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  • Tutoring Returns to Pinole Valley after school

    Starting now, every Tuesday and Thursday is tutoring time at Pinole Valley. Our library is open from 3:45-5:15 mid week for all students no matter their subject, no matter their need. The tutors are ready to work one on one or in small groups as needed, and they are also happy to host athletic teams looking for study hall opportunities as well as students who just want a dedicated space to get their homework done. There is no appointment necessary, just a willingness to reach out and ask for assistance on your work before it overwhelms or scares you. We are looking for some new peer tutors too. So if you are interested in getting credits and assisting others who are going through what you went through, the library, as it is for so many things, is the place to Be!

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  • Club Thursday brings out Everyone!

    We have the first meeting of the Miniature Games club with Mr. Adams in C 303 a place to play and learn a new game featuring minis like that one pictured above. Rubik’s Cube with Mr. Datlag in D 302 The Math Team meets after school with Mr. Liu in C 106. The Gay Straight Alliance with Mr. Rudd in D 204. Dominos are on the table with Mr. Heyward in D 303, and then a bunch of action after school. Dungeons and Dragons with Mr. Frattini after school. And the first ever meeting of the Brazil Club with Mr. McKleroy in D 209. Also Encore Dance will be working out at lunch time followed by the adult choir Thursday evening. And the speech team on zoom. So much, we wind up forgetting some club!

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  • Artists of the Day: Sophia Lee and Saniyah Thomas

    This is a collaborative Sketchbook between Sophia Lee & Saniyah Thomas. Here you can see Sophia’s work on the left and Saniyah’s on the right. Both are students in IB Visual Arts HL2 (senior year). Keep an eye out for their senior IB shows this spring! Sophia and Saniyah found an abandoned sketchbook that they turned into a collaboration and the have been working on it for a couple months. Here you can see a call and response between the two artists. Sophia is using a simple blue and red palette as is Saniyah, not sure who did their page first. Saniyah’s work is in paint and has her trademark text, which is usually very meta. Sophia seems to mimic the movement of the paint in marker and her figure looks like the same subject but has Sophia’s abbreviated line work and hatching style.

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  • Artist of the Day: Sophia Snaith

    As an introductory assignment to gauge student interest and knowledge, students were asked to "Show me what they know." The overlap and the placement of the male figure on the bottom of the picture frame by Sophia gives this piece space. The trees that are furthest away are colored in muted tones, giving the illusion of distance on the paper. She expertly blends analogous colors creating form. Sophia shows some mid season skills in Ms. Tremors' class very impressive for a first week assignment

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  • Wednesday is Club Day at Pinole Valley

    Three years ago, the young Spartans shown above took the airplane they built as part of the Math Engineering Science Administration (MESA) to regionals. The club is back and meeting for the first time Wednesday. Threedom dance in the Dance room today at lunch under the supervision of Mr. Lim debuts First meeting of the Ceramics Guild today at lunch with Ms. Shokrai, check it out clay kids Christian Club with Mr. Johnston today for a soulful time come to his classroom C 103 Celtic Club with Mr. Toney resumes in C 107 E-sports with Mr. Datlag in D 304 Earth Team coming soon But for now MESA meeting for those who love math, science and community in D 110

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  • Spirit Days and Spirit Week

    Looking forward to our first rally in three years. We are going to be celebrating after a week of some fashionable and fun dress up. Today, every team was represented and Tuesday we anticipate seeing our students and staff in their Tacky best. Wednesday it is pajama day and Thursday is our Little Miss Day (what do you "miss by"?)) Friday it is Class colors and then a big finish in the gym with our rally bringing the school and our leadership together under one roof. Then it is the very first football game on our new field, as the Spartans host San Rafael after a week of volleyball and water polo too. Great week to be a Spartan no matter how you dress it up

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  • Club Tuesday is everywhere!

