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Aliso Niguel High School located in Aliso Viejo, California

Aliso Niguel High School is a four-year public school in Aliso Viejo, California, United States. It is a part of the Capistrano Unified School District, founded in the fall of 1993. Its relatively large enrollment of over 3,000 students is drawn from the nearby communities of Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel. This school has also been credited to being a Blue Ribbon School, California Distinguished School, and New American High School. The term public school has three distinct meanings: In the USA and Canada, elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... “Suburbia” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Wolverine (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Location map of Aliso Viejo, California within Orange County, California. ... Image File history File links Location map of Aliso Viejo, California within Orange County, California. ... Aliso Viejo is a city in Orange County, California, United States. ... Aliso Viejo is a city in Orange County, California, United States. ... // Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) is the second largest school district in Orange County, California and the 95th largest in the United States. ... Aliso Viejo is a city in Orange County, California, United States. ... Location of Laguna Niguel within Orange County, California. ... The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created to honor schools. ... 24. ... The New American High Schools initiative, started in 1996 under the direction of the United States Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, is a national recognition program for United States secondary schools. ...

History

Founded in the year 1993, it is located on a creek bed near Aliso Creek, which is a creek that connects to the Pacific Ocean in Laguna Beach. Aliso Niguel was the fourth high school that opened within the Capistrano Unified School District, and was considered to be one of the fastest growing schools.^[1] Laguna Beach is the name of several places in the United States, and a TV show: Laguna Beach in California Laguna Beach in Florida Laguna Beach the reality soap opera on MTV This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same... // Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) is the second largest school district in Orange County, California and the 95th largest in the United States. ...

Although the high school started small (with about 1,400 students) in their first year, the high school grew rapidly over the years, and it still continues to grow in the present day. Currently the school has 22 portable classrooms on this southern parking lot adding to 22,080 square feet. The main permanent buildings have 200,000 square feet forming a grand total of 222, 080 square feet on the campus, making Aliso the largest school in the district.

Academics

Advanced Program and Honors courses

The school offers Advanced Placement and Accelerated Courses at all high school grade levels. ^[2] The Advanced Placement Program is a program that offers college level courses at high schools across the United States and Canada. ...

Advanced Program courses

Aliso Niguel offers Advanced Placement Program (AP) classes in AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP European History, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics B, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, AP Psychology, AP Spanish Language, AP United States Government and Politics and AP United States History. While AP French Language is not offered in this 07-08 year, it will be offered again in the 08-09 year. The Advanced Placement Program is a program that offers college level courses at high schools across the United States and Canada. ... AP Biology is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States to earn credit for a college-level biology course. ... AP Calculus AB is an advanced placement calculus exam taken by some United States high school students. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into AP Calculus. ... The Advanced Placement Chemistry (or AP Chemistry) course and the corresponding exam offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program allows United States high school students to potentially earn college-level credit in chemistry. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (or AP English Language and Composition or AP Lang ) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... This course is for advanced students interested in college-level work in economics and/or gaining advanced standing in college. ... AP Physics B is an advanced placement science course that is separated into five different sections of study: Newtonian Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics, Waves and Optics, and Atomic and Nuclear Physics. ... This article relates to the AP test. ... The AP Spanish Language exam is part of the College Boards Advanced Placement Program. ... AP United States Government and Politics is a college-level course offered through the College Boards Advanced Placement Program, which surveys the structure and function of American government and politics that begins with an analysis of the Constitution, the foundation of the American political system. ... Advanced Placement United States History (AP US History, AHAP or APUSH) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. ... This course is for foreign language students interested in college-level courses or gaining advanced college credit. ...

Advanced Program testing

In the month of May, all students taking AP classes should take Advance Program (AP) testing, with the exception of AP Studio Art (which they will instead create their year-long portfolio assessment). AP testing will shows the student's proficiency of knowledge in a particular AP class, and the testing can also determine whether they can receive college credit by scoring on a 5-point scale of at least a 3 (5 being "extremely well qualified" to 1 being "no recommendation"). Typical AP tests consist of multiple-choice questions with free response and/or document based questions (DBQs).

Honor courses

Honor courses are very similar to Advanced Program classes as it has the same type of qualifications. The differences are that there is no AP testing and those classes do not have summer homework.

