CAMFinal

Community Asset Mapping

Pinole Valley High School

"Pinole Valley High School will provide for every student an academic challenge to prepare them for college and career and to deveop, for students, the confidence to become lifelong learners." (PVHS Mission Statement)

Katelin Tharp

Jon Fusco

Katelin Tharp is currently part of Berkeley's Teacher Education Program (BTEP) pursuing her M.A. in Education and her English Single Subject teaching credential. She has a background in computer science, and is originally from Mountain View, CA.

Jon Fusco is also currently part of BTEP. He's returning to the Bay Area after 10+ years in New York City and has a background in film, media, journalism, and theatre.

Essential questions

Pinole Valley High School

How can resources be re-structured in a way which allows all school-wide assets to be utilized to full effect?

What can be done before the school year to create more equitable learning level distribution within the classrooms?

How can teachers use their strong bonds with another to reduce tensions with the administration?

Index

Introduction

Classroom-Level Inventory

School-Level Asset Map

Community-Level Asset Map

Introduction - Overview

Pinole Valley High School (PVHS) is a high school in Pinole, California in West Contra Costa County Unified School District. Opened: 1967 Grades: 9-12 Enrollment: 1,200 Students "Portable Valley High" While the main campus was under construction, the high school operated from portables next door. This lasted from 2014-2019. After 5 years and about $200 million dollars, the new campus opened right before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Introduction - Demographics

Introduction - Demographics

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Classroom-Level Inventory

Inside Katelin and Jon's day-to-day classroom while working as student teachers.

Our classroom is located on the third floor of the building. Unless otherwise authorized to use the elevator, students must walk up the stairs to get to the third floor.

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School-Level Asset Map

Panning out to the entire campus!

Organizational Chart

Principal

Todd Irving

Assistant Principal

Assistant Principal

Karen Fuko

Adrianna Jeanpierre

Instructional Leadership Team (ILT)The ILT group meets every month to vote on school policy proposals. Members consist of teachers.

Health Academy The health academy is a "school within a school" focusing on preparing students for careers in the medical field.

Engineering Academy The engineering academy focuses on preparing students for careers in technical fields.

Administration

Adriana Jeanpierre

Todd Irving

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Karen Fuko

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STudent-Led Clubs

Teacher Glows

We sent out a survey asking teachers about their responsibilities and perception of community strengths.

Sarah Shokrai Arts

Julia Brady English Department

Timothy Finnigan English Department

Dedicated teachers, individual teacher's professionalism, freedom to design and flourish

Dedicated professionals with local history and connections. Teachers rooted in community.

Positive and passionate community, students have a lot of joy.

Joel Frattini Social Studies Department

Will Heyward Health Academy

Andrew McKleroy English Department

Core group of teachers who have been here for several years, teachers are the functional backbone

Strong teacher-driven programs (ASL, Engienering, VAPA, Health Academy)

Diverse community, lot of teachers who have been here for multiple years

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Community-Level Asset map

Greater Pinole, and right next door!

The Plaza

10 minute walk from campus, with lots of shops

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+ QUESTION

The Pinole Valley Shopping Center aka The Plaza is the place where most students go to hang out after school. It is a short walk from the High School. It can sometimes be a place where trouble starts. Earlier in the year a fight broke out there, as a result students can be banned from entering the premises if they are caught “acting out.”

Parents will often drop kids off at the Plaza as it has a large parking lot and it can be an escape from traffic at the entrance of school. Could this possibly be a factor in certain students consistently being tardy?

Surrounding Community

Questions?

Arts Facilities

In the recent campus renovations, new art facilities were installed. This included a new theatre, blackbox, band room, and several instrument and production materials. That being said, due to budget constraints the arts have been dying out. These facilities were not available while renovations were being done, meaning several clubs (including the Visual Arts Academy) were lost.

Student Chairs Student chairs have tennis balls on the feet for noise + sliding. Some chairs have elastic bands for students to fidget with.

Reading Nook! Students can sit and work here during collaboration. They can also checkout books.

Brita!

Blackbox

Theatre

Foyer

Basketball

Tennis

Overhead

Athletic Facilities

As part of a campus rennovation, new athletic facilities were installed including full football, baseball, and softball fields. There are also several tennis and basketball courts.

Recent PLI grad from Cal with 14 years of experience working as a school psychologist.

Football field

Baseball and softball fields

Professional Learning Facilitator and Leadership Coach for the Leadership Programs and 21CLSA. Mr. Irving has several years of diverse work experience in school administration. He has a track record of leading multiple school communities that were struggling to meet state standards.

Experience working with teams that help schools become WASC accredited.

Student Supplies

Students have access to this station throughout the school year, and can get up and grab things whenever they need.

• Tissues
• Stapler
• Pencil Sharpener
• Hole Puncher
• Binder Paper
• Spare laptop + chargers
• Fidget toys

Projector

Each classroom has three sliding whiteboards and a projector system. The presentation system is wirelessly compatible with both Mac and Windows operating systems.

• Some sound issues with Mac compatibiilty
• Several writing surfaces in the classroom, on 3/4 of the classroom walls