Cerritos High School, also called CHS, is a high performing, comprehensive, 4 year public high school located in Cerritos, California, serving grades 9-12. It is part of the ABC Unified School District. According to US News Report 2013, CHS is ranked #38 in California, and #237 in the nation. The All Male Dance Drill Team captured the 2013 United Spirit Association Nationals Competition recently at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, and the Dance Drill Team, Song and Yell Girls Pep squads have consistently ranked #1 nationally. In 2013, the Cerritos High Model United Nations team moved up from a national ranking of 9, to top 5 in the nation, according to bestdelegate.com. "Cerritos moves up to the top five with its strongest performance in recent years and won the most delegation awards of any team this year. Besides a split weekend success of a Best Class Delegation at BMUN and an Award of Excellence at NHSMUN, Cerritos won Best Large Delegation awards at BruinMUN, UCIMUN, DavisMUN, Surf City MUN, and EHSMUN. The team also won awards at NAIMUN, MVHSMUN, and McKennaMUN and attended RHSMUN. The team also hosted CHSMUN which has rapidly increased in size." In 2014, Cerritos claimed the boys and girls CIF Southern Section swim team title at CIF-Southern Section Division IV swim meet at Riverside Community College. The 2014 title marks the second straight for the Lady Dons and the second in school history. The boys team added to the two championships won back in 2000 and 2001.HistoryCerritos High School began its history in September 1971 by sharing the campus of nearby Gahr High School. Rapidly increasing student population during the 1970s prompted the construction of its current campus, located across the street from the Civic Center, Cerritos Library, and Cerritos Sheriffs Station in 1973.