California High School Exit Exam

The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) is required by all students for graduation for the classes of 2006 and beyond. Students will start taking it in their sophomore (10th grade) year. If individuals fail to pass, they must retake it once every following school year until they pass on all materials of the exam. Otherwise, they will not earn a high school diploma, and there will be no exceptions. ^[3] The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) is a requirement for high school graduation in the state of California, created by the California Department of Education to improve the academic performance of California high school students, and especially of high school graduates, in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics... Diploma from Mexico City College, 1948 (in Latin) A diploma (from Greek δίπλωµα diploma) is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study, or confers an academic degree. ...

The exam consists of Algebra 1 and materials covered in English II or English II Accelerated classes. The name Algebra (from Arabic: الجبر, al-jabr) is derived from the treatise written by the Persian mathematician titled Al-Kitab al-Jabr wa-l-Muqabala (meaning The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing), which provided symbolic operations for the systematic solution of linear and quadratic equations. ...

2005 Results: After taking the CAHSEE, Aliso Niguel scored within the top 90% of all schools in the state that serve 9-12th grades. 90% of all students that took the English Language Arts passed. 91% passed in the Math section.

Graduation credits and college prep courses

A minimum of 220 graduation credits is needed to graduate high school, as part of the Capistrano Unified School District's requirements. 70 of those credits are required from elective classes. All students earn 5 points of graduation credits for each semester for each class with a passing grade of "D" or better. ^[4] // Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) is the second largest school district in Orange County, California and the 95th largest in the United States. ...

For the student graduation years of 2008 and beyond, there is a minimum level that is needed to be fulfilled in order to allow the student to graduate. The requirements are as follows: 40 credits (4 years) of college preparatory English, 20 credits (2 years) of Mathematics, 20 credits of Science (10 credits biological, 10 credits physical), 30 credits (3 years) Social Science, 10 credits (1 year) of Fine Arts electives, 20 credits of Physical Education electives (1 semester must be taken in freshmen year), 5 credits (1 semester) of Health. For individuals who did not score "normal grade level" (a RIT score of 228 or above) on their 8th grade Standardized Spring CORE Reading Test, they must take Reading Improvement (5 credits) or Reading Workshop (10 credits), depending on their RIT score, in their 9th grade year in high school.

For the Class of 2007 and previous classes, students were required to fulfill the graduation requirements above and take the Career Education and Computer Applications (C.E.C.A.) course in order for the student to graduate. It is strongly recommended for students of the Class of 2008 and beyond.

In addition, all students must pass the California High School Exit Exam beginning in their sophomore (10th grade) year in order to graduate.

Athletics

Aliso Niguel's sports teams are known as the Wolverines. Most of them compete in the South Coast League, in the highest divisions of the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section. From 1998 to 2005, they were members of the Sea View League. Before that, the Pacific Coast League. The California Interscholastic Federation (abbreviated CIF) is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. ...

The high school's football & track stadium was upgraded with artificial turf football and a 9-lane all-weather track in late 2006.

Basketball

The Wolverines boy's team won the Southern Section I-A title in 2005.

Guys Cross Country

The cross country team is directed by John Walsh, a cross country coach and a biology teacher/two-time ironman finisher/superman. The team competes in races that are three miles long, and has made it to CIF prelims in both 2006 and 2007. They finished second only to Dana Hills High School (state winners) in the south coast league. The Minnesota State Highschool Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... For other uses, see Biology (disambiguation). ...

Girls Cross Country

Aliso Girls Cross Country team is hard working, and dedicated; the Freshmen-Sophmore team finished first in their league.

Football

In 1996, their third year of existence, the Wolverine football team went 14-0, winning the Pacific Coast League, and then the Southern Section Division VIII championship, defeating Pacifica High School in the title game. Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Pacifica High School is a high school in Garden Grove, California and is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District. ...

Pep squad

Both cheer squads (Varsity and Junior Varsity) have won national and international titles. 2005 Season: The Aliso Varsity cheer team won the USA first place national title.

2006 Season: The varsity cheer team won second at USA and the JV cheer team won first. In the 2006-2007 season the Varsity cheer team took home first place in every competition except for one in their division (small varsity coed level 5); including the USA national title grand champions.

2007 Season: The varsity cheer team received seven first place victories along with one second place title. Almost undefeated, the team received first at USA Nationals(Small Co-Ed Level 5), and first place on the international level in Hawai.

2008 season: The JV and varsity cheer teams received 1st and 2nd places at all competitions during this season. Both JV and Varisty also received 1st place at the National Competition: "King of the Bleachers".

