Steve,,,,,,,I started at Edison Elementry,went to Lathrop Jr. and then to Valley. You must have graduated from Mountain View and not Valley! Take care. Does anyone remember the "COMPS" ? We never saw Termite ever again. Robert, Hugo, Carlos, Monroe, Jose, Frank, Frankie, Erick, Go-Joe aka Porkys, Abner and many other greaser fools. It's too bad about them discontinuing the Kangaroo Court, that was a blast. Sadly, I can confirm that much of what Steve wrote is true. It was predominately hispanic and samoan. Valley High School is a public school located in SANTA ANA, CA. of students agree that they feel safe at their school. Had to get out of Cali so my mom thought I would get into trouble. A lot of my friends were black, mexican, white, etc. Watts Riots and so on. Valley Grad., Greg Rankin.This list can go on and on and on. Wether it was OG parties, Greaser parties, Punker parties, Party Krews, Rockabilly parties and etc. I did have a great time and got a good education with many friends and great teachers. Unfortunately, too many people in SA have low expectations for themselves because its not cool to go straight. Want to learn how to stand out to Admissions Officers at your top colleges? Home - Pioneer Valley High School Seniors Order Cap & Gowns Online At: www.jostens.com Diplomas Are Now Available - Contact the Registrar's Office Graduation Pictures Can Be Purchased At: www.gradphotonetwork.com Information Academics Activities Athletics Counseling Enrollment Parents Resources Services Bell Schedule Report Bullying Man, we had a blast. I have friends who are imprisoned for a long time. Ms. Debbie Hill. They blindfolded him, and told him that they would be bringing a mystery girl out, and that he would have to kiss her. Valley had some dancers. i now live in fullerton and when i go visit my friends i sure dont regret getting outta that area. A post shared by Valley High School (@valley.hs.falcons), You may contact Kenneth Gildar, RADT Substance Use Counselor. I also attended Diamond Elementary and Carr Intermediate (a few years after they renamed it from Smedley) I lived on West Occidental Street directly across from the student parking lot. by Downey Junior Varsity Boys Soccer Watch Later Santa Ana Valley High School Downey High School I remember Mr. Stooker the German teacher. When I was going to Valley there were a lot of fights, I remember being involved in quite a few of them (not something I am proud of). show you a personalized ranking of which colleges are the Racial problems, for me didn't kick-in tell my senior year. My Coach was Charlie Phillips (Mr.Fungo Phillips). [email protected]. I had a lot of good memories but none really great. What a tripto see some of the family clan have the same teachers I had! Get one-on-one help building your admissions strategy from CollegeAdvisor's team of over 400+ Admissions Experts. Does anyone remember any of those? How about The Righteous Brothers, Bal Week? 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. McDonald Burgers on Edinger Street were only 13 cents except on Tuesday-then they were only 10 cents. Albuquerque, NM 87125-0704, Student Service Center: (505) 855-9040 However, the school itself was fairly free of violence during the school day. Now Iam retired and live in a little town called Mentone, Ca, just down the hill from Big Bear. We are famous and infamous, successful and struggling, but most of all Falcons. Everything else about this school, education-wise, is wonderful. i just remember mr hernandez. If anyone remembers me, Ma, I'd love to hear from you. Does anyone remember people from golden west street Eli, and his brothers? Went to Smedley, then to VHS. Santa Ana Valley High School Class of 1966 If you have not yet joined as a member, find your profile on the list of classmates . Class of 2026 You Belong Here! Valley High was built in 1959. There were a few times that I thought I was going to get my ass kicked but never did. California Department of Education (CDE) as a public convenience. 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. Think about that when trying to judge a book by its cover. The Paulo Drive-in, Oscars car hop service. We had a great school, our athletics were the shit back then. I went to Edison Elementary and Lathrop Jr High before Valley High. Also Steve, if you are willing to write something so harsh you should have put your full name to it. U ALL DONT KNOW SHIT ABOUT VALLEY.IM FROM BROWNSIDE LOS HUSTLERS GANG, ME AND MY HOMIES CONTROLED VALLEY AROUND 97-99.THEN WE ALL GOT KICKED OUT PRETTY MUCH.AND TO LIL BLACKY FROM DUK UR STUPID HOMIE, U DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A THUG GANGSTER IS.U MAKE ME LAUGH. 