Scripps Ranch Senior High

The 2009 – 2010 school year at Scripps Ranch High School was a memorable one. Our students surpassed my expectations and we continue to celebrate more good news relative to our academic program. Ninety-six percent of our tenth grade students passed the English Language Arts portion of the California High School Exam on their first attempt and 98% our tenth grade students passed the mathematic portion of the CAHSEE. This is an all-time best on this exam and we are very grateful for the continued dedication and commitment from our students and teachers. We are also looking forward to more good news when we receive our Advanced Placement and California Standards Tests results later this summer.

 

Students continued to perform at a superior level during our spring sports season. Our baseball team won their very first league title. Our badminton team won their first league title since 2000. Our boys and girls’ lacrosse teams had a new all-time best with the girls making it to the CIF semi-finals while the boys’ played in the CIF quarter-finals. Another all-time first was from our boys’ golf program, where Xander Schauffele was the lone San Diego Section player to claim one of the six individual state berths. SRHS had eight athletes qualify for the California State Track and Field meet. Furthermore, our new head football coach, Joe Meyer, and his coaching staff did a fabulous job with spring training and will continue to prepare for our first home football game against Poway in September.

 

Additionally, I attended several end-of-year VAPA performances and events and was very impressed by the caliber of talent that was displayed. Linda Eng, Russell Shedd, and Greg Oberle did a fantastic job grooming the skills of our students and have even bigger plans for the upcoming school year.

 

Our senior class was sensational. During our senior awards ceremony approximately 2.2 million dollars in scholarships was awarded to the class of 2010. The graduation at Viejas Arena on June 21st, on the campus of San Diego State University, was remarkable. Steve Fowler was our valedictorian with a GPA of 4.76, while Leo Zhou was recognized as our salutatorian with a GPA of 4.68. Several of our students will be attending colleges and universities such as USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford, West Point, and MIT. Eighty percent of the class of 2010 will continue their post-secondary education at a community college, college, or university which is the highest percentage of students going on to college amongst all comprehensive high schools in San Diego County. Eighty-five of our 500 graduates had a grade point average of 4.0 or higher.

 

Our summer school program started on June 28th and will continue through August 6th. Approximately 275 students are attending to make-up credits and continue with their graduation requirements.

 

Please refer to our website for updates and our best resource for upcoming events and/or information can be found at our school website www.shrsfalcons.org. I have faith that our students are enjoying the summer and are able to take some time to get some extra rest, engage in some community service, work a part-time job, do some extra summer reading, travel to a special place, or spend time with friends. Go Falcons!