Ygnacio Valley High School

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Ygnacio Valley High School
Picture of YVHS Campus.jpg
A mural with the school mascot at the front entrance of the school
Address
Ygnacio Valley High School
755 Oak Grove Road

Concord
,
California
94518

United States
Coordinates 37°56′02″N122°01′33″W / 37.933993°N 122.025898°W / 37.933993; -122.025898
Information
Type Public high school
Motto"Be safe, be respectful, be responsible!"
Established1960
School district Mount Diablo Unified School District
SuperintendentAdam Clark
PrincipalJonathan Pike
Staff63.78 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,265 (2020-21) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.83 [1]
Color(s)Navy blue and Gold   
MascotWolf
Nickname Wolves
Website yvhs.mdusd.org

Ygnacio Valley High School (YVHS) is a public secondary school located in Concord, California, United States. It draws students from Concord as well as from the neighboring communities of Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill. The school opened in 1962, and its first senior class graduated in 1964. Originally conceived as a temporary facility, the school currently carries an enrollment of over 1,500 total students for grades 9 through 12. When the nearby Northgate High School opened in 1974, YVHS lost approximately half its student body at the time. The school is part of the Mount Diablo Unified School District.

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Academics

Ygnacio Valley High School has been an IB World School since March 22, 2017. This school is the only school within the Mount Diablo Unified School District to offer the International Baccalaureate program. Some subjects offered are Spanish B, Mathematics, and History.

AP/Honors classes are also offered at Ygnacio Valley High School some such as Spanish and English Honors and AP World History.

Athletics

Since 1964, one of the school's main athletic rivals has been the Clayton Valley High School Eagles. The main rival was the College Park Falcons, until the schools were redistricted to prevent ongoing vengeful stunts that were hindering good sportsmanship in the early 2000s. YVHS also shares a lesser rivalry (as well as a property line) with neighboring De La Salle High School.

The first varsity Warrior football game played at the YVHS campus in 38 years took place on September 16, 2006. Ground was broken on a new running track and all-weather turf football and soccer field at YVHS in August 2005. Prior to the completion of the new field, most football home games were played at Mount Diablo High School or Diablo Valley College, due to poor field conditions, condemned bleachers, and a lack of lighting.

In December 2005, the YVHS football team won the NCS-2A championship against Miramonte High School for the second time since 1999. The following year the YVHS football team returned to the NCS playoffs and lost in the second round.

In the 2009-10 football season, the YVHS football team won the DVAL League championship for the first time. The league had been created two years prior. The team then advanced to the NCS playoffs, losing in the second round to Eureka High School.

On March 14, 1987, the YVHS boys' basketball team won the Division 1 Northern California Championship at the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 56-54 (2OT) over James Logan High School. This marked the first time in history that an East Bay High School (east of the Caldecott tunnel) accomplished such a feat. The 1987 squad set and still holds the school record with 28 wins.

On February 29, 2020, the YVHS boys' soccer team won the North Coast Section Division 3 Championship for the second time in 5 years by a score of 3-2 over Albany High School.

Famous visits

President Bill Clinton installing computer cables with Vice President Al Gore on NetDay at Ygnacio Valley High School, March 9, 1996 Phoc96v1.jpg
President Bill Clinton installing computer cables with Vice President Al Gore on NetDay at Ygnacio Valley High School, March 9, 1996

During the 1988 presidential campaign, then Vice President George Bush made an appearance at YVHS and addressed the student body. In 1996, YVHS received another presidential visit when Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore made a rare joint appearance. They visited the campus as part of the NetDay '96 event, which kicked off a drive to connect California public schools to the Internet. [2] [3]

YVHS is an ideal location for such high-security visits, due to the limited entry points into school property. [4]

In the early 1990s, YVHS also received visits from U.S. Representatives George Miller and Bill Baker, sponsored by the school's now-defunct Public Policy Society.

Ongoing issues

The school mascot, the Warrior, is represented as a Native American spear going through the letter ‘W’ (for Warriors). Similar mascots representing Native American culture are often a point of contention throughout the state of California, where over 100 high schools have American Indian mascots.

YVHS is occasionally cited in the ongoing school prayer debate, after allowing Muslim students to use an available room for prayer during Ramadan in 2004.

Notable alumni

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