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Amador Valley High School
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Amador Valley High School Emblem
Location
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1155 Santa Rita Road
Pleasanton, CA 94566

United States
Coordinates37°40′08″N 121°52′27″W / 37.6689°N 121.8743°W / 37.6689; -121.8743
Information
TypeComprehensive Public High School
MottoSchool of Champions
EstablishedMarch 14, 1922
School districtPleasanton Unified School District
SuperintendentJohn Casey
PrincipalBill Coupe
Faculty109.4 (on full-time equivalent (FTE) basis)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,597 (as of 2007–08)[1]
Student to teacher ratio22.4[2]
Campus size39.27 acres (15.89 ha)[3]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)   Purple and Gold
MascotThe Don
NewspaperThe Amadon
Feeder schoolsHarvest Park Middle School, Pleasanton Middle School, Hart Middle School
Information925-461-6600
WebsiteSchool web site

Amador Valley High School (commonly Amador or AVHS) is a public high school located in Template:City-state, a suburban town east of San Francisco. Amador is a part of the Pleasanton Unified School District, which also includes Foothill High School, Village High School, and Horizon High School. The school was founded as Amador Valley Joint Union High School and had its first class graduate in 1923. The school has been named a California Distinguished School,[4][5][6] a National School of Character,[7] and a National Blue Ribbon School.[8][9]

Amador offers 23 varsity sports and 20 Advanced Placement courses for its 2,500 students, as well as vocational training and a program to study the local Arroyo del valle. A monthly school publication titled the Amadon reports on athletics, academics, extracurriculars, and news of the school, community, and nation. Located near Pleasanton downtown, the school has been the launch point of multiple parades. A historical building on the Amador Valley campus, the Amador Theater, has been the city's central performing arts facility for over 60 years.[10]

Student groups including the Marching Band and Math Team have traveled out of California after achieving high ranking in state competitions. In national competitions such as We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, the Amador Valley team has ranked in the top four places nationally from 2006 to 2009.[11] Similarly, the Amador Valley Robotics Team is also recognized nationally as the only high school team in the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) competition hosted by Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).[12][13]

History

Named after the Amador Valley (part of the Tri-Valley area of the San Francisco East Bay), itself named after wealthy California rancher Don Jose Maria Amador,[14] Amador Valley High School was originally named Amador Valley Joint Union High School.[15] The school was founded on March 14, 1922, as part of the Amador Valley Joint Union High School District (AVJUHSD), out of concerns for overcrowding and transportation for students travelling to other schools.[16] For four decades, Amador Valley would be the only high school in the Amador-Livermore Valley Region.[17]

The first class of eight students graduated in 1923, and the school quickly became known for its municipal bands and sports teams.[18] The school selected the Don as its mascot, in honor of the title used by Amador;[14] it is a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian term used as a mark of high esteem for a distinguished nobleman, similar to the British respect title "Lord."

Parents of Amador Valley students would slowly get more and more involved with student activities. In 1927, Pleasanton mothers decided to start a school lunch program to help students learn better. Parents donated pots and pans, and a newly hired cook prepared lunches. The custodian and the music teacher constructed tables and benches out of lumber formerly on horse stalls on campus. This activity led to the formation of a Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) chapter at Amador Valley in the late 1920s.[19]

From 1922 to 1988, the school was part of the AVJUHSD.[15][20] Originally this district also taught students from nearby Dublin and served the local rural community.[21][22] In the late 1930s, the Amador Theater was built as part of the Amador Valley High School campus. The theater hosted school plays, band concerts, performances, lectures, and assemblies, and was the former home of the successful theatre group Cask and Mask, now known as "The Masquers".[10] After a series of freeways was built pursuant to the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, the increased population produced an increase in student enrollment.[23][24]

Beige building with red roof. Grassy field in front and tree-covered hill in the back. A group of students sits on a bench facing the building.
School campus with the Pleasanton Ridge in the background

