Charter Oak High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in the

Charter Oak Unified School District Charter Oak Unified School District (COUSD) is a unified school district located in Covina, California, serving nearly 5,000 students in the unincorporated community of Charter Oak and portions of the cities of Covina, Glendora and San Dimas, an ...

. It is located in the City of

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, in the San Gabriel Valley east of

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. The school serves 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th graders from the communities of Covina, Glendora and San Dimas. Enrollment in 2016-17 was 1,566. Charter Oak High School, which opened in 1959, is accredited by the

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. Charter Oak High School was named a California Distinguished School in 1996 and 2007 and a 2015 Gold Ribbon School. The school also was named one of the top 1,500 high schools in the country by Newsweek magazine in 2009.

Academic programs

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(IB) program: Charter Oak was the first Los Angeles County high school to adopt the rigorous IB program. *BETA (Business Educational Technology Academy) *Health and Wellness Academy: Project Lead the Way biomedical pathway program * Project Lead the Way Engineering Design and Development Academy * Advanced Placement *

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(AVID) *Sports Medicine

Notable alumni

* Shane Bowers,

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player *

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, Retired NFL cornerback, Class of 2000 * Mike Dyer, Major League Baseball player *

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, Television Journalist - Class of 1963 *

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, drummer * Vince Neil, singer * Roger Nelson,

Player (Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds) - Class of 1962 * Jim Pash, musician - Class of 1966 * Jeron Roberts (born 1976), American-Israeli basketball player * Keith Smith, NFL fullback - Class of 2010 * Ron Wilson,

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drummer/singer Wipe Out Surfer Joe - Class of 1963

Enrollment

Enrollment in the 2016–2017 school year is 1,566. The majority of students are

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, with a large

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minority and smaller minorities of African Americans and Asian Americans.

References

External links

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School district website
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