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. Please complete the parent survey for the opportunity to weigh in on your child's experience at our school and our school community. There was a mix of black, hispanic and whites there, with a few Samonans and Vietnamese. West Side, South Side, Townsend, Myrtle and others.I miss going to all those great parties. DL, is Darryl and I know all those baseball players very well. Nearby at Centennial Park, there were students and gang members that died in knife fights. Welcome to Valley High School, Home of the Falcons! Not to sound cocky but Valley has had the best Chamber Singers and Boys Varsity Basketball programs in the city. Yes, some great musicians and rappers: Remember the Shipp's? I graduated from Valley in 1987; I attended 84-87 and sort of remember the fights and violence. Was in band, it was the best times of my life. HSI is a pilot program of national importance. I remember one black guy getting pounded to a pulp by a gang of Samoans. Or the Promers'?Smokers out by the gate and fights in the quad. I also lived 2 blocks from the school on Harvard Street and still never had any problems. Jess Gonzalez, Staff Assistant x7688. I had the time of my life attending classes there. Spanky where are you fool? Or who doesnt remember those first-day green class schedules waiting for you to start a new year fresh?? Hey Steve! I remember walking through the farmland of cabbage patches, orange groves, corn fields and berry fields. We do have lives to live and many have moved on to big n better things either way, i love to sit n remember. of students and parents agree that there are plenty of clubs and organizations for students to get involved in. I remember nothing but good times! You listed all of those gangs but you left out the COMPS? of students and parents agree that students at this school are creative and artsy. VW bugs were a big thing as I drove a black 64 VW and parked at the auto shopgood times. Yeah, I knew Juice. Does anyone remember Veronica orozco? I had the BEST experience at Valley High School. Has an extensive discography. I'm from the 64 class. Welcome to Valley, Freshmen! We where rank #2 in the county right under Mater Dei. It has 2,241 students in grades 9th through 12th. Valley High is highly superior to other public schools in the area. Santa Ana vs. Costa Mesa High-School Girls Basketball Hosted By Kings tv sports. There are Reach Higher Wednesdays where our college counselor offers resources and appointments to talk about college and help with applications. I go by there now and see it is being torn down and the neighborhood looks terrible. Remember Bristol st. Cruising that was the shit. The Principal of this new school is a 1966(?) Posted on May 2, 2022. Jimenez Morales, 17, was not. Does this school offer opportunity for all its students, or leave some behind? Mrs. O., photo class was a blast! My biggest dream is to someday revisit my old schools, Glen L. Martin, Smedley Jr. High and last but not least, Santa Ana Valley High! 1801 S. Greenville St., Santa Ana, California| (714) 241-6410. THEY ALSO SOLD THE ONE ON WARNER AND PACIFIC. Orange County Grand Jury reported that gang problems were escalating at an alarming rate, a sentiment echoed by 1995. HELLO I AM CURRENTLY ATEENDING VALLEY HIGHSCHOLL! I played football at Smedly during the days when we were undefeated for years. WOW I DID NOT KNOW THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN AROUN FOR A WHILE. At the end of the year Mr. Hawn handed me two tardy cards (one completely full and one half way) he never turned them in! Back in those days there wasn't a gang for every street in the neighborhood. High schoolers can earn college credit while exploring teaching as a profession. The whole school went into the auditorium and watched a panel of judges (members of the senior class) pull some of the popular students out of the audience, and convict them of various sins. I also fell in love for the first time at this wonderful school. sad man get a life people, more to life then the old hood. Art Pedroza owns the blog and is a resident of