Dos Pueblos High School

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Dos Pueblos High School
School type	Public
Established	1966
District	Santa Barbara School Districts
Grades	9-12
Principal	Mark Swanitz
Students	2,300
Colors	Blue and gold
Mascot	Chargers
Location	7266 Alameda Ave. Goleta, CA United States
Information	(805) 968-2541
Website	www.dphs.org

Dos Pueblos High School is a high school located in Goleta, California, west of Santa Barbara. It serves a student body of approximately 2,300 in grades 9-12. It is located adjacent to the foothills on the edge of the Goleta Valley in an area know as El Encanto Heights.

Dos Pueblos, or "DP" or "DPHS," is a National Blue Ribbon School. The school mascot is the "Charger." Dos Pueblos was the first school to win a CIF Division I title in Santa Barbara County. Dos Pueblos is currently undergoing major renovation including the building of a large theater and finishing of a new football stadium, and an olympic size pool.

On July 1, 2006, Quintan Panek resigned from his job as Principal and was immediately replaced by Santa Ynez native Mark Swanitz.[1]

Contents 1 Demographics 2 Academic Programs 2.1 Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy 2.2 Gifted education 2.3 Notable Alumni 2.4 Advanced Placement 2.5 International Baccalaureate Programme 2.6 REACH 2.7 EXCEL 2.8 CCNE (Cisco Certified Network Engineer) Program 3 Performing Arts 3.1 Dos Pueblos Charger Theater 3.2 Dos Pueblos Jazz Choir 3.3 Dos Pueblos Instrumental Music Program 3.3.1 Marching/Concert Band 3.3.2 Jazz Ensemble 3.3.3 Drumline 3.3.4 Color Guard 3.3.5 Chamber Ensemble 4 External links

[edit] Demographics

The ethnic make up of the student body is 61% white, 29% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 2% African American, and 2% other.

[edit] Academic Programs

[edit] Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy

The Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy provides generally exceptional students with experimental science education. The coursework is designed to provide the academic foundation necessary to support the students' participation in the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition. Course pre-requisites and participation are subject to instructor approval and an application process.

[edit] Gifted education

Dos Pueblos offers gifted education in the form of the 'GATE' program.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Lindsay Enriquez, Morgan Enriquez, Jacob Venzor, Gabby Shulman, Ali Main, Caitlin York, Ben Howland

[edit] Advanced Placement

DPHS offers several Advanced Placement (AP) classes.

[edit] International Baccalaureate Programme

DPHS students can participate in the International Baccalaureate Programme, a program that provides highly motivated and academically able college-bound students an opportunity to pursue a rigorous liberal arts curriculum that is recognized by many colleges and universities. Course pre-requisites and participation are subject to instructor approval and an application process.

[edit] REACH

REACH is a program based on AVID principles; for students with potential to succeed in college if given the encouragement, study skills, and information. It includes in-class tutorials twice a week, speakers, college visitations, college research, and SAT preparation. Students must be on college prep track in coursework and have a 2.5 GPA or better; contract made among teacher, counselor, student and parent. Grades 9, 10, 11 are elective credits; Senior Seminar (applications, essay, scholarship/financial aid, college writing) meets "g" college prep elective credit for UC/CSU.

[edit] EXCEL

EXCEL is a program for the ELL (English Language learner) student who wants to reach their highest potential. The program helps students identify and plan career paths after graduation, including college. Activities include tutoring, study skill development, test preparation, home visits, speakers, mentors, and trips. Classes are either Period 6 or after school.

[edit] CCNE (Cisco Certified Network Engineer) Program

Run by DP's Mr. Soenke, this class allows dedicated students to pass the CCNE tests before they graduate. DP works together with Cisco's educational programs.

