Mission Viejo High School

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Mission Viejo High School
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Mission Viejo High School
25025 Chrisanta Drive

Mission Viejo, California
92691

United States
Coordinates 33°35′49″N117°40′12″W / 33.59694°N 117.67000°W / 33.59694; -117.67000
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Type Public high school
Established1966 (1966)
School district Saddleback Valley Unified School District
PrincipalTricia Osborne
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,646 (2022–23) [1]
Color(s)  Scarlet
  Gold
Athletics conference CIF-SS; South Coast League
MascotPablo the Diablo
Team name Diablos
Website www.svusd.org/schools/high-schools/mission-viejo
Welcome screen to Mission Viejo High School MVHS GoDiablos.jpg
Welcome screen to Mission Viejo High School

Mission Viejo High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Mission Viejo, California, United States, as part of the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. The school has served the area since 1966. Students within its attendance boundaries live in western Mission Viejo, southwest Lake Forest, Trabuco Canyon, Rancho Santa Margarita, and Laguna Hills. Its mascot is Pablo the Diablo and its colors are scarlet and gold. 230 credits are required to graduate. It is the home to one of the only agricultural farms on a high school campus in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District.

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In the 2022–2023 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,646 students and 75.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 21.8. 40.9% of students were eligible for free or discounted lunch. [1] [2]

Academics

International Baccalaureate

Mission Viejo has been an International Baccalaureate (IB) school since July 1985. This program, taught to 80 students, is for academically talented and highly motivated students sponsored and administered by the IB Organization. The students who meet the IB requirements are eligible for the International Baccalaureate Diploma. This school received approximately 80 diplomas in the 2015–2016 school year. [3]

Awards and recognition

Mission Viejo High School has been awarded the Blue Ribbon School and Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education on three separate occasions, in 1988–89, 1994–96 [4] and 2001–02, [5] [6] the highest award an American school can receive. [7] [8]

Mission Viejo High School has been recognized six times as a California Distinguished School, in 1988, 1994, 2001, 2009, 2013, and 2024. [9] [10] [11]

Performing arts

Marching band

The Mission Viejo High School Marching Band and Color Guard at the 2008 Calgary Stampede Parade in Alberta, Canada Mission Viejo band and guard (crop).jpg
The Mission Viejo High School Marching Band and Color Guard at the 2008 Calgary Stampede Parade in Alberta, Canada

The school's marching band is part of the Western Band Association. They have competed in the 5A division every year until 2016, in which they began competing in 4A and won their division at the WBA Class Championships. [12]

Choir

The school offers four different choir classes: Concert Choir, Diablo Chorus, Treble Choir and the Chamber Singers. [14]

Notable alumni

NameClassDescription
Rudy Holmes 1970 National Football League defensive back for the Atlanta Falcons.
Mark O'Meara 1975Golfer, winner of the Masters Tournament and the British Open in 1998. Member of World Golf Hall of Fame. [15]
Joe DeRenzo 1976Musician and bandleader. [16]
Michael Lopez-Alegria 1976Astronaut, veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission. [17]
Matt Sorum 1976Drummer for The Cult, Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver.
Brian Goodell 1977Olympic champion and former world record-holding freestyle swimmer. At the 1976 Olympic Games, he won gold medals in 400m and 1500m frees. [18]
Joel L Widzer 1980Author, television journalist, [19] speaker.
Ralph Saenz 1983Lead singer for glam metal band Steel Panther (as Michael Starr).
Rob Adams 1988Actor, acting coach, owner of The Actors Workshop, football coach.
Julie Foudy 1989Midfielder for U.S. women's national soccer team from 1987 through 2004. Won two Olympic gold medals and two World Cup championships. [20]
Troy Kopp 1989Former Canadian Football League and Arena Football League quarterback.
Joe-Max Moore 1989Professional soccer player. [21]
Preston Burpo 1990 Major League Soccer goalkeeper.
Megan McClung 1990First female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during Iraq War. [22]
Scott Von der Ahe 1993 National Football League linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts.
Matt Keneley 1995 National Football League defensive tackle for the San Francisco 49ers.
Brianna Keilar 1998 CNN correspondent. [23]
Andreas Gustafsson 1999 Swedish race walker.
Collin Ashton 2001 National Football League linebacker who played for the San Diego Chargers.
Jordan Palmer 2002 National Football League quarterback who played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Co-founder of RockLive. [24]
Jed Collins 2004 National Football League fullback who played for the Detroit Lions.
Drew Radovich 2005 National Football League offensive tackle who played for the Minnesota Vikings.
Nick Reed 2005 National Football League defensive end who played for the Minnesota Vikings.
Mark Sanchez 2005Former National Football League quarterback.
Konrad Reuland 2006Former National Football League tight end for the Jets and Ravens
Jeff Baca 2008Former National Football League offensive tackle.
Donothan Bailey 2010Former gymnast and member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team.
Tre Madden 2011 National Football League running back for the Seattle Seahawks.
Nick Dzubnar 2011 National Football League linebacker for the Chargers and Titans
Garrett Marino 2013 Canadian Football League defensive tackle for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Chandler Hutchison 2014 NBA guard for the Chicago Bulls.
Noah Munck 2014American actor, Gibby Gibson in Nickelodeon's iCarly
Patrick Sandoval 2015 MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels.
Brenden Schooler 2016 National Football League safety for the New England Patriots
Tanner Bibee 2017 MLB pitcher for the Cleveland Guardians.
Jarrett Patterson 2018 National Football League center for the Houston Texans [25]
Joey Yellen 2019 College football quarterback for the Arizona State Sun Devils, Pittsburgh Panthers and Hawaii Rainbow Warriors [26]

