Scripps Ranch High School
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Scripps Ranch High School (SRHS), located in Northeast San Diego, California, United States, serves the Scripps Ranch community as well as students participating in the Voluntary Enrollment Exchange Program (VEEP) bussing
program of the San Diego Unified School District
. It is a National Blue Ribbon School and a California Distinguished School and ranks 241st out of 1,000 on America's Top High Schools.
score was 875, growing from a score of 843 . Overall, most ethnic groups performed well, and improved from their 2009 scores. Based on the 2010 API results, Scripps Ranch is a top performing comprehensive high school in the San Diego Unified School District
, and the fourth highest performing comprehensive high school in San Diego County, surpassing Torrey Pines High School
, Westview High School
, and Rancho Bernardo High School
.
In March 2007, the boys basketball team won the CIF
San Diego Section Division II Championship, earning the school's first CIF Basketball title.
Scripps Ranch re-developed its physical plant by installing an artificial turf field and all-weather track in the summer of 2008.
Wrestling took first place in CIF for the 2006-2007 year.
Its rival schools are the Mira Mesa High School Marauders, St. Augustine High School Saints, and Cathedral Catholic High School
Dons.
, but with Army Cavalry Sabers (black taped sabers). The Unarmed Fancy Drill Team uses their hands to make sounds of beats and rhythms. Flag Detail raises and lowers the United States National Flag and California State Flag.
, Winter Formal
, Sadie Hawkins Dance
, and Prom
dances held every year.
The annual Powder Puff
football game is a game held between the Junior and Senior class.
The high school also has its own Mock Trial team which competes in the San Diego County Bar Association's annual Mock Trial
competition. In 2008, the team placed third (pdf) in the county.
Scripps Ranch High School (SRHS), located in Northeast San Diego, California, United States, serves the Scripps Ranch community as well as students participating in the Voluntary Enrollment Exchange Program (VEEP) bussing program of the San Diego Unified School District. It is a National Blue Ribbon School and a California Distinguished School and ranks 241st out of 1,000 on America's Top High Schools., "Newsweek Magazine" http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools.html
The ensembles have traveled worldwide, including Hawaii in 1997, Bahamas in 1999, The Peoples' Republic of China in 2001, Chicago in 2006, and Seattle and Vancouver in 2008.
One of the most distinguished awards that the marching band received was the Walter Brennan Sweepstakes Award at the Camarillo Christmas Parade. The group won the award annually for their participation throughout the late 90's throughout the early 2000s (13 of the past 14 years).
Büssing
Büssing was a German bus and truck manufacturer established by Heinrich Büssing at Braunschweig in 1903. Büssing's first truck was a 2 ton payload machine powered by a 2-cylinder gasoline engine and featuring worm drive...
program of the San Diego Unified School District
San Diego Unified School District
San Diego Unified School District is the school district of San Diego, California. It was founded in 1854...
. It is a National Blue Ribbon School and a California Distinguished School and ranks 241st out of 1,000 on America's Top High Schools.
Standardized test scores
For 2010, the base APIAcademic Performance Index
The Academic Performance Index is a measurement of academic performance and progress of individual schools in California, United States. It is one of the main components of the Public Schools Accountability Act passed by the California legislature in 1999...
score was 875, growing from a score of 843 . Overall, most ethnic groups performed well, and improved from their 2009 scores. Based on the 2010 API results, Scripps Ranch is a top performing comprehensive high school in the San Diego Unified School District
San Diego Unified School District
San Diego Unified School District is the school district of San Diego, California. It was founded in 1854...
, and the fourth highest performing comprehensive high school in San Diego County, surpassing Torrey Pines High School
Torrey Pines High School
Torrey Pines High School is a high school in the North County Coastal area of San Diego, California. The school is named after the Torrey Pine tree that grows in the area...
, Westview High School
Westview High School (San Diego)
Westview High School is a public secondary school located in Torrey Highlands, a community of San Diego, California in the United States. It is part of the Poway Unified School District....
, and Rancho Bernardo High School
Rancho Bernardo High School
Rancho Bernardo High School, or RBHS, is a public high school in the Poway Unified School District of San Diego County, California. Rancho Bernardo High School opened in September 1990 as the district's third high school. There are approximately 2,300 students in grades 9 through 12, and...
.
Seasonal sports
- Fall: Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Women's Tennis, Women's Golf, Women's Volleyball, Men's Water Polo, Marching Band
- Winter: Men's Roller Hockey, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men and Women's Soccer, Women's Water Polo, Wrestling
- Spring: Badminton, Baseball, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Track and Field, Men's Volleyball
- Non-seasonal: Cheerleading, Dance Team
In March 2007, the boys basketball team won the CIF
California Interscholastic Federation
The California Interscholastic Federation is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from some of the others in that it covers most high schools in the state of California, both public and...
San Diego Section Division II Championship, earning the school's first CIF Basketball title.
Scripps Ranch re-developed its physical plant by installing an artificial turf field and all-weather track in the summer of 2008.
Wrestling took first place in CIF for the 2006-2007 year.
Its rival schools are the Mira Mesa High School Marauders, St. Augustine High School Saints, and Cathedral Catholic High School
Cathedral Catholic High School
Cathedral Catholic High School is a private coeducational Catholic High School in San Diego, California. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, and was originally founded as the University of San Diego High School in 1957...
Dons.
