Valencia High School (Santa Clarita, California)
| Valencia High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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27801 N. Dickason Drive Valencia, California United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Learning For Life |
| Established | 1994 |
| Principal | John Costanzo |
| Faculty | approx. 121 |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Number of students | 3000+ |
| Color(s) |
Purple Gold |
| Athletics |
Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Soccer Softball Swimming Track & Field Tennis Volleyball Dance Lacrosse Cheerleading |
| Athletics conference | CIF Southern Section |
| Mascot | Vick the Viking |
| Newspaper | The Viking Vision |
| Yearbook | The Viking Voyager |
| Website | Valencia High School |
Valencia High School is a public secondary school located in the Santa Clarita, California community of Valencia, California, and part of the William S. Hart Union High School District.
The former principal of Valencia High School is Dr. Paul Priesz. He was named Principal of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators for 2002 and came in 8th place for California's 2004 National High School Principal of the Year . Dr.Paul Priesz is now retired and the new principal of Valencia High School is John Costanzo who was previously the principal of Rio Norte Junior High School .
Valencia High School is ranked in Newsweek's 2012 list of America's Best High Schools. The list is based on six components provided by school administrators: graduation rate (25 percent), college matriculation rate (25 percent), AP/IB/AICE tests taken per student (25 percent), average SAT/ACT scores (10 percent), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10 percent), and AP courses offered per student (5 percent).
Valencia High School opened on September 9, 1994.
Highlights include:
Valencia High School has an award-winning video program. The video program has entered their productions into competitions such as the Student Television Network, (AAHSFF) All American High School Film Festival, (NFFTY) National Film Festival For Talented Youth and the Santa Clarita Film Festival. Eric Hernandez won the Best High School Film Award in 2006 for his film "Living Reflection." The video program also features the daily live-television program, VTV. VTV is an early morning news broadcast to the entire school, updating the school on club information, current events, weather, and sports. In 2007, VTV became a member of the National Student Television Network (STN), and participated in the 2007 tournament at the Disneyland hotel. The VTV team took 3rd place at the tournament. In April 2009 VTV also won first place in the 12 Hour Film Festival, for their short film "Hugh takes a Chance". Their other film, Reading to Jack, written and directed by John Savant, won best high school film at the Santa Clarita film festival. Reading to Jack also won best screenplay at STN 2010, and has been entered into other film festivals. In 2012, VTV won Best Picture at the STN Film Festival for their film "Shakespeare and Tacos", and VTV's Macky Brazina won First Place for Anchoring. In 2016, Kyle Tisdale became the first Production Manager in the history of the program. Later that year, 8 films produced under him screened at AAHSFF (The All American High School Film Festival). In addition, the program began work on an extensive documentary named "The In Word", an exploration of the etymology of the titular "In Word", which features interviews from prominent music industry professionals such as Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, Jermaine Jackson, and Kendrick Lamar.
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