Citizendia
Your Ad Here


Diamond Ranch High School
Location
Phillips Ranch, California, United States
Information
Principal Monica Principe
Students 1,888 (2001)
Type Public
Grades 9–12
Mascot Panthers
Established 1997
Homepage http://www.pusd.org/education/dept/dept.php?cms_mode=view&sectiondetailid=1206/

Diamond Ranch High School (or DRHS) is a high school (secondary school) operated by the Pomona Unified School District (PUSD) in California, USA, located on the hills where Diamond Bar and Phillips Ranch (a community located in the southwestern portion of the city limits of Pomona) meet. Phillips Ranch is a Master-planned community located in the southwestern portion of the city limits of Pomona, in Los Angeles County California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and A black panther is a black ( melanistic) color variant of one of several Species of larger cat which are often known by the term panther. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes Pomona Unified School District or PUSD is a School district in California that serves approximately 32000 students in grades pre-K through 12 at 43 schools in Pomona California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Diamond Bar is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Phillips Ranch is a Master-planned community located in the southwestern portion of the city limits of Pomona, in Los Angeles County California. Pomona is the 5th largest city in Los Angeles County (after Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, and Santa Clarita) In 2003, Diamond Ranch was named as a California Distinguished School by the California Department of Education. A California Distinguished School is an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational The California Department of Education is a California agency that oversees public education In April 2007, it was named a California Distinguished School for the second time.

Contents

Architecture

The school received popularity from its appearances in movies such as The Cell, Orange County, Serenity and Live Free or Die Hard . The Cell is a 2000 Psychological thriller film written by Mark Protosevich directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Jennifer Lopez. Orange County is an American movie that was released on Valentine's day of 2002. Serenity is a 2005 space western Film written and directed by Joss Whedon. Live Free or Die Hard, released as Die Hard 40 outside the United States is a 2007 Action film, and the fourth installment in The school's unique architectural design was recognized in the book Morphosis/Diamond Ranch High School by Jeffrey Kipnis and Todd Gannon. Thom Mayne (b January 19, 1944 in Waterbury Connecticut) is a widely recognized Los Angeles based Architect The architectural interest of the school is attributed to odd property formation and the necessity for funds to be spent on construction, as outlined in claims for the high 62. 3 million grant. Controversy on high architectural costs were raised, as PUSD typically utilized portable mobile units rather than actual constructed buildings for their low costs. If full funds were not used, the district risked losing portions of the grant.

Academic performance

The construction of Diamond Ranch High School was originally controversial because of the inequities in the rest of the school district. Diamond Ranch's Academic Performance Index scores are substantially higher than at the other high schools in the PUSD. The construction of Diamond Ranch permitted the district to stop busing students to Ganesha High School, in the western part of Pomona. As a compromise, the district allows any other interested student within the district to transfer to Diamond Ranch on a space-available basis, and operates a lottery that reserves spaces for Garey High School students to go to Diamond Ranch.

Diamond Ranch has a remarkable history of academic success and has been recognized as a California Distinguished School for 2003 and 2007.


Athletic Performance

Although a young school Diamond Ranch has begun to make their name among the upper level in athletic performance. The track and field program has had a storied success by winning several league championships in the Miramonte' Leauge as well as the Mount Baldy League. Football became another successful program after the CIF semi-finals year the 2004 squad put together as a whole. That year the 2005 senior football players saw two of its very own earn Division 1A Football scholarships for the first time in school history. Titus Jackson (University of Oregon), and Charles Brown (USC), are considered the pioneers and legends of the athletic program they helped build. Charles Brown (or Charlie Brown) is the name of Athletes Charles Wreford Brown (1866–1951 British footballer Charles

Timeline

Gallery

Northern row of buidings, looking west

Outside of the Library

front entrance of school

Movie appearances

References

External links

A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.
© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
 Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic