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La Costa Canyon
High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. It is preceded by primary education. High school is also the name used to describe the institution in which the final stage of compulsory education takes place. In the United States, high schools generally consist of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, although the inclusion of grade 9 varies by school district.
LCCHS, La Costa Canyon High School is one of the high schools in the San Dieguito Union High School District. It is located on 88 acres in south Carlsbad in northwest San Diego County, La Costa Canyon opened in 1996. The students attending La Costa Canyon live in Encinitas and south Carlsbad. These communities include both beach and agricultural areas and lie in proximity to the University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the Salk Institute and Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation. The student body typically comes from affluent and highly educated families.
La Costa Canyon High School Principal is Amy Carlin. The faculty consists of a principal, four assistant principals, one dean, six counselors, a media-specialist, and over 125 certificated staff members. Approximately 2,700 students attend La Costa Canyon High School with a senior class of about 700. Their departments include English, mathematics, life skill, science, social science and world language.
La Costa Canyon offers a full men's and women's athletic program in the following sports basketball, baseball, football, softball, wrestling, soccer, golf, cross country, track and field, gymnastics, tennis, volleyball, field hockey, swimming and lacrosse. Surfing is a club sport available to LCCHS students. Women's soccer, men's and women's volleyball, baseball, men's golf, men's tennis, men's basketball, wrestling, field hockey and lacrosse have been nationally recognized for their excellence in the past two years.
La Costa Canyon is committed to academic excellence, as demonstrated by their students' outstanding performance in their courses and on state and national exams. La Costa Canyon High School was honored as a 1999 California Distinguished School and was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2001. The mission of La Costa Canyon is to challenge students to maximize their potential as learners, achievers and productive world citizens.
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