San Ramon Valley High School
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| San Ramon Valley High School. | |
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501 Danville Blvd , 94526 | |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1910 |
| School district | San Ramon Valley Unified School District |
| Principal | Ruth Steele |
| Enrollment | 2,127[1] (2011-12) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Athletics conference | East Bay Athletic League |
| Mascot | Wolves |
| Website | http://www.srvhs.net/ |
37°49′34″N 122°00′21″W / 37.8260372°N 122.0057941°W[2]
San Ramon Valley High School is a four-year public high school located in the East Bay neighborhood of Danville, California, USA. San Ramon Valley High School is one of the schools in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District. It is a National Blue Ribbon school from the Blue Ribbon Schools Program as well as a California Distinguished School.
SRVHS's cross town rival is Monte Vista High School.
Academics
San Ramon Valley High School has the highest API score in the district at 868. Newsweek ranked San Ramon Valley High School as the number one high school in the district in a 2006 study of US high schools. San Ramon Valley was ranked #855 in the nation in 2006, #817 in 2007; #772 in 2008, the other high schools in the district, California High School and Monte Vista High School were ranked #983 and #1034 respectively.[3]
Native American remains unearthed
On July 9, 2009, construction workers unearthed the remains of a native American whilst working on the new gymnasium, and construction was halted for five days. Archaeologists claim the main camp was located six miles away and that finding a skeleton remains such a distance from the camp is unusual; however, similar remains were discovered during repairs of the nearby I-680 freeway.[4] More remains were unearthed soon after. In all, the remains of more than two dozen native Americans were found. It is believed that the location was a burial ground.
Notable alumni
- John F. Baldwin, Jr. [5] U.S. Representative.
- Scott Bauhs – Professional Distance Runner for Adidas, NCAA Division II 5k (2008), 10k (2007) and Cross Country (2008) Champion.
- Jim Bogios – Drummer for the band Counting Crows
- Jeff Campitelli – Professional percussionist most notably as the drummer for guitarist Joe Satriani
- Paul Fericano – Poet. Co-founder of Yossarian Universal News Service
- John Gesek – pro football player for the Dallas Cowboys and multiple Super Bowl Champion
- Bob Ladouceur – Head Coach for the De La Salle High School (Concord, CA) football team
- Mark Madsen – National Basketball Association former player for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers. Won an NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers
- Brandon Schantz – Filmmaker and television producer
- Jason Lucash – Inventor and Founder of Origaudio, Time Magazine's Top 50 Inventions of 2009, winner on ABC's show Shark Tank (TV series), and Entrepreneur (magazine)'s "Entrepreneur of the Year for 2012.
- Randy Winn – former Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants
- Keith Varon – singer, songwriter, and producer signed to Bug Publishing
- Omar Samhan – former basketball player at Saint Mary's College of California, who played in the Sweet 16 in 2010. He is currently signed as a player for the Žalgiris Kaunas.
- Chris Carter – NFL Wide Receiver for the Seattle Seahawks
- Nate Schierholtz – Major League Baseball player for the Chicago Cubs
- Roy Helu – NFL Running Back for the Oakland Raiders
- D'Arcy Carden[6] – comedic actress
Demographics
The racial breakdown of SRVHS is as follows [1]
- Asian - 190- 11%
- African-Americans - 6- .3%
- Hispanic - 112 - 6%
- Native American - 13- .7%
- Pacific Islander - 13- .7%
- White, not Hispanic origin - 1596- 82%
- Other - 6- .3%
References
- ^ California Department of Education. "Enrollment by Grade for 2011-12". DataQuest. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "GNIS Detail - San Ramon Valley High School". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 19 January 1981. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Newsweek rankings of the top US high schools". MSNBC. 2006-05-23. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11. Retrieved 2006-11-06.
- ^ Bones Discovered at Gym Construction Site July 9, 2009. DanvilleWeekly.com. Retrieved July 23, 2009
- ^ http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000092
- ^ Barney, Chuck (6 September 2016). "Danville's D'Arcy Carden: In heaven in new NBC comedy 'The Good Place'". Mercury News. Retrieved 2016-10-16.