Valentine Elementary School

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William L. Valentine Elementary School is a current elementary school in San Marino, California USA. The current principal is Dr. Tray Schriber.

The administration of the school is Dr. Tray Schriber (Princpal), Jeanne Lipps (Secretary), and Donna Clemens (Secretary). The administration also includes the Student Council which is active in making decisions for the school.

As of the 2004-05 school year, the school had 677 students and 37.6 teachers on an Full-time equivalent (FTE) basis, and thus has a student-teacher ratio of 18.0.^[1]

Valentine School started in 1938 with 380 students for grades K-4, and is named for San Marino's second mayor, William L. Valentine. It was the second primary school to be built in the district.^[2]

1 Awards and recognition
2 Curriculum
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Awards and recognition

Valentine Elementary School has been recognized as a California Distinguished School in both 1997 and 2006.^[3]

[edit] Curriculum

The daily life of the school includes Math, History, Science, and Reading. Timetabling is at the discretion of the teacher. School runs from 8:30am-2:30pm for 1st Grade to 3rd Grade, and 8:30am-2:50pm for 4th and 5th Grade.

GATE Math is held for fourth and fifth grade, where some students go to GATE so students switch around for Math.

History for third grade is Native Americans and 4th Grade is California History, while 5th Grade is United States History.