Soccer

The girl's team won the CIF-SS Division I Championship in 2001

2006 Season: In the season, both the girl's and boy's soccer teams advanced to CIF. The boy's team, ranking first in South Coast League, made it one game farther in the playoffs than the girls team. The boys team then lost 1-0 to Milikan, one of the highest ranked teams in the state. 2007-2008 Season The boys were South Coast League champions, while the girls finished second. The boys team lost in their second game of CIF play. The girls lost, in quadruple overtime, in the semifinals to Long Beach Wilson High School, who went on to be state champions.

Tennis

The tennis team at Aliso Niguel High School won a first place victory in 1997, the school also reached first place in 1998 and the latest significant finishing for the school was second place in 2000. The school's victories are on the Pacific Coast League.

Volleyball

Aliso Niguel has a volleyball program with Varsity and Junior Varsity teams. For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ...

Wrestling

This school hosts a high school wrestling team for all high school grade levels.^[5] The team made it to the CIF regional duals. They also had 3 wrestlers make it to the Masters tournament in the 06-07 season. In the 07-08 season, the Wolverines finished in a tie for third in the South Coast League, led by Senior Cameron Hoff who finished first in CIF. Also known as scholastic wrestling when practiced at the high school and middle school (junior high) level, collegiate wrestling is practiced with a few differences at the high school level. ...

Swimming

This school hosts a high school swim team for all grade levels.

Performing arts

Bands

The high school band consists of instruments in the brass, woodwind, and percussion families: trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, French horn, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, oboe, flute, xylophone, bass drum, snare drum, and chimes. Trumpeter redirects here. ... The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. ... The euphonium is a conical-bore, baritone-voiced brass instrument. ... For other uses, see Tuba (disambiguation). ... The horn is a brass instrument consisting of tubing wrapped into a coiled form. ... The alto saxophone is a variety of the saxophone, a family of woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. ... The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. ... The baritone saxophone, often called bari sax (to avoid confusion with the baritone horn, which is often referred to simply as baritone), is one of the larger and lower pitched members of the saxophone family. ... The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers and occasionally even higher. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left, with capped mouthpiece) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ... The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. ... For other uses, see Oboe (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Flute (disambiguation). ... Kulintang a Kayo, a Philippine xylophone The xylophone (from the Greek meaning wooden sound) is a musical instrument in the percussion family which probably originated in Indonesia. ... A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch. ... The snare drum or side drum is a tubular drum made of wood or metal with skins, or heads, stretched over the top and bottom openings, and with a set of snares (cords) stretched across the bottom head. ... Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family. ...

Concert band

Starting in the 2007-2008 school year, the concert band is the starting point in the band program for incoming students. Students may take marching band as a dual enrollment in their schedule for physical education credits needed to graduate high school. A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, or wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family and percussion instrument family. ... An American college marching band on the field (Kansas State University) A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who incorporate movement â€“ usually some type of marching and other movements  â€“ with their musical performance. ... Physical education (PE) is the interdisciplinary study of all area of science relating to the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group, the application of these skills, and their results. ...

Symphonic band

Also starting in the 2007-2008 school year, the symphonic band was created. It is a intermediate level band which performs various pieces of music from many types of backgrounds. Students may take marching band as a dual enrollment in their schedule for physical education credits needed to graduate high school. An American college marching band on the field (Kansas State University) A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who incorporate movement â€“ usually some type of marching and other movements  â€“ with their musical performance. ... Physical education (PE) is the interdisciplinary study of all area of science relating to the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group, the application of these skills, and their results. ...

Wind ensemble

The wind ensemble is the most advanced and the highest level class in all of the band classes. Wind ensemble students may also take marching band as a dual enrollment in their schedule for physical education credits needed to graduate high school. A wind band, also called concert band, symphonic band, or wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of woodwind, brass, percussion instruments, and often string bass. ... An American college marching band on the field (Kansas State University) A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who incorporate movement â€“ usually some type of marching and other movements  â€“ with their musical performance. ... Physical education (PE) is the interdisciplinary study of all area of science relating to the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group, the application of these skills, and their results. ...

Marching band

The Aliso Niguel Marching Band is a representative class that rehearses outdoors. As part of the Western Band Association, they perform in four marching competitions and participate in the WBA finals. They also perform in the Laguna Niguel Holiday Parade in the second Saturday in the month of December every year.^[6] An American college marching band on the field (Kansas State University) A marching band is a group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who incorporate movement â€“ usually some type of marching and other movements  â€“ with their musical performance. ... Western Band Association (WBA) is a nonprofit organization that promotes high school music education in California, Arizona and Nevada. ...

