REDLANDS EAST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

'Redlands East Valley High School' is a public high school in Redlands, California that also serves the East Highland and Mentone communities, 59 miles east of Los Angeles. The school opened in the 1997-1998 school year as part of the Redlands Unified School District. The official school colors are red and white and the mascot is a Wildcat. Located in a small town near the San Bernardino Mountains of California, it is one of four high schools in the district, the others being Redlands High School, Redlands Citrus Valley High School, scheduled to open 2009, and Orangewood High School, a continuation School.

Contents

Design

Student government

Publications

Sports

Notable events

Notable alumni

Trivia

References

External links

Design

Redlands East Valley High School is a 264,000-square-foot comprehensive high school located on a 57-acre sloping site. Designed to house 2,500 students but currently housing almost 3,500 students, the school includes administration facilities, media center, theater and performing arts facility, multipurpose facility, gymnasium, fine arts building and various specialized educational classrooms. Site improvements include a pool facility, track and football field, tennis courts, basketball courts, and baseball and softball fields.
Another key element in the design was the focus on the media center and its application of technology. As the use of technology has become more integrated into the educational delivery process, it was natural to view the media center as the hub of the campus in concept and in practical use. When entering the campus, one immediately understands the importance of the media center and its relationship to the campus. A primary circulation path that circles the media center leads visitors to all the major facilities.
Concrete masonry, exposed structural steel, glass and metal roofs make up the majority of the building exteriors. The primary objective behind the architecture and layout of the campus is to keep students from leaving. The school opened in 1997, the same year Redlands High School started a closed-campus policy. Buildings at Redlands East Valley High School strategically form a physical barrier walling students in.

Student government

The Associated Student Body (ASB) coordinates all student activities, as well as overseeing and approving the financial transactions for the school in accordance to California state laws. This class, known as student government, is under the direction of the Student Activities Director, and its members are elected and selected for one year terms.

Publications

The ''Audêeis'' newspaper is published monthly by the students news production course. It has garnered awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and ''The Sun's High School journalism contest. The 'Odyssey' yearbook is a full-color, award-winning annual. Another book, the ''Illiad'', is also produced; this book showcases students' art and literature.

Sports

The school has won titles in tennis, water polo, swimming, golf, track, cross country, and wrestling. The baseball team has been to the playoffs every year from 2001 through 2007. The football program won their first C.B.L. Division 1 Title in 2004.

Notable events

★ On Friday November 11, 2005 in a televised Fox Sports Net game, The Redlands East Valley Wildcats Defeated the Colton High School Yellowjackets in a dramatic C.B.L. Championship game. R.E.V. won 41 to 40 at their home stadium, Ted Runner Stadium, on the campus of University of Redlands. This game gave them the 2005 C.B.L. championship.^[1]

Notable alumni

★ Landon Donovan, United States men's national soccer team player (now with the Los Angeles Galaxy in the MLS), class of 2000.

Trivia

★ The school cost US$35,000,000.00 (41 million 1995) to build (or $132.58 per square foot), and was completed in September, 1997.

★ The roof of the Media Center Library was designed to look like an opened book.

★ The performing arts building was designed to look like a piano, complete with black and white tiles on the floor in the piano lab.

★ The Performing Arts Theater is named in honor of Harry Blackstone Jr., a famous stage magician who lived in Redlands.

★ The school shares the University of Redlands Football Stadium with Redlands High School and The U of R Bulldogs football teams.

★ The choir was invited to perform in the 2008 Olympics.

References

1. "Colton High School VS Redlands East Valley Football Match". Redlands Daily Facts. 13 Sep 2006. ''URL accessed January 19, 2006.''

External links

★ Redlands East Valley High School School Website