| Orchard Hills School | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public School (US) |
| Motto | HAWKS Have respect, act responsible, work together, show respect |
| Established | 2010[1] |
| School district | TUSD |
| Principal | Eric Killian[2] |
| Grades | K-8 |
| Number of students | 1,425[a][3] |
| Mascot | Hawk |
| Newspaper | The Weekly Hawk (email letter) |
| Communities served | Orchard Hills, Irvine, California |
| Website | orchardhills |
Orchard Hills School is a K-8 public school located in Orchard Hills, Irvine, California. It is a part of the Tustin Unified School district, but it campus is within the city of Irvine. The school has two main divisions, a middle school and an elementary school.
Academics and electives
editOrchard Hills offers electives only to its middle schoolers. The following is a list of electives offered:
- Computer applications
- Competition robotics [b]
- Orchestra[c]
- Band[d]
- ASB [e]
- Culinary arts[f]
- Spanish language [g]
- Mathcounts [h]
Orchard Hills' middle school is also known for its robotics team (Century 8838B)[i], which in 2022 won the VEX Robotics World Championship.[4][5] The Orchard Hills' chamber orchestra, advanced band and advanced orchestra perform a video game concert in which theme songs from video games are performed[6], most of the music is composed by the teacher, Joseph Perkins.[7] Orchard Hills is ranked #143 out of 2709 public middle schools, and has a 84% and 78% ranking in reading and mathematics respectively.[8]
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References
edit- ^ https://www.ocregister.com/2010/08/25/tustin-unifieds-orchard-hills-school-opens-sept-1/
- ^ https://www.cde.ca.gov/schooldirectory/details?cdscode=30736430121152
- ^ https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/california/orchard-hills-233349
- ^ https://www.irvinestandard.com/2022/orchard-hills-wins-robotics-world-title/
- ^ https://www.irvinestandard.com/2023/orchard-hills-teacher-leads-world-class-robotics-program/
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqwwN6x3Lc4
- ^ https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/category/arrangeme/902/joseph-perkins/
- ^ Niche (2023). "Orchard Hills Ranking". Niche.
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Notes
edit- ^ Shows student populace of the community, majority go to OH
- ^ There also exists an elementary competition team, both are within VEX Robotics
- ^ This includes a chamber orchestra, advanced orchestra and beginning orchestra
- ^ There are advanced and beginning bands
- ^ It is listed as "leadership," but it is the associated student body (ASB)
- ^ There is advanced and beginning
- ^ Only offered to eight grade students
- ^ Stylized as "MATHCOUNTS," offered to Algebra 1 students
- ^ The members were, Derrick Chen, Yunji Lee, Angel Cui, Anthony Low, Iain Kim and Shining Chen.