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  2. ↑ "Mission Viejo High". SchoolDigger. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  3. ↑ International Baccalaureate Organization: Mission Viejo High School, accessed December 2, 2006.
  4. ↑ It's a Blue Ribbon day for six Orange County schools – EDUCATION: Two have won the nation's top honor before., The Orange County Register , February 9, 1996.
  5. ↑ Mission Viejo, Trabuco Hills highs BLUE, The Orange County Register , May 31, 2002, "The Blue Ribbon award is the third that Mission Viejo High School has received in its 35-year history. Mission Viejo received Blue Ribbons in 1988 and 1996."
  6. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982–1983 through 1999–2002 (PDF) Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine , accessed May 11, 2006.
  7. ↑ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer , November 16, 20–06. Archived August 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post . September 29, 2005
  9. ↑ Schools take state honors, The Orange County Register , April 13, 2001, "Two Mission Viejo high schools were named California Distinguished Schools this week. It was the first recognition for 15-year-old Trabuco Hills High School and third time around for Mission Viejo High School."
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  12. ↑ WBA Class Championships 4/5A 11/19/2016 - Buchanan HS Fresno CA, Western Band Association. Accessed October 3, 2017.
  13. ↑ Mission Viejo High band wins state title, The Orange County Register , November 28, 2003, "Mission Viejo High School Marching Band and Color Guard competed with 25 bands to win the Western Band Association State Championship in Fresno on Saturday. It is the first time in six years that the school band, which practices 14 hours a week, won the title."
  14. ↑ http://MissionViejoChoir.com [ bare URL ]
  15. ↑ "Mark O'Meara profile". pga.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2014-02-17. As a freshman at Mission Viejo High School he made the golf team and in his junior year the team won the state championship.
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  21. ↑ "U.S. women get cheers from afar", CNN Sports Illustrated, July 4, 1999. Accessed July 10, 2007. "New England and U.S. international forward Joe-Max Moore said he graduated from Mission Viejo High School in California with U.S. women's star Julie Foudy."
  22. ↑ Ritchie, Erika I. "O.C. native dies in Iraq; The Mission Viejo graduate is the first female Marine officer killed in the war.", The Orange County Register , December 12, 2006. Accessed October 20, 2007. "McClung grew up in Mission Viejo, graduated from Mission Viejo High School, and received her officer's commission from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1995."
  23. ↑ "`Diablo Heat' grad pursuing TV career", The Orange County Register , January 24, 2003. "Brianna Keilar had it figured out. She was working as a reporter and fill-in anchor at KIMA TV, a CBS affiliate in Yakima, Wash., and looked at bigger media markets such as Tucson, Ariz., to eventually work her way up to a job in Los Angeles or New York. But the Mission Viejo High School alumna will not be reporting from Tucson anytime soon."
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