Bonita Vista High School
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Bonita Vista High School (BVH) is a public, four year (grade levels 9-12) high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 located in the city of Chula Vista
Chula Vista, California
Chula Vista is the second largest city in the San Diego metropolitan area, the seventh largest city in Southern California, the fourteenth largest city in the State of California, and the seventy seventh largest city in the U.S....

, California
California
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. Bonita Vista High School is one of the few schools that has both the IB and AP programs. It is part of the Sweetwater Union High School District
Sweetwater Union High School District
The Sweetwater Union High School District is a school district headquartered in Chula Vista, California. , the school district is the largest secondary school district in California....

, and currently has about 2,800 students. BVH's Mascot
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 is a Baron
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. Bonita Vista High School is a California Distinguished High School. Bonita has also been named one of the top 1,500 high schools in the nation by Newsweek. It also has an API score of 844 making it the highest in the Sweetwater Union High School District. BVH also has the highest number of AP and IB graduates in the district.

Bonita Vista High School was a two-year middle school
Middle school
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 founded in 1966, until it was converted to a three-year high school
High school
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 in 1968, then later re-converted to a four-year high school in the fall semester of 1992.

Mission statement

The mission of the Bonita Vista High School educational community is to facilitate learning by providing multiple opportunities for students to explore, learn, experience and enjoy all that the various disciplines offer. Our teachers will be professionals by exhibiting genuine warmth and concern while demonstrating enthusiasm for their subject, inspiring curiosity, and fostering thinking skills so that the teacher is part of an interactive learning process in which all students have the opportunity to discuss, question, and analyze. Our students' education will include both academic and vocational opportunities to ensure that each of them has the opportunity to develop to his/her full potential through a wide variety of academic and extracurricular activities.

Academic Performance

The school is placed as the number 1 school of the Sweetwater Union High School District
Sweetwater Union High School District
The Sweetwater Union High School District is a school district headquartered in Chula Vista, California. , the school district is the largest secondary school district in California....

, with an Academic Performance Index
Academic Performance Index
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 score of 851 for the 2011 school year, meeting the statewide standard and exceeding amongst other schools in the same district.

Alma Mater

In the shadow of the mountain
Bonita Vista lies
We are guided carefully through the years
Beneath the spacious skies
Though we journey to a distant shore
We'll remain your friends forever more
Bonita Vista High
BONITA VISTA HIGH.

Athletics

Fall Sports:
American football
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, Women's Volleyball
Volleyball
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, Women's Tennis
Tennis
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, Women's Golf
Golf
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, Cross Country
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, Men's Water Polo
Water polo
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, Women's Field Hockey
Field hockey
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Winter Sports:
Men's Basketball
Basketball
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, Women's Basketball
Basketball
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, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
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, Women's Water Polo
Water polo
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, Roller Hockey
Roller hockey
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Spring Sports:
Baseball
Baseball
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, Softball
Softball
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, Track and Field
Track and field
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, Men's Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, Men's Tennis
Tennis
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, Men's Golf
Golf
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, Lacrosse
Lacrosse
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, Gymnastics
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, Swim
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 & Dive
Diving
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Notable alumni

  • Melody Gonzalez - US Congress
  • Ute Werner
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     - Model/Actress, starred in Opie Gets Laid
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  • Robert Guaderrama, Television News Reporter for CBS 7 News, KOSA- TV
  • Matt Cameron
    Matt Cameron
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    , drummer
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     of Pearl Jam
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  • Charisma Carpenter
    Charisma Carpenter
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    , TV/Film actress
  • Marcos Curiel
    Marcos Curiel
    Marcos Curiel is the guitarist of rock bands P.O.D., The Accident Experiment and Daylight Division.Curiel was born in San Diego California in 1974 and is of Mexican descent. He grew up in the neighboring city of Chula Vista, where he graduated from Bonita Vista High School in 1992. Curiel started...

    , Guitarist for rock band P.O.D
  • Edward Kenneweg, Milk steak contest winner
  • Costa Dillon
    Costa Dillon
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    , Writer/Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
  • Byron Frisch
    Byron Frisch
    Byron Arthur Frisch is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants. He played college football at Brigham Young University and was drafted in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans....

    , NFL Defensive end for the Tennessee Titans
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  • Ilan Rubin
    Ilan Rubin
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    , drummer
    Drummer
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     currently with Nine Inch Nails
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  • Scott Shields
    Scott Shields (American football)
    Scott Paul Shields is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft and also played for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2004. He played college football for the Weber State Wildcats....

    , Former NFL Safety for the Kansas City Chiefs
    Kansas City Chiefs
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     and Pittsburgh Steelers
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  • Stephanie Swift
    Stephanie Swift
    Stephanie Swift is a former American pornographic actress who starred in over 370 adult movies between 1995 and 2009. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. Following her diagnosis and subsequent treatment, she decided to quit the adult movie industry, a move she had been considering for...

    , adult film actress turned Evangelist
  • Joel Zumaya
    Joel Zumaya
    Joel Martin Zumaya is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher known for his record-breaking fastballs.-Baseball career:...

    , MLB relief pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
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    .

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