Jurupa Valley Valley High School is a

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Jurupa Valley, California Jurupa Valley ( Serrano: ''Hurumpa'') is a city in the northwest corner of Riverside County, California. It was the location of one of the earliest non-native settlements in the county, Rancho Jurupa. The Rancho was initially an outpost of the ...

. The school was established in 1989, as part of the

Jurupa Unified School District Jurupa Unified School District is grade K-12 school district in Riverside County, California. It has an enrollment of approximately 20,500 students. The geographic location of the Jurupa area is the upper western corner of Riverside County, Califo ...

, and the first class graduated in 1992. Located near the junction of the Ontario (I-15) and Pomona (State Route 60) freeways, it is one of four high schools in the district, the others being

Rubidoux High School Rubidoux High School is a four-year public high school in Jurupa Valley, California. It is part of the Jurupa Unified School District, and it opened in 1959. It is one of four high schools in the district, the others being Jurupa Valley High Sch ...

, Patriot High School, and Nueva Vista High School, a continuation school. As of the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,608 students and 65.46 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 24.56.

Sports

The official school colors of Jurupa Valley High School are navy blue, silver, & white. The Jurupa Valley High School mascot is the jaguar. Jurupa Valley High School offers sports including male and female football, Waterpolo, soccer, tennis, basketball, girls volleyball and golf. Most of the sports at JVHS participate in the River Valley League. The cheer squad of 2004 - 2005 took national champs at the Sharp competition in Hawaii. The squad of 2006 - 2007, took national champs once again. Under the direction of Monica Werwee. The cheer squad also took national champs 3 years in a row at the Sharp competition in Las Vegas, Nevada. (2012-2015) Under the direction of Natalie Franco. The first winning game was by the Frosh Football team in September 1989 against Elsinore High School. Garry Gorrel received the Iron Man award in 1990. Bruce Vanderhorst received the Iron Man award in 1992.

Publications

The JVHS yearbook is a full-color, award-winning annual.

Performing arts

JVHS offers many Performing Arts programs including Choir, Theatre, Band, and Colorguard The JVHS Choir department consists of five choirs: * Women's Ensemble (non-audition) * Show Choir (non-audition) * Concert Choir * Treble Choir * Chamber Singers The JVHS Theater Department consists of multiple divisions: * Theater one * Theater two * Advanced Theatre * Stagecraft Under the direction of Helena Shaer. As well as an Improv team (by audition only) The JVHS Marching band and Colorguard also known as Jurupa Valley Silver Brigade and Colorguard consist of: * Concert band (spring only) * Marching band (fall only) * Colorguard * Winterguard (spring only) Under the Direction of director Michael Alvarez. The marching band competes in the circuit of SCSBOA. The winterguard competed in West Coast Winter Guard and WGI, scoring 2nd place at WCWG championships in 2016.

Notable alumni

Rafael Martin Rafael Martín Romero (born May 16, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals. Early life Martin was born in California but spent parts of his childhood ...

– baseball player *

Brian Stokes Brian Alexander Stokes (born September 7, 1979) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, New York Mets, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball. Early life Stokes was born ...

– baseball player *

Raymond McNeil Raymond McNeil (born October 14, 1984) is an American football offensive lineman who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Fort Valley State University and attended Jurupa Valley High School in Jurupa Valley, California. He h ...

- football player *Brian Parvizshahi - political consultant *Heather Sten - photographer

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