Colony High School

For the school in Texas, see The Colony High School.

Colony High School
Address
3850 East Riverside Drive Ontario , California 91761 United States
Information
Type	Public secondary
Motto	"Everything we do at Colony, we do with pride!"
Established	2002
School district	Chaffey Joint Union High School District.
Principal	Tommy Mitchell
Teaching staff	87.29 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment	2,085 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	23.89[1]
Color(s)	Red   Blue   White
Slogan	"Everything we do at Colony, we do with Pride!"
Athletics conference	Palomares League
Mascot	Tommy the Titan, Torro
Team name	Titans
Newspaper	Titan Tribune
Yearbook	The Odyssey
Website	[1]

Colony High School is a high school located in Ontario, California, and is part of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District.^[2] The school serves the communities of southern Ontario, including the new Ontario Ranch community and portions of eastern Rancho Cucamonga and southeast Fontana.^[3] The school earned the 2018 Civic Learning Award for the State of California ^[4] and was a 2018 Silver Medal winner for the U.S. News & World Report ranking of Best High Schools.^[5] Over 60 percent of the Colony High School Class of 2017 met the University of California A-G requirement rate, nearly 14 percent above the state average.^[6]

History

When Colony High School opened in 2002, its first students and faculty were transfers from around the Chaffey Joint Union High School District.^[7]

Jim Brodie was the school's first principal.^[8] As of 2020, Thomas Mitchell serves as the school's principal.

Campus

The Lewis Family Branch of the Ontario City Library is a shared facility found on campus.^[9]

Academics

Colony High School follows a standard California high school curriculum as defined by the California Department of Education's High School Graduation Requirements and tests students with the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) program and the California High School Exit Exam.^{[citation needed]}

Colony High School offers students opportunities to earn college credit through College Board Advanced Placement (AP) and dual-credit courses. Dual-credit courses, are taken at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga during the summer session and, if passed, qualify as credit for both high school graduation and college classes. In addition, Colony High School has the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program, honors classes, and participates in the nationwide Renaissance program.^{[citation needed]}

The Class of 2006 recorded the highest pass rate for any AP test, receiving a 95% pass rate for the AP Calculus test under the instruction of Christopher W. Chang.^{[citation needed]}

Arts

Colony High School has a wide array of classes and clubs revolving around the arts: Art, Ceramics, Music Appreciation, Digital Media, Drama & Theatre, Choir, Dance, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Percussion, and Color Guard classes.

Band, percussion, and color guard

The Colony High School Titan Regiment consists of a band, percussion, and color guard. They compete in the California State Band Championships (CSBC) and the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA) circuits and host annual field tournaments.^[10]

Championship titles

• 2011: 1st place (2A)^[11]
• 2022: 1st place (3A CSBC); 1st place (Open Class State Finals for 1A/2A/3A) State Champions^[12]

Theatre

The Colony Theatre Arts Department performs at the 1,263 seat Colony High School Performing Arts Theatre. Among their past productions are Dracula, Grease, Black Comedy, Metamorphoses, Noises Off, West Side Story, You Can't Take It with You, Taming of the Shrew, A Christmas Carol, Lend Me A Tenor, Once on this Island, Leading Ladies, The Diviners, Tartuffe, The Elephant Man (play), Blithe Spirit (play) and a variety show titled 30/60 (which features a cast of seven performing thirty original skits in sixty minutes, hence the name 30/60). They have also performed other theatrical shows, such as Hairspray, A Dinner With Zombies (which made its theatrical debut at Colony High School) and Sophocles' Antigone. The department has competed in the Drama Teacher Association of Southern California's (DTASC) acting and tech competition, and the California Educational Theatre Association's CETA event.

Athletics

Colony High School's sports program includes baseball, basketball, cheer, cross country, football, golf, swimming, soccer, tennis, track, volleyball, water polo, softball, and wrestling, and cross country running.

Football

In the graduating class of 2007 there were several D-1 football players, including Omar Bolden (Arizona State University),

Notable faculty and alumni

NFL players Bobby Wagner, Josh Andrews, Omar Bolden, and Khalil Dorsey are Colony High School Alumni.^{[13][14] [15] [16]}

References

1. "Colony High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
2. Chaffey Joint Union High School District. "Our Schools". Archived from the original on February 16, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2007.
3. Ontario Ranch http://ontarioranch.com/
4. California State Civic Learning Award https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr18/yr18rel17.asp
5. U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools
6. California Department of Education Dataquest https://data1.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/SchGrad.asp?cSelect=Colony%5EHigh--Chaffey%5EJoint%5EU--3667652-3631157&cChoice=SchGrad&cYear=2016-17&cLevel=School&cTopic=Graduates&myTimeFrame=S&submit1=Submit
7. Chaffey Joint Union High School District. "History of the District". Archived from the original on December 20, 2007. Retrieved February 7, 2007.
8. "Colony High School - Jim Brodie Bio". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved January 9, 2007.
9. "Library". City of Ontario. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
10. "Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association". Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association. Archived from the original on November 11, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
11. "Field Championships Grid 2011" (PDF). Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association. Retrieved January 11, 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
12. "Scores - California State Band Championships". csbc.compsuite.io. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
13. "Bobby Wagner". ESPN. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
14. "Denver Broncos: Omar Bolden". Denver Broncos. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
15. "Eagles Home". Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
16. "San Francisco 49ers sign WR Ryan Whalen, waive S Jered Bell".

External links

• Colony High School, maintained by the Chaffey Joint Union High School District
• Chaffey Joint Union High School District Archived August 20, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
• Ontario City Library

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