Cosumnes Oaks High School

Cosumnes Oaks High School
Address
8350 Lotz Parkway
Elk Grove Unified School District
Elk Grove, Sacramento County, California 95757
United States
Coordinates 38°23′55.51″N 121°23′48.72″W / 38.3987528°N 121.3968667°W / 38.3987528; -121.3968667Coordinates: 38°23′55.51″N 121°23′48.72″W / 38.3987528°N 121.3968667°W / 38.3987528; -121.3968667
Information
Type Public
Established 2008
School district Elk Grove Unified School District
Principal Maria Osborne
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 2,148 (2014-15)[1]
Color(s)          
Song Alma Mater
Mascot The Wolfpack
Feeder schools Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle School
Website cohs.egusd.net

Cosumnes Oaks High School (pronounced kuh-sum-ness), or COHS, is a preparatory four-year public high school in Elk Grove, California. It is the youngest high school of the Elk Grove Unified School District, opening in 2008 with the Class of 2011 being its first class of graduating seniors. In 2012 Cosumnes Oaks was officially accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

The school is named after Cosumnes River and the many oak trees in the area, creating a strong link between the school and the Cosumnes River Preserve.

On Campus

Cosumnes Oaks is built using the same blueprint as Franklin High School, Monterey Trail High School & Pleasant Grove High School. The school also has an on-campus, state of-the-art Performing Arts Center, culinary arts facility, solar house, and a Broadcast Journalism studio.

Stadium

The Cosumnes Oaks-Franklin Community Stadium is a multi-use outdoor stadium used by Cosumnes Oaks High School during their home games. It used as the home stadium for the Franklin and Cosumnes Oaks football teams as well as the Cosumnes Oaks soccer teams. It contains painted lines suitable for football (white) and soccer (yellow) as well as football field goal uprights and soccer goals with nets. The stadium is also shared with nearby high school, Franklin High School, due to FHS not having a stadium onsite.

Controversy

In 2016, Cosumnes Oaks was in the news after school officials had an African-American student removed from his graduation ceremony by Sacramento County Sheriff's Department officers because he refused to take off a kente cloth representing his Ghanaian heritage.[2] The student also stated in another article that he knew he was breaking the rules by wearing the cloth since the cloth was not approved by the district. Only items issued or approved by the district were allowed to be worn during the graduation ceremony.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Consumnes Oak High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ http://atlantablackstar.com/2016/05/26/police-escort-black-merit-scholar-out-of-graduation-after-refusing-to-remove-kente-cloth/
  3. ↑ "California high school graduate removed from ceremony for wearing African cloth | Fox News". Fox News. 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2016-06-02.

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