El Modena High School is an outstanding academic institution that provides students with rigorous instruction in all core and elective courses, a wide variety of extra-curricular programs, and the additional support necessary to maximize their opportunities for success. Our AVID, Advanced Placement, Collaborative Technology, and Honors Programs prepare our graduates to meet challenges in colleges and universities across the nation. In fact, El Modena High School graduates can be found in some of the finest universities in the world—Harvard, Princeton, Harvey Mudd, Yale, Stanford, UC Berkley, UC Davis, USC, UCLA, Humboldt, Purdue, Northwestern, Drexel, BYU, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, and Pepperdine to name a few—and many of our parents relate that their students have been accepted at all universities to which they applied and that they were able to pick and choose from the tremendous variety of academic and financial aid programs offered.
Not surprisingly, our overall pass rate for Advanced Placement Exams has consistently ranged from 75% to 80%, higher than any other high school in the Orange Unified School District and higher than the vast majority of public and private high schools throughout Orange County. Success on these exams not only provides students with greater opportunities for college admission; it can also award them with college credit, saving their parents up to a full year’s worth of tuition and fees!
In addition to outstanding academics, El Modena High School also offers students wonderful opportunities for involvement in co-curricular and extracurricular activities. Our Speech and Debate Team has won numerous accolades, as has our Mock Trial Team. We boast outstanding Drama, Band, and Choir departments that are respected throughout the county and state. The Vanguard yearbook staff has recently earned a prestigious Columbia Scholastic Press Association Silver Crown for the excellence of its annual publication, The Escena. Our athletics programs have been tremendously successful, and many of our teams consistently advance to CIF competition. Furthermore, our school has nearly 50 different clubs and civic organizations, and our ASB is very active on campus and in the community at large. Involvement at El Modena High School is contagious, and the co-curricular and extracurricular activities we offer greatly enhance our students’ high school experience.
In this short space, I have only been able to touch upon some of the many things that make El Modena High School a wonderful place to work and learn. I encourage you to explore our school website and learn more about why we are one of the “best kept secrets in Orange County.” I also hope you will contact us here in the Vanguard Main Office at (714) 997-6331 if we can be of assistance.
