School type Public, Secondary Principal John Maloney Enrollment Over 2,300 students Phone +1 909-389-2500 Colors Black, White, Red | Established September 1997 Grades 9 through 12 | |
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Redlands East Valley High School (REVHS, Redlands East Valley, or REV) is a public high school in Redlands, California, United States, near the San Bernardino Mountains. The school opened in the 1997-1998 school year as part of the Redlands Unified School District.
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Colors and mascot
The school colors of REV are red, white and black. Red and white were chosen to contrast with the blue and white of cross-town rivals Redlands High School (RHS). The same rationale chose the Wildcat as REV mascot, which contrasts with the RHS Terrier.
Design
The school is a 264,000-square-foot (24,500 m2) comprehensive high school located on a 57-acre (230,000 m2) sloping site. Designed to house 2,500 students but currently housing about 2,400 students, the school includes administration facilities, media center, theater and performing arts facility, multi-purpose facility, gymnasium, fine arts building and specialized educational classrooms. Site improvements include a pool facility, track and football field, tennis courts, basketball courts, and baseball and softball fields.
An element in the design was a focus on the media center and its application of technology. A path that circles the media center leads visitors to all the major facilities. Concrete masonry, exposed structural steel, glass and metal roofs make up the majority of the building exteriors.
The school cost US$35,000,000 (41 million 1995) to build and was completed in September, 1997. The roof of the Media Center Library was designed to look like an opened book. The performing arts building was designed to look like a piano, complete with black and white tiles on the floor in the piano lab. The Performing Arts Theater is named in honor of Harry Blackstone Jr., a stage magician who lived in Redlands.
Yearbook
The Odyssey yearbook is a full-color yearbook, with pictures and faces of all things related to the ending school year. The 2014-2015 school year is the beginning of a new Odyssey Era with Photography and Digital Art Teacher, Kelly Tilson directing the yearbook staff.
Mock Trial and Academic Decathlon
The Academic Decathlon and Mock Trial are coached by Mr. Ed Berman, also known as "The Hebrew Hammer" or just "B" to the students. Known for his lovable character, Mr. Ed Berman is a favorite among students at REV.
Controversy
Racial tensions arose when a picture taken during a cheerleading exercise to promote team-building was held that was called, "Gangsta Day". The image featured students dressed as 'Latino Gangsters' with baggy pants, plaid shirts, heavy eye make-up, and pregnant teenagers. The principal John Maloney came under heavy fire when he made comments during a graduation ceremony praising the girls for their 'strength and courage'.
Accelerated classes
Accelerated classes include:
(Students in the 9th grade take honors courses, while students that are in 10th-12th take AP)
Graduation requirements
225 total credits including:
Orchestra
Band
Directory: Brian Hollett The REVHS music bands include:
Groups have performed and competed at places including San Diego, Las Vegas, Sydney, London, San Francisco, Washington DC, Dublin, and Long Beach.
The REVHS Marching Wildcats won the bronze medal at the 2009 SCSBOA Class 4A Championship.
Choirs
Director:Rita Stevens
Theatre Arts
Two major productions are performed yearly in the Blackstone Theatre.
The Theatre Arts Department is headed by Kathleen Johnson. Her husband, Glen Johnson, helps Mrs. Johnson in producing and directing the school's productions, while also teaching Video Production and coordinating REV's weekly Friday show, REVweek.
Football
The Redlands East Valley Wildcats play in the Citrus Belt League. The Head Coach is Kurt Bruich who has been at REV for 13 years. Head Coach, Kurt Bruich has transformed REV Football and has led his team at one point to Number #2 in the state and #17 in the nation. With REV's victory over the Citrus Hill Hawks on November 28, 2014, the school became the first in the district since 1979 to reach the CIF finals. On December 5, 2014, Redlands East Valley won their first CIF championship in football, defeating Riverside Poly 36-33. Two weeks later, the Wildcats won their first ever state championship at the StubHub Center, defeating Clayton Valley Charter High School of Concord, 34-33 in the Division II championship game.