    So much starting at lunch today--Busy lunch with the new Car club meeting today in C202 with Ms. Elliot Writer’s Club with Ms. Adviento for any and all who like to create using the written word. Maybe even a literary magazine in our future, come by Ms. Adviento in C105 today right at the start of lunch. African American Student Union with Ms. Lamons is back today in D 309 Chess with Mr. Heyward returns today in D303 The TV video club with Mr. Kraft gets started today and we will be producing something about all of these clubs there. One club benefits another. Then after school we have the first meeting of WE Science, the crew of students committed to bringing the joy of discovery to our elementary feeder schools. We would love to have you at any or all clubs. WE included!

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  • Artist of the Day: Nae Scott

    The assignment was to take a three dimensional form and reduce it to a two dimensional shape by eliminating detail using editing software on our phones. Students were asked to take a profile picture, in the walkway to the A building, then use the black and white filter as well as edit it by increasing the overall contrast, reducing highlights, and increasing shadows. Once edited, details were removed leaving the organic silhouette shape of the profile of a person. Nae Scott's project is a great example of an image that hit the requirements and looks terrific.

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  • Keep all the balls in the Air, Spartans!

    It is a first for Pinole Valley High School, as Mr. Villars sees how many students can keep how many balls flying in our inaugrual Juggling Club. And that is not the only extra curricular happening around campus today. We have the Math Club with Mr. Liu in C 106 as we are building a competitive team as well as a home for those who can't get enough equations. The Lego Club is right next door, with Mx. Phan and will have their Fridays as places to build whatever the imagination can create. Then it is the Book Club starting next week and the Speech team will be in session looking to find kids in each of the dozen events to partipate and represent the school in compeitions locally and throughout the region. Great places to build and grow community, in two weeks, we host Club day and hope to see more and more connections and discoveries

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  • Spirit Week starts off in Style!

    Every day is a reason to get dressy for school. We are celebrating the first month of school, the grand opening of our football field and the athletic teams starting the season off so well. We are going to dress the Spartan part starting Monday with Jersey Day, then find something wrong for Tacky Tourist Tuesday, wear our Wednesday pajajmas and then share our Little Miss on Thursday, before we rock our class colors on Friday. The best part is that our school yearbook will be with us to record and chronicle the various looks around campus and that means you may be captured for posterity with your jersey, pajamas, tacky look or Class colors

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  • Pinole Valley athletics engages this Week

    The Volleyball team got off to a great start and is now 2-0 after a second consecutive sweep, this a home blitz of rival Alhambra in the big gym Thursday night. We are going to see if we can make it three in a row, when the girls play at St. Mary's on Saturday morning with the debut of the freshmen squad, followed by a JV and then lastly varsity. The first ball goes up at 9:00 a.m. followed by the upperclass games right after. Then today is the start of football season as the Blue and Gold kicks off their 55th season with a road game at West County (formerly Analy) High school in Sebastopol. We would love to have you see th hard work put on this summer paying off with big fan support. Next week, we grand open Deuker Field with the first home game in two season hosting Vallejo on the big field. Coming soon, tennis, water polo and cross country. There's a lot of action coming your way

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  • Club Thursday

    Today is a big play day on campus, Rubik's Cube returns with Mr. Datlag for fun and competition. The cubes are free of charge, but Mr. Datlag sells them at cost for $12 for any interested. Also right across the hall is Mr. Heyward's Domino Club where kids can come at lunch and sling those tiles. Then after school it is the start of Math Club, a new entity on campus designed to provide a space for kids who want to demonstratre their math skills in a variety of ways. Also Dungeons and Dragons returns and we will have our Speech team continue its Thursday night zooms with Ms. Lamons at 7:30 p.m. for all new and returning members.

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  • Leadership is the Best Kind of Ship

    The school needs leaders and you can make a difference right away. What would you like to see done for school spirit, school activities and school policies. Don't just talk about it, do something! Ms. Wynne is looking for students who want to try their hand at creating rallies, energy, and fun. In addition to the serious work of guiding practices for classroom, community and safety. Just in the week ahead, we have a Spirit Week, the first gym rally in three years and a Boat Cruise being held in late September. And there is more! We want you to share your talents with the rest of school!

