Youngs, Professional Beach Volleyball Player - AVP tour
* Matt Spencer, Musician, Bassist/Guitarist, Tony Furtado & the American Gypsies, The Motet, Hamster Theatre
* Alex Pastel, American rock Guitarist with the band Atomic Bitchwax

External links

* [http://www.svusd.k12.ca.us/Schools/ETHS/ Official school site]


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