Evergreen Valley High School


Official name	Evergreen Valley High School
Location	3300 Quimby Road San Jose, California 95148
Established	2002
Interim Principal	Cari Vaeth
Website	Official site
Enrollment	approximately 2500
Mascot	Cougar
School Colors	teal and black

Evergreen Valley High School is a comprehensive, 4 year high school located in the Evergreen area of San Jose, California, and is part of the East Side Union High School District. It is the newest high school in the district and was founded in 2002. Its inaugural class held graduation on June 9, 2005.

Demographics

Demographics for the 2004-2005 school year: 65% of the students were of Asian birth, 10% of Latino birth, 10% of European (white) birth, 20% of Filipino birth, 3% of African (black) birth, and 3% of pacific islander birth.^{[citation needed]}

Mascot

The school's mascot is the cougar, whose name is Freddie Cougar. Evergreen Valley's school colors are primarily teal and black.

Evergreen Valley High School billboard.

Athletics

Evergreen Valley has had a strong athletic tradition since the opening of the school. Sports that are offered are cross country, football, tennis, volleyball (girl's only), water polo, basketball, soccer, wrestling, badminton, baseball, softball, swimming, and track and field. Many of the sports consistently rank in the top of the Blossom Valley Athletic League, ranking 5th out of 22 schools in the league's "Best of the Best" standings.

Laptops

The school issued laptops with wireless connections to its students during the first year, but as enrollment increased from 850 students to 1500 during the school's second year, the machines were not allowed to travel off-campus, in anticipation of increased breakage rates.

Laptops are no longer issued for students, but are used as class sets in various classrooms.

Additions

Due to high student enrollment EVHS is building a new building to house new class rooms and administration facilities as well as bringing in portable classrooms. This will raise the student capacity from 2400 students to around 3000 students at a cost of 250 million dollars. The building is set to be finished in late 2007.

Newspaper

The school's newspaper is named The Prowler.

Boundary Issues

There have been some boundary issues during the start of the project. The south boundary has been optional through the process, and the original boundary has been up to Tully and White Road. The northern optional boundary has been the optional boundary for years since the people fought it to a standstill.

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