Wrote some of Lenny Kravitz's early stuff (when he was dating and later married Lisa Bonet). As as for those stupid gangsters saying they control this and they control that. Selecting a category below will take you to another page. servicecenter@aps.edu. Class of 1966. Every Class has something to remember; every group of students thought they ruled the place just because they ruled the place where they ate lunch; behind the wall(the wall behind ceramics). 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 was a jock, wrestling, and at the time, one of my friends got into a fist fight with a football player but no big deal though. Clara OrtizI was a cheerleader, played on the field hockey team, ran track, and was an all round Santa Ana girl. I believe he was ill my senior year but he never let onHe was a good sport. We are all Falcons; put all the gangs aside in remembrance of our great times at Valley. But it sure was a tough looking crowd every year that first month. The total minority enrollment is 100%, and I had the BEST experience at Valley High School. For inquiries related to Title II, please contact: Bianca Barquin, Assistant Superintendent, K-12 Teaching and Learning and District Title II Coordinator, 1601 E. Chestnut Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92701, or by phone at (714) 558-5656 or via email at Bianca.Barquin@sausd.us. They may be able to steer you in the right direction.R.I.P. PROFILE UPDATES WHERE ARE THEY NOW WHERE WE LIVE Welcome to the Santa Ana Valley High Class Of 1963 web site. I think Valley helped me be the person I am today. I remember one black guy getting pounded to a pulp by a gang of Samoans. THEY ALSO SOLD THE ONE ON WARNER AND PACIFIC. Sounds like a lot has changed for the bad. I played waterpolo from my freshmen year to my senior year, we won league in 03, damm, that felt good, my good friend hugo scored the winning goal from a pass that i made to him after he was fauld in the two meter, it was a backhand shot, and the best feeling ive ever had. FYIYes,there where also some great fights. I do not look back at my past as being negative as you wrote. I'll tell ya this and its the downright truth. I'm 54 years old now and I still to this day see friends I meat their and they are like family to me know. Yeah Juice is my homeboy "Hugo Santana" He is a cool person. Robbie Boyd almost returned an interception back for a touchdown in the Rose Bowl. Many U.S. higher educational institutions grant credits or advanced placement based on student performance on AP exams. ?Or Mr. Borellis politiks? I was in JROTC and would get bussed over to SAHS for that class. Valley High and the city is a rough place and a not so good rep. Santa Ana Valley High School, also referred to as Valley High School is located at 1801 S. Greenville St. in Santa Ana, CA 92704. I graduated from SAV 2004, how times have changed. A number of them became lawyers and doctors. Yeah big Al i remember him and Brolio Ramos. Go Falcons! They probably never even looked at one when they were at valley. All this had geat wear and tear on our great SAVHS..Ruth, rvx10@aol;com, To Mr. Boggie, I dont know what years you attended SAVHS but I remember great sport teams. I never thought I'd leave OC but I have. So then in the 1970-80 LA gangs, just 35 miles away from SAV, crawled its way into Orange County. Also the A&P market opened on the corner of McFadden and Bristol in the late 1950s. The Association is the conduit that keeps the membership informed about what is happening at the CIF-SS, division and league levels. I remember Mr. Staudenbaur missed 1/2 a year because he was the jury foreman on a murder trial for a Mafioso but I cannot recall if this was during Chem or Physics. But you know, I havent let success get to my head. Class of 2007 rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The knifing at Carr happend the year before I attended Carr, when it was still named Smedly, Smelly Smedly to us due to the dairy right across the street.In 81 Valley had a bad rep but the school really wasn't that bad. GreatSchools is the leading nonprofit providing high-quality information that supports parents pursuing a great education for their child, schools striving for excellence, and communities working to diminish inequities in education. Hello all!I attended Santa Ana Valley High School, Class of 1986.I didn't witness any fighting or gang activity however I know it was present.I think that being involved in volleyball, softball and basketball(for the last two weeks of my senior year) kept me away from that stuff.I am sorry to hear about Mr. Hawn, he was one of my favorite teachers. VW bugs were a big thing as I drove a black 64 VW and parked at the auto shopgood times. 