San Ramon Valley High School Principal’s Message Joseph Ianora, Welcome to the Home of the Wolves, San Ramon Valley High School (SRVHS). SRVHS serves students grades nine through twelve. Our school Principal has a long standing tradition of excellence in education. SRVHS had its beginning in 1910. The present site was purchased in 1917 and it served as the only secondary school in the district until 1965. School Address: San Ramon Valley High School has a strong college preparatory program that includes many honors and Advanced Placement courses. Ninety- 501 Danville Rd. six percent of our students advance to post-secondary education. As Danville, CA a comprehensive high school, SRVHS offers courses in art, business, choral and instrumental music, drama, technology, and physical education. 94526-2498 Students also have the opportunity to take accelerated classes at the University of California, Berkeley, Diablo Valley College, and Cal State East Bay. We suggest that our students explore these areas as well as courses (925) 552-5580 offered by the Regional Occupation Program. We encourage all students to become involved in the many co-curricular activities available, such as the boys’ and girls’ athletic programs, academic competitions, a variety of student clubs, many different visual arts programs, and student government. The staff at San Ramon Valley High School is made up of excellent teachers, counselors, administrators, and support personnel who are dedicated to helping our students develop and achieve their goals. Steven Enoch, Our high school is focused on student learning and is striving to become a professional learning community. Superintendent We are currently answering four basic questions: • What do we want our student to know and/or do? • How do we know they have learned it/can demonstrate it? District Address: • What do we do if they cannot? • What do we do for those who can? 699 Old Orchard Dr. To find the answers to those questions, we have implemented the following steps: Step One: We have established departmental and course level teams who collaborate about what we want Danville, CA students to know and do. These teams are planning curriculum and the pacing of that curriculum. Step Two: Departments and course level teams have been asked to create formative assessments, to 94526-4331 analyze the data generated by these assessments, and to make the necessary instructional adjustments to ensure student learning. (925) 552-5500 Step Three: Providing systematic intervention for those students who are not learning. We regularly review which intervention strategies work best at San Ramon Valley High School. Sincerely, Joseph A. Ianora, Principal (Email [email protected]) Mission Statement The San Ramon Valley High School community empowers students to achieve their educational potential. Vision Statement We are committed to foster the intellectual, physical and social development of each student; to teach all students how to learn so that intellectual growth may continue throughout life; to model tolerance and www.srvusd.k12. respect for self and others in order to promote team work and community effort in our multi-cultural society; and to help students link learning to personal visions and goals for self and for society so that they may help ca.us to shape the world in which they will live. San Ramon Valley High 1 Published: January 2011 ESLRs Based on data for the class of 2010, 69% of students enrolled at a four- year college/university, and 27% of students enrolled in a two-year college. 1. San Ramon Valley High School students will demonstrate curricular The remaining students enlisted in the military or joined the work force. knowledge and skills. 2. San Ramon Valley High School students will demonstrate creative and complex thinking. 3. San Ramon Valley High School students will demonstrate effective Discipline & Climate for Learning communication. San Ramon Valley High School provides many events and activities that 4. San Ramon Valley High School students will demonstrate integrity and foster a positive learning environment and enthusiastic school culture. responsibility. Notable among the many activities at SRVHS, serving a diverse student body, are the following: School Newspaper and Yearbook School Profile An Active and Involved Student Council San Ramon Valley High School (SRVHS) located in Danville, California, An Outstanding Performing Arts Program has a long-standing tradition of excellence. Since 1910, SRVHS has An Extensive Athletic Program been committed to providing an education that fosters the intellectual, A Broad Range of Service Clubs physical, and social development of each student. Our strong tradition National Honor Society of excellence emanates from our dedicated staff, responsible students, California Scholarship Foundation committed parents, and active community partners who contribute to the San Ramon School Ambassadors school’s and students’ successes. Through a comprehensive system Academic