Yucca Valley High School
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Yucca Valley High School is in the town of Yucca Valley, California
. The school
has 1,690 student
s in grades 9–12. The principal is Carl R. Phillips. The school is part of the Morongo Unified School District
. The official mascot is the Trojan and the school colors are black and gold.
, French
, German
, and Latin, and it is one of the few high schools in California to offer Latin as a second language.
A Career Pathways program allots over three-hundred job shadow opportunities for students every year. Pathways students also are offered internships and they are awarded a scholarship based on the hours completed in their internship.
The YVHS Theatre Company was started in 1994. The YVHS Drama Club was officially chartered at the start of the 1996-97 school year. In 1997, the YVHS Drama Club affiliated itself with the International Thespian Society
of Cincinnati, Ohio, and became I.T.S. troupe 5589.
. Athletic programs include Girls Tennis, wrestling
and cross country running
.
The wrestling team hosts the annual "Trojan War" wrestling competition, for which other high school teams are invited to compete against YVHS's team. The team recently had their first two time state placers: an athlete placed 8th in the 2005–2006 season and 2nd in the 2006–2007 season.
The Girl's Cross Country program has qualified for the California state meet the last four years in a row (2003–2006).
The Girls Tennis program run by coach Cindy Miller, is amazingly talented due to their intensive dedication. It is the best athletic team on campus, and the best team in the league.
The baseball and softball fields on campus do not have grass in the outfields.
Yucca Valley, California
Yucca Valley is an incorporated town located in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 20,700 at the 2010 census, up from 16,865 at the 2000 census...
. The school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
has 1,690 student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s in grades 9–12. The principal is Carl R. Phillips. The school is part of the Morongo Unified School District
Morongo Unified School District
The Morongo Unified School District is a public education governing body in the Mojave high desert of Southern California. MUSD has more than 1,100 employees who provide educational services to 9,301 students.-Summary:...
. The official mascot is the Trojan and the school colors are black and gold.
Academics
A variety of academic courses are offered at YVHS, with classes such as Field Ecology and Acting. YVHS teaches SpanishSpanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
, and Latin, and it is one of the few high schools in California to offer Latin as a second language.
A Career Pathways program allots over three-hundred job shadow opportunities for students every year. Pathways students also are offered internships and they are awarded a scholarship based on the hours completed in their internship.
History
A school newspaper, Carpe Diem, was published until about 1995. It was resumed during the 2006-7 school year. It was published as part of a journalism class. The local paper contributed to it. The paper again suspended publication in 2007.Arts
Yucca Valley High School offers opportunities for students to express themselves artistically and culturally. In addition to music classes and art classes, YVHS has a marching band and an Art Club. "Sailing with Flippancy" is an improvisational comedy troupe.Theatre Company
The YVHS Theatre Company, a theatrical organization on campus, produces three performances a year.The YVHS Theatre Company was started in 1994. The YVHS Drama Club was officially chartered at the start of the 1996-97 school year. In 1997, the YVHS Drama Club affiliated itself with the International Thespian Society
International Thespian Society
The International Thespian Society is an honorary organization for high-school and middle-school theatre students located at more than 3,600 affiliated secondary schools across the United States, Canada, and abroad. The International Thespian Society was founded in Fairmont, West Virginia...
of Cincinnati, Ohio, and became I.T.S. troupe 5589.
Athletics
Yucca Valley High School is part of the De Anza LeagueDe Anza League
The De Anza League is a small Californian high school sports league in Riverside County, California, and San Bernardino County, California.Teams in the league include:*Big Bear High School-Bears*Desert Hot Springs High School-Golden Eagles...
. Athletic programs include Girls Tennis, wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
and cross country running
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
.
The wrestling team hosts the annual "Trojan War" wrestling competition, for which other high school teams are invited to compete against YVHS's team. The team recently had their first two time state placers: an athlete placed 8th in the 2005–2006 season and 2nd in the 2006–2007 season.
The Girl's Cross Country program has qualified for the California state meet the last four years in a row (2003–2006).
The Girls Tennis program run by coach Cindy Miller, is amazingly talented due to their intensive dedication. It is the best athletic team on campus, and the best team in the league.
Trimesters
Yucca Valley High School used trimesters from the 1997-98 school year to the 2003-04 school year. Under the trimester system, there were three trimesters in a year instead of two semesters, and only five classes per day rather than six. YVHS reverted to the semester system for the 2004-2005 school year after seven years on the trimester system.Policy Changes
Due to a lawsuit in 2006, YVHS adopted a "split" lunch policy in the second semester of the 2006-2007 school year. Under the new policy, YVHS has two lunch breaks each day. While the new system provides students with more time to receive their food in the often-crowded cafeteria, this policy has been detrimental to the many clubs on campus that meet during lunch.Expansion and Modernization
The school board plans to construct expansion buildings by the 2010 school year.The baseball and softball fields on campus do not have grass in the outfields.