8,411 were here. View their 2023 rankings, test scores, reviews and more. I'm so sorry I left out the white boys, you guys know you were all like family. Valley High had the reputation of being the roughest high school in the city, and probably among the roughest county-wide. How about The Righteous Brothers, Bal Week? I think its a shame that these stupid little cholo boys like Mr. Slick BRS13 really think they owned and controled Valley, and people like them feel they own Santa Ana. My best friend was murdered by some foolz for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. There were several gang fights there. My high school days were the best of my life! Back in the day, there was more of party crews and greasers or thats what we called them.. we had so many fun activites and pep ralleys in the quad..we got along well with all walks of life and its sad to hear that Valley has gone from bad to worstI will always be proud to be a Falcon..Long live Valley High School!! Valley High School Obituaries and Memoriams. WELCOME TO SANTA ANA VALLEY CLASS OF 1962'S WEB PAGE Please feel free to join our website if you attended Santa Ana Valley High School in Santa Ana, CA even if you didn't graduate in 1962. I stood out a little as I was one of the few white kids. The neighborhood looked the same. 501 Highway 29 Valley, AL 36854. During the 19th century, Irish and Italian street gangs proliferated in East Coast cities as waves of European immigrants entered the United States. I don't recall any fights, especially not gang fights. Survive Valley or SAHS, you will survive in lifeIf you know where Jerome Center ismuch love! This information relates to high schools run by this school's state operating agency. Santa Ana Unified School District. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or California Dream Act Application (CADAA) determines a students eligibility for financial aid to assist with a students attendance at a college or career school. Miss Valley high and the esquimo. If you've forgotten your password, click here to reset it. Old boyfriends have found me, and I have found others. : )Any other classmates from '68 contact me at evlyn889@yahoo.com and I'll forward you 40th reunion info. I was suppose to graduate clss of 88' but ended up at Mtn View. All non violent of course. Every time I go swimming, I thank Coach Cholo (Cholodenko) for teaching me how!I learned how to weld using an oxy-acetylene torch at Valley. I was Sharon Thacker back then and have a twin named Carol. He was taken to the hospital and resuscitated, but eventually taken off life support when doctors declared him brain dead. In 91 thye had the first vaudeville. It will be a great program once it is up and running in full force (about three to four years). Si cree que ha sido objeto de discriminacin, acoso, intimidacin o acoso, comunquese de inmediato con el Oficial de Discriminacin, Equidad y Cumplimiento del Ttulo IX del Distrito, el Sr. Salvador Reynoso en 2560 Skyway Drive, Santa Maria, CA 93455, (805) 922 -4573 o, Mark Richardson Career Technical Education Center & Agricultural Farm, Santa Maria Valley Soccer Crosstown Rivalry, Pioneer Valley, Santa Maria win semifinals, will face off for CIF championship this weekend, PVHS FCCLA Students Earn Top Honors at Spring Leadership Meeting, PVHS FFA Citrus Judging State Champions 2023. I played Baseball all four years at Valley. I GUESS YOU CAN SAY I WAS ONE OF THE MANY CAUSING GANG PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL BUT I OFTEN DID NOT GO TO SHOOL. I had good but also bad times at VHS the football games were the best i'll never forget those. When did all the vatos finally get computers? It's people like them that give minority groups and Valley High School a bad name. Click there and you will get a selection of different blog entries/comments on the scandals that have been in progress with our district. Compare Saddleback High School to Other Schools sausd.us But hard ball is played at all time in life wrong places at the wrong tmes, wrong friends. 