Maria Carrillo High School
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Maria Carrillo High School is a high school in Santa Rosa, California
, a mid-sized city about sixty miles north of San Francisco. Maria Carrillo High School is the newest public high school in both Santa Rosa and in Sonoma County, having opened in 1996. It is located in the northeastern part of Santa Rosa, also known as "Rincon Valley".
(source: California Department of Education)
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...
, a mid-sized city about sixty miles north of San Francisco. Maria Carrillo High School is the newest public high school in both Santa Rosa and in Sonoma County, having opened in 1996. It is located in the northeastern part of Santa Rosa, also known as "Rincon Valley".
History
Maria Carrillo High School was originally named after Maria Carrillo, the first woman to receive a land grant from the Spanish-Mexican government. The school opened in 1996. Its first graduating class was in 1999.Facts
- The school mascot is a PumaPumaThe cougar , also known as puma, mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount or panther, depending on the region, is a mammal of the family Felidae, native to the Americas...
- The school's official colors are forest green, Vegas gold, and black.
- Maria Carrillo has a reputation for higher academic standards within Sonoma County, excelling in the performing arts, math, sciences, languages and sports.
Sports
MCHS is in the NBL (North Bay League) and is a part of the North Coast Section. The school participates in the following sports:- Football
- Soccer
- Tennis
- Volleyball
- Golf
- Basketball
- Wrestling
- Badminton
- Cross Country
- Track & Field
- Swimming & Diving
- Softball
- Baseball
Clubs
Carrillo has a wide variety of different clubs such as:- Academic Decathlon
- Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
- AnimeAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
Club - California Scholarship FederationCalifornia Scholarship FederationThe California Scholarship Federation, or CSF, started in 1921 by Charles F. Seymour, seeks to recognize students living in the state of California who possess high standards in academic scholarship, community service and citizenship....
- ChessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Club - ChocolateChocolateChocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
Club - Speech and Debate
- EcologyEcologyEcology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
Club - EliasEliasElias is the Latin transliteration of the Greek name , which in turn is the Hellenized form of the , meaning "Yahweh is my God". Another form of Eliyahu in English is Elijah.The name belonged most notably to Elijah , the Hebrew prophet...
Club - FilmFilmA film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
Club - Interact Club
- International Cultures Club
- Junior Statesmen of America
- Key ClubKey ClubKey Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International family of service-leadership programs...
- LatinoLatinoThe demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...
Club - Math Club
- Miniature GolfMiniature golfMiniature golf, or minigolf, is a miniature version of the sport of golf. While the international sports organization World Minigolf Sport Federation prefers to use the name "minigolf", the general public in different countries has also many other names for the game: miniature golf, mini-golf,...
Club - Odyssey of the MindOdyssey of the MindOdyssey of the Mind, often called OM , is a creative problem-solving competition involving students from kindergarten through college. Team members work together at length to solve a predefined problem ; and present their solution to the problem at a competition...
- Revolutionary PartyPartyA party is a gathering of people who have been invited by a host for the purposes of socializing, conversation, or recreation. A party will typically feature food and beverages, and often music and dancing as well....
(disbanded) - Salsa Club
- Schools for Schools Club
- Strategy Club
- Swing Dancing Club
- Travel Club
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Varsity Athletes Against Substance Abuse (VAASA) Club
- World Awareness Club
- WritingWritingWriting is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols . It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio.Writing most likely...
Club - Scat Club
- Hand-bell Club
Distinctions
- Identified by the California Department of Education as a 2009 California Distinguished School
- Academic Performance Index (API) score for 2008-2009 was 842 – the highest of any comprehensive public high school in the Santa Rosa City School District and in Sonoma County
- Highest average scores in the Santa Rosa City School District for the past five years on the Scholastic Aptitude Test in both Critical Reading (570), Mathematics (596), and Writing (572)
- Highest pass rates in the Santa Rosa City School District for the past five years on the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) in both English-Language Arts (94%) and mathematics (97%)
- Numerous teachers have received national, state and regional certification and recognition (e.g. National Board Certification)
- 33% of teaching staff have Masters Degrees
- 12 AP and Honors classes in six subject areas
- In 2008-2009, 84% of seniors earned a score of 3 or higher on Advanced Placement Exams, the highest percentage in the Santa Rosa City School District
- 22% of students identified for Gifted and Talented Program
- Of students attending a CSU after their first year, 89% remain enrolled versus 80% statewide and their GPA’s are .07 higher than their state wide peers.
2010-2011 student profile
- 1,587 students:
White, non-Hispanic Hispanic Asian African American Pacific Islander Multiracial American Indian 67.7% 15.2% 9.3% 2.3% 0.5% 4.2% 0.8%
(source: California Department of Education)