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Valhalla High School
Established 1974
Type Public comprehensive secondary
Principal Larry Martinsen
Students Approximately 2,200
Grades 9-12
Location 1725 Hillsdale Road,
El Cajon, California 92019, USA
District Grossmont Union High School District
Campus Suburban
Colors Orange and White
Mascot Norseman
Yearbook Ragnarok
Newspaper The Saga
Nickname Norsemen
Website Valhalla High School

Valhalla High School is a public, comprehensive high school located in Rancho San Diego, a neighborhood near El Cajon, California, and serves approximately 2,000 students in grades nine through twelve. Educational institutions are often categorised along several dimensions Principal or Head of School is the title of the chief administrator of an Elementary school, Middle school, or High school in some English-speaking A campus is traditionally the land on which a College or University and related institutional buildings are situated School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common A yearbook, also known as an annual is a book to record highlight and commemorate the past year of a School or a book published annually A student newspaper is a Newspaper run by Students of a University, High school, Middle school, or other school A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Rancho San Diego is a Census-designated place (CDP in San Diego County, California, United States. El Cajon (ɛlkəˈhoʊn Spanish elkaˈxon is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. Opened in 1974, Valhalla is the tenth of twelve high schools established by the Grossmont Union High School District. The Grossmont Union High School District (GUHSD is a public School district located in eastern San Diego County California, and serves High school Its motto upon opening was "Freedom with Responsibility" and was an experimental, open campus with a college-like class schedule. This changed significantly in the 1980s and it became like other schools in the Grossmont District. Valhalla High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and is a 2001 and 2007 California Distinguished School Award winner. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges ( WASC) is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities A California Distinguished School is an award given by the California State Board of Education to public schools within the state that best represent exemplary and quality educational

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Students

Valhalla's student body is composed of students from the following ethnic backgrounds (2006-2007 school year):

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Campus

Valhalla's main structure is a four-story, orange, octagonal building. Classrooms are situated along the outside wall and center of the building. The library and gymnasiums are freestanding.

Sports facilities include a football and soccer field, 2 baseball diamonds, basketball, 12 tennis courts, volleyball courts, and two swimming pools. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m Tennis is a sport played between two players ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles) Volleyball is an Olympic team sport in which two teams of 6 active players (5 normal players and one 'libero' are separated by a net that is usually four feet

Traditions

Odin's March is the initiation for any new students or faculty members entering Valhalla High School. They must march up the stairs, through the rainbow bridge, and touch Thor's Hammer. When a student graduates, he or she descends the stairs and once again touches Thor's Hammer.

Vision statement

"The vision of the staff and administration at Valhalla High School includes quality instruction and curriculum designed to meet the diverse needs and interests of all students. There also exists at Valhalla an ongoing commitment on the part of all stakeholders to continually assess the core curriculum to assure that, through academic offerings, the standards established by the State of California, the Valhalla Expected Schoolwide Learner Results, and our school's Core Values are met. "

Notable alumni

Sports Championships

External links

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