Everett Alvarez High School


Everett Alvarez High School is a public high school established in Salinas, California. The school is named in honor of Everett Alvarez, Jr., a much-decorated former U.S. Navy Commander. Its mascot is the Eagle, and Navy Blue and Vegas Gold are the school colors. Kathy Redondo is the current principal, and former principals include Matthew Fleming, Jacqui Axtell, Darin Hershberger, and Darren Sylvia. The first principal was Murry Schekman, from 1994 to 2001. Joe Rice took over in 2001.
In its first year, 1995, the student body contained only freshmen and s. The first class to graduate was in 1998, and the first class to graduate attending all four years of high school was the class of 1999. Today, 2800 students attend grades 9-12th. The school has a multitude of programs: NJROTC, the Agricultural Academy, which prepares students for the working world and with interests in the world of agriculture, the Digital Media Arts Academy, a set of classes that helps explore the creativity and the blooming technology aspects of art, and the Link Crew Program, which specializes in welcoming incoming freshmen in a new environment. Along with that, the Leadership class at Alvarez plans dances and other activities including: homecoming, the back to school mixer, prom, academic excellence breakfast, and powderpuff.
Everett Alvarez High School has sports programs such as tennis, volleyball, basketball, football, water polo, golf, and baseball.