Fountain Valley High School
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Fountain Valley High School (or FVHS) is a public high school located in Fountain Valley, CA. It was established in 1966 and is a part of the Huntington Beach Union High School District. It is notable for its rivalry with Edison High School, particularly during football season, in which both schools compete in the "Battle of the Bell." The athletic teams are known as the Barons and the school colors are blue, gold, and red. The name Baron comes from the high school's mascot, a medieval title of nobility. The school has had renovations starting in 2002 to some of its buildings which were sinking. These renovations yielded new portable buildings in an area which was previously a parking lot. As of 2006, these semi-permanent portable buildings have been removed and replaced with permanent facilities.
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[edit] Notable programs
[edit] Advanced Placement
Fountain Valley High School is known for a rigorous advanced placement (or AP) program which allows high school student to study college level course work. Nearly every AP course available is offered at FVHS and the students tend to score fairly well.[citation needed] Newsweek magazine has annually ranked United States public high schools according to AP scores. Since the mid-90's, FVHS has ranked in the top 100 schools multiple times.
[edit] Sports
The school currently competes in the Sunset League and is a part of the California Interscholastic Federation(CIF). Among the numerous athletic programs at FVHS: baseball, football, girls' cross country have excelled in the past. The baseball team closed out the 1994 and 1995 seasons ranked second in the nation, while the girls’ cross-country team has won the Sunset League title for each of the past three years, not to mention a 2005 CIF championship. One of the most decorated extra-curricular activities of Fountain Valley is the marching band. The Fountain Valley Royal Regiment is currently ranked 6th in the West Coast and is made up of 160 members. Fountain Valley (FV) lost the Bell Game 2 years in a row to the Edison Chargers.
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[edit] Notable alumni
- Michelle Pfeiffer, actress.
- Andre Sommersell, football player.
- Ken Margerum, football player.
- Summer Altice, actress.
- Lisa Marie Scott, actress.
- Matt Stevens Former NFL Quarterback & College Football Analyst.
[edit] Facts
- For the first few years after opening, Fountain Valley High School had a larger student population than any other high school west of the Mississippi.[citation needed] This was due to the rather sudden and large migration of new families to the area and the lack of a public school system prepared to accommodate them. During these years the school days were split in half with grades 9 & 10 coming during one half of the day, while 11 & 12th graders would come during the other half.
- Fountain Valley High School and its chief rival, Edison High School, were actually constructed with the same blue prints. Prior to the demolition of the 300 building at FVHS, a FVHS student on Edison's campus would find that the old differences between the two schools' building layouts were the trim: FVHS has a blue and gold trim while Edison has a Green and Gold trim.
- Midway through the 1997 film Wag the Dog, there is a short clip showing students in a High School Gym interrupt a basketball game by throwing shoes on to the gym floor. This scene was filmed at FVHS during Fall 1996 and utilized the 1997 graduating class as extras. If you pause the clip at the correct point, one can see the school's song hanging on the gym's wall.
- In March 2005, the Fountain Valley High School drumline and band was filmed in Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" music video.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "FVHS Band films with Gwen Stefani". Fountain Valley High School. March 4, 2005. Retrieved from No Doubt Unofficial International Fanclub January 9, 2007.
