Santiago High School (Corona, California)
Encyclopedia
Santiago High School is a high school
located in Corona, California
and is a member of the Corona-Norco Unified School District
, serving grades 9 through 12. The school's athletic teams are known as the Shark
s. This school runs on a block schedule
such that students do not attend every class everyday. As of October 2011, students attend all six classes on Monday; periods one, three and five on Tuesday and Thursday, and periods two, four and six on Wednesday and Friday. Classes on Monday a roughly half the duration of classes the rest of the week. The school has a full athletic division, band, choir, color-guard, and video production team. Santiago has a student-run television program that airs once per month called "Shark TV". They offer many sports for both boys and girls including football
, soccer, water polo
, golf
, volleyball
, and many extracurricular activities.
Santiago High School is represent by the school magazine, Shark Attack. The Editor and Chief of the magazine is Karina Stow, and the advisor to the class is Mrs. Bovie-Ware. The student who designed the website is Nikolas Stow, the younger brother of the Editor and Chief. Nikolas Stow also the founder of a small business that is quickly growing called The TechIt.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Corona, California
Corona, California
Corona is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 152,374, up from 124,966 at the 2000 census...
and is a member of the Corona-Norco Unified School District
Corona-Norco Unified School District
The Corona-Norco Unified School District is a school district in Riverside County, California in the United States, mainly serving the cities of Norco, Corona, and Eastvale...
, serving grades 9 through 12. The school's athletic teams are known as the Shark
Shark
Sharks are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago....
s. This school runs on a block schedule
Block scheduling
Block scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day but each class is scheduled for a longer period of time . A student might be taking 7 different classes, but only 4 per day, and the specific daily classes would rotate through a changing daily cycle...
such that students do not attend every class everyday. As of October 2011, students attend all six classes on Monday; periods one, three and five on Tuesday and Thursday, and periods two, four and six on Wednesday and Friday. Classes on Monday a roughly half the duration of classes the rest of the week. The school has a full athletic division, band, choir, color-guard, and video production team. Santiago has a student-run television program that airs once per month called "Shark TV". They offer many sports for both boys and girls including football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, soccer, water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, and many extracurricular activities.
Santiago High School is represent by the school magazine, Shark Attack. The Editor and Chief of the magazine is Karina Stow, and the advisor to the class is Mrs. Bovie-Ware. The student who designed the website is Nikolas Stow, the younger brother of the Editor and Chief. Nikolas Stow also the founder of a small business that is quickly growing called The TechIt.
Statistics
- 2009: In Riverside County, most applicants and acceptances to University of CaliforniaUniversity of CaliforniaThe University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
Schools (177 applicants, 145 acceptances) - The graduation rate for Santiago High School is 96% whereas the district in California is 94%
External links
- http://www.cnusd.k12.ca.us/santiago-hs/ - Santiago High School's Official Homepage
- http://www.greatschools.org/california/corona/4277-Santiago-High-School/ - GreatSchools Rating
- http://www.green-architecture-corona.com/ - Santiago High School's Green Architecture