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{{for|the school in Texas<!--Source is the headline of this article: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2013/04/30/coffee-bistro-gets-a-latte-attention-at-colony-high-school/ -->|The Colony High School}}
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| name = Colony High School
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| streetaddress = 3850 East Riverside Drive
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| city = [[Ontario, California|Ontario]]
| state = [[California]]
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| zipcode = 91761
| country = USA
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| schoolboard = <!-- Board the school comes under -->
| district = [[Chaffey Joint Union High School District]].
| type = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]] [[high school|secondary]]
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| denomination = <!-- If a faith school, the denomination of the school -->
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| principal = Tommy Mitchell <!-- Principal of the school -->
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| conference = [[Mt. BaldyPalomares League]]
| slogan = "Everything we do at Colony, we do with Pride!"
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| mascot = Tommy the Titan, Torro
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| enrollment = 2,178122 (2019–202022–23)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0608160&ID=060816010606|title=Colony High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=July 1521, 20212024}}</ref>
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'''Colony High School''' is a [[high school]] located in [[Ontario, California]], and is part of the [[Chaffey Joint Union High School District]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Chaffey Joint Union High School District |title=Our Schools |url=http://cjuhsd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/showPage.plx?catid=15&chain= |accessdate=February 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070216131449/http://www.cjuhsd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/showPage.plx?catid=15&chain= |archivedate=February 16, 2007 }}</ref> The school serves the communities of southern Ontario, including the new Ontario Ranch community, and portions of eastern [[Rancho Cucamonga, California|Rancho Cucamonga]] and southeast [[Fontana, California|Fontana]].<ref>Ontario Ranch http://ontarioranch.com/</ref> The school earned the 2018 Civic Learning Award for the State of California <ref>California State Civic Learning Award https://www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr18/yr18rel17.asp</ref> and was a 2018 Silver Medal winner for the ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranking of Best High Schools.<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/chaffey-joint-union-high/colony-high-1943 ''U.S. News & World Report'' Best High Schools]</ref> 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.<ref>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</ref>
 
==History==
When Colony High School opened in 2002, its first students and faculty were transfers from around the [[Chaffey Joint Union High School District]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Chaffey Joint Union High School District |title=History of the District |url=http://cjuhsd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/showPage.plx?chain=3&catid=42 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071220174940/http://cjuhsd.k12.ca.us/cgi-bin/showPage.plx?chain=3&catid=42 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 20, 2007 |accessdate=February 7, 2007 }}</ref>
 
Jim Brodie was the school's first principal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Colony High School - Jim Brodie Bio |url=http://colonyhs.ca.campusgrid.net/home/Administration/School+History/Jim+Brodie+Bio |accessdate=January 9, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234640/http://colonyhs.ca.campusgrid.net/home/Administration/School+History/Jim+Brodie+Bio |archive-date=September 26, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> MichelleAs Boyetteof replaced2020, BrodieThomas inMitchell 2007serves and remainedas the principal until 2011 when was transferred to an assistantschool's principal position at [[Montclair High School (California)|Montclair High School]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}} Kern Oduro, the then-principal of [[Rancho Cucamonga High School]], replaced Boyette.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
 
The Class of 2005, better known as "The Titan Legacy," completed the first year of their coursework at Colony's feeder high schools and was the first graduating class.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}} The Class of 2006 was the first set of graduates to complete all four years of coursework at Colony High School and are nicknamed "The Original Titans."{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
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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.
 
'''===Choir and Orchestra'''orchestra===
 
Michael Bachman has been the director of these two programs ever since the school opened.
 
'''===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)|California State Band Championships]] (CSBC) and the [[Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association]] (SCSBOA) circuitcircuits and host annual field tournaments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association |url=http://www.scsboa.org/mb/mbnew.htm |publisher=Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association |accessdate=January 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111170716/http://www.scsboa.org/mb/mbnew.htm |archive-date=November 11, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Prior to the 2008-2009 school year, the director was Jason Alvo.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}} He was replaced by Graig Withrow, who was replaced by James Rocillo.{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}} Rocillo left the program in 2016 to pursue band director for the RCC Marching Tigers. Jered Sherrill was the director for one school year (2016-2017). Matthew Matthews is the current band director.
 
Championship qualification years:
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2020: No season due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]]
 
2021: 2nd place (3A CSBC); 2nd place (Open Class State Finals for 1A/2A/3A) <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Scores - California State Band Championships|url=https://csbc.compsuite.io/scores|access-date=2022-01-15|website=csbc.compsuite.io}}</ref>
 
2022: 1st place (3A CSBC); 1st place (Open Class State Finals for 1A/2A/3A) State Champions<ref name=":0" />
 
===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 (musical)|Grease]], [[Black Comedy]], [[Metamorphoses]], [[Noises Off]], [[West Side Story (musical)|West Side Story]], [[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It with You]], [[Taming of the Shrew]], [[A Christmas Carol]], [[Lend Me A Tenor]], [[Once on this Island]], [[Leading Ladies (play)|Leading Ladies]], [[The Diviners (play)|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 (musical)|Hairspray]], A Dinner With Zombies (which made its theatrical debut at Colony High School) and Sophocles' ''[[Antigone (Sophocles play)|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.
 
All theatre classes and productions were taught and directed by Arik Boles, a Cal Poly Pomona graduate and theatre major. Boles began teaching at Colony in 2004 and obtained his master's degree in theatre arts in 2007, after directing "You Can't Take It With You" as his thesis production. Classes and productions are now taught and directed by Jesse Cash, a former stand up comedian.
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===Demographics===
As "Home of the Titans" the school enrolls approximately 2,500 low to middle -income students between grades 9 through 12.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}
 
===Sports===
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==Notable faculty and alumni==
NFL players [[Bobby Wagner]], [[Josh Andrews (American football)|Josh Andrews]], [[Omar Bolden]] and Jared Bell are Colony High School Alumni.<ref>{{cite web |url=httphttps://espnwww.goespn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14979/bobby-wagner |publisher=ESPN |title=Bobby Wagner |accessdateaccess-date=January 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.denverbroncos.com/team/roster/omar-bolden/4ce7c58e-fede-410f-b3cd-db510110aa2f |publisher=Denver Broncos |title=Denver Broncos: Omar Bolden |accessdate=January 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123082623/http://www.denverbroncos.com/team/roster/Omar-Bolden/4ce7c58e-fede-410f-b3cd-db510110aa2f |archive-date=January 23, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links==
*[http://colonyhs-cjuhsd-ca.schoolloop.com Colony High School], maintained by the Chaffey Joint Union High School District
*[http://cjuhsd-ca.schoolloop.com Chaffey Joint Union High School District] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820044951/http://cjuhsd-ca.schoolloop.com/ |date=August 20, 2015 }}
*[http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.aspx?page=386 Ontario City Library]