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Española Valley High School
Address
Map
1111 El Llano Road

Española
,
New Mexico
87532

United States
Information
School typePublic, High School
Founded1975
PrincipalHoyt Mutz[1]
Enrollment1,310[2]
CampusSuburban, 40 acres
Color(s)  Harvard Crimson
  Valley Gold
  White
Athletics conferenceNMAA, AAAA Dist. 2
MascotSundevil
NewspaperThe Sundevil Torch
YearbookThe Flame
Websitewww.k12espanola.org
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Española Valley High School (EVHS) is a Title-1[3] public senior high school of the Española Public Schools District, located in Española, New Mexico.[4] Nearly 3/4ths of the student body is made up of Hispanic students, EVHS is also known for recent academic improvements and a successful AAAA boys' basketball program.[5] The school's once famous marching band appeared in the 1984 Tournament of Roses Parade.[6]

The school is located in "Fairview", a small suburb of Española in the southern part of Rio Arriba County. EVHS also serves the communities of Alcalde, Velarde as well as the northern part of Santa Fe County, including Chimayo, Santa Cruz, and Sombrillo. EVHS also attracts commuter students from other school districts and neighboring towns such as Dixon, Pojoaque and Santa Fe.

History

See also: History of Española

Española was founded with the introduction of the railroads in 1880,[7] with the railroads came a influx in population and a demand for public education by 1905. Two high schools opened; Santa Cruz High School in 1908, and Española High School in 1920, both schools were located on opposite sides of the Rio Grande River.

After decades of being rivals that separated Espanola, the community strongly urge the two schools should merge. In the winter of 1974, construction of EVHS began, on the city’s far east side. After months of deciding on a name for the school, Española Valley High School was the name chosen. Doors opened in the fall semester of 1975 to over 950 students. The first graduating class was 1976, Merce Villareal was the first principal.[8]

Main entry and commons wall

While the new campus was under construction sporting events remained at the old Española High School because of a lack of funds. In 1979 a new sports complex was finally complete at the new high school campus along with the gymnasium, known today as Edward Medina gym. The gymnasium is the largest high school basketball facility in the state of New Mexico.[9]

Enrollment

Today, Enrollment at EVHS stands at nearly 1,310 students.[10] It is the highest since 1987. The highest recorded enrollment stood at 1,490, in 1984. During the early 2000s enrollment would dip as low as 800 students, during many reforms in the mid to late 2000s enrollment began to rise once again, in 2010, it rose to 1,123.[11]

Academics and curriculum

Students of Española Valley High School are on a individualized four–year plan due to standards–based curriculum set up by the school and district. Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors courses are offered at EVHS in almost every subject.[12] There are over 20 elective classes offered to students[13] including concurrent enrollment at Northern New Mexico College.[14] Their main campus is located half a mile from the high school in Española.

School grade

The NMPED (New Mexico Public Education department) replaced the "No child left behind act" and AYP testing with a new school grading formula, which took effect for the 2010-11 school years. The grade is calculated using many forms of testing, and includes graduation rates.[15]

School year Grade from NMPED
2010–11 C

No Child Left Behind Act

W. Bruce Hopmeier
The longest serving principal of EVHS (2003–2010)

EVHS no longer is under the No Child left behind act, the State Education department abandoned the format and switched to a "school grading" forumla.[16] EVHS's former principal Bruce Hopmeier was a vocal proponent of former President Bush's controversial No Child Left Behind Act.

Since 2004, EVHS has been tested against the New Mexico State Board of Education's criteria for Adequate Yearly Progress mandated by No Child Left Behind as determined by the school's performance and participation rates in the New Mexico AYP standardized test for math and reading proficiency. 76% of EVHS's participating 11th grade students had adequate proficiency in math and reading in 2006/07.[17] However, EVHS failed to meet the AYP requirements in 2008/09,[18] 2009/10,[19] and 2010/11.[20]

Student body

The student body at EVHS is mostly made up of mostly middle class, upper middle class and a few low income students.[25]

Ethnicity This School State Average
White (not hispanic) 16% 29%
Hispanic (of any race) 74% 56%
American Indian/Alaskan Native 8% 11%
African American 1% 3%
Pacific Islander 1% 1%

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Edward Medina Gymnasium. The gym is the largest high school basketball facility in the state of New Mexico.[26]
A sold out crowd of nearly 15,000 fans from Española at the 2010 State Basketball Championship hosted at The Pit.

Española Valley High School competes in the New Mexico Activities Association, they are classified as a 4A school in District 2[27] along with: Bernalillo High School, Capital High School, Los Alamos High School, and Santa Fe High School.[28]

Throughout its history, Espanola Valley has been a 4A school. Winning three state championships in various sports, and eleven individual state champions. Many graduates have gone on to participate in NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III athletics.[29] In 1989 and 2002 the school was voted by the NMAA with the "Sportsmanship Award".

