Del Norte High School (San Diego)

Del Norte opened on August 19, 2009, and was the last comprehensive high school to be opened in the Poway Unified School District.[3]

During its first year, Del Norte was expected to have approximately 700 students in order to create a personalized learning experience. Also notable was the absence of juniors and seniors, as the first year only contained freshmen and sophomores. The expected student population after the first few years was approximately 2,250 students.[4]

On May 13, 2014, the Bernardo Fire broke out near the school, leading to the evacuation of 21,000 nearby houses.[5][6]

On June 12, 2018, former principal Greg Mizel announced that he would be leaving his job as the school’s principal after the 2017-2018 school year.

Bryan Schultz assumed the title of principal at the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year.

In the 2021-2022 school year, 2,585 students were enrolled at Del Norte, with a senior class of 675 students.[7] Student enrollment in 2020 was reported as 38.4% White, 38.3% Asian, 10.4% Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% two or more races, 1.5% African American, 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 0.2% Native American or Alaska Native.

Del Norte offers a 3-by-5 system. It offers 3 trimesters and 5 classes per trimester for a total of 15 classes per year, similar to Mt. Carmel High School's system. This layout offers one less class per year than Rancho Bernardo High School and Westview High School, who use a 4-by-4 system.

The school is modeled after the layout of another PUSD school, Westview High School.[2] The design is a radial pattern, with all buildings linking to a central common area. Del Norte is equipped with technology including a school-wide data-sharing network, VoIP, and Promethean Activboards in all classrooms.

Del Norte has a comprehensive set of athletic buildings as well as an area devoted entirely to the arts, which includes five art labs, two music classrooms, one drama classroom, a Performing Arts Center and a Fine Arts Village designed to blend traditional mediums of visual arts, drama and music.

Del Norte offers a wide variety of extracurricular programs, including over 95 registered clubs such as Speech and Debate, Improv, Science Olympiad, Best Buddies, DECA, Quiz Bowl, Academic League, Key Club, HOSA, and Robotics.

Del Norte is equipped with athletic facilities including a competition-size swimming pool, a sports stadium with a track, a gymnasium, weight training rooms, shower and locker rooms, baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, handball courts, and outdoor basketball courts.

The athletic programs that are offered are: sideline cheer, men's water polo, football, girls' field hockey, girls' golf, girls' tennis, girls' volleyball, and cross country in the fall; sideline cheer, basketball, soccer, girls' water polo, wrestling, club roller hockey and club rugby in the winter; competitive cheer, boys' golf, lacrosse, boys' tennis, boys' volleyball, swimming/dive, baseball, softball, girl's gymnastics, and track and field in the spring.[8] Del Norte submitted a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) membership application for the 2009-2010 year.

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