List of CIF Championships
| Sport | Title(s) Won |
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| Baseball Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond... |
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| Boys Basketball Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules... |
2007 |
| Girls Basketball | 1996 |
| Boys Cross Country Cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road... |
1993, 1994 |
| Girls Cross Country | 1995, 1997 |
| Field Hockey Field hockey Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks... |
1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010 |
| 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... |
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| Boys 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.... |
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| Roller Hockey Roller hockey Roller Hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. The term "Roller Hockey" is often used interchangeably to refer to two variant forms chiefly differentiated by the type of skate used. There is traditional "Roller Hockey," played with quad roller skates, and... |
2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 |
| Girls Lacrosse Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh... |
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| Boys Lacrosse | |
| Girls Soccer | 1999 |
| Boys Soccer | 2004 |
| Softball Softball Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand... |
1996, 1998, 1999 |
| Boys Swimming Swimming (sport) Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native... |
1997 |
| Boys Tennis Tennis Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all... |
2006 |
| Girls Tennis | 1998 |
| Boys Track and Field Track and field Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area... |
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| Girls Track and Field | |
| Boys 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... |
1994, 2003, 2006 |
| Girls Volleyball | 1996, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010 |
| Boys 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... |
1999, 2010 |
| Girls Water Polo | |
| Wrestling Wrestling Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position... |
2007 |
Scripps Ranch AFJROTC
SRHS is home to the 935th Regiment of United States Air Force Junior ROTC. Air Force ROTC teaches drilling, marching, knowledge about the current national commands, the importance of community service, and Aerospace Science. Scripps Ranch's JROTC's drill teams include Color Guard, Armed Fancy Drill Team, Saber Fancy Drill Team, and Unarmed Fancy Drill Team. In Color Guard, cadets represent the nation's flags and the California State flag at school activities. The Armed Fancy Drill Team competes with 7-9 lb M1903 Springfield Bolt-Action Rifles in competitions. The Sabre Team also assembles new choreographyChoreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
, but with Army Cavalry Sabers (black taped sabers). The Unarmed Fancy Drill Team uses their hands to make sounds of beats and rhythms. Flag Detail raises and lowers the United States National Flag and California State Flag.
Annual events
Scripps Ranch High School follows many school traditions. Some traditions include Freshmen Friday and the Class Run ( usually partakes in the morning of the Homecoming Rally). All of the dances at Scripps Ranch High School are planned and produced by ASB. Students partake in HomecomingHomecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America...
, Winter Formal
Winter formal
Winter formal, also called Winterfest or Queen of Hearts Dance, is a dance held by high schools in the United States. It takes place between homecoming and prom, usually between January and March...
, Sadie Hawkins Dance
Sadie Hawkins dance
In the United States, the Sadie Hawkins Dance is usually a less formal dance sponsored by a high school, middle school or college, in which female students invite male students...
, and Prom
Prom
In the United States and Canada, a prom, short for promenade, is a formal dance, or gathering of high school students. It is typically held near the end of the senior year. It figures greatly in popular culture and is a major event among high school students...
dances held every year.
The annual Powder Puff
Powder Puff
Powderpuff is a reference to the division of a traditionally male sport reserved for females regardless of the age of the participants.Powderpuff football games are an annual tradition at many high schools and universities in the United States and Canada...
football game is a game held between the Junior and Senior class.
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The high school also has its own Mock Trial team which competes in the San Diego County Bar Association's annual Mock Trial
Mock trial
A Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers as role players to test theories or...
competition. In 2008, the team placed third (pdf) in the county.
Publications
Scripps Ranch High School's student-produced newspaper is the Falcon Flyer and yearbook is known as the Legend. It is also home to a number of other limited release publications such its award-winning yearly Literary Magazine, The Ascent.Scripps Ranch High School (SRHS), located in Northeast San Diego, California, United States, serves the Scripps Ranch community as well as students participating in the Voluntary Enrollment Exchange Program (VEEP) bussing program of the San Diego Unified School District. It is a National Blue Ribbon School and a California Distinguished School and ranks 241st out of 1,000 on America's Top High Schools., "Newsweek Magazine" http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools.html
Instrumental music
Dean Hickman founded the program in 1993 from the ground up. Over the years, the school has had many ensembles including a string quintet, string orchestra, full orchestra, concert band, steel drum band, jazz band, and The Rising Star Marching Band and Pageantry.The ensembles have traveled worldwide, including Hawaii in 1997, Bahamas in 1999, The Peoples' Republic of China in 2001, Chicago in 2006, and Seattle and Vancouver in 2008.
One of the most distinguished awards that the marching band received was the Walter Brennan Sweepstakes Award at the Camarillo Christmas Parade. The group won the award annually for their participation throughout the late 90's throughout the early 2000s (13 of the past 14 years).
Notable alumni
- Adam BrodyAdam BrodyAdam Jared Brody is an American film and television actor and part time musician. He began his career in 1995, appearing on Gilmore Girls and other series, and subsequently came to fame for his role as Seth Cohen on The O.C. Brody later appeared in several film roles, including Mr. & Mrs...
Actor (Class of 1998) - Jerad AndersonJerad AndersonJerad Anderson is an American born actor.He is part of the band 100 monkeys with fellow bandmates Jackson Rathbone, Benjamin Graupner, Benjamin Johnson, and M. Lawrence Abrams....
Actor (Class of 1999) - Kellen Winslow IIKellen Winslow IIKellen Boswell Winslow, II is an American football tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns sixth overall in the 2004 NFL Draft...
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tight End (Class of 2001) - Tate ForcierTate ForcierRobert Patrick "Tate" Forcier is an American college football quarterback. He was a starting quarterback for the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team ahead of Denard Robinson and Robinson's back up for the 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team before leaving the program in January 2011...
San Jose State Quarterback (Class of 2009) - Brennan Clay University of Oklahoma Runnung Back (Class of 2010)
- Jessica Fernandez Actress (Class of 2011)