Coronado High School (El Paso, Texas)
| Coronado High School | |
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| Location | |
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100 Champions Place El Paso, Texas 79912 United States |
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| Coordinates | 31°50′11″N 106°32′46″W / 31.8364°N 106.5462°WCoordinates: 31°50′11″N 106°32′46″W / 31.8364°N 106.5462°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Pride Of The Westside |
| Established | 1962 |
| School district | El Paso Independent School District |
| Principal | Angela Henderson |
| Faculty | 155.4 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 3,335 (2009-10) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.2 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue, White and Gold |
| Athletics conference | 1-6A |
| Mascot | Thunderbird |
| Nickname | T-Birds |
| Affiliations | International Baccalaureate |
| Website | coronado |
Coronado High School in El Paso, Texas is located on the west side of El Paso near the intersection of North Mesa Street and Resler Drive. It serves the southern part of west El Paso: east of Interstate 10, from the vicinity of Executive Center Boulevard north approximately three miles to around Coronado Arroyo, a normally dry stream bed running west down from the Franklin Mountains just north of Escondido Drive; and the portion of the Upper Valley (the part of El Paso County beside the Rio Grande west of Interstate 10) which lies south of Country Club Road. Most of the Coronado attendance zone is zoned to Morehead Middle School for grades six to eight. The elementary schools in the Coronado feeder pattern include Dr. Green, L.B Johnson, Putnam, Carlos Rivera, Western Hills, and Zach White. The Upper Valley portion of the Coronado attendance area is zoned to Zach White Elementary and Lincoln Middle School, except for the Buena Vista neighborhood around Interstate 10 and West Paisano Drive, which is zoned to Johnson and Morehead. Dr. Green, L.B Johnson, Putnam, Carlos Rivera and Western Hills elementary schools all graduate into Morehead Middle School.
Coronado High is named for Spanish conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, whose expeditions in what is now the southwestern United States took him through what is now El Paso.
Coronado High's mascot, inspired by a natural silhouette on its Franklin Mountain backdrop, is the Thunderbird, shortened to T-Bird, and its slogan is "The Pride of the West Side." Coronado's school colors are Navy blue and Las Vegas gold. The school has a strong rivalry with the Franklin High School Cougars.
The mission of Coronado High School is to advance the academic, artistic, emotional, physical, and social education of every student in order to develop productive citizens.
Coronado High School has offered the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme since 2000. Students who are accepted into the program take a series of examinations at the end of a four-year curriculum.
Coronado has six main buildings labeled A, B, C, D, E, and G Building. Along with these buildings, Coronado has a new Fine Arts building, the Lee Ross Capshaw Auditorium (named after the father of retired orchestra director Ida Steadman and retired band director Kenneth Capshaw, Lee was also a retired EPISD Music Administrator), the Jack Quarles and Don Brooks Thunderbird Stadium, Baseball and Softball fields, Tennis courts, Cafeteria, Agricultural Building, and Big Gym (which received a renovation in the fall of 2009) and the Small Gym. To the south of the Small Gym lie approximately 6 portables that also provide classes. The administrative office is located in A building just beyond the main entrance to the school.
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