Established 1959 (1959) NCES District ID 0616230 NCES School ID 061623002019 Founded 1959 | Status Open CEEB code 051346 Phone +1 619-938-9100 Motto Ahora Y Siempre (Spanish) | |
Type Comprehensive Public High School Address 10410 Ashwood St, Lakeside, CA 92040, USA District Grossmont Union High School District Profiles | ||
El Capitan High School (commonly known as El Cap) is a public high school in Lakeside, California, United States, a census-designated place in San Diego, and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Opened in 1959, El Capitan is the fifth of twelve high schools to be constructed in the Grossmont Union High School District. El Capitan High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
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Agriculture
El Capitan High School is the only high school in the Grossmont district to include an agriculture program.
Global Language and Leadership Program
The GLLP was established as a continuum for language immersion students, who have been enrolled in Spanish or Chinese since kindergarten. Students in the program take two years of advanced language per year for the duration for their high school journey. Many are on the triliteracy pathway; "majoring" in Spanish and "minoring" in Chinese. The GLLP promotes global competency for all students and encourages international exchanges and communication.
SMART Team
What do you get when you combine enthusiastic high school teachers and their students, scientists excited about their research, and rapid prototyping technology? SMART (Students Modeling A Research Topic) and MAPS (Modeling A Protein Story) Teams!
El Capitan High School's SMART/MAPS team was established in 2008. In these multi-faceted programs, students develop teamwork as they delve into the molecular world, explore science as a process and not just a collection of facts, and work to understand and model the structure-function relationship of a protein story. Trained in computer visualization software, the teams design and build 3D models of their proteins to help tell their specific research story. Finally, they create oral presentations explaining their work to a lay audience and a poster to present to a scientific audience. The National SMART Team program is available to teams outside of the Milwaukee-metro area, including Wisconsin and across the U.S. The newest addition to this program is MAPS, this program allows teams of students and teachers to model the unique structure-function relationships of a protein and develop a research question to explore. With additional support from their high school teachers, who themselves received special training, and SMART/MAPS program coordinator, students explore the molecular world and experience science as a process and not just a collection of facts.
Athletics
The school fields teams in the following sports:
Football
The 2014 season was El Capitan's best season in school history. After an upset victory against Helix High School, a Division 1 team, it pulled off an undefeated regular season as 10–0. Storming past Mt. Carmel and Brawley, the school would win its first CIF San Diego Section Division II Championship in a 14–7 victory against Rancho Bernardo High School. El Capitan was on the losing end of a comeback in the 2014 CIF Division III State Championship against Campolindo.