Canyon Middle School

Canyon Middle School

Canyon Middle School is a middle school in Castro Valley, California, USA. It is one of two middle schools in the Castro Valley Unified School District, the other being Creekside Middle School.

The enrollment is around 1,400 students in grades 6-8 and the Principal is Mark Croghan. [ [http://www.cv.k12.ca.us/index.html Castro Valley Unified School District] ] A notable 31% of the students are Asian. [ [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/6120 "Public School Review"] ]

Notability

Canyon Middle School is a 'California Distinguished School'. [ [http://www.cv.k12.ca.us/sarc0405/canyon0405.pdf "School Accountability Report Card 2004-2005"] ]

The unsolved murder, in 1994 of Canyon student Jennifer Lin, was widely publicised. [ [http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=4209701 "Lin Murder Suspect, Long Time Focus"] , ABC7, 2006] In 2007 there were two bomb threats [ [http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_109114841.html Castro Valley School Reopens After Bomb Threat] , CBS5, 2007] at the school. The story was highly exposed to the Bay Area.

In 2008, a student of Canyon Middle School won a national contest sponsored by Google to create a custom Google logo. [ [http://www.google.com/doodle4google/ "Doodle 4 Google"] , ABC7, 2006]

References

External links

* [http://www.canyon.cv.k12.ca.us/info/SSP%20Plan.pdf 2006-2007 Comprehensive School Plan to Improve Student Performance At Canyon Middle School] , (PDF)
* [http://www.canyon.cv.k12.ca.us/ Canyon Middle School web site]

Canyon Middle School 2007 National Schools To Watch Taking Center Stage Model School


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