Sonoma Valley High School

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Sonoma Valley High School
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Sonoma Valley High School
Sonoma, California

United States
Coordinates 38°16′58″N122°27′29″W / 38.28278°N 122.45806°W / 38.28278; -122.45806 [1]
Information
TypePublic
Staff70.26 (FTE) [3]
Number of students1,324 (2017–18) [3]
Student to teacher ratio18.84 [3]
Nickname Dragons [4]
Website Official website

Sonoma Valley High School (SVHS) is a public high school located in Sonoma, California with approximately 1,300 students as of 2017. It was founded in 1891 and held its first commencement in 1894. It moved to its current campus in 1922. Since that time, there have been numerous additions to campus facilities. It is the only comprehensive high school in the Sonoma Valley Unified School District. [5]

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By some accounts, it is about the 25th oldest continuously operating high school in California. [6] [ circular reference ]

Awards

Sonoma Valley was named a California Distinguished School in 1994. [7] The school student newspaper, the Sonoma Dragon's Tale, received first place in Overall Excellence in the Redwood Empire Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2013. Editor-in-Chief Jamie Ballard and Copy Editor Grace Bon also received Outstanding Journalism awards in 2013. [8]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sonoma Valley High School
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sonoma Valley High School
  3. 1 2 3 "Sonoma Valley High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Principal's Message / Overview" . Retrieved April 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ "About". Sonoma Valley High School. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  6. ↑ "List of oldest schools in California".
  7. ↑ "Distinguished Schools Data File" . Retrieved August 27, 2010.
  8. ↑ Redwood Empire's top high school journalists honored Archived 2013-06-30 at archive.today
  9. ↑ "La Chertosa Wines - About Us - Celebrating August Sebastiani".
  10. ↑ Templeton, David (February 23, 2017). "Sonoma's Max Simonet making big splash on Adult Swim". Sonoma Index-Tribune. Sonoma Media Investments, LLC. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
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