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Valencia High School Hosts 12th Annual Hart Games 

3/18/24 Hart Games

The 12th Annual Track and Field Hart Games hit the ground running Monday with students from schools throughout the William S. Hart Union High School District and surrounding schools in Santa Clarita. The Hart Games is an annual event showcasing the athleticism of special needs students from schools around the Santa Clarita Valley. “There are so many things that we ...

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Valencia Softball Steals The Foothill League Spotlight

3/13/24 softball

High school softball is well underway in the Santa Clarita Valley and they are battling it out to steal first place in the Foothill League.  As these teams venture deeper into league play, the pressure to seize the title becomes even more intense. Valencia (10-3, 3-0) At the top of the charts is Valencia, who beat Hart 2-0, Saugus 7-3 ...

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Family Of Valencia High Student With Leukemia Throws Surprise Birthday Car Parade

The family of Pedro Roman, a Valencia High school football player with leukemia, threw him a surprise birthday car parade Saturday afternoon. Watch the Facebook Live here. The drive-thru parade took place at Central Park on Pedro’s actual 17th birthday, and was hosted by close family friend Alana Altmayer. The event began around 2 p.m., and allowed dozens of cars ...

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Dr. Pete Getz To Be Recommended As Permanent Valencia High School Principal

_Dr. Pete Getz Named Hart District Director Of Student Services

Dr. Pete Getz, who is currently serving as the Valencia High School principal on an interim basis, is expected to be recommended as the permanent head of the campus, officials said. William S. Hart Union High School District Superintendent Mike Kuhlman is set to recommend to the district governing board at the next meeting on Oct. 21 to name Getz ...

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Online Threat To Valencia High School Prompts Response

The Valencia High School campus has been closed to faculty and student-athletes Friday due to a school threat made earlier in the week, officials said. The threat against the school was posted on the FlipGrid learning platform on Tuesday. The threat specified Friday as the date of the alleged incident, prompting a response from faculty and law enforcement, according to ...

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Hart District High Schools Ranked Among Top 12 Percent In The Country

Seven high schools within the William S. Hart Union High School District were recently ranked among the top 12 percent of public high schools in the United States, officials announced Tuesday. A recent ranking published by “U.S. News & World Report” placed seven Hart District high schools in the top 12 percent of over 24,000 public high schools across the ...

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Valencia High Principal To Resign Following Controversial Facebook Post

Valencia High Principal Stephen Ford announced his resignation Monday after a petition circulated social media calling for him to resign in the wake of a controversial Facebook post where he reportedly compared Americans wearing masks to Holocaust victims. Ford reportedly announced his resignation in an email on Monday. “It will be effective Sept. 30,” said Dave Caldwell, spokesperson for the ...

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Valencia High Choir Surprise Seniors With Socially Distant Graduation Ceremony

Graduating seniors from the Valencia High School Choir program got a special surprise Friday afternoon when their underclassmen helped organize a graduation ceremony that followed the social distancing guidelines issued by public health officials. On Friday, all 54 seniors of the Valencia High Choir program were asked to come dressed in their caps and gowns to the parking lot of ...

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Holocaust Survivors Share Their Stories With Valencia High School Students: Part 2

Three Holocaust survivors shared their experiences with more than 900 Valencia High School students on Tuesday as a part of their 10th grade Modern Civilization history course. Each of the speakers had a very different experience in captivity, but they each shared the pain, the heartache and the horrors they witnessed with the gathered students. The second speaker, 93-year-old Phil ...

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Valencia High School Band To Host International Jazz Group

The Valencia High School Band is set to host an international jazz group from England next week for a free performance open to the public.  On Tuesday, Feb. 18, “A Big Band”, an international jazz group from Northamptonshire, England, is set to perform a mixture of styles of jazz from Gordon Goodwin, Alan Baylock, and Van Morrison to Radiohead starting ...

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