Sun Valley High School is a four-year high school in Sun Valley, Los Angeles. It is a part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. The principal of the school is Clara Herran. Sun Valley High School is home to over 600 students and 24 staff members and offers Project Lead the Way Engineering and a Media Arts/Film Production program along with Advanced Placement courses. The schools athletic teams are known as the Wildcats.LocationSun Valley High School is located in the East San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles near the intersections of the 170 and 5 freeways.HistorySun Valley High School opened its doors on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 on what was formerly the Richard E. Byrd Middle School campus. Sun Valley High School opened as a secondary school in the Sun Valley area to relieve overcrowding at John H. Francis Polytechnic High School.The school opened in the fall of 2009 to 9th, 10th, and 11th graders. It was remodeled from the preexisting Byrd Middle School which was relocated across the street from Francis Polytechnic High School. The school includes a new basketball gym, new classrooms and science labs, and an extended library. The first year of the school did not include any seniors. The first graduating class was the class of 2011, which were the school's first juniors.The school features specialized elective classes in the Fine Arts, Engineering, and Film Production.Departments and ProgramsArtSun Valley High School offers a fine arts program. Students are encouraged to take Introduction to Art AB and Drawing AB. In Introduction to Art, students are introduced to the principals and elements of art and design. In Drawing AB, students learn technical drawing.
