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| name                    = Del Norte High School
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| location                = 1301 El Dorado Street<br />[[Crescent City, California|Crescent City]], [[California]]
| country                 = [[United States]]
| coordinates             = {{Coord|41.76984|-124.20924|type:edu_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}}
| district                = Del Norte County Unified School District
| principal               = Alison Eckhart
| faculty                 = 49.68 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| ratio                   = 20.25<ref name=NCES/>
| enrollment              = 1,006 (2022-2023)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0610770&ID=061077001193|title=Del Norte High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=September 2, 2024}}</ref>
| type                    = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]]
| grades                  = [[Education in the United States#School grades|9 to 12]]
| newspaper               = The W. (not in print)
| slogan                  = "You Can Succeed"
| motto                   = "Go Warriors!"
| mascot                  = Warrior
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| sports                  = Baseball, football, basketball, tennis, volleyball, etc.
| nickname                = DNHS
| colors                  = Navy and gold {{color box|navy}}{{color box|gold}}
| established             = 1898
| homepage                = https://www.dnusd.org/delnortehigh
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'''Del Norte High School''' or '''DNHS''', located in [[Crescent City, California|Crescent City]], [[California]], is a public high school educating students from grades 9 through 12. It is the only regular public high school in [[Del Norte County, California|Del Norte County]]. In 2008 DNHS was accredited for six years (through 2014) by the [[Western Association of Schools and Colleges]]. The principal, as of 2021, is Alison Eckart,<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Us / Staff Directory|url=http://http/%3A%2F%2Fwww.dnusd.org%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FPageID%3D186|access-date=2021-02-10|website=http|language=en}}</ref> and the dean of students/athletic director is Robert Hadfield.<ref>[http://www.delnorte.k12.ca.us/parent-information/school-listing District & County Schools] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005022014/http://www.delnorte.k12.ca.us/parent-information/school-listing |date=2012-10-05 }}. DNCUSD.</ref>
In popular culture, Del Norte High School is the school attended by Laurel Sewell and her friends in the novel, [[Wings (Aprilynne Pike)|Wings]]. Del Norte High School also became sister schools with another school in Rikuzentakata-shi, Iwate, Japan. Del Norte High School began an art club and cosplay club in 2018. The school takes turns with Takata high school each year of traveling their students to Japan and Takata's students the next year.
As of 2013, it was one of five schools in California offering classes in the [[Yurok language]].<ref name="leeromney">Romney, Lee. (2013, February 6). ''[http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-yurok-language-20130207,0,776112.story Revival of nearly extinct Yurok language is a success story]''. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 7, 2013</ref> [[Tolowa language]] classes have been taught "for many years."<ref>Atherton, Kelley. "[http://www.triplicate.com/News/Local-News/Back-from-the-brink-Learning-the-Yurok-language Back from the Brink: Learning the Yurok Language] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213143227/http://www.triplicate.com/News/Local-News/Back-from-the-brink-Learning-the-Yurok-language |date=2012-12-13 }}". The Daily Triplicate. Published 16 October 2010. Accessed 30 April 2012.</ref>
== Notable alumni ==
*[[Eunice Bommelyn]], Class of 1947, [[Tolowa language]] proponent, [[Tolowa people|Tolowa]] cultural advocate and historian for the [[Smith River Rancheria]].<ref name=dnt>{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Spencer |title=Tolowa mourn loss of a leader: Eunice Bommelyn |url=http://www.triplicate.com/News/Local-News/Family-%E2%80%9CShes-like-the-sun%E2%80%9D |work=[[Del Norte Triplicate]] |date=2012-04-28 |accessdate=2012-09-09 |archive-date=2016-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227043516/http://www.triplicate.com/News/Local-News/Family-%E2%80%9CShes-like-the-sun%E2%80%9D |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Buck Pierce]], Class of 2000, professional football player ([[Canadian Football League]])<ref>{{cite news |author=Aaron Finley |title=Buck Pierce to play in Grey Cup |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ETSB&p_theme=etsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11571CE1D44A88C8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=The Times Standard |publisher=Newsbank |date=November 16, 2006 |quote=Former Del Norte Warrior quarterback...}}</ref>
*[[Cody Hoffman]], Class of 2009, American Football player
== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.dnusd.org/delnortehigh Official website]
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[[Category:Public high schools in California]]
[[Category:Crescent City, California]]
[[Category:Education in Del Norte County, California]]
[[Category:1898 establishments in California]]