Costa Mesa High School
| Costa Mesa High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 2650 Fairview Road Costa Mesa, CA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1958 |
| School district | Newport Mesa Unified School District |
| Principal | Jacob Haley (High School) Guy Olguin (Middle School) |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Enrollment | 1864 |
| Color(s) | Green, white, and black |
| Athletics conference | CIF-SS Orange Coast League |
| Mascot | Mustangs (High School) Mavericks (Middle School) |
| Newspaper | The Equestrian |
| Information | (714) 424-8700 |
| Website | Costa Mesa High School website |
Costa Mesa High School, otherwise known as CMHS or "Mesa," is a public high school for grades 7 through 12 located in Costa Mesa, California. It is part of the Newport Mesa Unified School District and is located at 2650 Fairview Road. The school's rival is Estancia High School. The school colors are green, white and black.
Each year the rival football teams from Costa Mesa High School and Estancia High School play each other in a game known as the Battle of the Bell.
From 2001 to present Mesa has been a small school power house in Orange County. From 2001 to 2005 the team was awarded the CIF Academic Award for Excellence. After three undefeated Golden West League Championships the 2005 Men's swim team placed 4th in CIF Division III with only four team members in the finals. The team of Adam Douglas, Evan Spencer, Kyle Thorsness and James Fowler won the CIF Championship in the 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay. Douglas, Thorsness and Spencer each recorded points in their non relay events to increase Mesa's point totals. They were the smallest represented swim team with a top five finish in the last 30 years. Spencer went on to University of the Pacific (Pacific) 2005 (Swimming & Water Polo).Mesa has had both male and females advance to CIF every year from 2001 to 2010. The new state of the art 6 million dollar aquatic complex was completed and opened in 2010. CMAC (Costa Mesa Aquatics Club) was formed for youth ages 5–14 for Club Water Polo and Swim in 2010 in the new Aquatics Complex.
CMHS has a very notable Drama Club. Awarded numerous Cappie Nominations.
Math Engineering Science Achievement (M.E.S.A.) is an engineering program throughout California and eight other states. In 2003 Costa Mesa High School was the first student team to place first overall in the JPL Invention Challenge, beating the engineers from NASA in an aerodynamic competition on the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' famous flight. The Costa Mesa High School team was the first M.E.S.A. team to compete at the state and the national level from the Cal State Fullerton Center. In 2007 Costa Mesa won the California State Championship and placed third in the Nationals. The 2008 M.E.S.A. team again swept the state level competition and placed 3rd overall with two individual first place finishes in the National M.E.S.A. Engineering Design Competition in Maryland on June 19. They set an all-time state record of shooting 27 meters with their trebuchet. The 2016 team swept the California state competition and will be participating and competing in the National M.E.S.A. competition in Ogden, Utah on June 23, 2016.
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