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College Park High School (Pleasant Hill, California)
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College Park High School is a public
distinguished
high school
located in Pleasant Hill, California
, adjacent to Valley View Middle School and Diablo Valley College
. It is part of the Mount Diablo Unified School District
.
The 2008-09 School year marked the beginning of the school's return to the Diablo Valley Athletic League (DVAL).
College Park is known for their successful boys and girls cross country teams. Both teams recently won the 2006 North Coast Championships, and placed 15th (boys) and 16th (girls) at the 2006 California
State Championships. The football teams rivals are the Alhambra Bulldogs.
CPHS's Varsity
Football
Team won the DFAL football championship in 2006. They went 9-1.
CPHS's Wrestling team recently won their 2nd consecutive DFAL championship, North Coast Section Team and Dual Titles (2006 and 2007). One wrestler, Matt Zonfrello, placed 5th at the state meet, and the CPHS team placed in the top 20 teams. During the 2010-2011 season, the College Park Wrestlers won the DVAL championship, and placed third at the North Coast Section Tournament with the following line-up
103-Sonny Nguyen
112-Marc Wilhelm
119-Ben Yoell
125-Romello Monjares
130-Brian Sergi
135-Joey Avilla
140- Nate Douglass
145- Rico Mitchell
152- JJ Chou
160- Conor Young
171- Tyler Carol
189- Nick Oprin-Wilkes
215- Alex Encarnacion
285- Orry Elor
CPHS also includes other teams like Women's Water Polo which were finalists for NCS in 2007. Other teams include Golf, Tennis, Soccer, Basketball, Lacrosse, and Cycling.
CPHS Varsity women Water Polo won their second consecutive DFAL title in 2010, beating rivals Northgate in the finals each time.
CPHS Varsity Baseball won their first NCS title in 2008. Led by the pitching of Harmen Sidhu they had a great run and became the lowest seeded team to ever win the North Coast Section Title. First year coach Cliff Coleman won Contra Costa times coach of the year award.
CPHS Varsity Boys Volleyball team also won the championship in 2008, led by Andrew Cruz and John Zubkousky beating Cal High.
In 2009 the CPHS Wrestling team won the DVAL League Championship. One wrestler, Dylan Phillipy (09) took 4th place in the state tournament in the 130 lb weight class.
In 2010, the Falcons JV and Varsity Men's basketball teams won the DVAL league championship with records 10-0 and 9-1 respectively. The Falcons varsity team under the coaching of Craig Battle advanced to the NCS playoffs, securing a #13 seed and a home contest. The JV squad ended the season 21-5 and the Varsity went 22-3. McKenzie Moore was named league MVP for Varsity and averaged over 20 points a game.
CPHS has, in recent years, sent students on to Harvard, Stanford, Penn, MIT, Brown, Yale, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, Caltech and many other top-ranked colleges and universities.
CPHS has the top ranked Advanced Placement Environmental Science (APES) program among high schools in the area.
Public
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distinguished
California Distinguished School
A California Distinguished School is an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational programs. Approximately five percent of California schools are awarded this honor each year following a selection...
high school
High school
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located in Pleasant Hill, California
Pleasant Hill, California
Pleasant Hill is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States, in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 33,152 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated in 1961...
, adjacent to Valley View Middle School and Diablo Valley College
Diablo Valley College
Diablo Valley College is a two-year community college in Pleasant Hill in Contra Costa County, California.DVC is one of three publicly supported two-year community colleges in the Contra Costa Community College District , and was first opened in 1949...
. It is part of the Mount Diablo Unified School District
Mount Diablo Unified School District
The Mount Diablo Unified School District is a public school district in Contra Costa County, California. It currently operates 32 elementary schools, 10 middle schools and six high schools, with 13 alternative school programs and an adult education program. Mt...
.
Athletics
College Park High School competes in Division II in the California Interscholastic Federation's (CIF) North Coast Section (NCS).The 2008-09 School year marked the beginning of the school's return to the Diablo Valley Athletic League (DVAL).
College Park is known for their successful boys and girls cross country teams. Both teams recently won the 2006 North Coast Championships, and placed 15th (boys) and 16th (girls) at the 2006 California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
State Championships. The football teams rivals are the Alhambra Bulldogs.
CPHS's Varsity
Varsity team
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Football
American football
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Team won the DFAL football championship in 2006. They went 9-1.
CPHS's Wrestling team recently won their 2nd consecutive DFAL championship, North Coast Section Team and Dual Titles (2006 and 2007). One wrestler, Matt Zonfrello, placed 5th at the state meet, and the CPHS team placed in the top 20 teams. During the 2010-2011 season, the College Park Wrestlers won the DVAL championship, and placed third at the North Coast Section Tournament with the following line-up
103-Sonny Nguyen
112-Marc Wilhelm
119-Ben Yoell
125-Romello Monjares
130-Brian Sergi
135-Joey Avilla
140- Nate Douglass
145- Rico Mitchell
152- JJ Chou
160- Conor Young
171- Tyler Carol
189- Nick Oprin-Wilkes
215- Alex Encarnacion
285- Orry Elor
CPHS also includes other teams like Women's Water Polo which were finalists for NCS in 2007. Other teams include Golf, Tennis, Soccer, Basketball, Lacrosse, and Cycling.
