Egan Junior High School
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| Type | Public |
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| Principal | Brenda Dyckman |
| Grades | 7-8 |
| Location | Los Altos, California, U.S. |
| Colors | Blue and Yellow |
| Mascot | Viking |
| Newspaper | Viking Voice |
| Website | eganschool.org |
Ardis G. Egan Junior High School is a middle school for seventh and eighth graders in Los Altos, California. It is part of the Los Altos School District. Most of Egan's five hundred students live in Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, though a few live in Mountain View.[1] Egan is named for Ardis G. Egan, founder and former Superintendent of the Los Altos School District.[2]
Egan is mainly fed by local elementary schools of the same district, Almond, Santa Rita, and Covington. Egan has inherited these school's high success rates, ranking as one of the top intermediate schools in the state.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
Egan is a well recognized school, second in awards only to its greatest rival, Blach Intermediate School. In both 1988 and 1990, Egan was chosen as a California Distinguished School[3] and has often scored high in STAR testing. It has been reported as the public school with the highest STAR test scores in California numerous times.[4] From 1999-2000 through the 2001-02 school year, Egan was ranked as the top junior high school in the state based on its performance on the Academic Performance Index (API) Growth Reports.[5]
[edit] Education
Egan has considerably above average mathematics, language, and eighth grade history departments.[6] 10% of the students currently attending Egan qualify for GATE level.[citation needed]
It is among one of the few schools which reside in the Bay Area that offers two Spanish classes: the regular Spanish 1A class and a Spanish Conversation class. Like all schools in the Los Altos School District, Egan has a musical program. Their band, orchestra, and chorus visit Disneyland every year to perform at a concert (Magic Music Days).[7]
Egan is well funded with a variety of electives, including Technology, Music, Languages, and Miscellaneous Items, such as Art, Newspaper, Yearbook, Leadership, and Foods. It includes a variety of classes that allow students to learn teaching, secretary skills, and librarian skills. It also has many well-funded main courses, Algebra, Science, History, English, and Physical Education. Los Altos's wealthy environment helps Egan's education funding.
Egan has sports programs for boys and girls in soccer, basketball, tennis, track and field, cross-country, volleyball, wrestling, football, and others. Egan students also compete in the national MathCounts and AMC8 Math competitions.
Students are given awards for a variety of achievements, the most notable being the "Block E", which is earned through sports, after-school activities, and service to the school.[8]
[edit] Spirit Days
Along with academics, Egan has "spirit days." These days include two "blue and gold days", when students dress in conventional to wacky blue and gold clothing; four dances per year; the Spring Fling talent show; and Holiday Faire, in which students make their own crafts and items and sell them in order to socialize, meet new people, and learn business skills. Scattered throughout the year, there are a few other spirit days and school holidays varying from year to year, such as: Turkey Trot, Movie Night, Bowl-a-Rama, Mystery bucket (also Disney Day), Superhero,and Sports Day.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ Los Altos Elementary Attendance Areas, accessed January 2, 2007
- ^ Overview of Egan Junior High — Home of the Vikings, accessed January 2, 2007
- ^ Cal. Dept. of Education, "Distinguished School Awards: Award Winners for Santa Clara County," accessed December 1, 2006.
- ^ LASD tops in test scores for third year in a row, Los Altos Town Crier, October 24, 2001
- ^ Sara Ballenger, Egan named No. 1 jr. high school in state for third year in a row, Los Altos Town Crier, October 30, 2002
- ^ Egan Overview, accessed January 22, 2007
- ^ Disney Land Trip, accessed January 22, 2007
- ^ Viking Pin, Block E and Star Awards, accessed January 2, 2007
- ^ Holiday Faire 2006, accessed January 2, 2007
[edit] External links
- Egan School home page
- Egan School Reviews
- Egan Junior High School is at coordinates Coordinates:
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