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El Rancho High School is a public high school located in the city of Pico Rivera, California, United States. It is a part of the El Rancho Unified School District.
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El Rancho High School is a public high school located in the city of Pico Rivera, California, United States. It is a part of the El Rancho Unified School District.
El Rancho High School opened its doors in September 1952. Whittier High School provided many of the original El Rancho students, and the Whittier Union District administered the new school until 1962 when the El Rancho Unified School District was developed.
The school opened before the municipal incorporation of Pico Rivera, within the unincorporated community of Rivera.
The school colors are Blue and Gray, representing the colors of the Union and Confederate soldiers of the American Civil War. The two neighboring communities were Pico and Rivera: in symbolic terms, the North and the South. Ultimately the school brought students from the two communities together. El Rancho, Spanish for The Ranch, provided the student body and community with the nickname, The Ranch.
The land for the school was donated by the community. [1] [ dead link ] There were restrictions on that donation, including that all new construction would match the existing structures. [1] [ dead link ] After the initial construction, residents were told that if they wanted a pool on campus, the community would have to pay for it. [1]
The football team slogan is "You haven't been hit until you've been hit by The Ranch", which became well known throughout the south-land during the El Rancho powerhouse years of the 1960s.
In 2011, The El Rancho School Board voted to name the Football field at El Rancho 'Don Memorial Stadium'- "Ernie Johnson Field" in honor of his numerous and remarkable contributions and achievements during his tenure of head football coach at El Rancho. A banquet in the El Rancho Gymnasium attended by more than 400 past players, coaches was held on August 28, 2011. The City of Pico Rivera also declared that day as "Ernie Johnson Day". Official field dedication took place on September 23, 2011, at El Rancho's homecoming football game. [2]
El Rancho's campus was 45 acres (180,000 m2) and was named for the fact that the land used to be a ranch, home to orange groves and avocados.
No seniors were present during the first year of school; the first graduating class was 1954.
Reflecting the local demographics, the school's initial student body was primarily white, non-Hispanic, but with a notable percentage of Hispanic students.
When El Rancho was in the process of opening, the students who were planning to attend the school attended assemblies to decide their mascot. The Don was adopted as the school's mascot by a vote of the students. Other mascot candidates included the Swallows, the Rocketeers, and Grizzlies.
In 1990, the school was used for the film Zapped Again!.
El Rancho High School football team during the 1960s established themselves as one of the most respected high school football programs in California. The Dons were led by head coach Ernie Johnson, who coached from 1956 to 1968. Coach Johnson ended his coaching tenure in 1968 with a 108-31-5 record. [3] [4]
During the 1976-1977 season, El Rancho goalkeeper Joel Daniel (Duane Joel Daniel) set two California Interscholastic Federation - Southern Section (CIF-SS) records. As of March 1, 2024, both records still stand. The first is- 39 Saves In One Game, in a 1-0 loss to Alhambra High School on February 15, 1977. [5] According to the National Federation of High School Sports, (NFHS) that is currently third among all California High Schools and twelfth in the nation: 39 saves-per-goal-allowed is over seven times that of those in the national top-ten. [6] The second CIF-SS record is- 417 Saves In One Season. [7] Per the NFHS, that is also currently first among all California High Schools and fifth in the nation. [8]
El Rancho Teen Court program is a juvenile diversion and prevention program in Pico Rivera, California. The program serves youths throughout Los Angeles County. [9] Students from El Rancho High School serve as jurors in the early intervention program, judging peers selected by the Los Angeles County Probation Department. [10] The Teen Court program works in conjunction with the El Rancho Unified School District. [11]
The Presiding Judges are Olivia Rosales and James Horan from the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. [10] Blanca Pacheco esq. is the El Rancho Teen Court's Court Attorney, who assists the jury in understanding the charges against the defendant and proctors the jury deliberations. [11] Raul Elias serves as the El Rancho Teen Court's Judicial officer, which entails supervision of Teen Court participants’ attendance in order to curve extracurricular Teen Court participation negatively affecting academic progress. [11] Dr. Rebecca Marin is the Court's Psychologist and Raul Elias also serves as the Teen Court Coordinator for El Rancho high School, whose duties include overall supervision of the Teen Court Program and maintenance of a schedule for Teen Court sessions and Court tutorials with assistance from Alexis Hernandez. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Court is held at the City of Pico Rivera City Hall Council Chambers.
El Rancho High School Teen Court is a collaboration between the El Rancho Unified School District and the City of Pico Rivera organized by Raul Elias.
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