About DNHS
Del Norte High School, located in the newly established communities of 4S Ranch and Del Sur, opens this month with freshman and sophomore classes - adding a class in subsequent years until all grades, 9-12, are offered. The $105 million facility is projected to one day be home to over 2000 students.
DIRECTIONS:
- Take Camino del Norte – west (from the I-15 freeway)
- Turn left on Lone Quail Road
- Turn right on Zaslavsky Place
- Turn left on Nighthawk Lane
- Turn left on Del Norte High School Driveway
Del Norte High School, the fifth and last comprehensive high school to be opened in the Poway 
Unified School District, is state of the art. The school's design has taken into account the rapid transformation of technology and is equipped to respond to new mediums of communication as they emerge. Del Norte has 45 standard classrooms, 12 science labs, 11 vocational education classrooms, 6 physical education classrooms, 5 art labs, 5 special education classrooms, 2 music classrooms, a drama classroom, a performing arts center, an ASB classroom, and a host of athletic facilities including a competition size swimming pool, a sports stadium with a track, a gymnasium, weight training rooms, shower and locker rooms, baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, handball courts, outdoor basketball courts, and lots of open space to support soccer, lacrosse, field hockey and intramural sports.
While Del Norte offers many of the same courses as other Poway Unified high schools, it is unique. The links below help to capture some of the features that are “Distinctively Del Norte.” 
Why Del Norte? Click here if you're interested in learning more about the benefits to attending Del Norte.
The Trimester System. Del Norte High School is bringing a new schedule to the Poway Unified School District. After conducting extensive research, we have decided to adopt the trimester schedule. Students attend school the same number of days (180), but the time is divided into three distinct 60-day grading periods. The beauty of the trimester schedule is that it allows students to take 15 classes per year as compared to only 12 classes under the traditional 6-period day. To find out more about the trimester system and how it works, click here.