CPHS Varsity women Water Polo won their second consecutive DFAL title in 2010, beating rivals Northgate in the finals each time.
CPHS Varsity Baseball won their first NCS title in 2008. Led by the pitching of Harmen Sidhu they had a great run and became the lowest seeded team to ever win the North Coast Section Title. First year coach Cliff Coleman won Contra Costa times coach of the year award.
CPHS Varsity Boys Volleyball team also won the championship in 2008, led by Andrew Cruz and John Zubkousky beating Cal High.
In 2009 the CPHS Wrestling team won the DVAL League Championship. One wrestler, Dylan Phillipy (09) took 4th place in the state tournament in the 130 lb weight class.
In 2010, the Falcons JV and Varsity Men's basketball teams won the DVAL league championship with records 10-0 and 9-1 respectively. The Falcons varsity team under the coaching of Craig Battle advanced to the NCS playoffs, securing a #13 seed and a home contest. The JV squad ended the season 21-5 and the Varsity went 22-3. McKenzie Moore was named league MVP for Varsity and averaged over 20 points a game.
Budget Cuts in Athletics
College Park High School experienced budget cuts from the Mount Diablo Unified School District. The MDUSD has suspended funding towards schools athletic and academic programs. The return of athletics was in question for the DVAL in 2009, but after deliberation and protest, the district allowed for the 2009-10 academic year, student athletes will have to pay for all of their registration, equipment, and transportation for their respective sports as a result of the budget cuts.Academics
CPHS is the only school in the district to use the PCM (Pre-College Math) program. As of the 2007-2008 school year, the PCM program will be dropped from the district, stating that only College Park has succeeded in its use of the program.CPHS has, in recent years, sent students on to Harvard, Stanford, Penn, MIT, Brown, Yale, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, Caltech and many other top-ranked colleges and universities.
CPHS has the top ranked Advanced Placement Environmental Science (APES) program among high schools in the area.
- Shortly after the massacre at Columbine High SchoolColumbine High SchoolColumbine High School or CHS is a high school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.- History :Columbine High School opened in the fall of 1973. There was no senior class in its first year. The school's first graduating class was the class of 1975...
, on April 22, 1999, CPHS was evacuated and a bomb squad called in after a package resembling a bomb exploded on school grounds. The culprits to that attack were quickly captured with the aid of students in early May of that year - CPHS had an incident in June 2004, where members of the student body were found to have created a website that contained stolen test answers and student-posted homework answers. Much of the Junior class was found to have knowledge of the site, which had existed nearly all year long. Two students as well as a teacher went on to appear on the Dr. Phil show as a result of the incident, gaining College Park national attention for the scandal.
- CPHS also gained national media attention in January 2005 when United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
recruiters turned the school's quad into a lunchtime shooting range. The event was approved by the school's principal, but, after much criticism, he claimed he had envisioned a different type of event than what took place. - CPHS also had an incident in January 2007, where a student was stabbed with a steak knife in the men's bathroom. The stabber, 17-year-old Christopher Escover, who admitted to stabbing the high school student against whom he said he had a grudge, according to police. Interestingly, Christopher Escover is the son of former Pleasant Hill mayor and Contra Costa County Sheriff Chuck Escover, and this incident was not his first stabbing offense. The incident prompted a 'lockdown' of the school for a couple of hours. He turned himself in to police several days after the attack, and was sentenced to five years imprisonment. However, police misconduct during the initial investigation into the stabbing resulted in the city being sued for $2 million by a falsely accused male student.
- In the beginning of Spring, 2009, over 300 College Park students gathered outside of the school grounds to protest budget cuts, which affected sports programs. The protest quickly became a riot after the mob left the school grounds and headed towards Sunvalley MallSunvalley MallSunvalley Mall is a regional shopping center located in Concord, California . Sunvalley opened in August 1967 with Sears, JCPenney and Macy's as anchor tenants...
. Multiple stores were vandalized and students were arrested.
In the media
- In 2006, Shelia Welsh, a College and Career Advisor of College Park High was featured in the FOX reality television show Trading SpousesTrading SpousesTrading Spouses, often advertised as Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy, is a FOX reality show in which two families, usually of different social classes, swap wives or husbands for a week. Each family is awarded $50,000, with the stipulation that the guest mother decides how her host family must...
.
Famous alumni
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- Syndicated columnist and author. - Meredith PattersonMeredith PattersonMeredith Patterson is an American musical theatre actor known for her Broadway performances, as well as her television and film work.-External links:...
- Broadway, TV and Film Actress - Russ Rohlicek - pitcher for the minor-leagues Iowa CubsIowa CubsThe Iowa Cubs are a Triple-A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Chicago Cubs, that plays in the Pacific Coast League. Their home games are played in Des Moines, Iowa, at Principal Park.-Franchise history:...
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- Women's Professional Soccer Player and Photographer