Pleasant Valley High School (California)

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Pleasant Valley High School
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Address
Pleasant Valley High School (California)
1475 East Avenue

Chico
,
Butte County
,
California
95926

United States
Coordinates 39°45′39″N121°49′0″W / 39.76083°N 121.81667°W / 39.76083; -121.81667
Information
Other names
  • Pleasant Valley
  • PVHS
  • PV
Type Public high school
Established1965 (1965) [1]
StatusActive
LocaleCity: Midsize (12)
School board California State Board of Education
School district Chico Unified School District
NCES District ID 0608370 [2]
SuperintendentKelly Staley [3]
SessionAugust–June
CEEB code 050548
NCES School ID 060837000827 [4]
PrincipalDamon Whittaker
Teaching staff85.38 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades9–12 [2]
Gender Mixed-sex
Enrollment1,922 [2]  (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio22.51 [2]
Schedule type Alternate day block scheduling
Campus typeSuburban
Student governmentYes
Color(s)Navy blue, Columbia blue, and white    
AthleticsYes
Athletics conference National Conference
SportsBoys' tennis, girls' tennis, football, swimming, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, field hockey, softball, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, wrestling, cross country, golf, boys' volleyball, girls' volleyball, skiing, snowboarding, baseball, track, marching band, and cheerleading.
MascotA Viking
Nickname Vikings
Rival Chico High School [5]
Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges
National ranking3,899 [6]
Newspaper The Saga
YearbookValkyrie
Feeder schools
  • Bidwell Junior High School
  • Chico Junior High School
  • Marsh Junior High School
Feeder to Butte College • California State University, Chico
Website pvhs.chicousd.org

Pleasant Valley High School (commonly referred to as Pleasant Valley) is a public co-educational and comprehensive high school located in Chico, California teaching ninth grade through twelfth grade. It is the second largest school in the Chico Unified School District, which serves around 14,157 students. [7]

Contents

Academics

Advanced Placement

Pleasant Valley High School's available AP classes are AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Seminar, AP World History, AP US History, AP Government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Psychology, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Spanish, online AP French, AP 2-D Art and Design, AP Drawing, and AP Computer Science Principles. [8] Pleasant Valley offers the AP Capstone program and its respective diplomas and academic certificates. [9]

International Baccalaureate Programme

Pleasant Valley used to offer the IB Diploma Programme; [10] it provided the IB exams for English, Chemistry, Biology, History, French, Spanish, Japanese, Mathematics, and Theater Arts.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Charles Duncan (September 7, 1965). "Schools Open Today: Enrollment Up Slightly". Enterprise-Record. Chico, CA. p. 1. Retrieved September 10, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Students at the new Pleasant Valley High School stroll to their classes […] In its first day of operation, the school reported an attendance of 540 sophomores and juniors.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Chico Unified". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Chico Unified – School Directory Details". California Department of Education . Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - Pleasant Valley High (060837000827)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  5. ↑ "50th Almond Bowl: Golden memories from first PV-Chico matchups". Chico Enterprise-Record . October 21, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Pleasant Valley High School in Chico, CA". U.S. News & World Report .
  7. ↑ "Digital Profile: Chico Unified". California Department of Education. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  8. ↑ "PVHS Course Offering 2022–2023" . Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  9. ↑ "AP and AP Capstone". Pleasant Valley High School. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Student Curriculum Handbook" (PDF). Pleasant Valley High School. pp. 14–16. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Pleasant Valley baseball player Colin Barber signs with University of Oregon". Chico Enterprise-Record . November 14, 2018. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Chico State baseball's all-time saves leader Luke Barker grinds his way to AAA". Chico Enterprise-Record . July 27, 2019. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  13. ↑ "FOLLOW THAT DREAM: Chico native Luke Barker debuts with Milwaukee Brewers at age 30". Chico Enterprise-Record . June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  14. ↑ Barrasso, Justin (July 27, 2016). "Week in Wrestling: TNA's Matt Hardy calls out WWE's Bray Wyatt". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  15. ↑ 1990 Topps #548 Pat Clements, reverse side
  16. ↑ "Almond Bowl XXXVIII: Q&A with ex-Viking Brian Jones". Marin Independent Journal . October 16, 2008. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Evan MacLane Stats & Scouting Report – Baseball America". Baseball America . Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  18. ↑ Davidson, Joe (September 5, 2019). "Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers donates 354 new helmets to California high schools". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Jordan Rodgers". Vanderbilt Football official site. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
  20. ↑ "Chico's Geoff Swaim ready to seize starting opportunity with Cowboys". Chico Enterprise-Record . August 3, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
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