[edit] Performing Arts

[edit] Dos Pueblos Charger Theater

The Dos Pueblos Charger Theater's program challenges its participants and audiences to think, dream, and live creatively through visionary programming, collaboration with leading resident theater companies and colleges, ongoing community outreach, interaction with professional artists, and unqiue performance opportunities for all levels and interests. Students have the opportunity to participate directly in the creation of a brand new work, gaining invaluable insights into writing, rewriting, professional theater rehearsal processes and character interpretation.

[edit] Dos Pueblos Jazz Choir

The Dos Pueblos Jazz Choir is noted as being one of the top jazz choirs in the country. The choir features big-band style vocal jazz. The full choir is unusally large for jazz groups, offering a dramatic richness, dynamics, and versatility. It is often said within the choir that this was Duke Ellington's dream, to have a larger jazz choir creating the "big band" sound. Emphasizing swing and bebop styles, the choir features strong soloists who improvise easily around the melody. A combo of brass, woodwind, string, and rhythm instruments enhances the group's captivating performances.

The choir frequently performs around the community, both as an entire choir and as a smaller octet. They also compete at many jazz competitions in the U.S. including Reno, Monterey, and North Texas. Every two years, the choir also has a chance to have a two-week European tour, performing in such jazz festivals as Montreux, North Sea, and Umbria; they also perform on various other stages during their tour.

Every few years, the choir also produces an album, which are compilations of songs the various choirs have done each year. Their third and most recent album is scheduled for release in 2007.

The choir has garnered many awards over the years. They won the Reno Jazz Festival in 2001, and most recently won the North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison, Texas in 2006. They have also frequently won awards from various organizations and newsgroups as being one of the top performance groups in their community.

The choir was conducted for many years by Isaac Jenkins, a sort of jazz icon in his community. However, he retired in 2006. The choir is now conducted by Brian Slotnick-Lastrico, another director in the community known for his knowledge of music and theater.

[edit] Dos Pueblos Instrumental Music Program

[edit] Marching/Concert Band

The Dos Pueblos High School Marching band is the biggest group in the Instrumental Music Program at Dos Pueblos. It is comprised of drumline, color guard, and horn line, which all compete and perform as one group. The Marching Chargers perform at prep football games as half time entertainment, in parades such as the Santa Barbara Downtown Holiday Parade, and also compete all along the south coast against other marching bands. The band meets daily during normal class schedule to practice music and drill for their field show; in addition they have at least one night rehearsal every week before a game or competition.

Every year the group changes the theme of its show. For the 2005-2006 season, the band performed a show based on the Pixar Animation Studios film The Incredibles. Previous shows have included The Phantom of the Opera, Grease, and Les Misérables. The show for their 2006/2007 season is "Flight." At the battle of the bands competition at Moorpark, the band got 1st place for the first time in over 5 years.

Once second semester comes the band splits into smaller groups who each go their separate ways. The Horn Line becomes a performing concert band, the Color Guard becomes Winter Guard, and the Drumline becomes their own performing group just like the rest to showcase their talents with their instrument and compete against others of their level.

[edit] Jazz Ensemble

The Dos Pueblos HS Jazz Ensemble is an award winning group of musicians who play a variety of jazz styles, from the swing and big band music of Duke Ellington to the cool and mild tones of Miles Davis to modern jazz-funk. These young men and women perform at a variety of venues in the Santa Barbara area, as well as the Reno Jazz Festival, and other Community College and High School jazz festivals on the central coast. A few students in this band even take on the responsibility of producing the annual Dos Pueblos High School Jazz Festival, which will be in its 37th year this coming March.

From this band, another, smaller jazz combo is formed. The jazz combo is largely student run and emphasis is placed more on individual improvisation and expression, rather than ensemble playing.

[edit] Drumline

[edit] Color Guard

Using hand and eye coordination along with a wide variety of flags, rifles, sabers, props, and dances, the Color Guard entertains the crowd while they listen to the music of the Marching Band and the beat of the Drumline.

[edit] Chamber Ensemble

[edit] External links

• DPHS
• DPHS on Livejournal