Ontario High School (California)
| Ontario High School | |
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| Address | |
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901 West Francis Street Ontario, California 91762 |
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| Coordinates | 34°2′21.52″N 117°39′58.90″W / 34.0393111°N 117.6663611°WCoordinates: 34°2′21.52″N 117°39′58.90″W / 34.0393111°N 117.6663611°W |
| Information | |
| Principal | Eduardo Zaldivar |
| Enrollment | 2,841 (2009) |
| Color(s) |
Cardinal Gold |
| Athletics conference | Mt. Baldy League |
| Nickname | [OHS] |
| Team name | Jaguars |
| Rival | Chaffey High School |
| Website | Ontario High School |
Ontario High School is a high school in Ontario, California. It is one of the twelve schools of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District.
In 1882, founders of the City of Ontario George and William Chaffey began the Chaffey College of Agriculture and an on-campus secondary school with assistance from the University of Southern California (USC). The local community was granted control of the secondary school in 1901 and named it Ontario High School. Ten years later, in 1911, the school was renamed to Chaffey High School.
In 1967, a campus 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Chaffey High School was named Ontario High School.
The Ontario Jaguars' rival school is the Chaffey Tigers; they both settle their duel in a football game known as "The CatBowl!"
CIF Championships
Men's Baseball 1991
Men's Soccer 2013
In 2014 the school was remodeled to include a completely new, modern campus, a new two story building with 32 classrooms, and for the first time in 47 years, its first football stadium known as "Jaguar Stadium". The current principal is Eduardo Zaldivar. The previous principal was Cary Willborn. OHS is currently the last high school with lockers in the Chaffey Joint Union High School District.
Ontario High School was built on 40 acres (160,000 m2) of land on the south side of Ontario, California. The campus has eight permanent classroom buildings, along with 34 portable classrooms, for a total of 110 separate classrooms, an auditorium, cafeteria and multi-purpose room, library, gym, locker room facilities, two pools, and fine arts and vocational facilities. In 2014 an extensive modernization with the help of "Measure P", constructing a new campus, 2 story building, solar panels in the parking lot, and finally after 47 years the school will be able host its first home football games in a new stadium,
Ontario High School follows a standard California high school curriculum as defined by the California Department of Education's High School Graduation Requirements and tests students with the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program and the California High School Exit Exam.
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