Every single student is encouraged to succeed beyond high school. Issues logging in to your Chromebook/Google account? SERRANO'S BURRITOS WERE ALSO THE SHIT. It would be so cool to reconnect with many of them.At any rate, VHS was a bit like a diamond in the rough back in the late 80's. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. I think he went to Valley for a few years, then disappeared. The blue and gold everywhere during homecoming was always great, although I have never returned for a HC since. Valley HighI attended Valley until '77. Valley was the shit in the 80's, and everybody in Orange County knew it.Oh yeah, and remember everybody saying, "ohhh MOLDED". | Web Policy (505) 761-8429 Fax, Mailing Address: Most of the time there was some type of intoxicant snuck aboard the busses and I shared with an unnamed sax player and also a trombone player. Victor, is your last name Madrigal?2. Yeah there we're fights and some drugs, ha, ha!! I grew up on Lowell St. and went by there and it is in bad shape too. The old Milk Beer and wine liquir store in the corner of Sullivan and Mcfadden? A post shared by Valley High School (@valley.hs.falcons), You may contact Kenneth Gildar, RADT Substance Use Counselor. Hey SteveI graduated from VHS in '80 and played football and track. Valley High is highly superior to other public schools in the area. LOL Back in those days, the only war was the one between the Fab4 and the Beach Boys. High School Inc. Way back then Santa Ana was a middle class city and the school had a white majority student body with about 25% black. Life as we knew it. The longest running blog post w/ nearly 900 comments today is the one called SAUSD corruption coming out now that Mijares gone. WELL WE TAKE THAT MONEY AND WE BUY A COMPUTER THEN WE CALL THE ITERNET TECH TO INSTALL IT TO THE COMPUTER AND WALA THE GREATEST LIBRARY IN THE WORLD IS IN ACTION. Hey Valley High,I graduated in 1994. Just as adult gang organization, culture diversity gangs and juvenile delinquents are different so is the time line for the local gangs. web page. It has 2,227 students in grades 9-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 22 to 1. These figures display how well the school as a whole performed in reading, mathematics, and science. Copyright 2002 Michael K. Carlie. I went to SAV in 77-79 that's when i got kicked out.,Valley football games was always popping and the dances and house parties off the chain it was a little ruff. Loved and miss the school very much. Expect me to be back. Damnall I gotta say that it was weird how i got to this website unintentionally.I was reading a lot of the comments posted up and a couple of them took me back in time.I went to valley 2003-2004, my freshment and the beginning of my sophomore year.All I gotta say is that those were the best years of my life.although I did mess around a lot I was living life to the fullest.The homies and I ditched a lot and had fun it was wrong but at the time we didn't care. Both started out as party crew but now gangs some other gangs died out such as DOGTOWN, GOLDEN WEST STR, CUBBON STR, LIL BROOK STR, LIL MAFIA and many others. I remember one black guy getting pounded to a pulp by a gang of Samoans. I was in the band and would have to say that some of my best memories to this date hapenned while in band class or at an event. I don't remember any of the negative things I've read here, our memories are great, it was a good time and place to grow up.Lynda from the Class of 1962! VW bugs were a big thing as I drove a black 64 VW and parked at the auto shopgood times. I am a graduate of SAVHS, Class of 1990. In any case, you are all Falcons. Maybe you went to the wrong places if you saw all those negative things.I remb alot of great parties and great sports. Do you mean Santa Ana High School or is there actually a Santa Ana VALLEY high school? of students agree that they like their school and feel happy there. Well,you got one of the really ollllld ones, here one of the first graduating class, 1962. I loved reading your blog comments. I could go on for days. Everybody I knew is either busted or tweakers with half their minds gone. Broke your Chromebook? Carol and I both relocated last year to Elizabethtown, KY. hey, i went to Valley 1974-1979 and yes i graduated. If you believe you have been subjected to discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, immediately contact the Districts Discrimination, Equity and Title IX Compliance Officer Mr. Salvador