Vista Verde School
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Vista Verde School is a year-round, K-8 school located in the Turtle Ridge neighborhood of Irvine, California, United States. Vista Verde belongs to the Irvine Unified School District but is not a neighborhood school; rather, it is open to all Irvine residents with a preference for Turtle Ridge residents, and is one of four year-round schools in the Irvine district.[1]
Academic distinctions
In 1992, Vista Verde was the highest-scoring school in Orange County, California in the CAP tests.[2] Vista Verde has been recognized multiple times as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.[3][4][5]
The school was a pioneer in teaching computer literacy; it bought its first computers for student use as early as 1978, and was introducing students to the internet by 1994.[6]
History
Vista Verde opened in 1974 as an elementary school and later became a magnet school. It was originally located in the University Park neighborhood of Irvine. Rosa Drew Lane, a street in Irvine that passes the former campus site in University Park, is named after Rosa Drew, who had been a teacher at Vista Verde for 30 years.[7]
The University Park campus closed and the school moved to the Turtle Ridge campus in 2006.[8][9][10] In 2012, the old Vista Verde School site and buildings were sold to a home builder for $17 million. The company subsequently demolished the old school in late 2012 to make room for new homes.[11][12]
References
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- ↑ "First bell sounds for year-round: Four schools start year Wednesday", Orange County Register, July 29, 2004.
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- ↑ "Irvine schools sweep blue ribbon awards – again", Orange County Register, May 27, 1999
- ↑ "Blue Ribbon schools", Orange County Register, September 28, 2006.
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- ↑ "Irvine school gets new start", Orange County Register, May 31, 2005
- ↑ "New campus", Orange County Register, September 15, 2006
- ↑ "From Vista Verde to Turtle Ridge", Orange County Register, October 9, 2006.
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Further reading
- Vista Verde – Irvine, Los Angeles Times California Schools Guide
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