Ontario High School (California)

This article is about a high school in California. For high schools with the same name, see Ontario High School (Ohio) and Ontario High School (Oregon).

Ontario High School
Address
901 West Francis Street Ontario, California 91762
Coordinates	34°2′21.52″N 117°39′58.90″W / 34.0393111°N 117.666361°W / 34.0393111; -117.666361Coordinates: 34°2′21.52″N 117°39′58.90″W / 34.0393111°N 117.666361°W / 34.0393111; -117.666361
Information
Established	1967[1]
Principal	Cary Willborn[2]
Mascot	Jaguar
Nickname	The Jaguars
Website	Ontario High School

Ontario High School is a public high school in Ontario, California. It is one of the twelve schools of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District.^[4]

History

In 1882, founders of the City of Ontario George and William Chaffey began the Chaffey College of Agriculture and an on-campus secondary school with assistance from the University of Southern California (USC). The local community was granted control of the secondary school in 1901 and named it Ontario High School. Ten years later, in 1911, the school was renamed to Chaffey High School.^{[citation needed]}

In 1967, a campus 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Chaffey High School was named Ontario High School.^[1]

The current principal is Cary Willborn. The previous principal was Rod Hust.^[2]

Campus

Ontario High School was built on 40 acres (160,000 m²) of land on the south side of Ontario, California. The campus has eight permanent classroom buildings, along with 34 portable classrooms, for a total of 110 separate classrooms, an auditorium, cafeteria and multi-purpose room, library, gym, locker room facilities, two pools, and fine arts and vocational facilities. An extensive modernization of the campus began in 1998.^[1]

Academics

Ontario High School follows a standard California high school curriculum as defined by the California Department of Education's High School Graduation Requirements and tests students with the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program and the California High School Exit Exam.

Students have the opportunity to earn college credit through College Board Advanced Placement (AP) courses. In addition, Ontario High School has many honors classes, supports the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program, the National Honors Society, and participates in the nationwide Renaissance program.

Arts

Ontario High School supports a wide array of fine and performing arts including art, art history, music appreciation, drama, choir, dance, band, percussion, ceramics, and color guard classes.

Band, percussion, and color guard

Ontario High School's instrumentalists, percussionists (Drum Corps), and color guard performers compete in the Southern California Judging Association (SCJA) circuit for marching season during the first three months of the academic year. For the remainder of the year the Color Guard competes as a "winter guard" against other guards while the instrument and percussion sections have their orchestral season. The band's major performances are the Holiday Showcase, Music Americana, and Pops! concerts. The Music Americana concert is unique because the band performs with the United States Marine Corps Band. The Color Guard also has several acts during the Holiday Showcase, the Pops! concerts, and their end of the year show, the Color Guard Spectacular.^{[citation needed]}

For most of its history, the marching season group was known as the Ontario High School Jaguar Band and Color Guard. They won many awards in band tournaments and marched in several parades throughout southern California. At a point between 2000 and 2008, the group was renamed the Ontario High School Pride.^{[citation needed]}

On November 1, 2008 the Ontario High School Pride entered the Surf City Open marching competition and won the highest "sweepstakes" awards and an invitation to the 2nd Annual California State Championship. This is the first time in its history that the combined marching band, percussion, and color guard competed in a state level competition. On November 22, 2008 the Ontario High School Pride won the 5A Division of the California State Championships for their performance titled "The Lion King Goes Broadway" and became the 2008 Division 5A California State Champions.^{[citation needed]}

Long-time band director Dave Berry retired at the close of the 2008-2009 school year. Ontario High School hired alumni Elyse Ainsworth to replace him as of the 2009-2010 school year.^{[citation needed]}

Dance

The school's dance classes—Dance Fundamentals, Core 2, and Dance Company—perform an end-of-the-year show to songs such as Bad Romance by Lady Gaga, Heads Will Roll by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Fuego by The Cheetah Girls, We Got the Beat by The Go-Gos, Street Lights by Kanye West, Hush Hush by The Pussycat Dolls, Send Me On My Way by Rusted Root, The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson, Scars by Kelis, What's This from Nightmare Before Christmas, and I Took the Night by Chelly.^{[citation needed]}

Drama

The school's drama productions are directed by Mr. Hansen.^{[citation needed]} Past performances include Rumors, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Nerd, Touchtone "M" for Murder, Night of the Living Dead, Little Shop of Horrors, Alice in Wonderland, and Area 51 the Musical, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.^{[citation needed]}. For the 2011-2012 school year the productions are The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abriged.

