Administrative Assistant 

Christine Biggs has been with Poway Unified School District since 1992.  She has thirteen years experience working at the high school level with experience in the areas of counseling and administration.  Previously a Guidance Technician at Mt. Carmel High School and an Administrative School Specialist at Westview, Christine has experience working with students, teachers and administration.  Her most recent assignment has been working in Learning Support Services at the District Office. 

Christine is an energetic woman with a can do attitude.  These traits combined with her comprehensive understanding of site and district operations make her a tremendous asset to the Del Norte team. 

Assistant Principal 

Dr. Kelly Burke was recently named as the Assistant Principal for DNHS.  Dr. Burke is beginning her fifth year as an assistant principal in the Poway Unified School District.  Her experience working at both Poway and Rancho Bernardo High Schools has enabled her to develop a comprehensive understanding of education at the high school level.  She is a strong instructional leader who maintains a good to great philosophy, and is committed to ensuring each student reaches his or her potential.  

Prior to joining the Poway team, Kelly taught for five years at the middle school level.  This, combined with her high school experience, gives her unique insight in helping students transition from middle to high school. 

Dr. Burke possesses a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in public administration and was awarded her doctorate degree (Ed.D) in educational leadership this past January.

 Principal

 In March 2008 the Poway Unified School District announced the selection of Greg Mizel as Principal of Del Norte High School.

Prior to the announcement, Mr. Mizel served as Principal of Mesa Verde Middle School, a position he held since 2004.  Under Mr. Mizel’s leadership, Mesa Verde Middle School increased its API significantly.  MVMS became the first school at the secondary level in PUSD to achieve an API of 900 or greater in 2005-06.  With a 918 API this last school year, Mesa Verde achieved the fourth highest API among middle schools in San Diego County.  Mesa Verde Middle School, a California Distinguished School and a National Blue Ribbon School, was featured in the September 2007 Top Schools issue of San Diego Magazine. 

Mr. Mizel is passionate about all students learning.  While at Mesa Verde, he and the distinguished staff there worked very hard to ensure every student was successful.  The team at Mesa Verde made steady progress closing the achievement gap.  Student proficiency rates improved for almost every subgroup.  Lots of wonderful and innovative interventions were put into place.  One unique piece of work that grew out of the student-centered focus was the Herman’s Way Project. Read More

Mr. Mizel came to Poway Unified from the Rancho Santa Fe School District where he served as Principal of the Rancho Santa Fe upper elementary and middle school, grades 5–8.  Previous to that he worked as an assistant principal for grades K-8.   Mr. Mizel taught middle school English, writing, and speech and served as English Department Chair for grades K-8 from 1992-2001.

Mr. Mizel earned a Master of Science in Education degree with an emphasis in Educational Leadership and he holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.