Much of the original Amador Valley High School building was torn down in 1968 and replaced. In 1969, new buildings were required after Amador Valley reached maximum capacity at about 1,895 students. Dublin High School was founded to accommodate student needs, but for the 1968–69 school year, both high schools were on double sessions on the Amador Valley campus.[25] As more families moved to the Pleasanton region, Foothill High School was formed in 1973.[17][26]

In 1978, the AVJUHSD challenged the constitutionality of California Proposition 13, which placed a cap on county real estate taxes. The district was unsuccessful in its suit; the judges distinguished between "amendment" and "revision." The court confirmed that an initiative cannot "revise" the constitution; Proposition 13 did not, however, "revise" the California Constitution but "amended" it.[27][28] Amador Valley was cited by dissenting Justice Carlos R. Moreno in arguing the non-constitutionality of California Proposition 8.[29]

From November 3 to November 5 in 1986, Amador Valley teachers went on a three-day strike to "protest a breakdown in negotiations for a new contract." The school brought in substitutes to replace the picketing teachers.[30]

In 1988, voters approved the unification of several school districts in the region. On July 1, 1988, AVJUHSD merged with the Pleasanton Joint School District to form the Pleasanton Unified School District.[31][32] As of 2009, the district contains two comprehensive high schools (Amador Valley and Foothill), two continuation high schools (Horizon and Village), three middle schools, seven elementary schools, and an adult education program.[33]

On the left, a beige two-story building with large windows. The front of the building says "Library Media Center." On the right, a smaller beige building and a large tree
The library and media center is the tallest building on the Amador Valley campus.[34]

In March 1997, the city passed Measure B, which granted the school district $69 million dollars to replace old and crowded facilites[34] and modernize the school campus. Renovated science classrooms, a multipurpose room, a library and media center, and a sound-proofed music building were added. Additional room was also added to the central quad and an existing parking lot, and classrooms were made more energy efficient.[35] According to Amador Valley librarian Ellen Bell, the new library and media center was designed to be "open, spacious and exciting."[34] The renovations revived one of the school's last original structures: the Amador Theater, the city's most popular performing arts facility.[10][17]

The school grounds are bordered on the east and southeast by Santa Rita Road and the Altamont Commuter Express (ACE).[21] Because of the school's proximity to Main Street and downtown, Amador Valley High School is the launch point for the annual Pleasanton Hometown Holidays Celebration Parade and the annual Fall Festival Parade, a permanent part of the Alameda County Fair since the 1940s.[36][37]

In 1999, responding to a directive from the California Superintendent of Education, the district identified character education as one of its goals.[38] As selected by the community, six character traits (Responsibility, Compassion, Self-Discipline, Honesty, Respect, and Integrity) were listed as "expected behaviors" for Pleasanton. In 2004, Amador Valley and the school district won national recognition (National School of Character) for its program emphasizing the Community of Character.[32]

In 2004, a new two-story building was completed, containing twenty-four new classrooms. The following year, the Charles “Chuck” Volonte Aquatic Center was built for Amador Valley's swimming, diving, and water polo teams. Lighting retrofits were added in December 2004 for improved energy efficiency and illumination.[35] In 2005, Amador Valley High School was the first high school to join the worldwide Go Green Initiative. In the same year, Pleasanton was selected as the "Go Green City of the Year."[39]

Academics

Three high school students stand beside a beautiful creek. Two hold a net in the stream, the third points towards the water.
A group of Amador Valley students study aquatic wildlife with Project Creek Watch at Arroyo del valle.