Leonard J. Roybal is the current Athletic Director at EVHS[30]whom served from (2003–2006). David Fontaine, former athletic director whom served from (2006–2009) had the most athletic success in the department, he left in May 2009.[31]

Rivalries

EVHS has rivalries with two long time district schools, mainly for basketball: Los Alamos High School known as the "Hill–Valley rivalry",[32] and Santa Fe High School known as the "Purgatory rivalry", which began in the early 1980s.[33]

Boys basketball

Since the 2006 season, EVHS has been well known in class AAAA for its strong dominance in boys basketball. The program is coached by Richard Martinez since 2004. The team made its first state tournament in the 2006 season, the Sundevils made it to the quarterfinals in 2007, the semi-finals in 2008, and 2009. In the 2010 season the Sundevils made it to the state finals, losing to Roswell High School (63–60) at University Arena.[34][35][36] After five years of appearances in the tournament the Sundevils captured the state title in the 2011 season as the #2 seed, defeating Goddard High School (55–52) with the leadership of senior Rodney Coles. Their record was 22–9.[37]

State championships

Music

Marching Band

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Española Valley High's Band "Sound of Northern New Mexico", led by Robert Felix, was well known across New Mexico, and even on the national spotlight. Throughout the 1980s the band attended many competitions including many college bowl games.[45][46] In 1984, the Band attended the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, the band was sent an invitation from the committee, a first for the parade.[47] EVHS is only 1 out of 4 schools in New Mexico to attend and march in the Rose Parade.[6]

Mariachi Band

In the late 1990s there no longer was a marching band at Española Valley. Music teacher Alfonso Trujillo started a small mariachi band as an elective class. The group was named "Mariachi Sol del Valle" and performed for local events for several years. In 2008 when Presidential candidate Barack Obama stopped in Espanola for a campaign rally the band performed in the event.[48] Months later the schools band received an invitation from out of 1,400 schools throughout the country to be a participant in the 2009 Presidential inaugural parade in Washington, D.C.[49][50][51]

Other clubs and organizations

There are over 45 clubs, organizations and extracurricular activities at EVHS,[52] Most notable are the Supercomputing Challenge which has received many awards from state competitions,[53] M.E.S.A, The Sundevil Torch, the schools offical student run newspaper[54], Student School improvement team, and the Student Council which attends the NMASC State conference every year, most recently an EVHS student sat on the state executive board as State secretary.[55] The EVHS Student Council has been selected to be the host school for the annual conference and will host the 2014 NMASC State Conference.[56]

Mascot

The Mascot of Española Valley High School is a "Sun Devil". However, the school refers to it as one word, Sundevils.[57] In many occasions students refer to the abbreviation of Devils.

Since 1987, there have been many community members and religious groups who have tried to petition the change of the mascot. All attempts, including recent ones, have all failed.[58] In years past many devilish murals from hallways, signs and the gymnasium were removed. From 2006–2009, the devil logo was removed from all athletics jerseys, letterheads and materials and replaced by a "EV" logo. In 2010 the devil logo was reinstated due to student demand. The community of Española is considered to be very religious, with the majority of the population as Roman Catholics.[59]

Facilities

The majority of the existing campus was built in 1974, major renovations have taken place since.[60] The school is divided up into wings based on core subjects. 'Portals' known as shade structures were added to the outside of the main building for decor in 2004.

Notable Alumni

  • T. Glenn Ellington – State Court of Appeals Judge (2002–2010), State of New Mexico District Court Judge, Div 7. (1997–2001, 2011–Present), Class of 1979[61]
  • Cholene Espinoza – Military correspondent for Talk Radio News and Author of "Through the Eye of the Storm"[62]
  • Valerie Espinoza – New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner, Santa Fe County Clerk (2005–2011)[63]
  • Adam Kedge – 2011 National Cross Country coach of the year,[64][65] Ran cross country for the University of New Mexico (84'–87'), Class of 1983.
  • Debbie A. Rodella – State Representative Dist. 41 (1993–Present) Chair of Legislative Business & Industry Committee, Class of 1979[66]
  • Daniel Sanchez – State of New Mexico District Court Judge, Div 7. (2002–2010)[67]

