San Ramon Valley High School

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San Ramon Valley High School
Location
Danville, California
Information
Principal Joseph Ianora
Enrollment

2,100+
Type Public
Campus Suburban
Athletics conference East Bay Athletic League
Color(s) Green and Gold
Established 1910
Homepage http://www.srvhs.org
Entrance sign
Entrance sign
One of the new buildings
One of the new buildings
Plaque containing the schools early history
Plaque containing the schools early history

San Ramon Valley High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the East Bay neighborhood of Danville, California, USA. It is part of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. It is a National Blue Ribbon school from the Blue Ribbon Schools Program as well as a California Distinguished School. San Ramon Valley High's mascot is the Wolf.

SRVHS's cross town rival is Monte Vista High School.


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[edit] Academics

San Ramon Valley High School has the highest API score in the district at 867. Newsweek ranked San Ramon Valley High School as the number one high school in the district in a 2006 study of US high schools. San Ramon Valley was ranked #855 in the nation in 2006, #817 in 2007; the other high schools in the district, California High School and Monte Vista High School were ranked #983 and #1034 respectively. [1]

[edit] Athletics

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The track and field team has been very successful over the past two seasons. The boy's team was the undefeated league champion in 2006 and 2007 . The girl's team was undefeated during East Bay Athletic League dual meets. However, the girl's team lost the EBAL Championship in 2006 to cross-town rival Monte Vista High School, but won the EBAL Championship in 2007. In the spring of 2008 San Ramon Valley High School mens lacrosse won NCS championship. In the 2008 winter season, womens soccer won NCS championship.

The football team is a prestigious program in Northern California, and one of the top programs in the State. It is a member of the EBAL league, and won and NCS championship against Cardinal Newman in 2007. The team is coached by Dave Kravitz and has many Division 1 alumni including Corbin Louks, Zack Madonick, Paul Martinez, Sam Keller, and others. The team was ranked 360th in the country and 26th in the state by Max Preps.

Samuel Finlayson, a water polo player, was the national winner of the 2006 Wendy's High School Heisman Award.

The Boys Cross-Country Team has been EBAL Champions in 1973, 1987, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and NCS Champions in 1973, 1987, and 2002.

The Boy's Volleyball team has been EBAL Champions in 1993, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, and has won NCS in 1994, and most recently earned back to back titles in 2004 and 2005 behind stellar leadership and a tremendous offensive attack which often crippled the competition.

[edit] Clubs

San Ramon Valley High has a number of clubs geared towards all interests, among them are a Music Exploration Club, an Anime Club, a DDR club, and a variety of others. Many of these clubs such as the Key Club, NHS, and CSF are aimed at improving the community. Many clubs are often founded for the purpose of raising awareness of various cultures. Examples include the Asian Awareness Club, French Club, Jewish Student Union, and the Black Student Union.[1]

One of the newest clubs is the SRHVS Table Tennis Club (also known as: Ping Pong). Founded in 2006 by Arian Rezazadeh (current president) and Camron Kazerounian, it has recently tripled in size and there is talk of a Table Tennis club starting at school rival Monte Vista as well. There is reason to believe that by 2009 there will be inter-scholarly tournaments in the SRVUSD.[citation needed]

[edit] Performing Arts

San Ramon is recognized as having a remarkable performing arts program. The choir under the direction of Ken Abrams and recently won both categories of the 2007 Golden State Choral Competition, an unprecedented feat. The Theatre and Dance programs as well have taken home various awards from competitions across California. In February 2008, the choir performed at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Western Divisional Conference in Anaheim, California. This was the first time in history that the choir has been invited to such a prestigious event.

The San Ramon Valley Theatre awards include:

2000 Superior Ensemble, Silver Acting Honor, Silver Acting Award, 2001 Gerard Larson Best Production, Ultimate Gold Performer, Silver Acting Honor, Bronze Acting Honor, 2002 Superior Production, Gold Performer, Silver Performer, Bronze Performer, Gold Duet Performance, Silver Duet Performance, 2003 Gerard Larson Best Production, Ultimate Gold Performer, Gold Duet Performance, 2004 Superior Production, Gold Performers, Most Improved Duet, 2005 Command Performance, 1st Place Monologue Performance, Command Performance Monologue, Command Performance Monologue, 2006 Silver Superior Production, Silver Duet Performance, 2007 Bronze Superior Production, Outstanding Performer-One Act, Gold Monologue Performance, Silver Monologue Performance, Gold Duet Performance, Bronze Duet Performance

The San Ramon Valley Instrumental Jazz Combo is a group of students coming from both the Jazz Band and the Jazz Ensemble, who do not practice during the school hours. They currently consist of:

  • Alec Graham on Trumpet
  • Sean Lukito on Tenor Sax
  • Sean "Wonder Child" O'Hara on Bass
  • Mike Colman on Guitar
  • Robbie Pruett on Drums

Recently the Marching Band, Jazz Ensemble, and Jazz band went to a competition in Merced and they all placed well. Marching band received first in their class, Jazz band received third in their competition, and the Jazz Ensemble won sweepstakes for the whole Jazz competition.

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] Demographics

The racial breakdown of SRVHS is as follows[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Newsweek rankings of the top US high schools. MSNBC (2006-05-23). Retrieved on 2006-11-06.

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