Mt. Carmel High School (MCHS), a California Distinguished High School in 2005, is located in Rancho Peñasquitos, a community of San Diego, California, United States. The school belongs to the Poway Unified School District and its mascot is the Sundevil. The current principal is Greg Magno, who replaced Dawn Kastner.Mt. Carmel High School is both a California Distinguished School Award winner (1985, 1999, 2005) and a National Blue Ribbon School (1989, 2000).HistoryMt. Carmel High School was built in 1974, with its first fall semester classes being held at the neighboring Black Mountain Middle School while the rest of construction finished.In 1999, the movie Bring It On filmed on the campus, with the locker room, weight room and football scoreboard making it into the film.