Ardis G. Egan Junior High School is a public middle school for seventh graders and eighth graders in Los Altos, California. It is part of the Los Altos School District. Most of Egan's over five hundred students live in Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, and a few students live in Mountain View.[1] Egan is named after Ardis Egan, the founder and former superintendent of the Los Altos School District.[2]
| Ardis G. Egan Intermediate School | |
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 Egan Junior High School in 2020 | |
| Address | |
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100 W Portola Ave , | |
| Coordinates | 37°23′46″N 122°07′00″W / 37.39611°N 122.11667°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| School district | Los Altos School District |
| Superintendent | Sandra McGonagle |
| Principal | Coni Cullimore |
| Grades | 7-8 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Viking |
| Website | eganschool.org |
Egan is mainly fed by local elementary schools of the same district: Almond, Santa Rita, Covington and Gardner Bullis. Egan has inherited these schools' high success rates, ranking as one of the top intermediate schools in the state. Most Egan students who remain within the public education system go on to study at Los Altos High School, which is in the Mountain View–Los Altos Union High School District.
Awards and recognition
editIn 1988, 1990, and 2009, Egan was chosen as a California Distinguished School,[3][4] and it has often scored high in STAR testing. It has been reported as the public school with the highest STAR test scores in California numerous times.[5] From 1999 to 2002, Egan was ranked as the top junior high school in the state, based on its performance on the Academic Performance Index (API) Growth Reports.[6]
Education
editGreatschools awarded Egan a 9/10 in 2018.[7]
Egan is one of the few schools in the Bay Area that offers two Spanish classes: the regular Spanish 1A class and a Spanish Conversation class.[citation needed][8] Like all schools in the Los Altos School District, Egan has a musical program. Their band, orchestra, and chorus visit Disneyland every year to perform at a concert (Magic Music Days).[9]
Egan is well funded with a variety of electives, including Technology, Music, Languages, and Miscellaneous Items, such as Art, Yearbook, Financial Wisdom, and Leadership. It also offers a variety of classes that allow students to learn teaching, secretary skills, and librarian skills. Besides, it has many well-funded main courses, Algebra, Science, History, English, and Physical Education. Los Altos's wealthy environment helps Egan's education funding.
Egan has sports programs for boys and girls in soccer, basketball, tennis, track and field, cross-country, volleyball, wrestling, football, and others. Egan students also compete in the national MathCounts and AMC8 Math competitions. Egan students also compete in the national Science Olympiade competition.
Students are given awards for a variety of achievements; the most notable of these awards is the "Block E", which is earned through sports, after-school activities, and service to the school.[10]
Miscellaneous
editBullis Charter School (BCS) also has its campus on the east side of Egan's grounds bordering San Antonio Road. The Los Altos School District (LASD) offered to let BCS use this space (known at the time as the Egan camp school) from 1 May 2004.[11] The charter school has been located here ever since.
References
edit- ^ Los Altos Elementary Attendance Areas, accessed January 2, 2007
- ^ Overview of Egan Junior High — Home of the Vikings, accessed January 2, 2007
- ^ "California Distinguished Schools Awardees 2009". California Distinguished Schools Awardees. California Department of Education. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ Cal. Dept. of Education "Distinguished School Awards: Award Winners for Santa Clara County," Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine accessed December 1, 2006.
- ^ LASD tops in test scores for third year in a row, Los Altos Town Crier, October 24, 2001 Archived 2006-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sara Ballenger, Egan named No. 1 jr. high school in state for third year in a row Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Los Altos Town CrierWe are very well known and high in academics., October 30, 2002[dead link]
- ^ "Egan Junior High School, Los Altos, California". Great Schools. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ^ "Spanish Conversation Class on PassionClass".
- ^ Disney Land Trip, accessed January 22, 2007 Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Viking Pin, Block E and Star Awards, accessed January 2, 2007
- ^ Acuff, Kathleen (2004-04-07). "Egan camp LASD's final offer to charter school". Los Altos Town Crier. Archived from the original on 2011-10-02.