Amador Valley High School

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Amador Valley High School
Amador Valley High School is a comprehensive

public high school in Pleasanton, California. It is one of
Amador Valley High School
three high schools in the Pleasanton Unified School
District, along with Foothill High School and Village
High School.
The school is a four-time California Distinguished School

and a three-time National Blue Ribbon School.[7][8] In
national competitions such as We the People: The Citizen
Address
and the Constitution, the Amador Valley team has won
the 1995 and 2022 national titles.[9][10] The Amador
Valley Wind Ensembles have performed at national
venues and conferences, including Carnegie Hall and the
Midwest Clinic.[11][12] Several Amador Valley athletic
teams have won multiple California Interscholastic
Federation North Coast Section Division I titles since
2010, including the softball team which MaxPreps
named 2014 mythical national champion following a
perfect season.[13][14]
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As of 2020, Amador Valley has offered its 2,700 students
1155 Santa Rita Road
24 Advanced Placement courses, 26 varsity sports,
Pleasanton, California 94566
vocational training, and a variety of extracurriculars.
Amador's location allows it to be the launching point for United States
community protests and parades. The Amador Theater, Coordinates 37°40′06″N
one of Pleasanton's performing arts facilities, has been 121°52′28″W
hosted at the high school since 1932.
Information
Founded as Amador Valley Joint Union High Former name Amador Valley Joint
School (AVJUHS), the school graduated its first class in Union High School
1923. Major construction and renovations were
Type Public high school
undertaken after district voters approved bonds in 1922,
1965, 1997, and 2016. Motto School of Champions
Established 1922
School district Pleasanton Unified
Contents School District
Superintendent David Haglund[1]
History
Region and districts CEEB code 052495
Development NCES School ID 060002009282 (https://
Court cases nces.ed.gov/ccd/school
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Academics
Enrollment 2009282)[2]
Awards Principal Jonathan Fey[3]

Programs Teaching staff 112.79 (on an FTE
basis)[2]
Extracurriculars
Athletics Grades 9–12[2]
Civic engagement Gender Coeducational
Math and computer science Enrollment 2,744 (2020–21)[2]
Music Student to 24.33[2]
Robotics teacher ratio
Notable alumni Campus size 39.27 acres
References (15.89 ha)[4]
Notes Campus type Suburban[5]
Bibliography Color(s) Purple and Gold
Online sources Athletics East Bay Athletic
External links conference League
Mascot The Don
History Rival Foothill High School

Accreditation Western Association of
Schools and Colleges
Region and districts Newspaper "The Amadon" (est.
1930)[6]
Amador Valley High School, originally Amador Valley
Yearbook "The Book of Names
Joint Union High School,[15] was named for its location
in the Amador Valley (part of the Tri-Valley area of the and Faces"
San Francisco East Bay). The valley's namesake was a Feeder schools Harvest Park Middle
wealthy Californio rancher, Don José María Amador.[16] School · Pleasanton
The school selected the Don as its mascot, in honor of the Middle School · Hart
title used by Amador;[16] Don is a Spanish term used as a Middle School
mark of high esteem for a distinguished nobleman or
Website amador.pleasantonusd
gentleman.
.net (http://amador.plea
Amador Valley High School is located in Pleasanton, santonusd.net)
California. While Pleasanton provided elementary and
middle school education since its early years, students proceeding to high school attended nearby
Livermore High School until 1924. Out of concerns of overcrowding and transportation for the
commuting students, Pleasanton parents and students advocated for a local high school in the
early 1920s. The activism culminated in a voter bond referendum on March 14, 1922 to establish
the Amador Valley Joint Union High School District (AVJUHSD) and build the high school.
[17][18][19] Amador Valley's first class graduated in 1923.[20][21]
From 1922 to 1988, the school was part of the AVJUHSD.[15][22] This district taught high school
students from Pleasanton, nearby Dublin, and the local rural community.[23][24] The Federal Aid
Highway Act of 1956 led to the building of a series of local freeways and increased population and
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student enrollment.[25][26] In 1969, the school reached its maximum capacity, about
1,895 students. To accommodate the larger student population, Dublin High School was founded
as part of the AVJUHSD. Both schools held classes on the Amador Valley campus during the
1968–69 school year.[27] A continued influx of families to the area prompted the foundation of
another high school within the AVJUHSD, Foothill, in 1973.[20][24]
Following a 1988 ballot measure, the AVJUHSD merged with

