Golden Valley High School (Santa Clarita)
History
Golden Valley High School was built with grants from the state of California's Financial Hardship Assistance program. After initially sitting dormant after construction, the school's theater was finished around 2010.
Activities
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Marching Band and Color Guard
The Golden Valley High School Grizzly Marching Band and Color Guard plays at home football games which are located at Canyon High School and they participate in SCSBOA competitions. Their marching band division size has ranged from 2A to 4A, but it is currently in the 3A division for the 2023 Fall Semester.
Choir
The school has two competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender "Voltage" and the female-only "Vibes".
Video production
In 2019, the school's GVTV (Golden Valley Television) won Best Daily Live Announcement Show on the West Coast from Student Television Network.
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
The school is host to the U. S. Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps unit CA-20063.
Athletics
Golden Valley started its athletics program when the school first opened in 2004.
In 2011 the boys' cross country team succeeded in achieving their first state championship in CIF Division II. They also placed 11th at the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Oregon.
Student demographics
As of the 2021-22 school year, 2,138 students were enrolled at Golden Valley High School. 60.1% of students were Hispanic, 16.4% were non-Hispanic white, 11.0% were Asian American, and 8.3% were African American. As of 2019-20, 1,058 students (49.3%) were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Notable alumni
- Maverick Ahanmisi (2009), basketball player
- Scott Barlow (2011), baseball player
- Evan Greenwood (2011), soccer player
- Leon Jacobs (2014), football player
- Blueface (2015), rapper
- Nikkita Lyons (2017), Professional Wrestler
- ppcocaine (2019), rapper, singer, and songwriter
References
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- ^ "Golden Valley & West Ranch High School Performing Arts Center". NineteenSix. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
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- ^ Lunetta, Caleb (March 9, 2019). "Golden Valley's student television network named best in the West". Santa Clarita Valley Signal. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ "JROTC - California". The Air Force Association. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ "Maverick Ahanmisi made his debut in the Philippines with Café France". www.goldenvalleyhs.org.
- ^ Posner, Ryan (December 9, 2017). "Golden Valley baseball alum Scott Barlow nearing first shot at big leagues". The Signal. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ "Evan Greenwood, Professional Player and Coach".
- ^ "Leon Jacobs, Golden Valley, Outside Linebacker". 247Sports. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
- ^ "Blueface: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". 19 July 2019.
- ^ SCVTV (2017-10-21). "Golden Valley TV, 9-20-17 | College and Career Fair". SCVTV.com. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ^ "PPCocaine | Before They Were Famous | TikTok Rapper Biography". YouTube.