Reynoso at 2560 Skyway Drive, Santa Maria, CA 93455, (805) 922-4573 or, Los programas, las actividades, las prcticas y el empleo de SMJUHSD prohben la discriminacin, incluido el acoso discriminatorio, la intimidacin y el acoso por motivos de raza o etnia, color, ascendencia, nacionalidad, origen nacional, identificaciones de grupo tnico, edad, religin, matrimonio, familia o padres reales o percibidos. he was the best teacher i had. why cant there be a school where all kids could get along and who the hell invented gangs and drugs?????????? I STILL have 3 of the very early ones. Santa Ana Valley High School. I went to Valley from 1978 to 1982 & graduated in 1982, a great teacher and great school. McDonald Burgers on Edinger Street were only 13 cents except on Tuesday-then they were only 10 cents. Does anyone remember John? Visit parchment.com and order your transcripts online. There are also several other bloggers who write for OJ on a variety of topics. I was reading some of the negitive experiences former students had with violence but I would rather remember the positive things that happen to me. During that time there was a lot of drug use going on, especially marijuana smokers. The whole school went into the auditorium and watched a panel of judges (members of the senior class) pull some of the popular students out of the audience, and convict them of various sins. I was a manager on the swim and water polo teams, worked in the Valley Villa, and was an editor for the Essense literary magazine. In 2003 the SAVHS water polo team played against Western high school (my grandsons was a senior and played for Western) and Valley won in triple overtime, WOW, what a great game. I was part of some which made my time Valley interesting. Sure there were drugs and violence just like any other school. I have nothing but fond memories. Townsend st was nothing but wabs! Our academies have gained so much success that the students who go to fundamental schools are the ones trying to enroll in our classes. In the 1960 era central LA; Watts, Central Ave, West Adams gangs scuffles were hand to hand fights or with knives and tire irons. I'd slam my locker door shut, shift through friends in the hallways, and get through the day. Everything else about this school, education-wise, is wonderful. Valley High School placed in the bottom 50% of all schools in California for overall test scores (math proficiency is bottom 50%, and reading proficiency is bottom 50%) for the 2020-21 school year. Great memories. Which led me to me grabing my crotch instead of bowing at the end lol (did not go over too well with school officials or parents)But my memories are not of gangs drugs or violence, just good times at VHS, Steve,I attended VHS in 78-81. We had every conceivable type of group possible from gang members, to jocks, greasers, party crews, the really smart kids and so on. Again adult gang organization, culture diversity gangs and juvenile delinquents are different so is the time line for the local gangs. tmnjw@earthlink.net. Total Students: 2,241 I loved my being an alumni of Valley. The Paulo Drive-in, Oscars car hop service. For some reason some got hot and some got ugly and old but I mean that in a good way. CA) varsity baseball team has a home non-conference game vs. Rancho Alamitos (Garden Grove. The class of '61 only attended their Junior and Senior years. Mr. Palacios was our director. VAlley high was the bomb. Or the Promers'?Smokers out by the gate and fights in the quad. Yeah Juice is my homeboy "Hugo Santana" He is a cool person. Hi,My brother/sisters and I all attended VHS in the early 80's and we all had our share of good and bad memeories. As a matter of fact, I'm attending Valley High School this year and for the past 3 years. THEY STARTED OUT AS A PARTY CREW AND THEN A GANG. 1505 Candelaria Rd. I recall PBS doing a documentary on campus on the diversity we enjoyed. Alumni Information/ Informacin de ex alumnos, Calendar - 2021-2022 SAUSD Academic School Calendar, ELAC - English Learner Advisory Council/ Consejo Asesor de Aprendices de Ingls, District Calendars/Calendarios del distrito, Athletics Calendar - Click on event for more details, *Return to Play Plan/Presentacin de Regreso al Deporte, Parent Involvement / Participacion de Padres, If you are having trouble viewing the document, you may. I went to Valley from 91-95.I was never afriad to attend the school. Well, they ended up bringing his mother out! Faculty begins reporting back as early