COSTA MESA HIGH SCHOOL

'Costa Mesa High School'
Home of the Mustangs
'Established'	1958
'School type'	Public
'Principal'	Dr. Wong (High School) Kirk Bauermeister (Middle School)
'Location'	Costa Mesa, California
'Enrollment'	1240
'Colors'	Green and White
'Homepage'	CMHS

'Costa Mesa High School', otherwise known as 'CMHS' or "Mesa," is a public middle school / high school for grades 7 through 12 located in Costa Mesa, California. It is part of the Newport Mesa Unified School District and is located at 2650 Fairview Road. The school's rival is Estancia High School.
Costa Mesa High School shares its drama theater with Newport Harbor High School because of unsafe conditions at Newport Harbor's theater.

Contents

Sports

Choir

Cross Country

The Alma Mater: Costa Mesa High School

CMHS Fight Song

Links

Sports

★ Football

★ Track and Field

★ Cross Country

★ Golf

★ Volleyball

★ Swim

★ Water Polo

★ Tennis

★ Basketball
Each year, rival football teams from Costa Mesa High School and Estancia High School play each other in a game known as the Battle of the Bell.

Choir

The Costa Mesa High School choir department is divided into five different choirs: Girls Chorus, Boys Chorus, Concert Choir, Vocal Ensemble, and the Madrigal Choir.
Girls chorus consists of 7th and 8th grade girls. Boys Chorus is made up of 7th and 8th grade boys. Concert Choir is made up of 8th grade - 12th grade boys and girls, is an audition choir for 8th graders, and is an elective for 9th-12th graders. Vocal Ensemble is an audition choir for 9th- 12 grade girls. The most advanced choir is Madrigal Choir and is an audition-only 9th-12th grade boys and girls choir. The Madrigal Choir, commonly known as "Mads," is very selective and there is an equal number of boys and girls members. Currently all the choirs are under the direction of Jon Lindfors. In 2007 the Madrigal choir performed with many other choirs in ''Carnegie Hall'' under the conducting of John Rutter.

Cross Country

One of Mesa's cross country coaches was Joe Fisher, from 1969 through 1980. He had a record of ten straight years of varsity dual meet league victories and, in 1976, won a high school CIF Southern Section championship at the boys varsity 3-A level. Costa Mesa High School varsity boys cross country has won the Orange County championships six times under Coach Fisher. This is the record holder of Orange County victories in the history of varsity boys cross country. Coach Joe Fisher was voted California high school boys cross country coach of the year in 1978.
List of past cross country coaches:

★ Joe Fisher, 1969-1980

★ Joe Busi - led the boys varsity cross country team in two Pacific Coast league championships in 1995 and 1996.

★ Mark Howard: 1987-2001 - Led the boys varsity cross country team to a second place finish in the Pacific Coast League, in November of 1991. In May of 1995 Howard, Coached Bruce Hancock, 8th grade. Hancock broke the Newport-Mesa Unified School District 17 year old boys Jr. high track & field record in the 1320 yard run. Hancock's record time was 3:30.1. In May of 1995 Howard also coached Sarah Cotton who set the girls 7th grade Jr. high 1320 yard run record at the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Track & Field finals. Cotton's record time was 4:07.3.

The Alma Mater: Costa Mesa High School

Mesa, we hail thee;

School we love so dear;

Happy are the memories,

Spent in yesteryear.


We pledge our love and honor;

Our loyalty and might;

To Mesa's shining colors,

the green and white.


Long may you serve others;

Filled with purpose true;

Mesa High we hail thee,

All hail to you!

CMHS Fight Song

(to the tune of the USC fight song)
Fight on for Mesa High!

Oh, fight on

To do or die

Our Alma Mater dear

It's up to you

To fight on with all your might

Fight on for green and white

Fight on!

Links

★ CMHS website

★ Costa Mesa High School Cross Country History web site link

★ The CMHS Choir website

★ CMHS Band webpage