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Timeline

The Scotts Valley High School has come a long way since 1990!

Do you remember any of these events or see any familiar names?

- Work in Progress -

1990

City Council puts Measure R on ballot (advisory vote only) - “Should a high school be located in a two mile radius of SV?” - 71% respond “yes”

1992

SV Mayor Peggie Lopez and Councilperson Gina Koshland request the high school be placed on the SV City Council agenda

“Citizens for a High School in Scotts Valley” is formed to work on feasibility of reorganizing school district to include a high school - Mike Smith asked to chair

April 8th - “Citizens” hold unanimous vote to ask the SVSB to petition the SCC school board to begin the process to reorganize SVSD into a K-12 district

1993

October 21 - SC County Board of Education approves a proposal for SVHS

1994

March 11 - State Board of Education approves a proposal to create SVUSD which allows a high school to be built in SV

November - Bond measures G&H pass with 77% and 74% of voters approving unification and the bonds to build SVHS; Mike Smith chaired the successful campaign

1997

July - Glenwood site approved for SVHS

August 12 - SVUSD trustees hold SVHS ground breaking ceremony

November - SV school board approves high school graduation requirements

1998

July - grading begins on Glenwood site

October - Al Montalbano appointed first SVHS principal

1999

February - SVHS "Falcon” mascot and maroon & gold colors selected

March - SVHS Parent Club holds its first planning meeting

March - Scotts Valley Ed Foundation presents check for $17,450 to SVHS from Bean Creek Run

March - Deadline for SVMS students to commit to attend SVHS


April - Eight factory built classrooms and a physical ed exercise room purchased

May - Original teachers and counselor hired for SVHS (Jeffrey Fisher, Hilary Ford, Elizabeth Seabury, Katie Todd, Tami Wallace & Farol Henderson)

May - Widening of Glenwood Drive begins

May - Louie Walters named head football coach

August - Portable classrooms arrive at SVHS site

September 1st - 9th Grade Orientation held

September 8th - Opening Day of SVHS for freshmen students

September 11th - SVHS Falcons begin inaugural football season v Greenfield

November 17 - Forum held about International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program

2000

January 5th - Falcon Girls Soccer open SCCAL against Harbor

January 19th - Falcon Girls Basketball Team has first win

February 16th - SVHS first freshman class have impressive showing at mock trial competition

February 26th - Justin MacKiewicz first athlete to compete in wrestling championships

March 15th - Girls softball team wins first game ever played

March 22nd - Wick & Harris win in track & field

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September 6th - SVHS starts year with 35 teachers and staff occupying permanent buildings in new campus

October - SV Chamber names Julie Rockow “Youth of the Year”

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November - First Turkey Trot held by SVHS students raised $1350 for holiday meals for needy families

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Christa Watkins elected ASB president for 00-01

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Fall - Key Club established at SVHS

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Fall play: “Bang Bang You’re Dead”

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2001

February - SVUSD receives official approval from IBO for the Middle Years Program

April - SVHS drama class presents first production - “Grease”

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Spring - JV Baseball co-SCCAL champions

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Christa Watkins re-elected ASB president for 01-02

 

May - First SVHS Career Day held

June - Tom Utic named second SVHS principal

 

August - Louie Walters appointed SVHS Athletic Director

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August - Community Field Clean-Up Day at SVHS

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August - SVHS football plays first SCCAL season

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September - SVHS students held fundraiser for 9/11 victims 

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September - 522 students enrolled at SVHS


October - SV chamber names Nick Wright “Youth of the Year

2002

January - Key Club Induction at SVHS

 

January - SVHS Boosters Notify SVHS Parent Club of intent to form own fundraising cmte

 

February - Girls JV Soccer Team goes undefeated at 19-0

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February - SVHS Justion Mackiewicz wins first wrestling title in SVHS history and advanced to CCS playoffs

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Spring play: “Diary of Anne Frank”

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March - SVHS approved for IB diploma

 

First girls tennis team

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April - SVHS holds “Mug Shot Fundraiser” to raise funds for ceramics class

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Julie Rockow elected ASB president for 02-03


June - Ken Thomas named third SVHS principal

October - SV Chamber names Stephen Hoversten “Youth of the Year”


October 11 - SVHS concludes “Pioneer Week” with first Homecoming game and carnival

