Ygnacio Valley High School

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Ygnacio Valley High School
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A mural with the school mascot at the front entrance of the school
Address
Ygnacio Valley High School
755 Oak Grove Road

Concord
,
California
94518

United States
Coordinates 37°56′02″N122°01′33″W / 37.933993°N 122.025898°W / 37.933993; -122.025898
Information
Type Public high school
Motto"Students first, learning always!"
Established1960
School district Mount Diablo Unified School District
SuperintendentAdam Clark
PrincipalPeter Crutchfield
Staff59.88 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,111 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.55 [1]
Color(s)Navy and Gold   
MascotWolf
Nickname Wolves
Website yvhs.mdusd.org

Ygnacio Valley High School (YVHS) is a public secondary school located in Concord, California, United States. It draws students from Concord as well as from the neighboring communities of Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill. The school opened in 1962, and its first senior class graduated in 1964. Originally conceived as a temporary facility, the school currently carries an enrollment of over 1,500 total students for grades 9 through 12. When the nearby Northgate High School opened in 1974, YVHS lost approximately half its student body at the time. The school is part of the Mount Diablo Unified School District.

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YVHS Multi-Use

Academics

Ygnacio Valley High School has been an IB World School since March 22, 2017. This school is the only school within the Mount Diablo Unified School District to offer the International Baccalaureate program. Some subjects offered are Spanish B, Mathematics, and History.

Famous visits

President Bill Clinton installing computer cables with Vice President Al Gore on NetDay at Ygnacio Valley High School, March 9, 1996 Phoc96v1.jpg
President Bill Clinton installing computer cables with Vice President Al Gore on NetDay at Ygnacio Valley High School, March 9, 1996

During the 1988 presidential campaign, then Vice President George Bush made an appearance at YVHS and addressed the student body. In 1996, YVHS received another presidential visit when Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore made a rare joint appearance. They visited the campus as part of the NetDay '96 event, which kicked off a drive to connect California public schools to the Internet. [2] [3]

YVHS is an ideal location for such high-security visits, due to the limited entry points into school property. [4]

In the early 1990s, YVHS also received visits from U.S. Representatives George Miller and Bill Baker, sponsored by the school's now-defunct Public Policy Society.

Ongoing issues

The school mascot, the Warrior, is represented as a Native American spear going through the letter ‘W’ (for Warriors). Similar mascots representing Native American culture are often a point of contention throughout the state of California, where over 100 high schools have American Indian mascots.

YVHS is occasionally cited in the ongoing school prayer debate, after allowing Muslim students to use an available room for prayer during Ramadan in 2004.

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ygnacio Valley High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ Clinton, Bill. "Remarks by the President to the Concord Community on NetDay: Ygnacio Valley High School, Concord, California". Clinton Foundation. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
  3. ↑ Gore, Al (1997). "Statement by the Vice President about Netday". Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
  4. ↑ Polk, Perry. "This is Tom Killen calling from the White House..." The Databus: California Educational Data Processing Association, April 1996, pp. 5, accessed 4 Feb 2008.
  5. ↑ "Mike Bellotti," GoDucks.com press release, 4 Aug 2006.
  6. ↑ "Lance Blankenship," The Baseball Cube, accessed 4 Feb 2008.
  7. ↑ "Jonathan Dayton," [ dead link ] allocine.co.uk, accessed 4 Feb 2008.
  8. ↑ "D.C. Douglas," destructoid.com, accessed 12 Apr 2024.
  9. ↑ "Kiko Garcia," The Baseball Cube, accessed 4 Feb 2008.
  10. ↑ "Kristin Heaston," www.usatf.org (USA Track & Field), 28 August 2007
  11. ↑ "Damian Jackson." The Baseball Cube, accessed 4 Feb 2008.
  12. ↑ Scalise, Kathleen. "The University Medalist", UC Berkeley Office of Public Affairs, 30 April 1997.
  13. ↑ "Dave Tollefson," Archived May 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine packers.com (Green Bay Packers 2006 Draft), accessed 4 Feb 2008.
  14. ↑ Pashelka, Curtis. "Cream of the Crop through the years," Contra Costa Times, 27 January 2008.
  15. ↑ "Ygnacio Valley High honors four at its two main athletic facilities". The Clayton Pioneer. September 20, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
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