as August 6th.High School Inc. is coming. I went to Spurgeon, and Monta Vista elementary. It's a shame, as far as I am concerned, because strength, muscle, and cunning paid off then now all a pussy has to do is pull a trigger.Whew what was I saying? Or Mr. Stockers Hoita ist Fritak, Ra Ra Ra Sis Bum Ba ? So sorry to hear that your times at Valley we're so rough Steve who??? I am looking for a yearbook From that year. Valley is packed and will be moving back in the next few days. ANYWAY for the rest of us. And everyone else in Orange County thought we were the rough ghetto school. FTroop wasn't too big yet, at Valley anyway. West Side, South Side, Townsend, Myrtle and others.I miss going to all those great parties. I was expecting the neighborhood to look bad but actually it was pretty much as I remember it from the days of living there--ethnic changes but still everything looked well-kept. I graduated in '91. They have staff that are truly invested in their students success whether if its for higher education or a career path. We had (mostly) great teachers, a good range of activities--including Kangaroo Court, which was fun except that I was once hauled up for not wearing blue on "You gotta wear blue" day. I went there the same years and do not ever remb a gang fight on campus. I then attended Carr Intermediate and Finally became a member of the graduating class of 1987 of the Santa Ana Valley High Falcons. But 8th grade was the best. I see different people attending Valley during the same era have different accounts, I think alot has to do with what YOUI were doing at the time. barnesje@chambersk12.org. So everyone out there, please remember that one person can make a difference and please give back to the community. My brother Martin and I were playing soccer outside the bishop and flower appartments and infront was a little truck that would sell candy and sodas and stuff. They probably never even looked at one when they were at valley. I was in JROTC and would get bussed over to SAHS for that class. People up here always talk shit about Santa Ana, pinche putos. Do you or anyone out there have any info on the 40th reunion that happened this year ?? One post referred to the Essence magazine. The only violence I can remember on campus besides the occasional fist fight was some girlt pulled a knife durring a brawl and cut someone. I too was a wannabe..i mean, who ever heard of a samoan being in F-Troop?..lol..who does that?!? Average ACT composite score out of 36, as reported by Niche users from this school. It is the only program of its kind. Hi Steve this is David Melendez, i went to Valley in 1981 and 1982, I use play handball all the time at lunch and pe. I like to say what's up to all the Golden west street boys Tokes,Bandit,Sharky,Volture,Crow, Weasel,Ralphy,Monkey,Termite,Puppet,Wimpy,Boxer,Creeper,Sniper,Shady, and the rest of the STONEROS klick I miss all of you homeboys hope that life has been good to you all. We are retired Navy and I've been there, done it, seen it. If you've forgotten your password, click here to reset it. Brownside never controlled around Valley. Mike Schriefer? There were some fights, but it was a great school to attend. Academies Foundation. Did you have a gf then?? Tony Espinosas criminal past is exposed and Ester Jones past fraud story is also there, along with comments about district perverts, pedophiles and other disorderly conduct. Despite all the drama I still Graduated with honors. Most of the troublemakers got kicked out or dropped out in a months time. There are several neighborhoods within our attendance area Los Duranes, Los Griegos, Los Anayas, and Los Chaves which are named for families whose ancestors settled here over 300 years ago. That is why theirs are so high, leaving only the ones that can lift their weight. The goal at most of the band functions was to see how many girls from other bands we could score with, usually we would obtain a memento to commemorate the occasion, a part of their uniform was the norm; a glove, tassel or even the bloomers from the flag girls uniforms would be taken. Through the years I have misplaced my year books. Watts Riots and so on. What's up with the move and new buildings?Santa Ana in the 1960s, with the two-school rivalry between Santa Ana High and new-kid-on-the-block Valley High was, in spite of itself, simply idyllic. There was a mix of black, hispanic and whites there, with a few Samonans and Vietnamese. I haven't been home in 16 years. Inever