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November 14 - SVHS Formal Dedication Ceremony

2003

Jas Adlakha elected ASB president 03-04

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June - First SVHS graduating class and first IB Certificates awarded

October - First SV Haunted House

Fall - First SVHS Girls Cross Country Team

Fall play: Harvey

2004

SVHS Competition Cheer Team wins first place at Nationals

“Shaving Heads for Cancer” fundraiser for cancer research in support of SVHS student

Spring play: Inherit the Wind

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Nick Huber elected ASB president for 04-05

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June - IB Diplomas awarded for first time

Cross Country - first time to go CCS

Fall play: The Tempest

2005

Hockey team established

Sailing team best in Santa Cruz County

Spring musical: Cabaret

 

Chris Mylrea elcted ASB president 05-06


Mock Trial county champions

Students lead donation drive for Hurricane Katrina

Fall play: A Streetcar Named Desire

Varsity football - first year making CCS playoffs

Cross Country - sends four runners to CCS meet

Girls Volleyball - CCS playoffs for first time and make it to second round

2006

Girls Varsity Basketball first time making league playoffs

Boys Varsity Soccer first CCS playoff

Girls Varsity Soccer SCCAL Champions

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Colin Walch elected ASB president 06-07

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Varsity Football crowned SCCAL champions - first time!

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Girls Varsity Golf Team undefeated & SCCAL Champions

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Jennifer Brumbaugh, SCCAL Golf Champion

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Fall play: Macbeth

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2007

January - SVHS math teacher Richard Salome named CA League of High Schools 2007 State High School Educator of the Year.

Girls Varsity Soccer SCCAL & CCS Division III Champions

First boys water polo team

First girls water polo team

Spring Musical: Brigadoon

Ryan Fontana throws first perfect game for SVHS baseball

 

Felicia Kuo elected ASB president 07-08


Varsity football team SCCAL champions (second year in a row) and win semi-finals of CCS

April - SVHS places 13th in national 2007 Collaborative Problem Solving contest held by National Assessment & Testing

Fall play: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
 

2008

Spring Musical:  Seussical the Musical

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Boys Varsity Basketball to CCS for first time

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Girls varsity soccer CCS Champions

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Chenisha Sangha elected ASB president for 08-09

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Varsity football SCCAL Champions third year in a row

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Wrestling undefeated in CCS win Scholastic Champions Team Award

2009

SVHS Hall of Fame First Inductees

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Girls Varsity Soccer Team SCCAL Champions

 

Jared Fujishin elected ASB president for 09-10
 

Varsity Football Team SCCAL Champions - fourth year in a row

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Girls Tennis Team SCCAL Champions

2010

Baseball Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions

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Aly Bothman elected ASB president 10-11

2011

Girls Varsity Basketball Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions

 

Girls Varsity Soccer SCCAL Champions

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Lizzie Zweng elected ASB president for 11-12

Girls Cross Country Division IV Individual State Champion Vanessa Fraser

2012

Girls Varsity Soccer SCCAL Champions

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Ben Roumimper elected ASB president 12-13

 

Girls Cross Country Division IV Individual State Champion Vanessa Fraser

2013

SVHS selected as a CA Distinguished School

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Darby McFall elected ASB president 13-14

Boys Cross Country SCCAL & CCS Division IV champions

Boys Cross Country CIF State champions (5th)

2014

Baseball Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions

Girls Varsity Basketball Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions (12-0 record - ranked #1 in Northern CA)

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Sam Braverman won SCCAL Diving Championship

 

Ethan Powers elected ASB president 14-15

Boys Cross Country SCCAL Champions

Girls Wrestling National Championship - Dom Parrish

2015

Girls Varsity & JV Basketball Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions

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Girls JV Soccer SCCAL Champions

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Girls Softball SCCAL Champions

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Ava Davis elected ASB president 15-16


Girls Cross Country team qualifies for State Meet

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Fall - SVHS varsity football plays game at Levi’s Stadium

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Girls Varsity Tennis SCCAL Champions

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Fall Play: “Death, Dates & Delusions”

2016

Girls Varsity & JV Basketball Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League champions

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Boys Varsity Soccer CCS Semi-Finals

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Girls Softball SCCAL Champions - second year in a row

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Wrestling - Gabby Sandoval first place in CCS

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Spring Musical : Chicago

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Spring - Fashion Show raises $2K for Siena House

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Spring - Homeless Connection Club holds shoe drive for Watsonville Homeless Shelter

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Ann Codiga elected ASB president 16-17

 

Fall Play: “You Can’t Take It With You” featuring Burt, the Wonder Snake

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Fall - Varsity Girls and Boys Cross Country to CCS

2017

Boys Varsity Soccer SCCAL Champions

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Spring - John Lennon Educational Bus visits SVHS

 

Girls Varsity Softball SCCAL Champions - third year in a row!


