Ontario High School is a

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Ontario, California Ontario is a city in southwestern San Bernardino County in the U.S. state of California, east of downtown Los Angeles and west of downtown San Bernardino, the county seat. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire metropolitan area, ...

. It is one of the twelve schools in the

Chaffey Joint Union High School District Chaffey Joint Union High School District is a 9-12 school district located in San Bernardino County, California, United States that serves the communities of Ontario, Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga, and portions of Fontana, Upland, Chino, and ...

History

In 1882, founders of the City of Ontario

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and

William Chaffey William Benjamin Chaffey, CMG (21 October 1856 – 4 June 1926) was a Canadian engineer and irrigation planner who with his older brother George Chaffey developed what became the cities of Etiwanda, California, Ontario, California, and Uplan ...

established the Chaffey College of Agriculture and an on-campus

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with assistance from the

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(USC). The local community was granted control of the secondary school in 1901 and named it Ontario High School. Ten years later, in 1911, the school was renamed to

Chaffey High School Chaffey High School is a public high school in Ontario, California, United States. It is part of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District and rests on approximately , making it one of the largest high schools by area in California. The schoo ...

. In 1967, a campus south of Chaffey High School was named Ontario High School. The Ontario Jaguars' rival school is the Chaffey Tigers; their annual football game is known as "The Cat Bowl". In 2014 the school was remodeled to include a modernized campus, a new two story building with 32 classrooms, and, for the first time in 47 years, a football stadium known as "Jaguar Stadium". The current principal is Eduardo Zaldivar, preceded by Cary Willborn. OHS is currently the last high school with lockers in the Chaffey Joint Union High School District.

Campus

Ontario High School was built on of land on the south side of Ontario, California. The campus has eight permanent classroom buildings, along with 34 portable classrooms, for a total of 110 separate classrooms, an auditorium, cafeteria and multi-purpose room, library, study room, gym, locker room facilities, two pools, and fine arts and vocational facilities. In 2014, an extensive modernization took place with the help of "Measure P", constructing a new campus, a 2 story building, solar panels in the parking lot, and a new stadium in which the school will be able to host its first home football games.

Academics

Ontario High School follows a standard California high school curriculum as defined by the

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's High School Graduation Requirements and tests students with the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program and the

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. Students have the opportunity to earn college credit through

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(AP) courses. In addition, Ontario High School has many honors classes, supports the

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(GATE) program and the

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, and participates in the nationwide Renaissance program.

Arts

Ontario High School supports a wide array of fine and performing arts including

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, and

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classes.

Band, percussion, and color guard

Ontario High School's instrumentalists, percussionists, and color guard performers compete in the Southern California Judging Association (SCJA) circuit for marching season during the first three months of the academic year. For the remainder of the year the Color Guard competes as a "

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" against other guards while the instrument and percussion sections have their orchestral season. The band's major performances are the Holiday Showcase, Music Americana, and Pops! concerts. The Music Americana concert is unique because the band performs with the

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. The Color Guard also has several acts during the Holiday Showcase, the Pops! concerts, and their end of the year show, the Color Guard Spectacular. For most of its history, the marching season group was known as the Ontario High School Jaguar Band and Color Guard. They won many awards in band tournaments and marched in several parades throughout southern California. At a point between 2000 and 2008, the group was renamed the Ontario High School Pride. On November 1, 2008 the Ontario High School Pride entered the Surf City Open marching competition and won the highest "sweepstakes" awards and an invitation to the 2nd Annual California State Championship. This is the first time in its history that the combined marching band, percussion, and color guard competed in a state level competition. On November 22, 2008 the Ontario High School Pride won the 5A Division of the California State Championships for their performance titled "The Lion King Goes Broadway" and became the 2008 Division 5A California State Champions. Long-time band director Dave Berry retired at the close of the 2008-2009 school year. Ontario High School hired alumni Elyse Doremus to replace him and carry on his legacy in the 2009-2010 school year.

