Rancho Buena Vista High School

Infobox School
name = Rancho Buena Vista High School


motto = Excellence through Unity!
established = 1988
type = Public School
affiliation =
district = Vista Unified School District
grades = 9-12
president =
principal = Varda Levy
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students =
enrollment = 3,300+
enrollment_as_of = 2008
colors = color box|Maroon color box|Silver Maroon and Silver
mascot = Longhorn
free_label3 = Newspaper
free_text3 = "The Bull's Eye"
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location = 1601 Longhorn Drive
Vista, California
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country = flagicon|USA United States of America
information =
website = Rancho Buena Vista High School Website [http://www.rbvhs.org]

Rancho Buena Vista High School or "RBV" is a California Distinguished School and International Baccalaureate Organization World School, located in Vista, California. [http://rbvhs.vusd.k12.ca.us/]

History

Opened in 1988, Rancho Buena Vista High School, often shortened locally to "RBV", "Rancho" or "The Ranch", is a comprehensive, public, secondary school in the Vista Unified School District. The school's mascot is the Longhorn (Texas longhorn). Among the largest schools in San Diego County, with over 3,300 enrolled students, with a diverse student population in grades 9-12, Rancho Buena Vista High is one of the 572 World Schools in the United States (as of January 2008) offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Varda Levy is the school principal. Mari Contraras, JoAnn Jones, Eileen Hermansen, Steve Hargrave are the school assistant principals.

Activities

Known for yearly participation in the National History Day competition, an annual United Service Organizations (USO) show, [http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/03/10/news/coastal/22_48_833_9_07.txt] [http://www.ranchosocialstudies.org/uso/usoshow.htm] and its ArtSplash festival, [http://www.getcurrentevents.com/2007/05/16/students-prepare-sidewalk-for-annual-artsplash-in-vista] [http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/07/23/news/community/photos/1b02-v-chalk.072307.txt] [http://rbvhs.vusd.k12.ca.us/teachers/royster/Chalkfestival2005/index.htm] [http://rbvhs.vusd.k12.ca.us/teachers/royster/Chalkfestival2007/index.htm] RBV boasts award-winning programs in theater, graphic design/digital arts, speech and debate, and a 6A class marching band (currently directed by Eric Weirather and Mark Wadleigh) [http://www.rbvband.com] . Many students participate in a large internship programme, AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), the Regional Occupational Program (ROP), and IB Certificate and Advanced Placement (AP) classes. Rancho's Cross Country teams are perennially state-ranked, and the varsity Academic Team won the San Diego County Academic League Championship in 2006. [http://www.sdcoe.net/news/06-04-28-al.asp] .

tatistics

Staff & Select Enrollment (2006-2007 data) [http://ca.localschooldirectory.com/schools_info.php/school_id/13622]

Number of full-time paraprofessional staff: 3

Number of part-time paraprofessional staff: 23

Number of full-time office/clerical staff: 12

Number of part-time office/clerical staff: 2

Number of full-time other staff: 16

Number of part-time other staff 1

Enrollment in algebra or algebra II: 531

Enrollment in advanced math course: 598

Enrollment in first year chemistry: 472

Enrollment in first year physics: 197

Career-technical education enrollment: 260

Student Drop Outs (2005-2006 data)

Number of 9th Grade Drop Outs: 19

Number of 10th Grade Drop Outs: 20

Number of 11th Grade Drop Outs: 15

Number of 12th Grade Drop Outs: 11

Total Number of Drop Outs: 65

Total Students 3310 students 48% Male / 52% Female

Total Classroom Teachers 131 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 889 students

Grade 10 - 1010 students

Grade 11 - 701 students

Grade 12 - 710 students

Student % by Ethnicity [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/13146]

1% American Indian

6% Asian

38% Hispanic

4% Black

50% White

1% Unknown

Other

"RBV" is featured in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000), created by San Diego County native Tony Hawk. The school's Longhorn emblem is displayed on the wall of one of the buildings in the school level. Dave Roberts, a major league baseball player, is Rancho Buena Vista's most notable graduate.