Amador Valley operates on a 7:00 a.m. to 3:09 p.m. schedule (8:48 a.m to 2:55 p.m. on Wednesdays to provide time to teachers for collaborative planning). This includes seven periods of instruction, a lunch, and a brunch.[40] Amador Valley is a closed campus; students are not allowed to leave school supervision during school hours.[41]

Performance results for 2008 show Amador Valley with an Academic Performance Index (API) of 10 on a 10-point scale.[42] Newsweek ranked Amador Valley High School 317th in its 2008 list of the 1,300 Best High Schools in America.[43] As of the 2006–07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,552 students and 109.0 classroom teachers (on an full-time equivalent (FTE) basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 23.4.[2]

Amador Valley curriculum offers 20 Advanced Placement classes, the most popular of which are AP Psychology, AP English Language and Composition, and AP United States History.[35] Nearly half of Amador Valley students participate in the school's AP Program. The average participant takes 4.3 exams and 87.5 percent of students pass.[44] The school offers the complete range of AP courses in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), as well as AP Language courses and their Literature complements in English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish. Amador Valley also offers AP courses in Social Sciences and Visual and Performing Arts.[35] The school offers specialized instruction through Vocational education as part of the valley-wide Regional Occupational Program. Courses offered include computer-assisted drafting, electronics, welding, medical training, and auto body repair.[45]

The Amador Valley science department initiated Project Creek Watch in 1994. The project provides students with resources for the long term study of Arroyo del Valle; these resources include data descriptions, a virtual tour of the creek, a guide to flora and fauna, and student projects on aquatic species. In 2001, Amador biology teacher Eric Thiel and the school received a National Semiconductor "Internet Innovator Award" for the Project Creek Watch website.[46]

Awards

President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister are on the right of a high school student. The high school student speaks. In the background are more high school students and important political figures.
President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda talk with Amador Valley representative at the 2008 G8 Summit.[47]

Students from Amador Valley have ranked highly in the Scripps National Spelling Bee,[48] the National Vocabulary Championship,[48] and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.[49][50] Amador Valley students participate annually in the American Invitational Mathematics Examination (AIME)[51] and the examinations for placement on the USA Physics Olympiad Team.[52][53] A student of Amador Valley, Corinne Tu, is one of eight Californians to win the prestigious Presidential Scholar award in 2008 based on her "academic excellence, artistic accomplishments, and civic contributions."[54]

In 2008, a team of Amador Valley students won the national UNICEF-sponsored Junior 8 (J8) Competition. The team traveled to Toyako, Japan to attend the 2008 Group of Eight (G8) Summit of World Leaders to collaborate on solutions to world problems.[55]

Enrollment

In the 2008–2009 school year, Amador Valley High School had an enrollment of 2,515 students. The student population at Amador Valley is predominantly White, with a large Asian American minority and smaller Hispanic and Latino Americans and African American minorities.[56] Seven percent of Amador Valley students are involved in special education, three percent qualify for english language learner support, and two percent qualify for free or reduced price lunch.[41]

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

As of 2009, the school offers 12 varsity sports teams for boys and 11 varsity sports teams for girls. Additional sports run by the Amador Valley Athletics Boosters include golf and cross country.[57] Amador Valley competes under the East Bay Athletic League and has won four EBAL Championships.[58][59]

A female high school basketball player dribbles the ball towards the camera with a focused look on her face. Behind her trail basketball members from her team and the opposing team. All are running towards the camera.
The Amador Valley Varsity Girls' Basketball team faces rival team Foothill High School.

The Amador Valley Booster Club also has hosted East Bay Special Olympics basketball tournaments, track meets, and volleyball competitions at Amador Valley High School since 2004.[60] The school provides facilities free of charge for three Special Olympic events: Basketball, Track, and Volleyball; coordinates parent and student volunteers; and donates proceeds from snack sales. In 2006, the Amador Valley Booster Club won "Volunteer Organization of the Year" from Special Olympics Northern California.[61] In 2009, the Booster Club provided over 200 volunteers to help with the logistics of the competition.[62]

