Irvington High School

There are two kinds of people at irvington, nice, and shit eating bastards. Its about 50/​50, take your chances, im glad to be out of there.

Irvington High School is without a doubt the best high school there ever is, was, or will be. To prove it, there are just a few of reasons that Irvington reigns supreme. Suck it, Washington!
1). Our location in southwest Fremont means we don’t have a rampant gang problem (unlike other schools)
2). Our history: Irvington’s produced Robert Turbin, a Super Bowl Champion NFL RB for the Seattle Seahawks. Not to mention our school was named the «Greenest School in America» In addition, we were mentioned in Ladies’ Home Journal, so you know we’re legit.
3). We have three outstanding benchmark projects. Freshmen do the Change Project, which promotes environmental protection. Sophomores carry out the World Issues Project, which raises awareness for global issues. Juniors have the SAT. Finally, Seniors carry out the QUEST Project which resolves a social issue of that senior’s choice. These benchmarks were invented by students from Brown & Harvard, so you know they’re legit.
4). Our athletics are amazing. Just three years ago, our freshmen football team beat James Logan for the MVAL title in what was the greatest upset ever seen, 28 – 26. Not to mention we have a State Qualifying wrestler with us. Our baseball, badminton, and swimming programs are amazing. And did I mention we have a BOYS volleyball team? #TitleIX #Equality
5). We have the best teachers ever. Ms. Avina, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Rodocker, Ms. Phillips, Mr. Phillips, Ms. Avon, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Ballado, and COUNTLESS others bring passion & innovation to their classrooms. In fact, Irvington’s faculty is SO good, that those greedy fiends at Washington thought it was okay to take away three of them from us. Figures.
6). We have «families» for our students that customize their class-​curriculum based on their career-​interests, the way a college does. If a student wants to be an artist, they can join the Center for Creative Arts (the CCA) to incorporate art into their projects. For those interested in kinesiology, they can join SHAPE. Those interested in animation can join the New Media Arts Academy. And of course, those who don’t want to sleep and who want to age more quickly can take AP classes!
7). We have an acclaimed Drama Department which puts on the most spectacular plays and musicals every year.
8). Our mascot is the Viking, a symbol of nobility, ancient wisdom, and bravery.
9). Our school has off-​campus lunch, which is great considering a 7 – 11, pizza parlor, a Walgreens, & a donut shop are all in close proximity.
10). We have a culture in which the students and faculty alike abandon their cliques to do good for mankind. Our pep rallies, monthly newspaper, yearbook, and so many other great things are carried out with the utmost quality and dedication the people of Irvington deserve.
«Courage Drives Victory”-Irvington’s Official Mantra
GO VIKINGS!

I graduated Irvington a few years ago and I must say that it was one heck of a roller coaster. The teachers I had were amazing, especially Ms. Faitel. I hope she is still teaching since she is, by far, the best teacher I have ever had in high school. Not to say that the other teachers I had were not good, they were. I have never had a «bad» teacher. However, the reason I only rate this school three stars is because of my experience with the attendance staff. I, along with my sibling, have CONSTANTLY faced issues when we had to go to the attendance office. I understand that it is the attendance clerk’s job to ensure that students go to school and do not skip, but the way that Ms. Flores, who is an attendance clerk, handles it is seriously out of line. It is not just myself, but many of my other friends who also had attended Irvington knew the fear of seeing Ms. Flores.
There were a few times when I came into school a few minutes late. I would then reluctantly walk into the attendance office to see Ms. Flores… knowing that I would get yelled at. Firstly, If you want to teach a student, you should not go about doing so by yelling at them because they were late. I specifically remember one time during my QUEST project that I came back to school 10 minutes late due to traffic, and Ms. Flores yelled at me stating that «You are a senior, you should know by now that if you do not come back at this specific time, you will get written up.» I was then considered truant for the day because I was 10 minutes late. I even told her I could get my parents to come in to talk to her and tell her that it was due to traffic that I was 10 minutes late. Yet, she stated «what is the use of bringing your parents in? Either way, you would still be considered truant.» Maybe it was my fault for not leaving early enough, but either way, the way Ms. Flores handled the situation was completely out of line. Her words will forever scar my memories of Irvington. What makes things worse is that the whole attendance office was packed with students. Was it really necessary for her to condescendingly yell at me in front of everyone? Does yelling at students make you feel powerful, Ms. Flores? Does it?
There were also a few times that I came in late due to headache or fatigue and I had my doctor write notes for me. I CLEARLY remember, how Ms. Flores dealt with my situation. She stated that «just because this is a doctor’s note doesn’t mean that you can constantly bring in doctor’s notes as an excuse for being late»… Are you serious… are you really serious? I can’t believe she would even have the nerve to say something like this. It was after these cases, that I had completely lost respect for this lady.
It is not just me, but it was also my sibling who had to deal with Ms. Flores’ derogatory attitude. I understand that it is the attendance clerk’s jobs to ensure that students do not skip school, and that is fine… but Ms. Flores needs to find a new way of handling this, otherwise she shouldn’t be an attendance clerk. No student should ever have to deal with the condescending attitude of anyone… let alone an attendance clerk who has no respect for students.

