Steele Canyon High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Steele Canyon High School, A California Charter School
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established = 2000
city = Spring Valley
state = California 91978
country = USA
type = California Public Charter High School
principal = Craig D. Rocha, Ph.D.
assistant principals =Jeffrey Kemper, Jeffrey Kover, Al Love, Eileen Poole
athletic director = Gary Stathas
ASB President = Carson Cooper
students = 2,150 (2007-2008 school year)
grades = 9-12
address = 12440 Campo Road
district = Grossmont Union High School District
mascot = Cougar
colors = Navy Blue, Cardinal Red, White
newspaper = "Cougar Chronicle"
yearbook = "Canyon Echoes"
free_1 = Cougars
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website = [http://schscougars.org/ Steele Canyon High School]
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Steele Canyon High School is a Charter High School located in the San Diego East County community of Spring Valley, California. Opened in 2000, it serves students in grades nine through twelve and was part of the Grossmont Union High School District until July 1, 2007. After, it became a California Public Charter School.

History

2000:Fall: Steele Canyon High School opens.
2002 :Fall: Steele Canyon High School begins to compete in varsity level sports. SCHS went on to win two league titles that year - boy's golf and girl's tennis.
2003:Fall: The class of 2007 begins its freshman year marking the first year of operation for Steele Canyon High School where all four grade levels are present. :October: The severity of the Cedar Fire causes Steele Canyon High School to close for a week and their first-ever planned Homecoming is cancelled.
2004 :Spring: Steele Canyon High School graduates its first class.
2006:Fall: Steele Canyon High School votes to become a Charter School.
2007 :1 July: Steele Canyon High School becomes a California Public Charter School:20-28 October: Steele Canyon serves as an evacuation center for San Diego residents threatened by the Harris fire which was one of the larger October 2007 California wildfires. The fire later threatens the school itself. Firefighters, with helicopter support, defend the school by using a back burning technique on the hills nearby.:24 October: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Steele Canyon High School and gives a press conference addressing the California wildfires of October 2007 [cite web|url=http://gov.ca.gov/speech/7852/|title=Governor Schwarzenegger Holds a Press Conference on Relief Efforts at Steele Canyon School Evacuation Center]

Facilities and Faculty

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Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Steele Canyon Cougars compete in the Grossmont South League Conference and the San Diego Section of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). [cite web|url=http://www.cifsds.org/directory.asp|title=CIF Venues]

The school has teams that compete in CIF in the following sports: baseball (boys), basketball, cheerleading (coed), cross country, football (boys), golf, gymnastics (girls), soccer, softball (girls), swim and dive, tennis, track, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling (boys). [cite web|url=http://www.guhsd.net/OpenEnrollment/|title=Grossmont Union High School District School Listing] Since the Fall of 2002 (the first year of varsity-level competition), SCHS has won league titles and four CIF championships:

Grossmont South League titles
*Boys
**Basketball: 2004, 2005
**Baseball: 2008
**Cross Country: 2007
**Football: 2006
**Golf: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
**Tennis: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
**Track and Field: 2007
**Wrestling: 2008

*Girls
**Cross Country: 2006
**Gymnastics: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
**Softball: 2006, 2007
**Tennis: 2002
**Track and Field: 2005

CIF-San Diego Section championships
*Boys
**Basketball: 2004
**Cross Country: 2007
*Girls
**Softball: 2006, 2007

ee also

*List of high schools in San Diego County, California
*List of high schools in California

References

* [http://www.guhsd.net/excurricular/ Grossmont Union High School District - school mascots and colors]

Notes

External links

* [http://schscougars.org/ Steele Canyon High School]