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San Clemente High School (San Clemente, California)

San Clemente High School
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Address
700 Avenida Pico
San Clemente, California 92673
United States
Information
Type Public
Established 1964
School district Capistrano Unified School District
Principal Chris Carter
Grades 9 through 12
Enrollment 3,000
Color(s)          Black and red
Team name Tritons
Newspaper Triton Times
Website

San Clemente High School is a high school located in southern Orange County, California, in the town of San Clemente. San Clemente High's attendance boundaries include the City of San Clemente and portions of Capistrano Beach and San Juan Capistrano. The school has an enrollment of approximately 3000 students.

The school was opened in 1964, and the first graduating class was the class of 1965. The first class to have attended SCHS all four years graduated in 1967. In 1996, San Clemente High was noted as one of the few remaining “small town” high schools in Southern California. In 1999, the school was nominated as a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

In 2007, San Clemente High School was ranked number 471 by Newsweek magazine. In 2012 it was ranked number 380.

In February 2012, an Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy shot and killed Marine Sergeant Manuel Loggins after Loggins failed to comply with the deputy's instructions while on school grounds. In 2013, the Orange Count Sheriff's Department settled with the Loggins family regarding an wrongful death lawsuit.

San Clemente's Academic Performance Index for the 2011–2012 school year was 844.

The school possesses a number of academic and vocational enrichment programs: the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program, the Advanced Placement program, Model United Nations, Model Congress, National Honor Society, California Scholarship Federation (CSF), National Merit Scholars, Early Childhood Education Academy, Automotive Technology Academy, the Regional Occupation Program (ROP), and Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program.

The school offers the following Advanced Placement (AP) courses: AP Economics (Macro and Micro), AP US History, AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science, AP Japanese Language, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP European History, AP Art History, AP Spanish Language IV and V, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics,


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