Mount Carmel High School, San Diego
| Mt. Carmel High School | |
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| Address | |
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9550 Carmel Mountain Road 92129 San Diego, California United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1974 |
| School district | Poway Unified School District |
| Principal | Greg Magno |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,995 |
| Color(s) | Scarlet and Gold |
| Athletics conference | CIF San Diego Section |
| Mascot | Sundevil |
| Team name | Sundevils |
| Publication | The Mt. Carmel SUN |
| Website | Mt. Carmel H.S. website |
Mt. Carmel High School (MCHS), a California Distinguished High School in 2005, is located in Rancho Peñasquitos, a community of San Diego, California, United States. The school belongs to the Poway Unified School District and its mascot is the Sundevil. The current principal is Greg Magno, who replaced Dawn Kastner.
Mt. Carmel High School is both a California Distinguished School Award winner (1985, 1999, 2005) and a National Blue Ribbon School (1989, 2000).
Mt. Carmel High School was built in 1974, with its first fall semester classes being held at the neighboring Black Mountain Middle School while the rest of construction finished.
In 1999, the movie Bring It On filmed on the campus, with the locker room, weight room and football scoreboard making it into the film.
Mt. Carmel's on-campus football field, Sundevil Stadium, is a multi-purpose venue designed for football, soccer, lacrosse, track and field, and the annual Mt. Carmel Tournament of Bands, which is held on the 3rd Saturday of each October. The stadium was designed in 1971 and opened in 1974, with a capacity of 6,000. The Mt. Carmel football team's successes in the late 1980s and early 1990s brought Sundevil Stadium its first, and to date, only major renovation after the 1991 season, adding seats to both the home and visitor sides, raising total capacity to 11,000, making it the largest on-campus high school stadium in the state of California. Following the 2002-2003 school year, and in conjunction with the other major upgrades to the school, the natural grass field was removed and artificial turf installed. Renovations started in August 2009 and completed in July 2010 added handicap accessibility to every section in the stadium, handrails were put on every staircase, plus handicap seating was installed at the top of sections 2, 3, 5, 9, and 11. In August 2007, the stadium was the host of a Drum Corps International competition featuring Phantom Regiment, Carolina Crown, The Colts, Spirit from JSU, Blue Stars, Madison Scouts, Pacific Crest, and Pioneer.
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