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Revision as of 10:48, 5 February 2009
Bonita Vista High School | |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1966 |
Principal | Bettina Batista |
Enrollment | 2,800 |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Navy Blue and Gold ██ |
Website | Updated Site |
Bonita Vista High school (BVH) is a public, four year (grade levels 9-12) high school located in the city of Chula Vista, California. Bonita Vista High School is one of the few schools that has both the IB and AP programs. It is part of the Sweetwater Union High School District, and currently has about 2,800 students. BVH's Mascot is that of a Baron.
Bonita Vista High School was a two-year middle school founded in 1966, until it was converted to a three-year high school in 1968, then later re-converted to a four-year high school.
Mission statement
The mission of the Bonita Vista High School educational community is to facilitate learning by providing multiple opportunities for students to explore, learn, experience and enjoy all that the various disciplines offer. Our teachers will be professionals by exhibiting genuine warmth and concern while demonstrating enthusiasm for their subject, inspiring curiosity, and fostering thinking skills so that the teacher is part of an interactive learning process in which all students have the opportunity to discuss, question, and analyze. Our students' education will include both academic and vocational opportunities to ensure that each of them has the opportunity to develop to his/her full potential through a wide variety of academic and extracurricular activities.
- In the shadow of the mountain
- Bonita Vista lies
- We are guided carefully through the years
- Beneath the spacious skies
- Though we journey to a distant shore
- We'll remain your friends forever more
- Bonita Vista High
- BONITA VISTA HIGH.
Baron standards of excellence
The district has set the following exit goals as expectations for all graduates:
Self-Directed Learners
- • Uses skills and knowledge to work towards achievement of personal education, and career goals.
- • Maintains mental, physical and social wellness.
- • Acts responsibly, honestly, and ethically.
Culturally Empowered Community Members
- • Contributes to and models democratic values through awareness, participation and service.
- • Promotes understanding of self, others and the environment.
- • Demonstrates knowledge of a global perspective and cultural diversity.
Effective Communicator
- • Listens, speaks, reads and writes appropriately.
- • Uses symbols and relationships to clarify mathematical concepts.
- • Uses technology to access, manipulate and produce information.
- • Uses and responds to creative and artistic expression.
Productive Individual
- • Uses critical thinking to solve problems and make decisions.
- • Identifies, plans and uses resources effectively to produce quality work,
- • Participates independently as well as in a group to complete tasks.
Notable alumni
- Joel Zumaya, MLB relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
- Matt Cameron, drummer of Pearl Jam
- Charisma Carpenter, TV/Film actress
- Ilan Rubin, drummer currently with Lostprophets
- Andrew Phillip Cunanan, murdered Gianni Versace and 4 others[1]
- Marcos Curiel, Guitarist for rock band P.O.D
- Stephanie Swift, adult film actress
- Shirley Horton, Politician
References
- ^ http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/mass/cunanan/world_3.html supports the claim that he attended Bonita, retrieved November 25,2008
See also
External links