Sonoma Valley High School (SVHS) is a public high school located in Sonoma, California with approximately 1,127 students as of 2022. It was founded in 1891 and held its first commencement in 1894. It moved to its current campus in 1922. Since that time, there have been numerous additions to campus facilities. It is the only comprehensive high school in the Sonoma Valley Unified School District.
By some accounts, it is about the 25th oldest continuously operating high school in California.
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Awards
Sonoma Valley was named a California Distinguished School in 1994.
Notable alumni
Tommy Everidge, former professional baseball player and current minor league hitting coach
Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States
Tony Moll, former professional football player
Brian Posehn, comedian and writer
Tim Schafer, computer game designer and founder of Double Fine
August Sebastiani, winery founder, named to Vintners Hall of Fame
Max Simonet, co-creator and host of FishCenter Live on Adult Swim
David Ury, character actor and Japanese translation specialist
Additionally, an alumni group operates a Dragon Hall of Fame that recognizes a larger group of alumni for artistic, business, educational, athletic, and other achievements.