The Amador Valley boys' water polo team was founded in 2002. After leadership of a new varsity coach (Chris Tofanelli) and guidance from former University of California, Santa Barbara water polo captain Neal Sorensen in 2008, the boys' team was able to advance to North Coast Section for the first time, finishing twelfth out of 153 qualifying schools. This led to a first round bye in their next round, the 2008 North Coast Section/Les Schwab Tires Boys' Water Polo Championship.[63] The team placed 12th.[64]

The Amador Valley Varsity Boys' and Girls' basketball teams both host an annual eight-team basketball tournament, the Amador Basketball Classic (ABC), in the first two weeks of December. The ABC brings high school basketball players and teams from within the state and outside of the state to play in Pleasanton. Each team plays four games between Wednesday and Saturday.[65] Taking place every year since December 1961, the ABC is the longest-running eight-team basketball championship in California.[66] The girls ABC tournament has been held since December 1994.[65]

Band and Color Guard

Two color guard members dressed in togas spin flags with fire designs in the middle of the DVC football field. Surrounding these color guard members are flute and saxophone players standing still and playing. They are dressed in a purple jacket and black marching pants and are wearing shakos.
The Marching Band and Color Guard performs "Heroes, Gods, and Mythical Creatures" at the 2008 WBA Championships.

Amador Valley's music program was founded in 1928 by Harry Tripp, a native of England. Tripp was the director of bands at Amador Valley, and also established an orchestra, a glee club, parades, and numerous operettas.[67] The Amador Valley band program is now the largest student activity on campus[68] and hosts the annual Campana Jazz Festival, named after Jim Campana, who led the band from 1959 to 1979.[69]

Amador Valley's band program consists of four concert bands: Wind Ensemble I, Wind Ensemble II, Wind Symphony, and Symphonic Band.[70] At the annual California Music Educators Association Band Festivals, all four of Amador Valley's concert bands regularly earn "Unanimous Superior" ratings.[71]

The Marching Band and Color Guard compete in the Western Band Association (WBA) circuit. The band practices a competitive field show, performed at football halftime shows and competitions. The Marching Dons are classified into WBA Class AAAAA.[72] The Amador Valley Marching Dons have received sweepstakes (highest score in combined AAAA and AAAAA classes) and first place awards and earned sixth place in 2008 at the WBA Championship.[73][74]

In 2006 the marching band competed in the Bands of America Regional Competition for the first time, and placed fourth in the 2007 competition. In 2005 and 2009, Amador Valley was invited to perform at the annual London New Year's Day Parade.[75]

Math Team

39 students stand on a staircase and face the camera. In the background is foliage.
The Amador Valley Math Team as part of the Pleasanton Math League won fourth place among Bay Area math teams (sixth overall of 42) at the 2009 Stanford Math Tournament.[76]

The Amador Valley Math Team placed fifth nationally on the 2008 Collaborative Problem-Solving Contest[77] and placed in the top 20 nationwide in the 2005–2008 Fall Startup Events.[78][79][80][81] Both contests are hosted by National Assessment & Testing.

In addition to on-campus math competitions, the Amador Valley Math Team also competes locally. At the 2009 Northern California Championships on April 25, 2009, the Math Team placed second in Northern California, behind Lynbrook High School and ahead of Cupertino High School, and received an invitation to MathLeague.org's multi-state championship in Kansas City. Amador Valley High School, the first to represent California at this event, finished fifth in the championship among many Midwestern teams.[82]

The Math Team combines teams with neighboring schools from Pleasanton, San Ramon, and Danville to compete as the Pleasanton Math League[83] at events such as the 2009 Stanford Math Tournament and the Stanford High School Puzzle Hunt. The Pleasanton Math League filled five Stanford Math Tournament teams and part of a sixth.[76]

The Math Team also hosts the Amador Valley Geometry Bee, modeled after the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This competition invites students from Amador Valley, Foothill High School, and the district's three middle schools to compete in timed rounds. In 2009, the style of the Bee was changed to rounds of 10 questions each, as the traditional spelling bee format did not fit the needs of the competition. The same year, the Bee was for the first time not won by a high school student but a middle school student.[82]

Robotics Team

Two teenagers look down at a small vehicle. The vehicle is enclosed in a clear plastic tube and the machinery inside is clearly visible. To the right, a female student holds the vehicle. To the left, a male student adjusts tubing on the vehicle. In the back, a middle-aged man is holding a harness for the vehicle.
Two Amador Valley students prepare AUV deployment at the Transducer Evaluation Center (TRANSDEC).

