Bonita Vista High School
Bonita Vista High School (BVH) in Chula Vista, California, was a four-year middle school founded in 1966, until it was converted to a three-year high school in 1968 when Bonita Vista Middle School opened. It is now a four-year high school. 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. Although their rival school is currently Eastlake High School, the principal of EHS has considered changing their rival to Otay Ranch High School because Bonita's league may be changed in the near future.
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
A graduate of Bonita Vista High School will meet district academic content and performance standards and will be a:
SELF-DIRECTED LEARNER
• 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 MEMBER
• 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
- J. Stephen "Steve" Peace, twerp, film writer and producer (``Attack of the Killer Tomatoes series), and a US Democratic politician from California.
- Gayle McCandliss, Past Mayor of Chula Vista
- Shirley Horton, Prior Mayor of Chula Vista and current Assemblywoman
- Charisma Carpenter, actress, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
- Joel Zumaya, MLB relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
- Andrew Cunanan, murderer of Gianni Versace among others.
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