East Valley High School (California)

East Valley High School is a high school located at 5525 Vineland Avenue in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, United States.

East Valley High School
Location
5525 Vineland Ave. North Hollywood, CA 91601
Coordinates
Information
TypePublic
Established2006
School districtLos Angeles Unified School District
Staff27.83 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment522 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio18.76[1]
Color(s)   
MascotFalcon
WebsiteOfficial Website

EVHS, which opened to serve grades 9 and 10, is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school's name originates from the fact that the school is in the far eastern San Fernando Valley. Its incoming 9th graders come from Walter Reed Middle School, Sun Valley middle school, and Roy Romer middle school. East Valley High School hosts The Science Academy STEM Magnet on their property.

In the year 2008, Paul Del Rosario was the principal. Carrie Allen served as principal for approximately five years. After her retirement, she was replaced by Dr. Timothy Lino who assisted in an Interim Principal role with completion of the 2015-16 school year. Dr. Lino began serving as the official school principal from July 2016 - November 2016. Paul Del Rosario rejoined an assisted East Valley as a retired interim principal through December 2016. Ms. Lourdes DeSantiago has been the official principal from January 2017 through the time of this update (FEB 2018)

The school colors are Champion Blue and black and the team mascot is the Falcons.

Sports

East Valley offers sports such as boys/girls volleyball, boys/girls basketball, boys/girls soccer, cross-country, swimming, football, boys baseball, and girls softball. They also have an award-winning drill team. Football is played in 8-man. Basketball is Division 5 for Los Angeles City Section.

Academies

The school houses four academies: Freshmen Academy, Sophomore Academy, Media and Communications Academy, and Business, Finance, Marketing Academy. All four academies utilize block scheduling where students take four 85 minute classes a day plus an advisory class. Students finish a year's study in sixteen to twenty weeks, thus allowing for enrollment in two additional courses per academic year. Currently the students rotate through the 4x4 schedule - where academic advancement and remediation can take place within the same academic school year.

History

East Valley opened for grades 9 and 10 on October 3, 2006. The school was originally going to open on September 6, 2006; the opening was delayed to October 3. The school serves grades 9-12. Marcy Hamm was the school's first principal. East Valley houses about 1,000 students daily. On June 13, 2007, the Class of 2007 was the first graduating class at East Valley. For the 2011-2012 school year, East Valley opened a school for advanced studies in campus. EVHS relieved North Hollywood High School and Grant High School.

References
  1. "East Valley Senior High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
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