Tustin High School

Infobox School
name = Tustin High School


imagesize = 100px
motto = "A History of Excellence - A Future of Promise"
established = 1921
type = Public
district = Tustin Unified School District
grades = 9 - 12
faculty = 93
enrollment = 2249
principal = Jonathan Blackmore
colors = Red, White & Black
free_label = Mascot
free_text = Tiller
location = 1171 El Camino Real
Tustin, CA 92780-4660
country = United States of America
information = [phone]
website = [http://www.tustin.k12.ca.us/ths/default.htm tustin.k12.ca.us/ths/default.htm]

Tustin High School is a public high school located in Tustin, California, United States.

Tustin High School is officially a Title I school (where 40% or greater of the school's student population come from families defined to be low-income) and a former California Distinguished School. The school's mascot is the Tiller (farmer). The school is part of the Tustin Unified School District. The other high schools of the district are: Foothill High School and Arnold O. Beckman High School (recently opened). Recently, the current Tustin High School has been slated for demolition; a new campus is planned to be built on the former Tustin Marine Base.

School description and mission statement

Tustin High School (THS) is the cornerstone of tradition and excellence in education in the City of Tustin and Orange County. As one of three comprehensive high schools in the Tustin Unified School District, THS will celebrate its eighty-fourth year of service in the Tustin community. Past Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) reviews show that THS has an honored history of success for students. For the past twelve years, THS has earned two, 6-year accreditations with a midterm review. Because of its rich traditions, THS has seen many second and third generation students graduate as well as graduates who return as faculty members. THS’s commitment to a rigorous academic environment and a standards-based curriculum in all courses has helped THS’s students achieve Expected School-wide Learning Results.

Upon graduation, THS students will be:
* effective communicators
* independent seekers and users of knowledge
* productive members of a democratic society
* academic achievers

from the Tustin High 2004-2005 accountability report card

Programs

Tustin High School offers many outstanding programs, such as its internationally-recognized Model United Nations, The Tiller Marching Regiment and color Guard, and a National Championship Dance Team

Advanced placement

Tustin High has a strong Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum. Currently, there are a total of 18 AP courses. Tustin High's AP classes include:
*AP Biology
*AP Calculus AB
*AP Calculus BC
*AP Physics C
*AP Chemistry
*AP Environmental Science
*AP Studio Art
*AP United States History
*AP World History
*AP Art History
*AP Statistics
*AP Psychology
*AP English Literature and Composition
*AP English Language and Composition
*AP Spanish
*AP United States Government
*AP Micro-economics
*AP Comparative Government

Sports and Notable Alum

* Richard Umphrey III (5th round by New York Giants, 1982)
* DeShaun Foster (San Francisco 49ers) (2nd round, 1st pick by Carolina Panthers, 2002)
* Matt McCoy (Tampa Bay Buccaneers) (2nd round, 31st pick by Philadelphia Eagles, 2005)
* Chris Chester (Baltimore Ravens) (3rd round by Baltimore Ravens, 2006)
* Frostee Rucker (Cincinnati Bengals) (4th round by Cincinnati Bengals, 2006)
* Sam Baker (Atlanta Falcons) (1st round, 21st pick by Atlanta Falcons, 2008)
* Beau Bell (Cleveland Browns) (3rd round by Cleveland Browns, 2008)
* Patrick Hegarty (Denver Broncos, 1989-1991)

Matt McCoy, Chris Chester, Frostee Rucker & Sam Baker were teammates on the 2001 team which lost in the CIF semi-final to Irvine High School.

Sam Baker and Chris Barrett, both won two National Championships playing for the University of Southern California.

* Deshaun Foster was the USA TODAY Player of the Year his senior year, and set the state single-season record with 59 touchdowns.

* The 2001 Tustin boys' track & field team, led by Cal-Poly Pomona standout Dani-Denny Casupanan, were CIF-SS State Champions.

* Currently, Tustin High carries the record for most NFL players from one high school.

Among other notable sports alums are:
* Former MLB All-Star Shawn Green (Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Arizona Diamondbacks & New York Mets)
* Former MLB All-Star Mark Grace (Chicago Cubs & Arizona Diamondbacks)
* Doug Gottlieb (ESPN analyst)
* Jonathan Bakken, ESPN Sportscenter anchor
*Milorad Cavic - broke the Public National High School Records in the 50 Free (19.69) and 100 Fly (47.10), which still stands, in his Senior year, in 2001. He is a three-time Olympian swimmer for Serbia, where both his parents were born, and gained national attention at the 2008 European Championships for wearing a "Kosovo is Serbia" t-shirt while accepting the 50 free Gold Medal, and consequently being banned for the remainder of the meet. The Serbian Prime Minister personally thanked Cavic, calling him a 'national hero'. He was a 100m Fly Silver Medalist in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in which he lost to Michael Phelps by 1/100 of a second.
* Cuba Gooding, Jr. also attended Tustin High.
* Robert David Hall, who plays coroner Dr. Albert Robbins M.D. on the hit television series
* Frank Lopes, credited with the romance novel trilogy 'The Longing', 'The Longer Longing', and 'Longer Than That', as well as the Tony Award Winning autobiographical play 'I Saved the Pennies For My Thoughts, And Now I Have $8.37.'
* Tony Scalzo, founding member of the group Fastball, also attended Tustin High School where he was a member of the marching band.
* David C. Leestma, former astronaut and current Director of flight crew operations at the Johnson Space Center, Texas, graduated from Tustin High School in 1967.

References

External links

* [http://www.tustin.k12.ca.us/ths/default.htm Tustin High School]

References