2005 Season: The marching band performed in competitions held at Northern Arizona University (located in Flagstaff, Arizona), Mission Viejo High School, Riverside Community College and Trabuco Hills High School. In the WBA finals (which was held in Lakewood in the Los Angeles area), the marching band won 2nd place in the class AAA division.^{[citation needed]} Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public university in Flagstaff, Arizona in the United States. ... Flagstaff can refer to: the flagpole on a ship from which the ships colours are shown Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Flagstaff railway station on Melbournes City Loop This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... Welcome screen to 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. ... Located in the city of Riverside, California, the Riverside Community Colleges first campus opened in 1916 on the site of the former Poly High School and today serves more than 35,000 students each semester. ... Trabuco Hills High School is a high school in Mission Viejo, California, United States and is the largest school in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District in terms of attendance, with 3,128 students enrolled as of the 2006-2007 school year. ... Lakewood can mean: a place in the United States: Lakewood, California, a city in Los Angeles County, California Lakewood, Colorado, a city in Jefferson County, Colorado Lakewood, Illinois, a village in McHenry County, Illinois Lakewood, New Jersey, a city in Ocean County, New Jersey Lakewood, New York, a village in... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

2006 Season: The marching band performed and won sweepstakes awards in local field show competitions at Newport Harbor High School, Valley View High School, Mission Viejo High School and Trabuco Hills High School. In the WBA finals (which was held in Fresno, California), they won 4th place in the class AAA division. The band won 1st place in percussion in the class AAA division finals. Also, the Color Guard won 1st place during prelims, and they beat the World Class guard, Beyer.^{[citation needed]} Newport Harbor High School is a public high school in Newport Beach, in Orange County, California, in the United States. ... There are several high schools in the United States called Valley View High School. ... Welcome screen to 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. ... Trabuco Hills High School is a high school in Mission Viejo, California, United States and is the largest school in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District in terms of attendance, with 3,128 students enrolled as of the 2006-2007 school year. ... Fresno, a Spanish word for ash tree (from Latin fraxinus) is a common placename in Spanish speaking areas. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

2007 Season: The marching band performed in competitions held at Orange Coast College, Mission Viejo High School, Mission Hills High School and Trabuco Hills High School. The WBA finals was hosted in the Southern California area. The preliminaries took place in Los Angeles Pierce College and the finals was in East Los Angeles College. The band won third place in the WBA finals with a score of 91.3 out of 100. OCCs lawn surrounding the Art Building OCCs Art Building OCCs Plant Nursery Orange Coast College Sailing Base OCCs Social Science Forum OCCs Free Speech Zone Orange Coast College (OCC), founded in 1948, is a community college providing two-year associate of arts degrees, and lower... Welcome screen to 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. ... Mission Hills High School Mission Hills High School is a high school located in San Marcos, California. ... Trabuco Hills High School is a high school in Mission Viejo, California, United States and is the largest school in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District in terms of attendance, with 3,128 students enrolled as of the 2006-2007 school year. ... This article is about the region of Southern California. ... The farm at Los Angeles Pierce College Los Angeles Pierce College, also known as Pierce College or Pierce, is a two-year community college that serves over 18,500 students in Woodland Hills, a community within the San Fernando Valley district of the City of Los Angeles. ... East Los Angeles College is a community college, of the Los Angeles Community College District, located in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park. ...

Orchestra

Aliso Niguel hosts a orchestra program. The class consists of string instruments: cello, violin, viola, and double bass.^[7] For other uses, see Orchestra (disambiguation). ... This article is about the stringed musical instrument. ... For the Anne Rice novel, see Violin (novel). ... For other uses, see Viola (disambiguation). ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ...

The orchestra performs for many local communities. They have also created a mass performance with the Aliso Niguel band program adding up to a total of at least 200 players combined. Their mass performances are usually held in their large gymnasium.

Choir

There are four choir classes at Aliso Niguel. The four classes are A Cappella, Madrigals, Men's Ensemble, and Women's Ensemble.^[8] This article is about the vocal technique. ... A madrigal is a setting for 4–6 voices of a secular text, often in Italian. ...

Two of the choir classes, Men's Ensemble and Women's Ensemble, are open for all students to join. The second most advanced choir is the Bella Cantore, which is an auditioned choir for women. The most advanced choir is Madrigals, the school's chamber choir. A madrigal is a setting for 4–6 voices of a secular text, often in Italian. ...

