Castro Valley High School
Coordinates: 37°42′13.22″N 122°4′41.79″W / 37.7036722°N 122.0782750°W
| Castro Valley High School | |
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Castro Valley, California U.S. | |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1956 |
| Principal | Blaine Torpey[1] |
| Number of students | 2,975 (2012-2013)[2] |
| School color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Mascot | Trojans |
| Website | http://castrovalleyhigh.org/ |
Castro Valley High School is a comprehensive public high school for grades 9 to 12 and is located in the unincorporated suburban community of Castro Valley, California, U.S. Named a National Exemplary School in 1984-85 and 1988–89, it was a California Distinguished School in 1987-88 and 2000-01. It is part of the Castro Valley Unified School District.[3] Castro Valley High School has been named a 2009 California Distinguished School.[4]
Academics
As a comprehensive high school, Castro Valley High School provides a wide variety of course offerings, including Advanced, Honors, and Advanced Placement courses. These courses are: Advanced Sophomore English, AP Calculus AB and BC, Honors American Literature, AP Statistics, AP English Literature, AP Computer Science, AP United States History, AP Economics, AP Biology, AP European History, Honors Chemistry, AP Studio Art, AP Chemistry, AP Art History, Honors Physics, Honors Chamber Orchestra, AP Environmental Science, Honors American Sign Language, AP Spanish, AP French, AP German, AP Japanese.
Castro Valley High is the only high school in the United States to offer Honors American Sign Language.
In 2008, CVHS opened a new, state-of-the-art library that includes computer labs, teaching spaces, study areas, periodicals and an updated book collection.
Students receive a variety of awards for their achievements including: Academic Blocks, Renaissance Program, California Scholarship Federation and Departmental Awards from individual faculty members. At graduation students are ranked for Honors (3.5 - 3.74), High Honors (3.75 - 3.99) and Highest Honors (4.0 and above).
During the 2007-08 school year 391 seniors took the SAT with a mean Critical Reading score of 516, a mean Math score of 544 and a mean Writing score of 520. In addition, during the 2007-08 school year, the ACT was taken by 115 students with a mean score of 23.1 on the composite.
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Castro Valley High School offers an array of visual art courses that allow students to explore interests, improve skills and learn about career options in arts-related fields. Current course offerings feature a variety of hands-on art experiences and include traditional and digital art options.
During the 2005–2006 school year, the Center for the Arts, a state-of-the-art facility that includes a theater, classrooms and an art gallery, was built on the eastern edge of the campus. The theater hosts productions from CVHS' drama classes starring as well as professional and amateur performances of music and theater. The art gallery exhibits student artwork along with work from professional artists from Castro Valley and the East Bay.
CVHS also has a music department, offering vocal classes (such as the Madrigal Chamber Choir), orchestra, band and jazz band courses. CVHS choirs (A Cappella and Madrigals) have placed in the Golden State Festival (Northern California).
The Olympian
The Olympian is the school's student newspaper. Students in the school’s journalism class produce the print and online newspaper. The Olympian has received many student journalism awards from the Journalism Education Association, Quill and Scroll and more.
Demographics
Student enrollment in the 2012 - 2013 school year was approximately 2,975 students. Ethnic Makeup:
- 31.2% Caucasian
- 24.1% Asian
- 22.8% Hispanic/Latino
- 7.6% African American
- 2.8% Filipino
- 10.0% Multi/No Response
- .5% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
- .3% American Indian or Alaska Native
Notable alumni
- Christopher Andersen, journalist, former editor of Time and People magazines, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author
- Jeff Beal, Emmy award winning composer
- Brodie Brazil, Emmy award winning reporter for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area/Comcast SportsNet California and San Jose Sharks sideline reporter
- Cliff Burton, former bassist for Metallica
- Tracy W. Bush, composer and sound designer for World of Warcraft, StarCraft, WarCraft III, and Tabula Rasa
- Jason Castro, Selected 10th overall in the 2008 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros
- Luenell, actress in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
- Richard Pontzious, co-founder with Yehudi Menuhin of the Asian Youth Orchestra, of which he continues to serve as artistic director and conductor.
- Nero Bellum, vocalist and composer for psyclon nine
- Jonas Rivera, producer of Pixar's 2009 movie, Up (2009 film)
- Brad Wellman, MLB player 1982-1989, Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants
- Amy Berg (writer), American TV writer and producer
- Rachel Maddow, American political commentator and host of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show
- Jim Martin, former guitarist for Faith No More
- Mike Bordin, drummer for Faith No More
- Rick Rodriguez, Former professional baseball player (Oakland Athletics, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants)
- Brandon Choi, JustKiddingFilms member
- Holly Kernan, Journalist, KQED Executive Editor of News
References
- ↑ http://www.cv.k12.ca.us/schools/castro-valley-high-school
- ↑ http://www.cv.k12.ca.us/schools/castro-valley-high-school
- ↑ Moskal, Mary Kay; Keneman, Ayn F. (2011-10-14). Literacy Leadership to Support Reading Improvement. Guilford Press. pp. 92–. ISBN 9781609184902. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
- ↑ Noceda, Kristofer (2009-04-02). "Castro Valley High in distinguished company". The Daily Review (Bay Area News Group). Retrieved 2009-04-22.