The stage has two balconies on each side of the theater.^{[citation needed]}

Culture

Ontario High School is committed to providing students a clean and safe environment which fosters leaning and promotes student responsibility and citizenship.^[1]

Demographics

The Ontario High School student population is primarily Hispanic/Latino, followed by the rest. Between 2005 and 2009, the number of students categorized as English Language Learners decreased slightly. During the same period came a sharp rise in the number of students participating in the Free/Reduced School Lunch program. This data is reported by the school district as part of their annual California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) submission. Enrollment figures are released annually by the California Department of Education.^[3]

2009

Student Enrollment: 2,841^[3]
Free/Reduced School Lunch: 55.9%^[3]
Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 75.8%^[3]
English Language Learners: 26.4%^[3]
Census Characterization: Mid-size City^[3]
Ethnic Breakdown:^{[3][Note 1]}
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.2%
Asian: 2.4%
Pacific Islander: 0.4%
Filipino: 0.5%
Hispanic/Latino: 85.8%
African American: 4.2%
White: 6.1%
Other/Declined to State: 0.5%

2005

Student Enrollment: 2,591^[5]
Free/Reduced School Lunch: 17.3%^[5]
English Language Learners: 29.8%^[5]
Census Characterization: Mid-size City^[5]
Ethnic Breakdown:^[5]
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.3%
Asian: 2.7%
Pacific Islander: 0.3%
Filipino: 0.7%
Hispanic/Latino: 77.6%
African American: 6.5%
White: 10.7%
Other/Declined to State: 1.2%

Clubs

Students and faculty members often work together to form clubs that serve the community and participate in extra-curricular activities.

• Academic Decathlon
• Anime Club
• AP Spanish Club
• Asian Culture Club
• Associated Student Body
• AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
• Band
• Band Booster Club
• Beta Club
• Black Student Union (BSU)
• Boys Basketball
• Boys Hip Hop
• Boys Tennis
• California Scholarship Federation
• Cheerleading
• Chess Club
• Choral Music
• Color Guard
• Cross Country and Track
• Dance Club
• Drama Club
• Drum Corps
• Earth Club
• FBLA
• FHA
• Film Club
• Foreign Language Club
• Girls Basketball
• Girls Tennis
• Golfers Club
• Interact Club
• Jags 4 Jesus
• Jag Law
• Jag-Wire, the student newspaper (journalism)
• Jaguar Marathon Club
• Journalism Club
• JSA (Junior State of America)
• Judo Club
• Karate and Self Defense
• Key Club
• Future Business Leaders of America
• Future Homemakers of America
• Letterman's Club
• Lifeguard Club
• Link Crew
• MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan)
• Military Club "Stars and Stripes"
• Mock Trial
• Model United Nations
• National Honors Society
• ONCA, the OHS yearbook
• Pacific Islander Club
• Peer Counseling
• Pep Squad
• Ray's Power Pit, weight lifting and fitness
• Renaissance
• Science Club
• Skills USA
• Snowboarding and Ski Club
• STAND
• STRIVE
• TV/Video Club
• VICA
• Virtual Enterprise
• Volleyball Club
• Walk and Rollers

Events

Ontario High School holds dances including homecoming, prom, and sadie hawkins dance. Homecoming Dance themes include "Around the World in One Night" and "Circue Du Extravaganza." A recent Prom theme is "Midnight Masquarade."^{[citation needed]}

The most recent Homecoming Dance King and Queen are Christian Bueno and Denisse Mejia. The most recent Prom Queen is Chelsea Cavion.^{[citation needed]}

Notable faculty and alumni

Like many high schools throughout Southern California, Ontario High School has its share of notable faculty and alumni.

