Castro Valley High School
| Castro Valley High School | |
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| Location | |
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Castro Valley, California U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 37°42′13.22″N 122°4′41.79″W / 37.7036722°N 122.0782750°WCoordinates: 37°42′13.22″N 122°4′41.79″W / 37.7036722°N 122.0782750°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1956 |
| School district | Castro Valley Unified School District |
| Principal | Blaine Torpey |
| Number of students | 2,975 (2012–2013) |
| School color(s) | Green and gold |
| Mascot | Trojans |
| Newspaper | The Olympian |
| Yearbook | Palladium |
| Website | cv |
| Castro Valley High School | |
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| We are born to seek the truth | |
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| Type | Monthly newspaper |
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 19400 Santa Maria Avenue Castro Valley, CA 94546 |
| Website | cvhsolympian |
| Free online archives | cvhsolympian |
Castro Valley High School is located in the unincorporated suburban community of Castro Valley, California, United States. It is a comprehensive public high school for grades 9 to 12. Named a National Exemplary School in 1984–85 and 1988–89, it was a California Distinguished School in 1987–88, 2000-01, and 2009.
It is part of the Castro Valley Unified School District.
As a comprehensive high school, Castro Valley High School provides a wide variety of course offerings, including advanced, honors, and Advanced Placement courses. Advanced, Honors, and AP courses include Advanced Algebra 2, 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, and 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 2013–14 school year 313 students took the SAT with a mean Critical Reading score of 533, a mean Math score of 568 and a mean Writing score of 529. During the 2013–14 school year, the ACT was taken by 166 students with a mean score of 25.3 on the composite.
Castro Valley High School offers an extensive 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 that showcase professional and amateur performances of music and theater.
CVHS also has a music department, offering vocal classes, orchestra, band and jazz band courses. The CVHS choirs are directed by Laryssa Sadoway. The A Cappella choirs and the Madrigals have placed in the Golden State Choral Festival (Northern California). In 2013, the A Cappella choir won fourth place. In 2014, the Madrigals won 4th place. In 2015, both A Cappella and Madrigals placed, with fifth and third respectively.
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