El Diamante High School

El Diamante High School, known locally as "El D", is a WASC-accredited high school[2] serving students in grades 9–12 in Visalia, California, USA, in Tulare County. It was established as Visalia Unified School District's fourth public high school in 2002. Its current feeder elementary schools are Cottonwood Creek Elementary, Crestwood Elementary, Goshen Elementary, Linwood Elementary, and Veva Blunt Elementary whose students will attend either La Joya Middle School or Ridgeview Middle School prior to their 9th-grade year.[3]

El Diamante High School
Address
5100 West Whitendale Avenue

Visalia
,
California
93277

United States
Coordinates36°18′22″N 119°20′49″W
Information
TypePublic
Established2002
School districtVisalia Unified School District
PrincipalJeff Hohne
Teaching staff81.34 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,008 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio24.69[1]
Color(s)green, navy blue and white
Athleticsswimming, softball, baseball, basketball, soccer, cross country, football, golf, tennis, track, water polo, wrestling, volleyball
MascotMiner Ed
NicknameMiners
NewspaperThe Dig
YearbookFacet
Websitewww.vusd.org/domain/799

Athletics

El Diamante competes in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), Central Section Division II, West Yosemite League.[4]

Fall

  • Boys' Cross-Country
  • Girls' Cross-Country
  • Football
  • Girls' Golf
  • Girls' Tennis
  • Girls' Volleyball
  • Boys' Water Polo
  • Girls' Water Polo

Winter

  • Boys' Basketball
  • Girls' Basketball
  • Boys' Soccer
  • Girls' Soccer
  • Wrestling

Spring

  • Baseball
  • Boys' Golf
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Boys' Tennis
  • Track

Student Activities

Student Newspaper, Television, and Yearbook

Student newspaper The Dig is published on a monthly basis with a mission "to inspire interest and involvement from the student body within our school, while displaying the achievements, power, knowledge and talents Miners bring to the community."[5]

ED HewS is a student-produced weekly news program. This program airs weekly in student homeroom classes and is archived on the OnAirEdHews YouTube channel.

El Diamante publishes their annual yearbook, The Facet, which is released at the end of the traditional school year.

ASB (Associated Student Body)

El Diamante's ASB class, which like the other four Visalia high schools' ASB classes, prepare for events during the school year, like Battle for the Saddle against Golden West, and rallies.

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References
  1. "El Diamante High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-04-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://vusd.org/news.cfm?story=2598&school=0
  4. http://www.cifcs.org/schools/school-directory?school=&field_league_tid%5B%5D=25
  5. https://eldiamantedig.wordpress.com/about/
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