Alta Vista High School
1299 Bryant Ave.
Mountain View, CA 94040
This continuation high school offers students a non-traditional setting in which they may pursue a quality education provided by a specially trained and highly qualified teaching and support staff.
Alta Vista is a student-centered school that maintains a sense of harmony on campus by helping students develop positive attitudes, knowledge and decision-making skills. Students find that the personalized approach, with individual learning contracts, emphasize students success in a non-competitive manner.
Students' Needs:
Alta Vista's comprehensive, multifaceted curriculum is designed to challenge each and every student. Alta Vista offers a wide variety of programs to meet each student's special needs:
| * Case Managers | * Comprehensive Counseling Services |
| * Community Volunteers | * Concurrent Enrollment in Community College |
| * Concurrent Enrollment in the Adult Education Program | * Mentoring |
| * Independent Study | * Regional Occupational Program (ROP) |
| * Special Education | * Sports |
| * Workability | * Work Continuation (Full Time Work Experience) |
* Work Experience |
Alta Vista High's Scores on California Standardized Tests
| Reading | Math | Language | Science | Social Science | |
| 9th Grade | 24 | ||||
| 10th Grade | 72 | 64 | 61 | 43 | 52 |
| 11 Grade | 53 | 24 | 46 | 35 | 46 |
Scores range from 1-99. A score of 99 indicates that the school scored higher than 99 percent of the other public schools in California. Scores are from "McCormack's Guides '99."
Learning Environment:
Alta Vista High School is committed to providing a safe, caring and personalized environment dedicated to student welfare and academic success. Thanks to the support from the district office and generous donations and grants, the students have access to large bright classrooms, an expanding library, state-of-the-art technology and a Cisco Academy computer lab.
Alta Vista High School's Mission Statement:
"Alta Vista High School is a district continuation program that offers a program focused on building academic and functional skills, as well as basic work habits.
Alta Vista High School provides a safe, caring environment in which assessment and experiential learning assist students in improving personal, social and academic skills so that they may assume a positive role in their community."