4 were here. knapp.kevin@tusd.org . It shows through a lot of these posts, too.Good luck to wherever Valley is now and all who will attend there. But 8th grade was the best. I'll drop by in another 44 years to see how it's changed. Request Data Update(s). Or maybe you got hit with a basketball of football at one of our many Century League Championship games. DL, is Darryl and I know all those baseball players very well. Valley High School 2022 Rankings Valley High School is ranked #9,702 in the National. Tyler Hayden at the Santa Barbara Independent reports a 16-year-old student was restrained, twice sedated, and arrested after questions of marijuana use resulted in a violent confrontation with the school's vice principal and on-campus Sheriff's deputy. many of the SouthSiders are locked up after terrorizing the area for many years. Another x-mas so far away from home. (I know, all you '62 and '63 grads are bristling with adolescent pomposeness right now up yours now, as then.) Still plays sax around the world. In 1962 & 63, SAV was a place that no one wanted to go to back then especially if you were a Surfer..!! You are correct, we had the largest and loudest freshmen class ever. The baddies who need to intimidate others into silence about the corruption they practice, predictably hate freedom of speech, and fear this blog. He was a a great person he had his little problem with the drug scean but he was a smart guy in school and a good friend. Bonnie Fachio,What year did you graduate? Smarter Balanced Scores Relative to U.S. News Expectations. representation or warranty, express or implied, with respect to Directory information. Students are grouped in one of 7 Small Learning Communities:Culinary Arts, Health Care (Medical/Dental), Automotive, New Media Arts, Global Business, Engineering, and the Anteater Academy (AP focus). Santa Ana Valley High School on Teachers.io Teachers Links Files Announcements Santa Ana Valley High School Santa Ana, CA 92704 http://www.sausd.us/valley Report a problem with this school's information. We were always "that other school" in Santa Ana at that time. 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. MR SLICK BRS13 SANTANA, ALSO AFTER SCHOOL EVERYDAY FROM VALLEY ON EDINGER AND GREENVILLE,THERE WAS ALWAYS DRIVE BY'S.STUDENTS COMING OUT,DIDNT CARE WE WERE THERE PATROLING.SOMETIMES WE WOULD EVEN GO TO VALLEY LOOKIN FOR OUR ENEMIES. As you can see, I did not graduate with honors in philosophy, although the education i got there did earn me a good career with a good retirement. Life as we knew it. Maybe you went to the wrong places if you saw all those negative things.I remb alot of great parties and great sports. It has 2,241 students in grades 9th through 12th. 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. Id like to say whats up to all my old friends on South Sullivan st. VAlley high was the bomb. I remember Mr. Boggie and how he swam my nickname for him was (shamu). Both types of public schools aim to offer innovative and flexible academic programs. Here is the general site: http://o-juice.blogspot.com/ If you read down the page, you will see about a dozen Blog entries on any given day. I recall PBS doing a documentary on campus on the diversity we enjoyed. This measures the proficiency on state exams among typically underperforming subgroups. The school wasn't too bad if you stayed out of trouble. Data are based on the 2020-2021, 2019-2020 and 2018-2019 academic years. How Valley High School performed nationally and statewide out of 17,843 nationally ranked schools and 1,603 schools ranked in California. Theres hotter ladies now. In 1979 we went on a Music tour to northern California. When i got it it said John on the cover. My boys were Elliott Dunning, Norman Moss, Robby Boyd, Gary Gant, Rabbit, and my high school sweetheart Richard Calvin. Well, they ended up bringing his mother out! I remember the OCTM girls,smiles, shy girl, babyface,yolanda,Brenda ,all the girls and guys,gizmo"my man",minor,whisper, chivoand everyone else I forgot to mention would kick at tony's all the time and at the laundrymats.They use to tag the laundrymats everyday.I went the other day and the tagging is still there. Proportion of 12th Grade Class Who Took an Exam, Proportion of 12th Grade Class Who Scored 3+ on an Exam, Exam Takers in 12th Grade Class Who Scored 3+ on an Exam. Mathematics). Students will experience all of this at Valley in addition to everything a comprehensive high school has to offer including athletics, clubs, and community. You really should have gone to class and left the thug/gang life alone. Denver, Mannie, Craig, Rodgyl, Fruitman to name a few. Used to be a little store down the street. Hey if anybody from Carr Inter. Jimenez was in his second year of swim classes. Worst thing could happen was a busted nose and a little non-viral bloodshed. I'm looking for info on any 40th reunions for our class of 1966. There was one kid in our neighborhood, name was Eddie (RIP) from Pomona, he said people donot fight hand to hand anymore, they just shot-shot to kill. hey im astudent from santa ana high school an iwas in gangs to. would love to share some memories with you re: classmates and teachers. 