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  • Book Room opens its Doors

    Ms. Jackson is back in business and Pinole Valley students will be able to check out tablets,, chargers and of course books they need for their classes. Our library is about two weeks away from opening and when it does, it will be a hub for students and teachers alike for meeting, studying and enjoying the arts of our school. We have a weekly book club and weekly poetry gathering to honor the spoken and written word, and throughout the year host recitals. The library is not a place to hush, but a place to huzzah! We look forward to having it host our tutoring center and our faculty and PTSA meetings. The library and book room are the hub of our school and we salute the crew that makes it so welcoming!

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  • It's Your Move, Chess Club starts Tuesday

    One of the favorite lunch time hangouts opens tomorrow and every Tuesday, Mr. Heyward opens room D 305 for those interested in playing, learning and improving their chess chops. We love to have new students drop by to learn the strategies and smarts of the claissic game. Also tomorrow, we have the first day of the Indo Pak club. Ms. Lamons celebrates the culture and the joy of our south Asian community. Students who want to spend time learning and loving the culture should come by room D 309 at lunch and find out why we honor the legacy of our students who hail from India, Pakistan or the region.

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  • Girls Volleyball starts Season with a Sweep!

    Pinole Valley girls volleyball started the 2022-23 season perfectly. The Spartans blitzed league rival DeAnza 25-6 to win the first set and cruised the rest of the way to put away the Dons 3-0 in the first home game of the season. The team starts the season with two freshmen and picked up where they left off from past years. The Spartans test their talents this Thursday back home vs. Alhambra in a non-league contest that has been a rivalry game for years. The JV showed that the future is bright for the Spartans too, as the future Spartans swept the little Dons 2-0 to complete a very happy first night back for Volleyball.

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  • Monday Fun Day at Pinole Valley

    It's all happening on Monday, and you will want to be there for all, um, some of it. First off, at lunch, it is the very first meeting of Spartan Ink, the school newspaper. We have published stories from every walk of student life and it is available free of charge on the web, daily. We are looking for news reporters, feature writers, photographers, astrologers, reviewers and more. This week we welcome, Mr. Salami, our lead cartoonist, who will be sharing some slice of life observations about how school does school with some insightful observations and good drawings. Also Monday is the launch of the Intertwine Club bringing together yarn, knitting and students. Join us every Monday after school with Ms. Libby, who runs the Dance Club for any and all in the Dance room. Performers and rookies alike very welcome. And this is just the start of what promises to be a promising club week to find out all of what we are about.

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  • The Marines land at Pinole Valley Monday

    The Marine corps come to school on Monday and will be making loops back through the district for the upcoming school year. Monday it is the pull up challenge and we ask Spartan students to try pulling their weight in the quad at lunch time. Of course, if you are interested in just asking questions or finding out more about service, you can talk with one of the uniformed crew coming to school or a former Spartan-now-Marine who will try to get you the information you are looking for about choosing a military path after high school. We will also have our work experience coordinator, Ms. Mamiril with a list of job opportunities and tips on our daily announcements which we will send home--allowing you even more post-secondary options

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  • Season Starts Monday--Volleyball at Home

    The year of Spartan sports gets started in style on Monday night. We are not wasting a moment to get the Blue and Gold on the court, the field, the and the water. It's girls volleyball starting with a league contest against DeAnza, a TCAL rival in the big gym starting with the JV at 5:30 p.m. We would love to have a big turnout, because we no longer have social distancing and we can fill the gym. Coach Melanie and the volleyballers are ready to capture another flag, and you can say you were there first! Side out!

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  • Speech, Debate and More

    Speech Season begins and with it something for everyone! We have the District's best coach and are ready to build a squad to dominate. Choose your event--Impromptu speech, Dramatic Interpretation, Poetry, One or Two man debate, Informative Speech, Duo Interpretation. Truly a great way to build confidence and competenece. And did we mention fun? Tonight it starts with our first meeting, a zoom gathering at 7:30 p.m. and then Friday live in D309 with Ms. Lamons, who is ready to take on novices, shy folk and those ready to roll. We speak from experience, speech and debate is a great event for anyone interested in building skills and getting your voice heard! If you just want to visit and see what all the excitement is about, we welcome you too. Speech competitions happen every weekend starting in September, so it's a great way to see the Bay and test your ideas out loud and hear what others have to say as well. We wlecome you

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