Santa Ana. Class of 96 baby. Hope all is going good with them all. We have all had a part in what it has become I guess, even me by my complacency in not seeing things like this deteriorate. Sadly, the people I meet still associate Valley with violence and having a bad reputation. But Ranier Lopez's studio is in the Santa Ana Lofts.Eddie 'Piolin' Sotelo attended Valley I'm told. Based on student and parent reviews of clubs and activities. Used to be a little store down the street. To LIL BLACKY D.U.K who went to Santa Ana not Valley, either thug or gang, you can not spell! I also would ditch with my friends, usually at someone's house and drink as much as we could and go back to school. Now Valley is residing at a new building which is now called West Valley which is located where the old MOTA VIEW was located before. Do you remember Al or Brolio Ramos? Most of the troublemakers got kicked out or dropped out in a months time. hey im astudent from santa ana high school an iwas in gangs to. Hi everyone,I was a former student at VHS from 2003-2005 from my 9th to some of the 11th grade. I graduated from Valley in 1981. Its strange to see where so many have moved off to. THIS IS STRAIGHT CLASS OF ROYAL 90s. 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 was raised on 1917 South Sullivan St. Hi everyone I have a question I just moved from San luis Obispo to Oceano and I have noticed a number of gang tags all sayin "O13" or "Oceano 13" even one on my the other side of my fence in my backyard but anyways are they really something I should worry about? The only reason Valley has such low rankings in test scores is because we accept the students that Godinez and Segerstrom reject. The band was at it's peak during my tenure at Valley and I was very proud to be a part of it. Hey SteveI graduated from SAV in 1974. hay im still going to valley right now and im having the best time of my life.i'm a jr now and loving it,its been fun.i graduat in 2007.i dont relly think valley is that violent at all. I graduated from SAV 2004, how times have changed. Valley High School is one of thirteen four-year comprehensive high schools in the Albuquerque Public School System and has served the students of the North Valley for over 50 years. Valley High Valley High Public 9-12 1801 S. Greenville St. Santa Ana, CA 92704-4005 (714) 241-6410 District: Santa Ana Unified SchoolDigger Rank: 1522nd of 2,123 California High Schools Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,085 Feeder schools for Valley High: Student/teacher ratio: 21.7 Number of students: 2,251 Racial breakdown: Hispanic: 96.7% Asian: 2.1% Hi Steve and thanks for this website. Box 25704 In 1979 we went on a Music tour to northern California. Billy Mills. The early 60s were an interesting transition. Times were good. With a forty on your hand. Nearby Schools Teachers Know teachers at Santa Ana Valley High School? His children all attend SAUSD schools. Instead, they pretended to undergo a separation, so my mother and I could live with "family" in the Saddleback boundaries. I grew up in the Delhi area. The violence at Godinez in minor. Falcon Fever..Catch It!! I am here to take care of my Mom and it would be nice to see some old friends from the good times in Santa Ana. Remember when Craig Bryant was the king of the court. but let ne tell every youngster that they dont even no how thug life 1s.you dont even no how to act like thugs.let tell you guys that are in agang ok there a diferant of thug and a gangster athug is that makes money gets respect and doesent gudge people.o and agangster is aperson that consumes the thugs drugs and nobody gets respect to the person that is agangster and you now what happens to a gangster a bullet in your face or get beat to death.ha you no what im thug o and i roll whith real homies D.U.K lil blaky. THATS RIGHT 2 ALL THE HAMOS(SHORT 4 SAMOANS) FRM. Jimenez Morales, 17, was not breathing when he was pulled from Valley High School's pool on March 1. 