Valley View Middle School (Pleasant Hill, California)

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Valley View Middle School
Pleasant Hill, California
Information
Former nameValley View Intermediate School
School type Middle School
Establishedc.1963
School district Mount Diablo Unified School District
PrincipalJamie Keith
Enrollment785 students (2025-2026)
Colors Black and Gold
Mascot Jaguar
Website https://valleyview.mdusd.org/

Valley View Middle School (VVMS) is a middle school that operates in Pleasant Hill, California as part of the Mount Diablo Unified School District. [1]

It is located directly next to College Park High School and Diablo Valley College. In the 2025-2026 academic year it had about 785 students. [2] [3] The school was founded in 1963 as the area was developing.

The school has formerly held wrestling under the name Pleasant Hill Wrestling which ended 2014. [4] [5]

College Park. VVMS can be seen in the far left corner. CPHS-2006-10-14.jpg
College Park. VVMS can be seen in the far left corner.

Facilities

Industrial Arts Center Industrial Arts Center at vvms.jpg
Industrial Arts Center
The plaque with the name of the gym Name of the gym at vvms.jpg
The plaque with the name of the gym

VVMS features a gym, a workshop and a multi-use room.[ citation needed ] In 1989, voters approved MDUSD Measure A to renovate the gym. [6] It has been named after Cory Salmon, who was the founder of Pleasant Hill Wrestling and PE coach at VVMS. [5] [4]

The workshop program is only available to 7th and 8th graders and is located in the Joseph Notarangelo Industrial Arts Center, a school building. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Home - Valley View Middle School". valleyview.mdusd.org. 2025-12-08. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  2. ↑ "Niche". Niche.com. Retrieved 2026-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "U.S News Education". usnews.com. Retrieved 2026-01-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 1 2 "Valley View Middle School coach nominated as 'LifeChanger'". East Bay Times. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
  5. 1 2 "Valley View Middle School: Home Page". valleyview.mdusd.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2026-01-08.
  6. ↑ "Measure A - Mt. Diablo Unified School District". www.mdusd.org. Retrieved 2026-01-08.


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