Goleta Valley Junior High

Infobox School


imagesize=90px
name=Goleta Valley Jr. High School
type=Public
location=6100 Stow Canyon Road.
Goleta, CA
country=USA
information=[phone]
established=1964 [ [http://www.gvjh.org/ourschool/index.html GVJH History ] ]
grades=7-8
enrollment=820
principal=Veronica Rogers [ [http://www.gvjh.org/administration/index.html Welcome to the GVJH Administration page! ] ]
colors=Red and white
district=Santa Barbara School Districts
website= [http://www.gvjh.org/ www.GVJH.org]

Goleta Valley Junior High School is a junior high school in Goleta, California, just northwest of Santa Barbara, California. Located in the Goleta Valley foothills. With a student body of about 820 students in grades 7th and 8th, Goleta Valley J.H. employs about thirty five teachers as part of the Santa Barbara School Districts [ [http://www.sbsdk12.org/schools/secondary/gvjh.shtml Santa Barbara School Districts | Goleta Valley Junior High School ] ] .GVJH or simply GV is a National Blue Ribbon School. [ [http://www.gvjh.org Goleta Valley Junior High Home Page ] ]

tudents

The students are known as "Mariners" although they are farther divided into four "houses" (like in "Harry Potter") the houses are Seamonkeys, Golden Vikings, Pirates, and Buccaneers. The houses compete for "House Points" in events such as ballon stomp, at the end of the year the house with the most points wins the"Mariner Cup."

Electives

eventh Graders

For 7th graders the school only offers two choices. Students must take ether the tech wheel or art wheel each wheel has three classes, the students rotate classes every trimester.

Tech wheel

The tech wheel includes the following classes: Health, Intro to personal computer (IPC), and Industrial Technology. In Industrial Tech students learn how to make a small wood nutcracker, a short video news cast, students also learn to repair a small engine. The IPC class teaches students how to make a website, improve their power point and word skills. In health class students learn how to live a healthy life.

Art wheel

The art wheel has theater arts, art class and it also has heath. The health class is the same class as the one in the tech wheel. The theater arts class encourages students to bring out their acting skills. Students learn to express themselves on paper in art class.

Eighth Graders

For eighth graders however the school offers many more choices including:

*Spanish
*French
*Industrial Technology
*AVID
*Art
*Office aid
*Leadership
*Theatre Arts
*Band
*Advanced band
*Journalism

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