Pleasant Valley High School (California)

Pleasant Valley High School
Address
1475 East Avenue
Chico, California 95926
United States
Coordinates 39°45′39″N 121°49′0″W / 39.76083°N 121.81667°W / 39.76083; -121.81667Coordinates: 39°45′39″N 121°49′0″W / 39.76083°N 121.81667°W / 39.76083; -121.81667
Information
Type Public
Established 1964
School district Chico Unified School District
Principal John Shepherd
Faculty 99
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1973[1]
Color(s) Light Blue & White          
Athletics boys 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, and track.
Mascot Viking
Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Newspaper The Saga
Yearbook Valkyrie
Website Pleasant Valley High School

Pleasant Valley High School is a public high school located in Chico, California. It was named a California Distinguished School in 2007.

Since 1970, Pleasant Valley has competed with cross-town rival Chico Senior High School at the annual Almond Bowl in junior varsity and varsity football.[2] The Almond Bowl series is currently tied at 21-21-1. The freshman game is referred to as the Peanut Bowl.[3][4]

Academics

Pleasant Valley High is the only California high school north of the Rosewood area to offer the IB Diploma Programme.[5] Pursuant to the Diploma Programme, it offers IB exams in English, Chemistry, Biology, History, French, Spanish, Japanese, Mathematics, and Theater Arts. The school's current IB coordinator is teacher Christine Callas.

Pleasant Valley High also offers a number of AP classes, including AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP World History, AP US History, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Statistics, AP Spanish, and AP French. The school's current AP coordinator is Vice Principal Deanna Holen.

Along with several other high schools in the Chico Unified School District and throughout Butte County, Pleasant Valley offers a program known as College Connection,[6] which allows seniors to spend their senior year taking classes at the local community college, Butte College, instead of at the high school itself.

Extracurricular activities

Pleasant Valley offers a variety of clubs and other extracurricular activities, including a school newspaper known as The Saga, California Scholarship Federation, Rotary Interact, a Mock Trial team, an Academic Decathlon team, a Model UN, Key Club, a TOMS Club,[7] a Gay-Straight Alliance, an Anime Club, and several others.

Notable alumni

References

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