WVUSD : 2014-2015 Year-End Results __________________________________________________________________________________________________
� Best High Schools in America : DBHS and WHS have been ranked in the Top 100 of all high schools in the nation for 2014 ( out of 30,000 plus high schools ) by the Daily Beast Publication ; DBHS is ranked 54 th overall in nation and 7 th in California , and WHS is ranked 97 th overall in the nation and 11 th in California
� Evergreen Elementary School is one of three schools in the state to receive the 2015 Civic Learning Award of Excellence
� DBHS Symphony Orchestra has been awarded 1 st place at the 2015 National School Orchestra Finals presented at New York ’ s Lincoln Center
� WHS Publications has garnered the 2015 Super Sweepstakes award at the Journalism Write-offs Competition
� DBHS has been named a 2014 National Grammy Signature School , becoming the first high school in California to receive the prestigious honor , and WHS has earned national recognition as a semi-finalist in the process
� WHS has made IB history as the only school in the state to offer both IBDP and IBCC with the Project Lead the Way Biomedical Science program as its career-related component
� All five WVUSD middle and high schools have qualified for the 2015 State Science Olympiad
� South Pointe Middle School and Suzanne Middle School students have qualified for the 2015 State MATHCOUNTS Championship
� Five elementary schools - Evergreen , Maple Hill , Quail Summit , Vejar , and Westhoff – have been named among the State ’ s Best - 2014 California Distinguished Schools for their stellar educational programs
� Evergreen Elementary School has received the 2014 California Exemplary Arts Education Program Award
� DBHS Instrumental Music Director , Steve Acciani , has been named a 2015 Grammy Music Educator Finalist
� Forty-two DBHS and WHS seniors have been named semifinalists in 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program ( top 1 % of US seniors for exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies )
� The DBHS Girls Golf team has won the California Interscholastic Federation ( CIF ) State Championship
� DBHS and WHS have been named among the 75 top public and private high schools in Los Angeles County in the September 2014 issue of Los Angeles Magazine ; the Challenge Index has ranked DBHS # 13 and WHS # 19
� DBHS and WHS have been named in the 2014 America ’ s Most Challenging High Schools rankings by the Washington Post
� WVUSD has been named as one of the “ Best School Districts for the Buck ” by Nerd Wallet ; the rankings take into consideration affordability , standardized test scores , college readiness , and class size
� WVUSD partner program ESGVROP / TC has been named the best program of its type in the world – this award was presented in Belgium , and board member Helen Hall was in attendance
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