Great Oak High School

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Great Oak High School
Location
Great Oak High School
32555 Deer Hollow Way

Temecula
,
California
92592

United States
Information
Established2004
School district Temecula Valley Unified School District
PrincipalAmber Lane [1]
Teaching staff118.89 (FTE) [2]
Grades 9th - 12th
Enrollment3,007 (2023-2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio25.29 [2]
ColorsRed, navy, and white
   
MascotWolfpack
Rival Temecula Valley High School [3]
Website gohs.tvusd.k12.ca.us

Great Oak High School is a public high school at the base of Wolf Valley in Temecula, California, US, in the Temecula Valley Unified School District. In 2009 and 2010, Great Oak High School was listed in Newsweek's annual top 1000 high schools in America. As of 2024, GOHS is ranked #973 nationally and ranked 129th in the State of California. [4] Great Oak High School has been a California Distinguished School since 2009 [5] and is also a California Gold Ribbon School.

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In addition to Advanced Placement courses, Great Oak offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It has been an IB World School since 2006. [6]

Athletics

Great Oak High School's athletic teams are known as the Wolfpack and compete in California's CIF Southern Section.

State titles

Competition cheer, dance and step teams

Great Oak High School has varsity and junior varsity competition cheerleading, dance, and step teams. The Great Oak Step Team is nationally recognized and received 3rd place at the 2015 National Step Association Nationals.

National titles

Spirit of Great Oak

Spirit of Great Oak is the marching and indoor performance ensemble of Great Oak High School. [10] The program was founded to provide students with opportunities in both marching and indoor ensembles. It is supported by the Spirit of Great Oak (SOGO) Band Boosters. [11] The marching band competes in the California State Band Championships (CSBC), earning a first-place finish in 2022 and third place in 2024. [12] The band has performed internationally in the London New Year's Day Parade and in Rome, Italy, and has participated in the Disneyland Christmas parade. [13] The Spirit of Great Oak participates in Southern California Percussion Alliance (SCPA) and Winter Guard International (WGI) competitions. [14]

Notable Performances

YearEventLocationClass / Placement
2022California State Band ChampionshipsHuntington Beach, CA1st Place, Division [15]
2024California State Band ChampionshipsHuntington Beach, CA3rd Place, Division
2022SCPA ChampionshipToyota Arena, Ontario, CA1st Place, PSO
2023SCPA ChampionshipSouthern California8th Place Prelims, PSW
2024SCPA ChampionshipSan Bernardino, CA1st Place, PSO [16]
2014WGI World ChampionshipsDayton, OH7th, Scholastic Open [17]
2023WGI World ChampionshipsDayton, OH9th, PSW Prelims [18]
2025WGI World ChampionshipsDayton, OH15th, PSO Finals [19]
2013 & 2019London New Year’s Day ParadeLondon, UKPerformance
2023New Year’s Day ParadeRome, ItalyPerformance
2024Disneyland Christmas ParadeAnaheim, CAPerformance

Incidents

References

  1. ↑ "Administration / Spirit Center / Administration". Temecula Valley Unified School District. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Great Oak High School — NCES Profile". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  3. ↑ Shultz, Craig. "Sugar Bowl Not Always Sweet". North County Times. Retrieved August 9, 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "US News Best High Schools — Great Oak High School".
  5. ↑ "California Distinguished Schools Awardees 2009". Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  6. ↑ "International Baccalaureate — Great Oak High School".
  7. 1 2 "Past Championship Records and Results Through 2014 — Cross Country" (PDF). California Interscholastic Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  8. ↑ "2015 JAMZ School Nationals Official Rankings" (PDF). February 20, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
  9. ↑ Bandong, Paul. "GOHS Competition Cheer Wins Jamz Nationals". My Valley News. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Spirit of Great Oak — Official Program Website" . Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Great Oak High School Band Program Overview" . Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  12. ↑ "California State Band Championships Results". June 20, 2024. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Spirit of Great Oak — London New Year's Day Parade Performance". YouTube. January 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Southern California Percussion Alliance — Official Website" . Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  15. ↑ "CSBC 2022 Results". June 20, 2024. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  16. ↑ "CompetitionSuite Scores — SCPA 2024" . Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  17. ↑ "WGI 2014 Percussion Scores" . Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  18. ↑ "WGI 2023 PSW Prelims Scores" . Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  19. ↑ "WGI Percussion Event Scores" . Retrieved November 16, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Southern California students protest school flag ban policy". KTLA. September 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  21. ↑ "High school students in Temecula stage walkout over alleged anti-LGBTQ policies". September 23, 2023.
  22. ↑ "Temecula students protest district flag and transgender policies". September 25, 2023.

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