The Amador Valley Robotics Team, founded in 1999, is the first and only high school team to compete in the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Competition hosted by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI).[84][85] Each year, the team fairly independantly develops an AUV with a minimal amount of outside technical assistance to maneuver an underwater obstacle course.[86] The team first entered the competition in 2000 with its Hammerhead AUV, weighing 98 kg (220 pounds).[87] According to Daryl Davidson, the executive director of AUVSI, "The Amador group really broke the ice by being the first high school team at the competition... It caught everybody off-guard and their enthusiasm was very infectious."[86]

At the 2001 competition, Amador Valley placed second to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with its Manta Ray AUV.[13][88] The Manta Ray weighed less than 100 kg (220.4 pounds) and featured a modular design.[88] According to Jim Bales, technical director of the competition, the technical details of the Manta Ray impressed many judges and its performance surpassed a number of university teams.[86]

The Amador Valley Barracuda line, started in 2002,[89] "is propelled by two laterally mounted SeaBotix thrusters controlling speed and heading and two auxiliary thrusters aligned vertically controlling pitch and depth." To guide the AUV autonomously, a pressure sensor, compass, camera, and hydrophone array return navigation input data to the software. The AUV uses an OQO Model +01 running on Windows XP.[90]

In 2008, the team made several fundamental changes to the robot. The control system was reorganized and the mission control software was revamped to improve communication and to limit overhead. The team has also added a low-level microcontroller-based control system to free up system resourcesr. This extra processing capability is used for mission control and image processing tasks. This improves the reliability of the controls system, responsiveness of the controls, and the agility of the Barracuda.[90]

Speech and Debate

Five high school students in suits and name tags face left. They are seated on the same side of the table and smiling.
Students of Amador Valley We the People team testify in a simulated congressional hearing.

Amador Valley's main Speech and Debate teams place a heavy emphasis on law. The school's Mock Trial team represented Alameda County at the California State Championships in both 2007[91] and 2009.[92] The Mock Trial team has perennially been Alameda County finalists in this Constitutional Rights Foundation sponsored competition, holding the finalist title five of the six years from 2004–2009.[93][94][95][96][97][98] Alameda County Superior Court Judge George Hernandez, who presided over the final county round in 2007, praised the level of preparedness of Amador Valley's Mock Trial team.[91]

The national "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" competition takes place each spring in Washington, D.C.. The Amador Valley "We the People" team has represented the state of California at the national competition ten times since 1992.[99][100] The team earned the national title in 1995, and took second place in the 2006 and 2007 competitions.[101] In 2008 and 2009, the team placed fourth and third in the national competition, respectively. Congressman Jerry McNerney congratulated the 2009 team on Capitol Hill.[11]

Notable people

Alumni

A high school student stands behind a large blue check. Behind her stand six adults in suits. The check has a National Vocabulary Championship logo in the top left and is written out to Aliya Deri for the amount of $40,000. The check is dated March 10, 2008.
Amador Valley alumna Aliya Deri is presented with a $40,000 scholarship after winning the 2008 National Vocabulary Championship.

Staff

Jim Trimingham ran the first fleet of school buses for the Amador Valley Joint Union High School District from 1932 to 1946. Trimingham was a member of the Stanford student group Immortal 21 who retrieved the symbolic Stanford Axe from the University of California, Berkeley in 1930. Trimingham drove the Stanford Axe back at speeds of up to 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) on circuitous back roads to return the trophy back to Stanford University.[115][116]

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