Letters of support programs, we ensure that all students are connected to the Active Speech & Debate school. This is accomplished through a wide array of both academic Academic Decathlon and extra/co-curricular programs. The instructional goals established for Renaissance Student Recognition Program each subject area are clearly tied to the achievement of rigorous content Two Leadership Classes and performance standards and to our Expected School-Wide Learning Over 30 Clubs Results (ESLRs). Every 15 Minutes As we, at San Ramon Valley High School, move to align our curriculum to Senior Experience Program state standards and district guidelines, we are implementing Professional Environmental & Engineering Academy Learning Communities. Professional Learning Communities (PLC’s) shift Youth & Government the focus from teaching to student learning by asking three essential Good Will Hunters questions: Model U.N. 1.What do we want the students to know? SRVHS follows a progressive discipline plan. Students receive 2.How do we know they have learned it? consequences based on their actions, beginning with a warning in most 3.What do we do if they don’t? cases, and moving to suspension or expulsion if the action warrants based on the Education Code. The safety of the school is our number one priority, These questions will help our staff focus on the best educational practices with our discipline guidelines established to create a safe, caring campus for our students. Through consistent collaboration and feedback, students mindful of the needs of our students. will receive the help they need to master the educational material as well as achieve their highest potential. Suspensions & Expulsions San Ramon Valley High School’s vision is aligned with the district’s vision/ School District mission statement and their objectives. Our vision is to create a community, 07-08 08-09 09-10 07-08 08-09 09-10 in a safe and educationally rich environment that prepares each of our Suspensions 91 60 109 1141 966 1086 students to live a healthy, productive, and fulfilling life in the global and technological world of the 21st century. To that end, we are committed to Suspension Rate 4.3% 2.9% 5.4% 4.4% 3.6% 3.9% foster the intellectual, physical and social development of each student: Expulsions 2 2 1 26 17 8 to teach all students how to learn so that intellectual growth may continue throughout life; to model tolerance and respect for self and others in order Expulsion Rate 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% to promote teamwork and community effort in our multi-cultural society; and to help students link learning to personal visions and goals for self and Enrollment By Grade for society so that they may help to shape the world in which they live. School districts receive financial support from the state for the education of Student Enrollment by Ethnic Group the students they serve based on how many students attend each day. Most importantly, students who attend school on a regular basis and are on time 2009-10 are more likely to be academically successful. Attendance and punctuality Percentage are emphasized so that the continuity of the educational program can be maintained. Our staff carefully monitors student attendance to identify African American 1.0% those students exhibiting excessive absences and offers assistance when American Indian 0.0% necessary. Asian 7.5% The total 2010-2011 enrollment at San Ramon Valley High School is Filipino 0.8% 2027. Hispanic or Latino 7.1% This chart illustrates the enrollment trend by grade level for the past 3 school years. Pacific Islander 0.1% White 79.9% Enrollment Trend by Grade Level Two or More 3.5% 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 None Reported 0.0% 9th 530 503 491 10th 543 517 499 We prepare all of our students to be successful, whether they are entering 11th 528 531 531 the work force directly after graduation or continuing on to institutions of 12th 515 508 509 higher learning. Almost 98% of our students continue their formal education at two- and four-year colleges. San Ramon Valley High 2 Published: January 2011 Class Size Highly Qualified Teachers Average class sizes vary by grade level and subject area taught. In The Federal No Child Left Behind Act requires that all teachers in core addition to credentialed teachers, students may receive assistance in the subject areas meet certain requirements in order to be considered classroom from other paraprofessionals. The type of “para” differs from as “Highly Qualified” no later than the end of the 2005-06 school year. site to site, depending on grade level, need, funding and staff discretion. Minimum qualifications include: possession of a Bachelor’s Degree, SRVUSD schools, in varying degrees, also have the benefit of parent possession of an appropriate California teaching credential, and volunteers on campus, in the classroom, and for extracurricular activities demonstrated competence in core academic subjects. such as field trips.