Olympian High School

Olympian High School
Address
1925 Magdalena Avenue
Chula Vista, California 91913
United States
Coordinates 32°36′28″N 116°58′25″W / 32.60778°N 116.97361°W / 32.60778; -116.97361Coordinates: 32°36′28″N 116°58′25″W / 32.60778°N 116.97361°W / 32.60778; -116.97361
Information
School type High school
Motto Where Champions Are Made
Founded August 7, 2006
School district Sweetwater Union High School District
Principal Diane Cordero
Teaching staff 83.09 (FTE)
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2,367[1] (2014-15)
Student to teacher ratio 28.49
Color(s)             
Nickname Eagles
Rivals Bonita Vista High School
Eastlake High School
Otay Ranch High School
Website olh.sweetwaterschools.org
[2]

Olympian High School is a public high school located within the Sweetwater Union High School District in San Diego County, California.[3] The school, with a capacity of 2,500 students,[4] opened in the Summer of August 2006. It is located in the outskirts of the Otay Ranch area of Chula Vista.

History

With the 54-acre (220,000 m2) site for the school being located only a couple miles from the Olympic Training Center, naming the school Olympic High School seemed a logical choice; but the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) denied the request to use the name "Olympic." Following further negotiations with the USOC, Sweetwater Union High School District was authorized to use the name Olympic Vista High School.[4] The USOC did eventually approve the use Olympian High School as the name of the school resulting in a quick name change.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,900 students enrolled for the 2012-2013 school year was:

  • Male - 53.4%
  • Female - 46.6%
  • Native American/Alaskan - 0.2%
  • Asian/Pacific islanders - 24.5%
  • Black - 7.3%
  • Hispanic - 53.6%
  • White - 8.7%
  • Multiracial - 5.7%

In addition, 28.3% of the students were eligible for free or reduced price lunch.[2]

Academics

  • AP Art History
  • AP Biology
  • AP Calculus AB
  • AP Calculus BC
  • AP Government
  • AP Human Geography
  • AP Italian
  • AP Literature
  • AP Language/Composition
  • AP Literature/Composition
  • AP Music Theory
  • AP Physics
  • AP Spanish Language
  • AP Spanish Literature
  • AP Studio Art
  • AP U.S. History
  • AP World History

Athletics

Olympian High School offers the following athletic programs:[5]

Clubs

  • Academic Decathlon
  • Academic League
  • Advanced Dance
  • Associated Student Body (ASB)
  • Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
  • Ballet Folklorico
  • Best Buddies
  • California Scholarship Federation (CSF)
  • Choir
  • Color Guard
  • Creative Writing
  • Dance
  • Debate
  • Drama
  • Ecolympian
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
  • FIRST-Robotics Club
  • Filipino Dance
  • Film
  • Gay-straight alliance (GSA)
  • Harry Potter
  • International Affairs Club
  • Italian
  • Key Club
  • K-Pop
  • Mariachi de Olympian
  • MECHA
  • Newspaper
  • One Love Club
  • Pacific Islanders
  • Quatro Classi
  • Spanish Organization for Literature (SOL)
  • Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy
  • Yearbook

References

  1. ↑ "Olympian High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Olympian High". ed.gov. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Olympian High School - Chula Vista, California - CA - School overview". www.greatschools.org. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
  4. 1 2 "Olympic-sized naming bind - The San Diego Union-Tribune". signonsandiego.com. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/ohs/?page_id=7
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