• Al Newman, Major League Baseball player for the Minnesota Twins. Member of Twins 1987 and 1991 World Championship Teams.^[6]
• Jeff Rudy, Director of Football Operations, University of Utah.^[7] Former Ontario High School athletic director and offensive coordinator in 2003-2005.^[8]
• Martin Rubalcaba, also known as Marty Elias, World Wrestling Entertainment referee from 2007 to 2009.^[9]
• Mike Sweeney, Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals.^[10] Played for the 1991 varsity baseball team that won the CIF Southern Section state title with an undefeated 26-0 record.^[11]
• Shelly Martinez, professional World Wrestling Entertainment/Extreme Championship Wrestling wrestler, actress, and model.^[12]
• Juan Roque, former football All American at Arizona State University as an offensive tackle, Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award finalist in 1996, All Pacific Ten Conference First Team 1995 and 1996, member of 11-0 1996 Team that played in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1997, NFL football player with Detroit Lions 1997-1999, played for CFL with Toronto Argonauts in 2001, and Arizona State University Sports Hall of Fame Inductee in 2009.

External links

• Ontario High School, maintained by the Chaffey Joint Union High School District
• Ontario High School News & Events
• Ontario High School Cross Country
• Ontario High School Football Schedule

Notes

1. ^ According to Dave Johnston, the Director of Data Management and Programming at Educational Results Partnership, the 2009 ethnic breakdown for Ontario High School totals to 100.1% because of rounding errors to the nearest tenths place. This data is reported by the school district as part of their annual California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) submission. Enrollment figures are released annually by the California Department of Education at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/filescbedsopusa.asp

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Chaffey Joint Union High School District. "Ontario High School: About Our School". http://www.cjuhsd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/complex2/showPage.plx?pid=176. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Chaffey Joint Union High School District. "Ontario High School: Administration Office". http://www.cjuhsd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/complex2/showPage.plx?pid=180. Retrieved 2010-02-02. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Educational Results Partnership (2009). "Summary for Ontario High, Chaffey Joint Union High 2009". http://edresults.org/data/summary.php?cds=36676523634482&year=2009. Retrieved 2010-02-02. 
4. ^ Chaffey Joint Union High School District. "Schools". http://www.cjuhsd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/complex2/showPage.plx?pid=202. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
5. ^ ^{a b c d e} Educational Results Partnership (2005). "Summary for Ontario High, Chaffey Joint Union High 2005". http://edresults.org/data/summary.php?cds=36676523634482&year=2005. Retrieved 2010-02-02. 
6. ^ The Baseball Cube. "Player Bio: Al Newman :: Baseball". http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/N/Al-Newman.shtml. Retrieved 2007-02-26. 
7. ^ University of Utah. "Player Bio: Jeff Rudy :: Football". http://utahutes.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/rudy_jeff00.html. Retrieved 2007-01-06. 
8. ^ Brewster, Louis. "Baldwin was the best at OSS". The Sun. http://www.sbsun.com/sports/ci_4064470. Retrieved 2009-10-08. 
9. ^ Vassallo, Colin. "WWE referee Marty Elias released". Wrestling-Online.com. http://www.wrestling-online.com/news/News_9/WWE_referee_Marty_Elias_released.shtml. Retrieved 2009-10-07. 
10. ^ ESPN. "Kansas City Royals Roster". http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/roster?team=kan. Retrieved 2007-02-12. 
11. ^ The Mike and Shara Sweeney Family Foundation. "Mike's Baseball Highlights". http://www.mikesweeney.org/content/baseball. Retrieved 2007-02-07. 
12. ^ IMDb, The Internet Movie Database. "Shelly Martinez". IMDb.com, Inc.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2273181/. Retrieved 2009-10-08.