Ponderosa High School is a public high school in Shingle Springs, California. Opened in 1963, it is a member of the El Dorado Union High School District in El Dorado County, California.
In the 2018–19 school year, there were 1,865 students enrolled. Ponderosa's mascot is the bruin bear.
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Sports
Ponderosa High School offers many sports programs, including cross country, basketball, baseball, football, golf, ski/snowboard, soccer, swimming, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo and wrestling. The school is in the Division II Capital Valley Conference.
Notable alumni
Maria Alexander, author
James Campen, former NFL offensive lineman; current offensive line coach of the Carolina Panthers
Kurt Travis, lead singer for Sacramento-based post-hardcore band Dance Gavin Dance
Valorie Kondos Field, former UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics head coach
Joy Selig Petersen, gymnast
Michael Stemmle, game designer
Trevor Swartz, professional soccer player
Joe Bitker, former MLB pitcher for the Oakland A's and Texas Rangers
Tim Jones, former MLB pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Christina Fusano, professional tennis player
Colleen Shannon, disc Jockey and model
Brad Waldow, professional basketball player
Amber Coffman, professional singer and songwriter
Location
Ponderosa High School is located in the center of a few neighborhoods, and is off the road of Mineshaft Lane, where reportedly students enrolled live. Mineshaft lane has a gate that was built by the locals however, supposedly due to students disturbing the locals. There is also a local market near the school where many students pick up food, called Gold Harvest Market.