The school, quite frankly, is average in terms of amenities. It has a cafeteria, a pizza parlor across the street, and average classrooms. However, in terms of academics, the teachers are either really strict, or just give you A’s for turning the work in on time. There really isn’t any discipline for bullies either. Classes can be very difficult as well. Just go to a JC, high school in general is not worth it.

Great for the arts magnet program. Best teachers I had were Mr. Rodda (band), Mrs. Hallford (English), and Mr. Rodocker (English). Mr. Wu was pretty good, but very new. Great guy overall! Mr. Jackson was great! Positive rainbow for the win! QUEST is a challenge, but I appreciate the real-​world experience. It really feels great when you finish it! We also won America’s greenest school somehow. I definitely don’t regret graduating this school :)

Irvington High School has to be the best public High School I have ever been to. Even though I was supposed to go to Mission San Jose High School, I have to say Irvington High School was the best. First of all the spirit of the school is absolutely ridiculous and really awesome. Spirit week for the students is like one huge celebration where their entire class create cardboard props and put them in the courtyard to display them to everyone to see. Each year their is a different theme but each class has a different type of television show, board game, etc. Expect your son or daughter to have a fantastic time during spirit week and other events! One event that occurs during Irvington’s school year each year is called Espanolandia where students from different Spanish classes gather together to organize an event (mentioned above) that contains all the cultural things from Latin America. There are games and activities that you can participate in as well as great food! And every two years the staff puts on a show called Faculty Follies where the teachers perform silly acts to raise money or scholarships for their school. I have been to the show twice during my years at Irvington and it’s just straight out hilarious and fantastic. There are rallies at the school as well where on Friday’s (not each Friday) after 6^th period most of the students go inside the school gymnasium and watch other fellow Irvington students perform dances, acts, skits, etc. if your son or daughter does not want to go inside, they have one other option to stay outside in the courtyard and just hang out there with their friends. There are lots of main events such as battle of the sexes week where each gender battles against the other in events, and others. The teachers at Irvington are great some of them have good energy and make the class really fun to enjoy. There are three benchmark projects that must be completed at Irvington. For Freshmen year the project is called change project. For this project students must be in pairs of four and have a environmental topic. They will perform service to the community to benefit it. Then you and your three other partners will present that in front of the entire freshmen class. Next year when they are Sophomores they will need to complete a project called WIP which stands for (World Issues Project). You are in a group of four just like before and your group picks a random country from a bowl and that is the country you are assigned. What you do for this project is for your group to find an issue that is major in that country that your group has chose. Then you and your group must present everything you have found during your research and what solution you have came to. There is benchmark project for Junior year, but for seniors it’s the biggest project they will ever encounter. The project is called Quest. For this project you must think about a social issue that is in society and do your best to provide as much aid to it as possible. You will go through several steps such as creating an essential question which is key to presenting your Quest testimony (what it’s called). The goal is to answer your essential question and back it up with research, experience and service. You need to research to provide evidence about your social issue. And you also need to do experience and perform service. You will have to find a consultant and that person will assist you as you work with them to do your experience and service. For the experience the student will just have to watch what their consultant does daily. But for service you will need to perform it yourself by thinking «what kind of service would you execute for your social issue?» Once you complete your Quest testimony and pass it, you are on your way to your graduation! Congrats!!! :D You will need to take finals for all of your other classes, but after that you are all set and ready to walk at graduation! The graduation ceremony is held at Tak Fudenna Memorial Stadium. It’s at Washington High School. If you ever consider which High School you would want your son or daughter to go to if you are moving, this is the school for them. The students are friendly (especially in asb) and packed with energy. The teachers are fantastic and Irvington has a great arts magnet program. I miss this school very dearly, but it was one hec of a ride!

I’m glad I’m out of this school! If you do go to this school, make sure you take a class with Mr. Kumar. Best Irvington teacher, bar none.