Arroyo Valley High School

Arroyo Valley High School

"Above All the Rest!"
Address
1881 West Base Line Street
San Bernardino, California, (San Bernardino County) 92411
 United States
Coordinates 34°07′04″N 117°19′39″W / 34.1179068°N 117.32739921°W / 34.1179068; -117.32739921
Information
Type Senior High School
Established September 4, 2001
School district San Bernardino City Unified School District
Principal Dr. Lissette Magana, Ed.D.
Grades 9th-12th
Number of students 2,596
Education system Semester
Campus Urban
Color(s)      Gold
     Black
     White
Mascot Hawks
Nickname AVHS, Arroyo Valley
Rival Cajon High School
Newspaper The Hawkeye
Yearbook Talon Annual
Website http://www.sbcusd.com/index.aspx?nid=341

Arroyo Valley High School (AVHS) is a public high school established in 2001 inside the San Bernardino City Unified School District, located in the City of San Bernardino, California.

Academics

Arroyo Valley High School is part of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IB)[1] including the high school portion of the Middle Years Programme and IB Diploma Programme. The school offers the AVID program, AP Courses, and Standard Core. Along with these programs, there are different academies in the school that prepare students in the path of their preferred career.[2] These Career Academies include Core Academy,[3] Teaching Academy, Global Leadership Academy,[4] and Digital Media Academy.[5] The school has an Academic Decathlon team. The school in March of 2016, was given the Gaston Caperton Opportunity Award which recognized the increasing rate of students that participated in the AP exams and their increasing success in them.[6]

Demographics

White Latino Asian African American Pacific Islander American Indian Two or More Races
2% 85% 1% 10% 1% 0.3% 0.2%

According to US News and World Report, 98% of Arroyo Valley's student body is "of color," with 95% of the student body coming from an economically disadvantaged household, determined by student eligibility for California's Reduced-price meal program.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "International Baccalaureate Website".
  2. ↑ "San Bernardino City Schools - Official Website - Academies". www.sbcusd.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "CORE Academy". CORE Academy. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "AVHS Global Leadership". AVHS Global Leadership. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "AVHS Digital Media Academy". AVHS DMA. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Arroyo Valley High earns national award for AP exam success". Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  7. ↑ "The Student Body at Arroyo Valley High in San Bernardino, CA". www.usnews.com. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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