thoght i say it but I mis those times at Valley. :)To Anonymous from the comment posted on August 21, 2007 at 5:05pm, thank you for reciting our Alma Mater (it almost made me cry)!I am proud to say that I am a Falcon from Santa Ana Valley High! !Or fresh baked cookies at Valley Villa? I still have tons of family in the area down there including some nieces and nephews who've done K-12 in SA schools. Hi all fellow Valley High alumni. And they leave behind the ones that are not doing very well, the English learners. The school wasn't too bad if you stayed out of trouble. Rough Draft WASC Self-Study Youth was on my side.Class of '90, Oh, my God! Compare Saddleback High School to Other Schools sausd.us HEY STEVE, I WENT TO VALLEY IT WAS ONE OF MY MANY SCHOOLS THAT I HAD TO ATTEND. Average SAT composite score out of 1600, as reported by Niche users from this school. Sadly, the people I meet still associate Valley with violence and having a bad reputation. At Valley many gangs existed. thompsonm@chambersk12.org. She wants to know what happened and she doesn't understand why the school isn't coming forward," a family cousin, Graciela Castrejon, said as Jimenez's mother stood next to her. What are your favorite school events or traditions? I did have a great time and got a good education with many friends and great teachers. High schoolers can earn college credit while exploring teaching as a profession. Data are based on the 2020-2021, 2019-2020 and 2018-2019 academic years. 1998-2023 GreatSchools.org All Rights Reserved. 1980's in SA were crzy but fun- I wouldnt change my high school experience one bit-I learned alot from it. Myself and a couple of other guys were making boards. If you want to send me a note, or tell me about your memories of Orange County, e-mail them to: steve@cleardigitalmedia.com. 1801 S Greenville St Santa Ana CA 92704 Hi, Wow it has been forever since High School. Now Valley is residing at a new building which is now called West Valley which is located where the old MOTA VIEW was located before. 1430 N Street Some of my black friends got envolved with the "Black Panthers" and things changed. If anyone remebers me email me at calirican@verizon.net thanks, sincerely David Melendez class of 84, 1991-1993 1991-1993 1991-1993 1991-1993 1991-1993 1991-1993 1991-1993Falcons n FalconettesI saw someone on the street today that i recognized from Valley, an old crush i had. Sure, there was some violence, but nothing like you're describing. Did you have a band uniform under your football uniform for the half time shows? Does anyone remember Veronica orozco? It was a rough school but it made me stronger. Valley High School Unclaimed 1801 South Greenville Street, Santa Ana, CA 92704 Contact info Website 3 /10 GreatSchools Rating 4 reviews 2,150 Students Grades 3 /10 GreatSchools Summary Rating 2/10 Test Scores below average 3/10 College Readiness below average 3/10 Equity below average Last updated: Nov 18, 2022 ACADEMICS Academic Progress For information regarding LEA accreditation, please visit the US Department of Educations (505) 345-9021 Phone Although I was a loner at Valley High School during class time but it was great walking home with my younger brothers Cleveland and Kishen and I would not trade my experience there for anything. Valley High School is a public school located in SANTA ANA, CA. Gary Ambrose. Mr. Kirwan was a turkey. Contact Us. These counts and percentages of students and teachers are from data reported by schools to the government. P.O. Sacramento, CA 95814, Contact Us | FAQ Fax: 805-922-8203. Valley High School is a public high school of the Santa Ana Unified School District located in Santa Ana, CA. Valley High School is 1 of 10 high schools in the Santa Ana Unified School District . As a proud 1978 Valley Alumni I want to first say that I would honestly not trade my 4 years there for any other experience. This measures the proficiency on state exams among typically underperforming subgroups. I think LIL BLACKY DUK said he went to Santa Ana not Valley. The old days were the best when everyone use to kick it together. Not all bases of discrimination will apply to both education services and employment. Now Iam retired and live in a little town called Mentone, Ca, just down the hill from Big Bear. How Valley High School performed nationally and statewide out of 17,843 nationally ranked schools and 1,603 schools ranked in California. Visit Valley, and2. 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