| West Valley High School | |
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| Location | |
| 3401 Mustang Way Hemet, CA 92545 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public High School |
| Principal | Alex Ballard |
| Information | (951) 765-1600 |
| Website | http://www.hemetusd.k12.ca.us/sites/wvhs/home/ |
West Valley High School is a high school that serves around 1,800 students on the western side of Hemet, California. The school is accredited by the WASC Accrediting Commission for Schools and also has become an AVID Demonstration School. West Valley High school's mascot is the Mustang.
Student activities include ASB, Mock Trial, Academic Decathlon, Navy JROTC and Link Crew. The Navy JROTC, Academic Decathlon, FFA, a Mock United Nations and Mock Trial have all earned many county awards and recognition in competitive events. West Valley High School's Academic Decathlon team has won the Riverside County Competition three years in a row, in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
West Valley High School was created in 1989 to accommodate the growing population of Hemet, California. The student and teacher population of Hemet Junior High (closed in 1990) worked to create a name, mascot and colors (maroon and gray) for the school. West Valley opened in the fall of 1990 to freshman and sophomores only. It expanded to Juniors the following year and graduated its first class of Seniors on June 17, 1993.
The school moved to a brand new facility on the west end of Hemet in 1996. It is unique in that the football stadium (often called Mustang Canyon) is incorporated as the centerpiece of the campus. In 2006 the football field was upgraded to artificial turf and the originally planned pool was also completed.