References

  1. ^ New principal of EVHS, news release. Espanola Public Schools
  2. ^ Brief History of EVHS. Española Public School District. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  3. ^ Espanola Valley, title 1 school. Espanola Valley High a title 1 school.
  4. ^ Location and information of EVHS. Espanola school desk/ Espanola Public Schools.
  5. ^ Successful basketball team, Sundevil heaven. Santa Fe New Mexican.
  6. ^ a b List of Tournament of Roses parade schools. Lakota west bands, list of attendees
  7. ^ History of Espanola, introduction. Ghost depot, train museum.
  8. ^ Brief History of EVHS. Española Public School District. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  9. ^ Espanola Valley Basketball facility. Española Public School District. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  10. ^ New enrollment numbers for EVHS.Rio Grande Sun
  11. ^ Rising enrollment at EVHS. School Digger.
  12. ^ Curriculum and core classes offered. Espanola Public Schools/EVHS.
  13. ^ EVHS elective classes and offerings. Espanola Public Schools
  14. ^ High school concurrent enrollment offerings. Northern New Mexico College.
  15. ^ State School grading. New Mexico Department of Public education.
  16. ^ New school grading formula and list. New Mexico Department of Public education.
  17. ^ "Espanola Makes AYP/District Reportcard" (PDF). NMPED. 22 July 2007. Retrieved 25 March 2008.
  18. ^ "School Accountability Report" (PDF). NMPED. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  19. ^ "School Accountability Report" (PDF). NMPED. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  20. ^ "School Accountability Report" (PDF). NMPED. 1 August 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  21. ^ "2009–10 School Accountability Report" (PDF). New Mexico Public Education Department. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  22. ^ "2009–10 School Accountability Report" (PDF). New Mexico Public Education Department. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  23. ^ "2008–09 School Accountability Report" (PDF). New Mexico Public Education Department. 30 July 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  24. ^ New Mexico Assessment test scores. New Mexico Department of Public Education
  25. ^ "Espanola Valley High School". NM School Tree. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  26. ^ Espanola Valley Basketball facility. Española Public School District. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
  27. ^ "Member Schools: Espanola Valley High School". NMAA. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
  28. ^ Classification of schools in athletics. New Mexico Activities Association.
  29. ^ Volleyball players to play in college. Albuquerque Journal.
  30. ^ New Espanola athletic director. Rio Grande Sun.
  31. ^ Athletic director steps down. Rio Grande Sun.
  32. ^ "Boys basketball: LA to take on its arch-rival tonight in big 2AAAA game". Los Alamos Monitor. LA Monitor. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
  33. ^ Espanola Valley high school rivalries. Albuquerque Journal North.
  34. ^ New Mexico High School Brackets. New Mexico Activities Association.
  35. ^ Espanola falls to Roswell, in finals. Santa Fe New Mexican.
  36. ^ New Mexico High school basketball brackets. New Mexico Activites Association
  37. ^ Espanola wins state, leadership of Rodney Coles. Santa Fe New Mexican.
  38. ^ Wrestling state champion, Espanola. Santa Fe New Mexican
  39. ^ Wrestling state champion, Espanola. Wrestling USA
  40. ^ http://www.nmact.org/files/Cross_Country_Girls_State_Champions.pdf
  41. ^ http://www.santafenewmexican.com/sports/State-Track-and-Field-Championships--St--Michael-s-senior-caps-
  42. ^ Espanola wins basketball state. Santa Fe New Mexican.
  43. ^ http://www.nmact.org/pages/cross_country_state_champions/Girls_CC_Champions.pdf
  44. ^ Espanola state runners up titles. New Mexico Activites Association
  45. ^ Espanola's national band. Newspaper Archives/Santa Fe New Mexican
  46. ^ Popular Espanola Marching Band. Newspaper Archive/Santa Fe New Mexican
  47. ^ http://newspaperarchive.com/santa-fe-new-mexican/1984-01-03/
  48. ^ EVHS Mariachi Band plays for presidental candidate. Santa Fe New Mexican.
  49. ^ Espanola Band Plays for Obama. KOAT 7 News.
  50. ^ EVHS Mariachi Band to March in Parade. Santa Fe New Mexican.
  51. ^ Espanola Band plays for candidate Obama. Congressman Ben R. Lujan.
  52. ^ List of clubs and organizations. Espanola Public Schools.
  53. ^ http://www.challenge.nm.org/About/six-year/index.stm
  54. ^ http://www.santafenewmexican.com/teen/Source-for-Sundevils
  55. ^ http://www.espanolavalleyfiestas.com/fr_2011council.cfm
  56. ^ http://nmasc.org/about.html
  57. ^ Espanola Valley mascot, Sundevil. New Mexico Activities Association
  58. ^ http://newspaperarchive.com/santa-fe-new-mexican/1987-12-26/page-3
  59. ^ http://www.city-data.com/city/Espanola-New-Mexico.html
  60. ^ http://www.designgroupnm.com/design-espanola-public-schools.htm
  61. ^ http://judgeellington2010.com/experience.html
  62. ^ http://www.scribd.com/doc/24134704/La-Herencia-Vol-53-Spring-2007
  63. ^ http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002262809194&ref=ts
  64. ^ http://www.aa.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=583955
  65. ^ http://archive.dyestat.com/?pg=usEastbayCoachoftheWeek07XCKedge
  66. ^ http://namesdatabase.com/schools/US/NM/Espanola/Espanola%20Valley%20High%20School/
  67. ^ http://firstdistrictcourt.com/Division%207.htm

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