Goleta Valley Junior High
| Goleta Valley Jr. High School | |
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| Location | |
| 6100 Stow Canyon Road. Goleta, CA United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1964[1] |
| School district | Santa Barbara School Districts |
| Principal | Veronica Rogers[2] |
| Grades | 7-8 |
| Enrollment | 820 |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Information | (805) 967-3486 |
| Website | www.GVJH.org |
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Goleta Valley Junior High School is a junior high school in Goleta, California, just northwest of Santa Barbara, California in the Goleta Valley foothills. With a student body of about 820 students in grades 7th and 8th, Goleta Valley J.H. employs about thirty five teachers as part of the Santa Barbara School Districts.[3] GVJH or simply GV is a National Blue Ribbon School.[4]
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[edit] Students
The students are known as Mariners. They are further divided into four houses (as is done in the United Kingdom): Sea Monkeys, Golden Vikings, Pirates, and Buccaneers. The houses compete for House Points in traditional school spirit events, . At the end of the year the house with the most points wins the "Mariner Cup."
[edit] Electives
[edit] Seventh Graders
For 7th graders the school offers fewer choices. Students must take the exploratory wheel. The wheel has two classes in which students switch classes at the end of a semester, and two that do not rotate. The classes on the wheel are industrial technology, and either Art or Theater Art. If students choose too, they can audition for an advanced performing arts class, taken during the first semester. Students in the Beginning Band and Orchestra do not rotate in the wheel.
In addition to the wheel, students are given the options to take an Advanced Band class before school, and a Spanish 1-2 class after school.
[edit] Eighth Graders
For eighth graders GVJH offers more choices including:
- Spanish
- Industrial Technology
- AVID
- Art
- Office Aid
- Leadership
- Performing Arts
- Beginning Band
- Advanced Band
- Orchestra
- Library Aid
- Chinese 1-2
Coordinates: 34°27′2″N 119°50′5″W / 34.45056°N 119.83472°W[5]
[edit] References
- ^ GVJH History
- ^ Welcome to the GVJH Administration page!
- ^ Santa Barbara School Districts | Goleta Valley Junior High School
- ^ Goleta Valley Junior High Home Page
- ^ "Goleta Valley Junior High School". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:271348.