Dance

The school's dance classes—Dance Fundamentals, Core 2, Dance production and Dance Company—perform an end-of-the-year show to songs such as

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, Heads Will Roll by the

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, and I Took the Night by Chelly. Drama/Theatre The school's drama productions are currently directed by University of LaVerne graduate Jessica Larson, M.Ed. Past performances include Elf: The Musical, The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Nighttime, Little Shop of Horrors, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Seussical: The Musical, The Terror Trilogy, Rumors, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Nerd, Touchtone "M" for Murder, Night of the Living Dead, Alice in Wonderland, Area 51 the Musical, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged.

Demographics

The Ontario High School student population is primarily Hispanic/Latino. Between 2005 and 2009, the number of students categorized as English Language Learners decreased slightly. During the same period came a sharp rise in the number of students participating in the Free/Reduced School Lunch program. This data is reported by the school district as part of their annual California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) submission. Enrollment figures are released annually by the

2009

Student Enrollment: 2,841
Free/Reduced School Lunch: 55.9%
Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 75.8%
English Language Learners: 26.4%
Census Characterization: Mid-size City
Ethnic Breakdown:According to Dave Johnston, the Director of Data Management and Programming at Educational Results Partnership, the 2009 ethnic breakdown for Ontario High School totals to 100.1% because of rounding errors to the nearest tenths place. This data is reported by the school district as part of their annual California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) submission. Enrollment figures are released annually by the

at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/filescbedsopusa.asp
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.2%
Asian: 2.4%
Pacific Islander: 0.4%
Filipino: 0.5%
Hispanic/Latino: 85.8%
African American: 4.2%
White: 6.1%
Other/Declined to State: 0.5%

2005

Student Enrollment: 2,591
Free/Reduced School Lunch: 17.3%
English Language Learners: 29.8%
Census Characterization: Mid-size City
Ethnic Breakdown:
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.3%
Asian: 2.7%
Pacific Islander: 0.3%
Filipino: 0.7%
Hispanic/Latino: 77.6%
African American: 7.6%
White: 10.7%
Other/Declined to State: 1.2%

Clubs

Students and faculty members often work together to form clubs that serve the community and participate in extra-curricular activities. *

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*Anime Club is #1 *AP Spanish Club *Asian Culture Club *

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(AVID) *Band *Band Booster Club *Beta Club *Black Student Union (BSU) *Boys Basketball *Boys Hip Hop *Boys Tennis *

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*Chess Club *Choral Music *Color Guard * Cross Country and

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*Dance Club *Drama Club *Drum Corps *Earth Club *Engineering Club *FBLA *FHA *Film Club *Foreign Language Club *Girls Basketball *Girls Tennis *Golfers Club *Geek Club *Interact Club *Jags 4 Jesus *Jag Law *Jag-Wire, the student newspaper (

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) *Jaguar Marathon Club *Journalism Club *JSA (

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) *Judo Club *

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and Self Defense *

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* Future Business Leaders of America *

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*Letterman's Club *Lifeguard Club *

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(Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) *Military Club "Stars and Stripes" *Mock Trial *Model United Nations *

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*ONCA, the OHS

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*Pacific Islander Club *Peer Counseling *Pep Squad *Ray's Power Pit,

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and fitness *Renaissance *Science Club *Skills USA *Snowboarding and Ski Club *STAND *STRIVE *TV/Video Club *VICA *Virtual Enterprise *Video Game Club *Volleyball Club *Walk and Rollers

Events

Ontario High School holds dances including

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, and Sadie Hawkins dance. Homecoming Dance themes include "Around the World in One Night" and "Circue Du Extravaganza." A recent Prom theme is "Midnight Masquarade." OHS has recently had its 5th annual Halloween Carnival in 2013. The staff and students from different clubs bring fun carnival games and also a variety of different foods they sell. Main event at the carnival is the 2 scary mazes, one is hosted in the OHS auditorium, and the second maze is hosted in building A. This event is open for all age groups.

Notable faculty and alumni

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, convicted terrorist *

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astronaut of the class of

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and Pilot on the first operational flight of the

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, former football All American at

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as an offensive tackle, Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award finalist in 1996, All Pacific-10 Conference First Team 1995 and 1996, member of 11-0 1996 Team that played in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1997, NFL football player with

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1997-1999, played for

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with

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in 2001, and Arizona State University Sports Hall of Fame Inductee in 2009. *

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, former

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player for the

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. Played for the 1991 varsity baseball team that won the

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state title with an undefeated 26-0 record.

Notes

External links

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References

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