the Pleasanton Joint School District to form the Pleasanton
Unified School District. Prior to the district unification, the
AVJUHSD operated Amador Valley High School, Foothill High
School, and Dublin High School.[28][29] Dublin High School
was annexed into the Dublin Unified School District.[24][30] As
of 2022, the Pleasanton Unified School District contained two
comprehensive high schools (Amador Valley and Foothill), one
continuation high school (Village), three middle schools, nine
elementary schools, one preschool, and an adult education Campus of Amador Valley High
program.[31] School
The school grounds are bordered on the east and southeast by

Santa Rita Road, a Union Pacific railroad track on which the Altamont Corridor Express runs, and
Arroyo Valle.[32] To the north are several businesses and residential districts lie on the western
border. The school is the launch point for annual community parades and protests, including the
Alameda County Fair Fall Festival Parade and the Tri-Valley Women's March.[33][34] The Fall
Festival Parade, occurring since the 1940s, features bands, floats, balloons, horses, and antique
cars.[35]
Development
Classes were first held at Amador Valley on August 14, 1922 at

the school's initial location at the Pleasanton Grammar School,
serving 59 students.[36] The first class of eight students
graduated in 1923, and the school quickly became known for its
municipal bands and sports teams.[37]
The initial school land, building, furnishings, and upkeep was

funded by a $110,000 bond authorized by district voters on
September 26, 1922.[38][39][40] Construction started in 1923 on
the Rancho Valle de San Jose property, to accommodate 200
students upon its completion in 1924. The initial school campus
was built in Mediterranean Revival style and included "five
regular recitation rooms, a science laboratory with lecture 1926 Sanborn maps architectural
room, a sewing room, a cooking room, a room for commercial drawing of Amador Valley Joint
branches, two drawing rooms, a shop with two connecting work Union High School, showing the
rooms, a library, a reception room and office for the pricipal Amador Theatre, the gymnasium
[sic], a teachers' room, a nurses' room, and gymnasium".[18][41] with dressing rooms, and two
classrooms.
Pleasanton mothers started a school lunch program in 1927 to
provide students with a better environment for learning.
Parents donated pots and pans, and a newly hired cook prepared lunches, to be eaten at new tables
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and benches. The tables and benches were constructed by the custodian and the music teacher
from the wood of horse stalls formerly on the campus. This project led to the formation of a Parent-
Teacher Association (PTA) chapter at Amador Valley in the late 1920s.[42]
District voters approved a $1.5 million school bond issue in 1965, with the authority to borrow up
to $5 million more. The bond was directed towards site procurements and new construction.[43]
Much of the "original" Amador Valley High School building was demolished then significantly
reconfigured in 1968.[18][20]
The Amador Theater was added to the main campus building in 1932. As of 2019, the theater
remains the city's largest performing arts facility.[44] The theater has hosted school plays, band
concerts, performances, lectures, and assemblies.[45] The theater survived the demolition of the
rest of the campus in 1968 and was restored after a community fundraising effort.[20] The Amador
Theater underwent another substantial renovation and expansion between 1981 and 1989, at a
total cost of $2 million. The project was mostly funded by the City of Pleasanton, which took
ownership of the theater the same year. The land under the theater remained owned by the school
district.[44][45]
The teachers union and the Pleasanton school districts failed to come to an agreement on a
contract for the 1985–86 school year.[46] In protest of a breakdown in negotiations, Amador Valley
teachers went on a rolling strike in 1986.[47] The school brought in substitutes to replace the
picketing teachers.[48] After over a week of walkouts and negotiation including a state mediator,
the teachers went back to work having won immediate 8 percent pay raises.[49] Amador Valley
teachers are unionized under the Association of Pleasanton Teachers, California Teachers
Association, and National Education Association.[50] As of the 2021–22 school year, the average
teacher salary is $88,971, which is 3% more than the average California teacher salary of
$86,376.[51]
The city passed a general obligation bond, Measure B, in 1997.