The advanced Madrigals and Bella Cantore choirs were invited to perform in Carnegie Hall in the spring of 2007. They toured New York and also sang in St. Paul's Chapel. Both choirs regularly perform at festivals in nearby universities, including the University of Redlands, Chapman University, the Soka University of America, California State University, Long Beach and UCSB. They perform in four concerts of their own each year and in the choral department's Coffeehouse Cabaret. A madrigal is a setting for 4–6 voices of a secular text, often in Italian. ... Carnegie Hall (generally pronounced )[3] is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street. ... St. ... The University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands, California. ... Chapman University is a private, nonprofit university located in the city of Orange in Orange County, California, USA. // The mission of Chapman University is to provide personalized education of distinction that leads to inquiring, ethical and productive lives as global citizens. ... Soka University of America (SUA) is a private university located in Aliso Viejo, California. ... The Walter Pyramid, the Universitys most prominent sporting complex and most recognizable landmark. ... The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is a coeducational public university located in Santa Barbara County, California. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ...

Controversies

Dance ban

In September 2006, the principal canceled the remainder of all school dances in response to students "freak dancing" and arriving drunk to the first dance of the year.^[9] Salter stated that he would bring back dances if, and only if, students and parents could cooperate and develop a solution to "the problem." This story made headlines in regional news and appeared on many dancing-related websites. It has been suggested that Bump and grind be merged into this article or section. ...

The story gained widespread, national attention later that month when the school's annual Homecoming Dance was banned. ^[10] For other uses, see Homecoming (disambiguation). ...

The dance ban was covered by the BBC, NPR and the national news program Geraldo at Large. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... NPR logo For other meanings of NPR see NPR (disambiguation) National Public Radio (NPR) is a private, not-for-profit corporation that sells programming to member radio stations; together they are a loosely organized public radio network in the United States. ... Geraldo at Large is a syndicated newsmagazine hosted by FOX News correspondent and former talk show host Geraldo Rivera. ...

The principal later reinstated the dances with explicit rules. The first dance under the new rules was the Winter Formal of February 2007. Although students are upset over losing their Homecoming dance, many are relieved that the ban has been lifted and hope that this will not happen again. ^[11]

Vandalism

On June 17, 2007, Charles Salter reported school vandalism that occurred in the middle of the previous night. Ten trees near the football field were completely or partially cut down, costing the school district $10,000 to rehabilitate the situation.^{[citation needed]} is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

Assembly cancellation

On October 19, 2007, Charles Salter ordered an immediate cancellation to one of two assemblies in the school's gym. Some students threw eggs, tortillas, and crickets toward other specatators. In response, proctors called an immediate evacuation of the gym and to have students return to their classes. ^[12] is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Chicken egg (left) and quail eggs (right), the types of egg commonly used as food An egg is a body consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing of some type, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo. ... This article is about the Mexican Tortilla. ... Subfamilies See Taxonomy section Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as true crickets), are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers and more closely related to katydids or bush crickets (family Tettigoniidae). ...

School closure

On Thursday, October 25, 2007, and Friday, October 26, 2007, the Capistrano Unified School District issued a closure of its schools, including Aliso Niguel, due to poor air quality that was caused by the California wildfires of October 2007. ^[13] is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... // Capistrano Unified School District (CUSD) is the second largest school district in Orange County, California and the 95th largest in the United States. ... The California wildfires of October 2007 are a series of wildfires that began burning across Southern California on October 20. ...

Clubs

• Associated Student Body (or ASB) is one of the largest and longest-running clubs on campus at Aliso Niguel High School. This club is made of about forty (40) people who have been appointed and elected to their positions.
• California Scholarship Federation (or CSF) is another club that looks highly upon those who have a minimum of 3.3 GPA, while completing a given amount of community service to the surrounding area.
• National Honor Society (or NHS) is also a long-running club that looks highly upon those who have a minimum of 3.8 GPA.

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Student ethnicity

Notable alumni

• Sasha Cohen, Olympic skater
• Josh Partington, guitarist of Something Corporate
• Ivan Koumaev, So You Think You Can Dance (Season 2)
• Derek Lee Rock, drummer for ska band Suburban Legends
• Skip Schumaker, Major League Baseball Outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals
• Michael Roll, NCAA Basketball Player Shooting Guard, UCLA (Class of '05)
• Terence Green, NCAA Basketball Player Point Guard, USC (Class of '05)^{[citation needed]}

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References

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External links

• Aliso Niguel Homepage
• GreatSchools.net
• Aliso Niguel Girls Volleyball Homepage
• Aliso Niguel Football Homepage
• Aliso Niguel Awards
• Wolverine Wrestling
• Instrumental Music Program

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