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. You're still in school.. phkn study or somn. We need values again. The '80's. FUK VALLEY I DIDNT LIKE IT,BUT TO GET THE STORY STRAIGHT VALLEY WAS A GANGSTER SCHOOL JUST LIKE THE CITY OF SANTA ANA,CA. Especially comparing what was then a just-beginning blend of socioeconomic-geographic-international-cultural origins, hormone-driven assertiveness, and ethnic juice with what is now.The essential difference between us then and what exists now, I suppose, is the caliber of weapons. His company, The Lovero Group, may still be high profile. Juice i miss you too and your carnal Grizzly. Live Stream LIVE: Saddleback vs. Santa Ana Valley - High School BaseballWATCH LIVE HERE FULL GAMES https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description. Santa Ana Valley High School. Like I say fun.Clearly the gangs (I was, in fact, a member of Alpheus, as opposed to the more effite, frat-rat, and repressed-effeminate Phiotas) have gotten a bit more dependent on firearms than we ever imagined then. Also, Valley got a "face lift" and moved to a new location in Centenial Park, I saw it for the first time last year (2006) and it looks awesome. Pewey and the Dukes. GreatSchools is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, 1801 South Greenville Street, Santa Ana, CA 92704, How do high schools help students succeed in college? Class of 1966. Inever thoght i say it but I mis those times at Valley. =( and to everyone else wow you guys have some good storiesyup well i attend Valley "West" Highloland its not as bad as you all say even though i know bout the gang fights and everythingbut the main ones i know is townsend and west myrtle!and southside since those are the only 3 im rly interested in not rly townsend but you got to keep your enemies close right!well other then the minor gong fights i everytings all goodi could say i have a lot of friends there and i having fun! Moving up a grade together can benefit both teachers and students. Watch Here : https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http://4ty.me/c9eo42Game Today! FTroop wasn't too big yet, at Valley anyway. Weiner, My dad was transferred from Great Lakes, Ill to El Toro USMC, Ca in the early summer of 1955. 8th grade was great. If anyone has a 1981 or 1982 yearbook for sale let me know will pay top dollar. 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. I was suppose to graduate clss of 88' but ended up at Mtn View. Staudenbaur passed away in 1985 or 1986 succumbing to Brain Cancer. Oxford Academy vs. Santa Ana Valley California High School Volleyball GamePat. 675 Panther DriveSanta Maria, CA 93454 was one and she was killed by a drunk driver one evening our Senior year.I'm still a resident of Santa Ana, the north part, but grew up on Greenville just north of Warner. Hi Kavyn, yes I remember you. JVD. The Head Security Guard "LC" the SA Cops who sold pot on campus. Love all who care. Faculty begins reporting back as early as August 6th.High School Inc. is coming. [email protected], Hi Steve just happened to google my highschool and saw this,,,I was class of 1996I loved my time at Valleymiss it so much..not much violence at this point.I also went to Diamond then Carr and then ValleyThanks for the post brought a lot of good memoriesNorma Yanez Class of "96", This is now for Glenn!Damn dude, its Clara. Percentage of Underserved Students Who Are Proficient, Percentage of Non-Underserved Students Who Are Proficient, Gap Between School and State Among Underserved Students. Jeff Barnes - Assistant Principal. I vagely remember a Victor, but don't know if it's you. Google Masquerade. Watch Here https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&q=https://v.ht/4QJDlSTREAMING Today! I know a bunch of them.They have just finshed remodeling Valley. Did you have a gf then?? It will be a great program once it is up and running in full force (about three to four years). He was good with it and allowed us to photograph him all crazy-haired and wild-eyed as if he really had gone postal!Anybody else out there from the Mighty Class of Eighty-Four?From the Azure Sky comes Valley's Blue. Visit Valley, and2. Because states calculate graduation rates differently, use caution when comparing this data to data from another state. Valley was the shit in the 80's, and everybody in Orange County knew it.Oh yeah, and remember everybody saying, "ohhh MOLDED". Lots of fights from Biker Hessians and from the Crips from LA. 'nookie' (his sister, Janet?) FAVORITE TEACHERS WUZ MRS. WHITAKER,MRS.BLUEL,& CRAZY AS MRS.LEE. If anyone out there knows where I can purchase them 1964-1966, please eMail me at [email protected]: Would "Love" to hear from some of my old classmates! Denver, Mannie, Craig, Rodgyl, Fruitman to name a few. 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