Mt. Carmel High School (MCHS), a California Distinguished High School in 2005, is located in Rancho Peñasquitos, a community of San Diego, California, United States. The school belongs to the Poway Unified School District and its mascot is the Sundevil. The current principal is Dawn Kastner. She was previously a principal at Westview High School before joining her alma mater Mt. Carmel in January 2011 to replace outgoing principal Dr. Tom McCoy, ...
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Mt. Carmel High School (MCHS), a California Distinguished High School in 2005, is located in Rancho Peñasquitos, a community of San Diego, California, United States. The school belongs to the Poway Unified School District and its mascot is the Sundevil. The current principal is Dawn Kastner. She was previously a principal at Westview High School before joining her alma mater Mt. Carmel in January 2011 to replace outgoing principal Dr. Tom McCoy, who accepted a superintendent job in Ventura, California.
Mt. Carmel High School is both a California Distinguished School Award winner(1985, 1999, 2005) and a National Blue Ribbon School(1989, 2000). Historically, the school's main rival has been Poway High School.
Mt. Carmel High School was built in 1974, with its first fall semester classes being held at the neighboring Black Mountain Middle School while the rest of construction finished. In 1999, the movie Bring It On filmed on the campus, with the locker room, weight room and football...
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