Tesoro High School
| Tesoro High School | |
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| Address | |
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1 Tesoro Creek Road Las Flores, California 92688 United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°34′52″N 117°36′45″W / 33.58109°N 117.6125°WCoordinates: 33°34′52″N 117°36′45″W / 33.58109°N 117.6125°W |
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| Type | Public High School |
| Motto | "Wisdom, Strength & Honor" |
| Established | 2001 |
| School district | Capistrano Unified School District |
| Principal | 2001 – June 2013: Dr. Daniel J. Burch September 2013 – June 2015: Marc Patterson July 2015 – present: Bill Mocnik |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,500 |
| Color(s) |
Scarlet, White, Navy blue |
| Athletics conference | CIF-SS; South Coast League |
| Team name | Titans |
| Newspaper | Tesoro Tribune |
| Yearbook | Titanium |
| Website | www |
Tesoro High School is a public school found in the southern Orange County area of Las Flores, California. Established in the fall of 2001, Tesoro is 1 of 6 regular high schools in the Capistrano Unified School District. As of the 2014–2015 year, Tesoro serves nearly 2500 students in grades 9–12. Students attending Tesoro are within the cities of Rancho Santa Margarita, Las Flores, Ladera Ranch, Coto de Caza and Mission Viejo.
Tesoro is a California Distinguished School.
In 2013, Newsweek's "America's Top Public High Schools" feature ranked Tesoro as number 337 out of the 1,300 top high schools nationwide. This makes it, as of 2013, the highest ranked in the school district. In 2008, Tesoro was the second highest in the district, while in 2007 it was ranked third. In 2015, Tesoro Performing Arts Department (orchestra, band, and choir) was one of the top competitions in winning a Grammy. Now, they are known to be a Grammy Signatures School.
The Tesoro High School Chamber Orchestra recently performed for the State Music Educator's Conference in Sacramento and, along with the Wind Ensemble, performed in Carnegie Hall in April 2007.
Tesoro's choral music department under the leadership of Keith Hancock has also been recognized as one of top choral programs in Southern California, being selected as a 2015 Grammy Signature School for Excellence (one of five in the nation) and having received an invitation to perform at the 2012 and 2016 American Choral Directors Association Western Division Conferences. In 2013, Tesoro's Madrigals performed the world premiere of Un Tesoro Perfecto, by composer Luke Mayernik, at Carnegie Hall in New York. The Tesoro Madrigals won the Golden State South Choral Competition in 2008 and A Cappella won in 2010. In 2005, 2010, and 2011, Tesoro's Barbershop Quartet placed first in the Barbershop Harmony Society Far Western District High School Quartet Championship. The choir has performed extensively throughout Southern California, as well as Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, Ireland, and Mexico. The choir has never received less than a superior rating at an adjudicated festival. In 2017, out of more than 3,300 nominations nationwide, choir director Keith Hancock became the recipient of the 2017 Music Educator Award and was named Grammy Educator of the Year, presented by The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation.
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