The bond granted the school district $69 million to replace old
and crowded facilities and modernize the school campus.[53]
The measure enabled the addition of renovated science
classrooms, a multipurpose room, a library and media center,
and a sound-proofed music building. The parking lot and
central quad were expanded, with more than 550 parking
spaces in the new lot, and classrooms were equipped to be
more energy efficient. A new two-story building was completed
The library and media center, in 2004, containing twenty-four classrooms. The following
opened in 2002,[52] is the tallest year, the school aquatic center was remodeled.[54][55]
building on the Amador Valley
campus.[53] City voters passed another general obligation bond, Measure I1,
in 2016. This was the district's first bond passed since
Measure B in 1997. The bond granted $270 million to the
school district to repair and improve district facilities, as well as provide new science equipment
and learning technology. As a part of these renovations, the school district constructed a two-story
instructional building on the Amador Valley campus, including "five standard classrooms, three
science classrooms, two computer science labs, and two rooms specifically for special day class
students". Construction commenced in 2020 and concluded in 2022, at a total cost of
$18,400,000.[56][57][58]
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The passage of Prop 39 funded the 2019 addition of solar panels to the student parking lot. The
cost of $650,000 is projected to save about $1.8 million in electricity costs over 25 years. The solar
panels provide renewable electricity to the high school and create covered parking in a re-oriented
lot.[59]
Court cases
The AVJUHSD challenged the constitutionality of the 1978 California Proposition 13, which placed
a cap state-wide on county real estate taxes. The proposition limited property tax assessments to
the 1975 standard, eliminating $7 billion of $11.4 billion in annual property tax revenue to the
state. According to The Washington Post, the "severe" limitations this imposed on state funding
forced local governments and most school districts in California to make "drastic cutbacks".[60] A
1978 article in the Los Angeles Times predicted that the proposition would jeopardize the state's
ability to receive about $98 million of Federal Impact Aid each year since the state could not
maintain prior levels of spending.[61]
The district held that the measure was "so drastic and far-reaching that it was 'a revision' of the
state Constitution and not a mere amendment". The district was unsuccessful in its suit. In their
ruling, the judges distinguished between "amendment" and "revision". The court confirmed that an
initiative cannot "revise" the constitution; Proposition 13, however, was an amendment to the
California Constitution and not a "revision".[62] In 2009, Amador Valley was cited by dissenting
Justice Carlos R. Moreno in arguing the non-constitutionality of California Proposition 8.[63]
Amador Valley administrators censored 1999 Salutatorian Nicholas Lassonde's graduation speech
for being "too religious", claiming that it "violated separation of church and state".[64] Lassonde
filed suit against the school district and school principal, claiming that the censorship violated his
First Amendment rights. In Lassonde v. Pleasanton Unified School District, the United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against Lassonde citing a precedent from Cole v.
Oroville Union High School District (9th Cir. 2000).[65] The court upheld the censoring of student
graduation speeches, claiming that in this case, "if the school had not censored the speech, the
result would have been a violation of the Establishment Clause".[66][67][68]
Academics
Enrollment
As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,744 students and
112.79 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 24.33.[2] Seven percent
of Amador Valley students are involved in special education, four percent qualify for English
language learner support, and eight percent qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.[51] School
enrollment grew 27% between 2000 and 2005, primarily because of new residential development.
After 2005, enrollment growth slowed to an average of 4% per half-decade as of 2020.[69]
Enrollment across the Pleasanton Unified School District peaked during the 2018–19, with yearly
declines since 2021–22. The enrollment decline accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amador Valley reached a peak enrollment of 2,744 students during 2020–21 school year. The
school district forecasted that enrollment at Amador Valley would fall by nearly 500 students by
2028.[70][71]
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Despite relatively stable enrollment since 2005, the school has seen shifts in demographics by
ethnicity.[5] Between 2005 and 2021, the White subgroup halved from 72% to 37% of the student
body while the Asian subgroup tripled from 14% to 45%.[72] A school board trustee attributed a
decline in interest in the district's Spanish dual immersion program with the increase in Asian
students.[71] As of the 2020–21 school year, the student population at Amador Valley had similarly
sized pluralities of White and Asian enrollment, with smaller Hispanic and African American
minorities.[2]
Awards
The school is a four-time California Distinguished School and a

three-time National Blue Ribbon School.[7][8] In 2008, a team
of Amador Valley students won the national UNICEF-
sponsored Junior 8 Competition. The team traveled to Toyako,
Japan to attend the 2008 Group of Eight (G8) Summit of
World Leaders to discuss global issues.[74] The 2022 U.S. News
& World Report high school rankings listed Amador Valley as
#424 in its National Rankings and #56 in its California High President George W. Bush and
School Rankings.[75] Nine of Amador Valley's teachers have Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo
been recognized as a Pleasanton Unified School District teacher Fukuda talk with an Amador Valley
of the year;[76][77][78][79][80][81][82] one of those honorees was representative at the 2008 G8
designated an Alameda County teacher of the year.[81] Summit.[73]
Programs
As of 2021, Amador Valley curriculum offered 24 Advanced Placement (AP) classes. This includes
courses in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), social sciences, visual
and performing arts, and AP Language courses and their literature complements in English,
French, Japanese, and Spanish. Amador Valley's AP program is participated in by 45.4 percent of
its students, of which 94.3 percent receive at least one score of 3 or greater.[51][83] The school's
honors and AP classes are offered under an "open-access" policy; students are encouraged to take
more advanced courses if they feel like they can handle it.[5] As of 2019, the school's most enrolled
AP classes were AP Psychology, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Macroeconomics,
AP Statistics, and AP English Language and Composition.[84]
The school offers specialized instruction through vocational education as part of the Tri-Valley
Regional Occupational Program. As of the 2021–22 school year, 28.6% of seniors participated in a
vocational education program.[85] Courses offered include automotive repair, business economics,
criminal justice, digital art, marketing, sports medicine, AP Computer Science, and AP
Environmental Science.[51][86] Students in the business courses participate co-curricularly in
DECA, competing in exams, project presentations, and case studies to prepare for careers in
"marketing, finance, hospitality and management".[87][88] Amador's DECA program was one of the
"largest in the state" according to Pleasanton Weekly;[89] as of 2015, over 100 Amador Valley
students participated in the program.[90] Over 50 Amador Valley teams and individuals have
placed in the top 10 at DECA's International Career Development Conference (ICDC) since
2005.[91][92] Business class students at Amador Valley have been selected as one of three California
high schools to pitch Got Milk? advertising campaign ideas to the California Milk Processor Board.
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[93][94]
The Amador Valley science department initiated Project Creek

Watch in 1994. The project provides students with resources
for the long term study of Arroyo Valle; these resources include
information about the chemistry in the creek, images of the
creek, a guide to flora and fauna, and student projects on
aquatic species.[95] The project received a Golden Bell Award
for excellence in education from the California School Boards
Association. A Project Creek Watch co-founder won a 2001
"Internet Innovator Award" from National Semiconductor for
A group of Amador Valley students development of the website and associated curricula.[96]
studies aquatic wildlife with Project
Creek Watch at Arroyo Valle.
Extracurriculars
Athletics
Amador Valley has offered athletic programs since 1932.[16] As

of 2022, the school offered 26 varsity sports teams. These
sports are run under the Amador Valley Athletics Boosters and
include badminton, baseball/softball, basketball, cross
country/track, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, cheer,
swimming/diving, tennis, volleyball, water polo, and
wrestling.[97] Athletics at Amador Valley are funded by parental
donations and the Athletics Boosters. The school district The Amador Valley varsity girls'
provides facilities and an athletic trainer for the sports basketball team faces rival team
programs at Amador and Foothill, but has provided no Foothill High School.
monetary support to athletics since 2008 due to statewide cuts
in funding.[98][99] The school's athletic rival is the cross-town
Foothill High School. In the '70s and '80s, before the Amador/Foothill rivalry developed, the
school's athletic rival was Dublin High School.[100] The rivalry culminates at the annual football
game.[101]
As of 2017, over 1,000 students participated in the school's athletic program.[5] Amador Valley
competes in the East Bay Athletic League and California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) North
Coast Section.[102] Several school teams have won multiple North Coast Section Division I titles
since 2010, including baseball/softball, cross country (girls), golf (girls), track (boys), and
volleyball (boys).[14] The school's basketball teams were runner-ups for the CIF State Division II
title in 1993 (boys)[103] and 1999–2001 (girls).[104][105] MaxPreps named the Amador Valley
softball team its mythical national champion of 2014 following a 27–0 perfect season.[13] The
Amador Valley stunt cheer team have won multiple national championships within their divisions
at United Spirit Association nationals cheer competitions.[106][107]
The Amador Valley Athletic Booster Club has hosted East Bay Special Olympics "basketball
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tournaments, track meets, and volleyball competitions" at Amador Valley since 2004.[108][109] The
school coordinates parent and student volunteers, donates proceeds from snack sales, and provides
facilities free of charge. The Amador Valley varsity boys' and girls' basketball teams host an annual
eight-team basketball tournament, the Amador Basketball Classic (ABC), in the first two weeks of
December. The ABC brings high school basketball teams from both inside and outside the state to
play in Pleasanton. Each team plays four games between Wednesday and Saturday.[110] Taking
place every year since December 1961, the ABC is the longest-running eight-team basketball
championship in California.[111] The girls ABC tournament has been held since December 1994.[110]
Civic engagement
Amador Valley's main competitive civic engagement teams

emphasize public speaking. The school participates in the
Constitutional Rights Foundation's annual California Mock
Trial competitions, fielding a prosecution and a defense team to
"study a hypothetical case, conduct legal research, and learn
about courtroom protocol and procedures".[112] The school's
Mock Trial team has won the Alameda County competition and
advanced to the California Mock Trial Finals four times since
2007.[113][114][115] Team members have received California Students of Amador Valley "We the
Mock Trial Finals 1st place awards for Courtroom Artist and People" team testify in a simulated
Courtroom Journalist.[116][117] congressional hearing.
The national We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution

competition takes place each spring in Washington, D.C. At the competition, students compete to
"demonstrate their constitutional knowledge and understanding of federal government in mock
congressional hearings".[9] The Amador Valley "We the People" team was started as an advanced
civics class in 1989, shortly after the national program started in 1987.[118][119] The team consists of
up to 30 seniors selected by tryout, split into 6 units which each prepare a brief presentation
followed by question-and-answer sessions.[120][121]
The Amador Valley "We the People" team has represented the state of California at the national
competition 20 times since 1992,[9] earning the national title in 1995 and 2022.[122][10] Multiple
present and former members of the United States Congress have congratulated the team.[123][124]
The Judiciary of California, as part of its Civic Learning Initiative, awarded the Civic Learning
Award of Merit to Amador Valley in 2014, in part because of the "We the People" program.[125][126]
The East Bay Times called Amador Valley's "We The People" team "one of the top programs in the
country".[127]
Math and computer science
Math and computer science clubs at Amador Valley host outreach events and participate in
competitions. The Mathematical Association of America placed Amador Valley High School on its
School Honor Roll in 2019 (one of 26 nationwide), 2020 (one of 15 nationwide), and 2021 (one of
33 nationwide) for performance on the American Mathematics Competitions 12A series;[129]
multiple Amador Valley students qualified for the United States of America Mathematical
Olympiad in those same three years.[130] The Math Team has ranked in the top 10 teams
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seven times in the nationwide Fall Startup Event since 2012,

including a 2nd place finish in 2018.[131] The group placed
second at mathleague.org's northern California tournament in
2009, and received an invitation to mathleague.org's national
tournament in Kansas City.[132] The following year, the team
placed second in the large school division at the national
tournament.[133]
The Math Team hosts the Amador Valley Geometry Bee,

modeled after the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This The Amador Valley Math Team, as
competition invites students from Amador Valley, Foothill, and part of the Pleasanton Math League,
the district's three middle schools to compete in timed rounds. won third place at the 2013 Stanford
The style of the competition consists of rounds of ten questions Math Tournament.[128]
each, deviating from the traditional spelling bee format.[132]
Computer science clubs on campus, such as ACE Coding and Girls Who Code, host outreach events
for local elementary, middle, and high school students. These events allowed students to attend
coding workshops led by industry professionals and other students.[134][135] The school received
recognition from the AP Computer Science program and the California School Boards Association
for efforts to engage young women in computer science.[136][137] Multiple Amador Valley students
have won the Congressional App Challenge for California's 15th congressional district for
developing original, usable mobile apps.[138][139]
Music
Amador Valley's music program, initially an orchestra and glee

club, was founded in 1928. In the early years of the program,
students performed in parades and numerous school operettas.
[140][141] Since 1975, the band has hosted the annual Campana
Jazz Festival, a multi-day event that invites local jazz bands to
the school to perform and compete.[142][143] Since 1995, the
Amador music program has hosted an annual musical
production at the Amador Theatre, with performers from both The Marching Band and Color
Amador Valley and Foothill.[144] Guard perform "Heroes, Gods, and
Mythical Creatures" at the
Amador Valley's music program consists of five concert bands, 2008 WBA Championships.
two orchestras, two choirs, and three jazz bands.[5] The five
concert bands are Wind Ensemble I, Wind Ensemble II,
Symphonic Band Purple, Symphonic Band Gold, and Concert Band.[145] As of 2017, the band
program had 320 students.[5] The Amador Valley Wind Ensemble has performed twice at the
Midwest Clinic[12][146] and once at Carnegie Hall.[11][147] The symphony orchestra received positive
attention from Hongkongers for a virtual performance of Glory to Hong Kong as part of a concert
series on "songs of protest".[148]
The Marching Band and Color Guard compete in the Western Band Association (WBA) circuit. The
band practices a competitive field show, performed at football halftime shows and competitions.
The Marching Dons are classified into WBA Class AAAAA. The Amador Valley Marching Dons have
received sweepstakes and first place awards and earned fourth place in 2014 at the WBA Grand
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Championships.[149][150] The band and colorguard have been invited multiple times to perform at
the annual London New Year's Day Parade[151] and Fiesta Bowl National Band Championship.
[152][153]
Robotics
Amador Valley features at least two separate robotics teams,

both competing in different international and collegiate-level
autonomous vehicle competitions hosted by the Association for
Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). The
Amador Valley Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) team, founded
in 2018, participates in the annual AUVSI Student Unmanned
Aerial Systems (SUAS) Competition. The UAV team develops a
drone to compete aerial missions, including autonomous flight,
A United States Navy diver guides
remote sensing, obstacle avoidance, robotic mapping, and air
the Amador Valley AUV during the
delivery. In 2022, the Amador Valley UAV team placed second
International RoboSub competition
among collegiate teams in its inaugural competition. The at the Naval Information Warfare
team's drone, Boreas, is a coaxial octocopter able to fly at a full Center Pacific in San Diego.
speed of 48 mph (77 km/h) for up to 30 minutes.[154]
Since 1997, the Office of Naval Research and RoboNation (previously the AUVSI Foundation) has
sponsored an annual, international Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) competition called
RoboSub.[155] The Amador Valley AUV team, founded in 1999, participates annually in this
competition. Amador's AUV team was the "first high school team at the competition", and each
year develops an autonomous submarine that can maneuver an underwater obstacle course.
[156][157][158] In 2001 and 2022, the Amador Valley AUV team placed second among collegiate
teams in the main competition.[155]
The 2001 second place featured the team's Manta Ray AUV.[159] The Manta Ray weighed less than
100 kg (220 pounds) and featured a modular design.[160] In 2002, the team redesigned its
submarine under the Barracuda line. The submarine was "propelled by two laterally mounted
SeaBotix thrusters controlling speed and heading and two auxiliary thrusters aligned vertically
controlling pitch and depth". To guide the AUV autonomously, a pressure sensor, compass,
camera, and hydrophone array return navigation input data to the software. The AUV uses a Beagle
Board single-board computer that runs Angstrom Linux.[161] In 2008, several fundamental
changes were made to the Barracuda robot. The control system was reorganized and the mission
control software was revamped to improve communication and to limit overhead. A low-level
microcontroller-based control system was added to free up system resources. This extra processing
capability was used for mission control and image processing tasks.[162]
Following the retirement of its 13-year-old Barracuda line, the team adopted a new line, Marlin.
The hull and frame were expanded and an all-new electronics and pneumatics package was
developed. To allow for easier testing of separate subsystems, the software was re-written to be
more modular. The added maneuverability of eight new brushless thrusters and the processing
power of a desktop computer motherboard gave the team overhead for developments and
improvements.[163] In 2020, the team launched a new AUV, Nemo. The robot runs on a Mini-ITX
motherboard with an Intel Core i7 processor, with control of the submarine handled through an
Arduino. A GTX 1080 Ti GPU is connected for real-time neural network processing, to run
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computer vision tasks such as OpenCV underwater image enhancement. The internal electronics
were re-organized to allow for easier access and service.[164]
Notable alumni
Notable Amador Valley alumni include former National Football League players Nate Boyer,[165]
Mike Burke,[166] Chris Geile,[167] Rick Kane,[168] Greg Kragen,[169] Scott Peters,[170] and Joe
Terry.[171] Other athletes that graduated from Amador include soccer player Jacob Akanyirige,[172]
soccer player Jason Annicchero,[173] tennis player Matt Anger,[174] soccer player Kevin Crow,[175]
soccer player Thomas Janjigian,[176] golfer Joel Kribel,[177] basketball player Kevin Laue,[178][179]
baseball player Stephen Piscotty,[180] hockey player Matt Tennyson,[181] and softball player
Danielle Williams.[182]
Several alumni are known as entertainers and actors, including filmmaker and actor Paul Korver,
American-Canadian game show host Jim Perry, Broadway singer and actress Donna Theodore,[183]
and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers actor David Yost. Musicians who attended Amador Valley
include punk musician Craig Billmeier,[184] drummer Joe Plummer, and Jellyfish rock band duo
Andy Sturmer and Roger Joseph Manning Jr.[185] Other notable alumni include United States Air
Force commander Cary C. Chun, Health advocate for ethnic minorities Janet Liang,[186] journalist
and community activist Abby Martin,[187] Alameda County district attorney Tom Orloff,[188]
novelist Francine Rivers,[189] and shooting victim Kate Steinle.[190]
References
Notes
1. Pleasanton Weekly, June 14, 2017
2. "Search for Public Schools – Amador Valley High School" (https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearc
h/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=060002009282), National Center for Education Statistics,
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Coordinates: 37°40′06″N 121°52′28″W

Amador Valley High School is a comprehensive

The school is a four-time California Distinguished School

Awards Principal Jonathan Fey[3]

History Rival Foothill High School

Following a 1988 ballot measure, the AVJUHSD merged with

The school grounds are bordered on the east and southeast by

Classes were first held at Amador Valley on August 14, 1922 at

The initial school land, building, furnishings, and upkeep was

The city passed a general obligation bond, Measure B, in 1997.

The school is a four-time California Distinguished School and a

The Amador Valley science department initiated Project Creek

Amador Valley has offered athletic programs since 1932.[16] As

Amador Valley's main competitive civic engagement teams

The national We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution

Math and computer science

seven times in the nationwide Fall Startup Event since 2012,

The Math Team hosts the Amador Valley Geometry Bee,

Amador Valley's music program, initially an orchestra and glee

Amador Valley features at least two separate robotics teams,

teams in the main competition.[155]

7. California Department of Education, California School Recognition Program Distinguished

14. "Baseball: North Coast Section Team Champions" (http://www.cifncs.org/sports/baseball/Baseb

54. AVHS 2005–2006 School Accountability Report Card

87. Tri-Valley Regional Occupational Program 2020–2021 Course Catalog (https://www.tvrop.org/c

116. "36th Annual California Mock Trial Finals" (https://www.crf-usa.org/images/stories/mt_state/201

130. 2019 USAMO Qualifiers and ID Numbers (https://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/pdf/AMC/usa

176. Thomas Janjigian – Men's Soccer (https://ucirvinesports.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/thoma

▪ Ericson, Stephanie (September 22, 2000), "Teacher of the year" (http://www.pleasantonweekly.

▪ "News of the State in Tabloid Doses" (https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=KCR19220310.2.29&srpos

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