0:00 / 7:36 Calvary Chapel vs. Santa Ana Valley - High School Volleyball American Sports 4159 Subscribe 0 No views 10 minutes ago #California #HighSchoolVolleyball. Have friends that come up to visit. / Center by ValleyI attended SAHS (Class of 88). I did get punched in the eye walking home from Rec Night once, but that was just because Ronelle K. could not stand that I was a better athlete than her, and had to get her boys to jump me. It has 2,227 students in grades 9-12 with a student-teacher ratio of 22 to 1. I have friends who are imprisoned for a long time. You had a goofy brother too.Mr. GO FALCONS! hey stevei graduated in 1995 and at that time there sure was a lot of gang bangers. Where can i get in touch with someone. i grew up around grennville and warner most of my life went to John Adams, Mc Fadden ,SAV and MT, View Santa Ana is no longer part of the U.S.A. I went to Spurgeon, and Monta Vista elementary. I keep in touch with a few people from Valley back in the day like Norman Moss. THEY STARTED OUT AS A PARTY CREW AND THEN A GANG. WELL YEAH THER ARE ALOT OF FIGHT THERE BUT ME AND MY FRIENDS TRY HARD TO AVOID THEM BUT OTHER THEN THAT IT IS PREETY COOL THERE! What a tripto see some of the family clan have the same teachers I had! LOL @ this blog..mani am 1 of the 7 siblings that went to Valley..class of 89, 92, me "95"..and so on. I was the first Black to become a songleader. If this is the same Freddy from Diamond/Brooks Street area, he was thrown from the sun roof of a car returning from Vegas some years ago. the Directory does not contain information for every LEA and the information that is in the Directory may be outdated of students and parents agree that lots of students participate in clubs and organizations. Beleive me I pretty much know what you went through I myself spent years for not wanting to get my act together now everything is cool maybe not they i want it to be but alot better than before. For us, the most exotic menace was the occasionally-wielded knife which was immediately declared unfair and discarded as a result. I loved my being an alumni of Valley. Futi the Hamo, I know all of your shout-outs and probably you too.3. Sadly, the people I meet still associate Valley with violence and having a bad reputation. Valley is getting a new principal for the 2007-2008 year.http://o-juice.blogspot.com/2007/04/sausd-substitute-shortage-or.htmlhttp://o-juice.blogspot.com/, Orange Juice Blog Guide: Background: The OJ Blog (web log) has been evolving into a more active community based site to get local news and discussions. of students and parents agree that the teachers give engaging lessons. Based on student and parent reviews of clubs and activities. I went to SAV for the entre 4 yrs and I had the best experiences in life.. Weiner, My dad was transferred from Great Lakes, Ill to El Toro USMC, Ca in the early summer of 1955. Remember Bristol st. Cruising that was the shit. I remember bad ass rebel Math Teacher Mr. Murphy, Coach Linder and so on. When i run into people these days, the one thing we always say is "we're lucky to be alive". Academies Foundation. Wendy Robinson - Assistant Principal. WHY IS IT SOME LAME ALLWAY HAS TO START WRITING NONSENCE! All of the teachers were great and I had a very good experience. I attended Valley in 74-78.I remember that store up the streeton Greenville.It was called Gordons Market.I remeber LC the security guardriding around in that blue cart.I also smoked by the side gate.I lived across Raitt St. on Harvardthrough the short cut. Mr. Palacios was our director. The Street was renamed to McFadden after the orange groves were mowed down between Raitt and which is now Fairview in 1957. Steve,,,,,,,I started at Edison Elementry,went to Lathrop Jr. and then to Valley. Not quite sure what is going on there. The Southern California High School Soccer Coaches Association plays an important part with the organizations that influence the sport of high school soccer (e.g. I made sure to be friendly with the Samoans as they seemed a little more rough around the edges than the Latinos.I have to say that I had a really great time while at VHS. We had none of that. Phil B. 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