Mission Viejo High School


Mission Viejo High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Mission Viejo, California, United States, as part of the Saddleback Valley Unified School District. The school has served the area since 1966. Students within its attendance boundaries live in western Mission Viejo, southwest Lake Forest, Trabuco Canyon, Rancho Santa Margarita, and Laguna Hills. Its mascot is Pablo the Diablo and its colors are scarlet and gold. 230 credits are required to graduate. It is the home to one of the only agricultural farms on a high school campus in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District.
As of the 2014–2015 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,438 students and 92.7 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 26.3:1. There were 333 students eligible for free lunch and 100 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Academics

International Baccalaureate

Mission Viejo has been an International Baccalaureate school since July 1985. This program, taught to 80 students, is for academically talented and highly motivated students sponsored and administered by the IB Organization. The students who meet the IB requirements are eligible for the International Baccalaureate Diploma. This school received approximately 80 diplomas in the 2015–2016 school year.

Awards and recognition

Mission Viejo High School has been awarded the Blue Ribbon School and Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education on three separate occasions, in 1988–89, 1994–96 and 2001–02, the highest award an American school can receive.
Mission Viejo High School has been recognized four times as a California Distinguished School, in 1988, 1994, 2001, and 2009.

Performing arts

Marching band

The school's marching band is part of the Western Band Association. They have competed in the 5A division every year until 2016, in which they began competing in 4A and won their division at the WBA Class Championships.
The school offers 4 different choir classes: Concert Choir, Diablo Chorus, Treble Choir, and the Chamber Singers.

Notable alumni

Mark O'Meara1975Golfer, winner of the Masters Tournament and the British Open in 1998. Member of World Golf Hall of Fame.
Joe DeRenzo1976Musician and bandleader.
Michael Lopez-Alegria1976Astronaut, veteran of three Space Shuttle missions and one International Space Station mission.
Matt Sorum1976Drummer for The Cult, Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver.
Brian Goodell1977Olympic champion and former world record-holding freestyle swimmer. At the 1976 Olympic Games, he won gold medals in 400m and 1500m frees.
Joel L Widzer1980Author, television journalist, speaker.
Ralph Saenz1983Lead singer for glam metal band Steel Panther.
Rob Adams1988Actor, acting coach, owner of The Actors Workshop, football coach.
Julie Foudy1989Midfielder for U.S. women's national soccer team from 1987 through 2004. Won two Olympic gold medals and two World Cup championships.
Joe-Max Moore1989Professional soccer player.
Preston Burpo1990Major League Soccer goalkeeper.
Megan McClung1990First female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during Iraq War.
Brianna Keilar1998CNN correspondent.
Collin Ashton2002National Football League linebacker who played for the San Diego Chargers.
Jordan Palmer2002National Football League quarterback who played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Co-founder of RockLive.
Jed Collins2004National Football League fullback who played for the Detroit Lions.
Drew Radovich2005National Football League offensive tackle who played for the Minnesota Vikings.
Nick Reed2005National Football League defensive end who played for the Minnesota Vikings.
Mark Sanchez2005Former National Football League quarterback.
Jeff Baca2008Former National Football League offensive tackle.
Tre Madden2011National Football League running back for the Seattle Seahawks.
Chandler Hutchison2014NBA guard for the Chicago Bulls.
Noah Munck2014
Gibby Gibson in Nickelodeon's iCarly
Patrick Sandoval2015MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels.