Ponderosa High School is a public high school in

Shingle Springs, California Shingle Springs (formerly, Shingle Spring and Shingle) is a census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States. The population was 4,432 at the 2010 census, up from 2,643 at the 2000 census. It is located about from Sacra ...

. Opened in 1963,(16 May 2008)
El Dorado school bond is badly needed
''Sacramento Bee'' ("Ponderosa High School which opened in 1963 ...") it is a member of the

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. In the 2018–19 school year, there were 1,865

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s enrolled. Ponderosa's

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is the bruin bear.

Sports

Ponderosa High School offers many sports programs, including cross country, basketball, baseball, football, golf, ski/snowboard, soccer, swimming, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo and wrestling. The school is in the Division II Capital Valley Conference.

Notable alumni

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, author * James Campen, former NFL offensive lineman; current offensive line coach of the

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Kurt Travis Kurt Travis (born January 16, 1987) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter from Sacramento, California. He is currently part of the post-hardcore bands Royal Coda and Push Over and the math rock duo Gold Necklace, and was formerly a ...

, lead singer for Sacramento-based post-hardcore band

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, former

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head coach *

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, gymnast * Michael Stemmle, game designer *

Trevor Swartz Trevor Swartz (born October 1, 1995) is an American soccer coach who is currently an assistant coach at UNLV. He formerly was the head coach of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Stags. Early life Youth Swartz grew up in Cameron Park, California and ...

, professional soccer player *

Joe Bitker Joseph Anthony Bitker (born February 12, 1964) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Oakland Athletics for one game on July 31, 1990, then was traded to the Texas Rangers with Scott Chiamparino ...

, former MLB pitcher for the

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and Texas Rangers * Tim Jones, former MLB pitcher for the

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Christina Fusano Christina Fusano (born November 27, 1980) is an American former professional tennis player. She attended Ponderosa High School in Shingle Springs, California, where she was an all-league volleyball and basketball player. In tennis, she was the t ...

, professional tennis player *

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, disc Jockey and model *

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, professional basketball player

References

External links

* Public high schools in California Educational institutions established in 1963 High schools in El Dorado County, California 1963 establishments in California {{California-school-stub