Spring Musical:  “Anything Goes”

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Madison Seaman elected ASB president 17-18

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Girls golf team undefeated - SCCAL champions!

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Fall play: It's A Wonderful Life

2018

Spring Musical: The Addams Family

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SVHS students participate in National Never Again Walkout to protest school violence

 

April - SVHS Choir performs at NYC’s Lincoln Center with Eric Whitacre

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Tom Codiga elected ASB president 18-19

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Boys Cross Country SCCAL Champions

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Fall play: The Curious Savage

2019

Softball team named CCS Scholastic Team Award Winner

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Spring musical: Guys & Dolls

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Catelyn Reynolds elected ASB president 19-20

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Boys Cross Country SCCAL Champions

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Girls golf team undefeated - SCCAL champions

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SVHS recognized as an Ocean Guardian School

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Fall play: "The Bold, the Young & the Murdered"

2020

March 16 - SVUSD schools suspend in-person instruction

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Robbie Hall elected ASB president 20-21

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August - CZU fire delays start of school until September 7th

 

September - SVHS starts school year with online instruction

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Fall - SVHS holds virtual rally

 

Boys Cross Country SCCAL Champions

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October - Drive Thru SV Haunted House Raises $10K


Fall Play:  Almost, Maine performed virtually

2021

April - SVHS Homecoming Takes Place with a drive thru to look at floats and lip sync performed outside the Boardwalk

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Spring - Virtual Art Night held

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Spring - First year of Varsity Girls Lacrosse

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Spring - SVHS varsity football team undefeated - SCCAL champions!

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Spring - Boys varsity basketball goes to playoffs

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Jeremy Goodrich elected ASB president 21-22

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May - Parents organize a Senior Prom

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Fall - Varsity football team SCCAL champions again!

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Fall - Boys & Girls Cross Country SCCAL & CCS Division IV Champions - first time in same year!

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Fall play: Clue

2022

January - Winter formal returns to Cocoanut Grove as an indoor event

 

Spring musical: Urinetown

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Michaela Auman elected ASB president 22-23

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October - SVHS elects two homecoming kings for the first time, Miles Kennedy and Kyle Saiki

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Boys & Girls Cross Country SCCAL and CCS Division IV Champions - second year in a row!

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Girls Cross Country place sixth in CIF State Championships

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Varsity Football SCCAL Champions - third year in a row

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Fall - Varsity Girls Tennis Co-League SCCAL Champions

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Fall - Girls Varsity Golf goes undefeated

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Fall play:  The Play Where Everything Goes Wrong

2023

Girls beach volleyball crowned 22-23 SCCAL Champions

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February - First year Culture Week includes a fashion show

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February - SVHS experiences snow during school

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Spring - JV softball returns after nine years

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Spring - SVHS Fashion Show includes 11 different lines

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Girls' Golf Team SCCAL Champions - undefeated season!

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Spring musical:  Something Rotten!

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Emma Howell elected ASB president for 23-24

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Fall - First Girls Flag Football Team

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Girls Volleyball Qualifies for CCS 

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Boys & Girls Cross Country teams SCCAL Champions 

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Varsity Football Team wins Pacific Coast Athletic League Mission Division-North title

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October - SVHH returns to an indoor event

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Fall play: Rumors

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Winter- Girls Varsity Basketball goes to second round of CCS playoffs

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Winter - Wrestler Danica Kelley wins CCS champion - 4/0 in her division and one

of five state qualifiers from central coast which also included Kayse Martinovsky

2024

February SVHS wrestler Danica Kelley wins state championship

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Spring musical: The Addams Family

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Alex Morairty elected ASB president 24-25


June - Girls' track relay team finishes fourth at national championships

August - SVHS alum Dominique Parrish competes in wrestling at Olympics

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