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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. San Ramon Valley High School's mascot is the Wolf. SRVHS's cross town rival is Monte Vista High School.
[edit] Academics San Ramon Valley High School has the highest API score in the district at 867. 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.[1] [edit] Athletics The track and field team has seen a number of successes in 2007 and 2008, with the boy's team attaining the league championship both in 2006 and 2007 . The girl's team was undefeated during East Bay Athletic League dual meets. The girl's team lost the EBAL Championship in 2006 to cross-town rival Monte Vista High School, but won the EBAL Championship in 2007. During the 2008 spring season the men's lacrosse team won the NCS championship, and as a result ranked third in California. During the 2009 winter season, the women's soccer team won the NCS championship for the fourth consecutive year and was ranked 5th nationally at the end of the season by ESPN Rise. The football team is one of the top programs in the state. It is a member of the EBAL league, and won an NCS championship against Cardinal Newman in 2007. The team was coached by Dave Kravitz until 2009 and has many Division 1 alumni including Corbin Louks, Roy Helu, Zack Madonick, Paul Martinez, Sam Keller, Joe Southwick, and others. The team was ranked 360th in the country and 26th in the state by Max Preps.[citation needed] The baseball team had a legendary run from the 1970s through 2007 under Coach Rick Steen, including 3 NCS titles. Current major league players include Randy Winn and Nate Schierholtz. Samuel Finlayson, a water polo player, was the national winner of the 2006 Wendy's High School Heisman Award.[2] The boys' cross country team has won EBAL Championships in 1973, 1987, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009; and NCS Championships in 1973, 1987, 2002 and 2009. Scott Bauhs , a former cross country team member, entered the Olympic trials in 2008 for the 10k. In 2009, the boys cross country team won both EBAL Championships and Division I NCS Championships and placed 10th in the Division I CIF Cross Country Championships. The boy's volleyball team has been EBAL Champions in 1993, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, and has won NCS in 1994, and most recently earned back to back titles in 2004 and 2005. [edit] ClubsSan Ramon Valley High has a number of clubs such as Music Exploration Club, Ping Pong Club, and Anime Club. Many of these clubs such as the Key Club, NHS, and CSF are aimed at improving the community. Many clubs are often founded for the purpose of raising awareness of various cultures such as the Asian Awareness Club, French Club, Jewish Student Union, and the Black Student Union.[1] [edit] Performing artsRyan Weible is now the director of the performing arts program at San Ramon High School. He replaces former director Chuck Perryman. The choirs under the direction of Ken Abrams recently won both categories of the 2007 Golden State Choral Competition. The Theatre and Dance programs have won awards from competitions. In February 2008, the mixed choir performed at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Western Divisional Conference in Anaheim, California. In March 2010, the Advanced Women's Choir will have the opportunity to sing for ACDA in Tuscan, Arizona as well. The San Ramon Valley Theatre awards include:
The San Ramon Valley Instrumental Jazz Combo consists of students from the Jazz Band and the Jazz Ensemble; however, the Jazz Combo does not have practice during school hours. In 2008 the Marching Band, Jazz Ensemble, and Jazz Band attended a competition in Merced, and the Marching band received fourth in class, Jazz Band received fifth in class, and the Jazz Ensemble won sweepstakes for the Jazz competition. The Jazz Ensemble has won sweepstakes for the jazz competition at the Central California Band Review for the past 3 years, with a score of 94.2 in 2009. [edit] Native American remains unearthedOn 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. Archeologists 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.[3] [edit] Notable alumni
[edit] DemographicsThe racial breakdown of SRVHS is as follows[2]
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