Tesoro High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Tesoro High School
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
established= 2001
city = Las Flores
state = California
country = USA
enrollment = 3000+
mascot = Titan
principal = Daniel Burch
newspaper = Tesoro Tribune
website = [http://www.tesorohighschool.com www.tesorohighschool.com]

Tesoro High School is a public school in the Capistrano Unified School District, founded in the fall of 2001. As of the 2008-2009 year, Tesoro serves nearly 3,000 students in grades 9-12.

Achievements

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. [cite web |url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1327&Search=&start=550&limit=100&year=2007& |title = 2007 Newsweek High School Rankings|publisher= Newsweek|accessdate= 2007-06-21 ] . 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 Verify source|date=June 2007, 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 Fact|date=June 2007, 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.

ports

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, [www.ocregister.com/ocvarsity/2005/09/24/todaysregister/article_688885.php] Foothill,www.ocregister.com/ocvarsity/2005/09/17/todaysregister/article_679927.php] Kennedy, [ [http://www.maxpreps.com/FanPages/Team.mxp/California/Boys_Varsity_Football_Fall_04-05/AreaID-8e11e7d4-d3fa-4e6f-827f-652c29439d27/SchoolID-672e27c2-2f8f-4657-ac79-03267d1d0a67 MaxPreps Kennedy High School Boys Football Fall 04-05 ] ] and Laguna Hills, [www.ocregister.com/ocvarsity/2005/09/10/todaysregister/article_67

0702.php] 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 several key players 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. [ [http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/sports/homepage/article_1921153.php Sports: Whicker column: Young Barnes making a name for himself | brian, barnes, john, tesoro, coach - OCRegister.com ] ]

2007 - [http://www.tesorobaseball.com 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 [http://www.tesorotrackandfield.com]

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.

[http://tesoroaquatics.com 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.

Facilities

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 convert|14|mi|km 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, convert|11|sqft|m2 in permanent buildings and 19, convert|200|sqft|m2 in portable buildings. There is 212, convert|211|sqft|m2 in all on the campus.

Academics

Though Tesoro is still new, its academic program is constantly improving. The API at Tesoro is 801. New Advanced Placement classes (AP)are being added each year, and Tesoro offers comparable numbers and diversity in its AP classes as more established, neighboring schools. Fact|date=June 2007

In the Media

In 2005, two star football players, Scott McKnight and Sam Smith, were expelled for writing explicit and graphic death threats that involved sexual actions. [cite web | author = Sam Miller | url = http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/news/homepage/article_864670.php | title = Some journal entries by 2 Tesoro students focused on violence | accessdate = 2006-12-06 |publisher = "The Orange County Register"] [cite web | author = Dave Lopez | url = http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_309002035.html | title = CIF: If Suspended Students Play, Games Forfeited | accessdate = 2006-12-06 |publisher = KCAL-TV 9 CBS] The students wrote the journals for a class assignment that the teacher, to whom they were referring, collected and then promptly notified school officials. [cite web | url = http://www.nbc4.tv/news/5290845/detail.html | title = High School Athletes Accused Of Death Threats Face Suspension | accessdate = 2006-12-06 |publisher = KNBC 4 TV] Some controversy was sparked among students by allegations that the teacher assured students she would not read the journal entries.Fact|date=January 2008

Kara Keough daughter of famous baseball player, who also appeared on The Real Housewives of Orange County, attended Tesoro High.

On June 19th, 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. [ [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,368946,00.html FOXNews.com - California Teenagers Face Prison for Hacking Into School Computers - Science News | Science & Technology | Technology News ] ] [ [http://www.ocregister.com/articles/singh-school-khan-2072933-high-today 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

External links

* [http://tesorohighschool.com Tesoro High School]
* [http://tesoroasb.com Tesoro Associated Student Body]
* [http://tesoroaquatics.com Tesoro Aquatics]
* [http://tesorotheatrearts.com Tesoro Theatre Arts]
* [http://tesoroathletics.com Tesoro Athletics]
* [http://www.tesorotrackandfield.com Tesoro Track and Field]
* [http://www.tesoroinstrumentalmusic.org Tesoro Instrumental Music]
* [http://www.tesorocheer.com Tesoro Pep Squad]
* [http://www.tesorochoir.com Tesoro Choir]