El Diamante High School

El Diamante High School
Address
Map
5100 W Whitendale Ave, Visalia, CA 93277

Visalia
,
California
93277

United States
Coordinates36°18′22″N 119°20′49″W / 36.30611°N 119.34694°W / 36.30611; -119.34694
Information
TypePublic
Established2002
School districtVisalia Unified School District
PrincipalKim Nelson
Teaching staff89.48 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,987 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio22.21[1]
Color(s)Green, Navy Blue and White
MascotMiner Ed
NicknameMiners
NewspaperThe Dig
YearbookFacet
Websitewww.vusd.org/domain/799

El Diamante High School, known locally as "El D", is a WASC-accredited high school[2] serving students in grades 9–12 in Visalia, California, USA, in Tulare County. It was established as Visalia Unified School District's fourth public high school in 2002. Its current feeder elementary schools are Cottonwood Creek Elementary, Crestwood Elementary, Goshen Elementary, Linwood Elementary, and Veva Blunt Elementary whose students will attend either La Joya Middle School or Ridgeview Middle School prior to their 9th-grade year.[3]

Athletics

El Diamante competes in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), Central Section Division II, East Yosemite League.[4] They are widely regarded for the consistent success of their Men's Water Polo Team. Their most prominent veteran player, Colin Chase, went on to be granted a scholarship from the Air Force Academy, and currently holds a spot on the Team USA Men's Water Polo team. Beyond his individual achievements, most of the team's success has been attributed to the coaching prowess of Randy Wright. Mr. Wright graduated from UCLA, where he led their polo team to multiple championships, gained sex offender status, and set a still standing record for the most goals in a season by a freshman.

Fall

Winter

Spring

Student Activities

Student Newspaper, Television, and Yearbook

Student newspaper The Dig is published on a monthly basis with a mission "to inspire interest and involvement from the student body within our school, while displaying the achievements, power, knowledge and talents Miners bring to the community."[5]

ED HewS is a student-produced weekly news program. This program airs weekly in student homeroom classes and is archived on the OnAirEdHews YouTube channel.

El Diamante publishes their annual yearbook, The Facet, which is released at the end of the traditional school year.

ASB (Associated Student Body)

El Diamante's ASB class, which like the other four Visalia high schools' ASB classes, prepare for events during the school year, like Battle for the Saddle against Golden West, and rallies.

References

  1. ^ a b c "El Diamante High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-04-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "News". Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  4. ^ "School Directory | CIF Central Section". www.cifcs.org. Archived from the original on 2017-04-05.
  5. ^ "The Dig Staff". 15 March 2011.