Monte Vista High School (Danville, California)

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Official name	Monte Vista High School
Principal	Rebecca Smith
Location	3131 Stone Valley Road Danville, California
Website	www.mvhigh.net
Enrollment	2,321
Opened	1965
Mascot	Mustang
School colors	Red and Black

Monte Vista High School is a four year public high school in Danville, California. It is a National Blue Ribbon school from the Blue Ribbon Schools Program as well as a California Distinguished School. Its mascot is the Mustang.

Its cross town and primary sports rival is San Ramon Valley High School. California High School is their other rival school because it is in the same school district as Monte Vista. Monte Vista is ranked #1034 in the top 1,200 US High Schools by Newsweek. Rivals San Ramon Valley High School and California High School are ranked #855 and #983 respectively.^[1]

1 Athletics
2 Notable alumni
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Athletics

Monte Vista's women's tennis team has prospered through the years. In the Women's 2005 year, the team won in the East Bay Athletic League (EBAL) and placed second at NCS, losing their match to their biggest tennis rival, Foothill High School. Mia Giovinetti advanced to the finals of the individual EBAL tournament, and in doubles the freshman duo Sheena Chaudhuri and Elena Cadet won the doubles tournament of the EBAL finals. The MV tennis team also placed an overall 5th out of over 60 competitors from schools across the state of California at the annual Peach Tree Tournament in Fresno.

Monte Vista's Men's Lacrosse team have been NCS and EBAL champions in 2004, 2005, and 2006. They traveled to LA and San Diego for the First Four tournament in 2005 and 2006. In 2006 their record was 18-1, losing only to La Costa Canyon, the back to back Southern CA Section Champs, in the First Four. Ranked by LaxPower as #1 in CA, and a National Ranking of 37th. Have had 3 All-Americans Tyler Westfall '05, Ryan Westfall '06 and Kyle Donovan '06.