Valley Christian High School (San Jose, California)

Valley Christian High School
Address
100 Skyway Drive
San Jose, California 95111
United States
Coordinates 37°16′34″N 121°49′36″W / 37.2761°N 121.8266°W / 37.2761; -121.8266Coordinates: 37°16′34″N 121°49′36″W / 37.2761°N 121.8266°W / 37.2761; -121.8266
Information
Type Private
Motto "Quest for Excellence"
Religious affiliation(s) Non-denominational Christian
Established 1960 (1960)[1]
President Clifford E. Daugherty[1]
Principal Mark A. Lodewyk[1]
Enrollment 1,417[1]
Average class size 24[1]
Student to teacher ratio 15:1[1]
Campus Hilltop
Color(s) Navy Blue, Columbia Blue, and White             
Athletics 48 teams in 15 sports[1]
Athletics conference West Catholic Athletic League
Mascot Warrior
Average SAT scores  (2011) 1680[2]
Website www.vcs.net

Valley Christian High School is a private Christian secondary school in San Jose, California that was established in 1960. As of 2011, the school principal is Mark A. Lodewyk.[1] As of the fall of 1999, the Valley Christian High School and Junior High School have been relocated to the Skyway Campus located in south San Jose after the reopening of Branham High School.[3]

Valley Christian School has two campuses in San Jose. An elementary school campus called "Leigh" and a Junior and Senior High School campus called "Skyway."[4]

The Skyway campus is home to the endangered Dudleya setchellii succulent plant[5] and students are part of the conservation program to protect the Santa Clara Valley dudleya and its beautiful blooms.

Valley Christian Conservatory Building

Athletics

Since its founding, Valley Christian has offered a wide variety of sports for its students, currently with over 53 different teams. The Warriors are the only non-Catholic members of the West Catholic Athletic League, which they joined in 2003.[6] The school mascot is the "warrior."

SeasonSports
FallCross Country, Water Polo, American football, Golf (girls), Tennis (girls)
WinterBasketball, Wrestling, Soccer, Volleyball (girls), Ice Hockey
SpringBaseball, Track and Field, Golf (boys), Tennis (boys), Volleyball (boys), Badminton, Swimming

Conservatory

Valley Christian offers a four year study program into eight areas of the arts: Music, Visual Arts, Musical Theatre, Dance Arts, New Media Studies, Theatre Arts, Integrated Arts, and Theatrical Design and Technology. In 2011 a 55,000-square-foot Arts Conservatory building was built at the Skyway campus.[7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Valley Christian High School Website".
  2. ↑ "Valley Christian Schools - San Jose". vcs.net. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Campus Tour". Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ Valley Christian Campus Information
  5. ↑ Valley Christian Traffic mitigation plans
  6. ↑ "Valley Christian Warriors Home Page".
  7. ↑ South Bay Construction build out of the Valley Christian Campus
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