nice school grounds and a huge stadium. went here for the Street Band Competitionread more

The principal arranged for a tour, which was conducted by the Assistant Principals, on a day when…read morestudents were not even there, for a pair of visitors from Japan. Amazing!

This is our first year having our child attend SCA, we love it already! The small atmosphere let's…read moreus feel like we are more part of a community. Small classes mean more 1on1 time for our child to better understand the assignments. All of the staff is so incredibly kind and caring! Looking forward to the coming years

This was one of the school we considered and toured but a parent warned us of the school by their…read morecurriculum and the faith they "believe" in. One of the worksheets was hateful and antiquated. Not to mention inflated tuition.

We had a football game there I took my disabled mother to the game being the first time there…read moredidn't realize how far she'd have to walk to say the least the vice principal went out of his way with a crew member and ensured she got to the other side in the cart and after the game as well awesome hospitality you rock!

Don't send your child here. They have a problem with bullies at this school and do NOTHING to help…read moreyour child. My child has to fear going to school because of the bullies. She has reported it to the office, they did nothing , I have went up to the school several times and still the bullies have pressed on. The school does nothing to protect your children.

I attended VHS 1965-66, right after it was built. I was a beautiful campus in the middle of a…read morelarge field just outside the fence of Travis. There was the grade school at the top of the field by the road to Fairfield and VHS on the road to Vacaville. All the students were happy to not have to take the bus to schools in Fairfield and Vacaville. We also liked that all the students were military brats. That year California schools were ranked the best in the country and our school was the best of the best. All of our teachers had master degrees and were eager and energetic. Our books were the latest and our classrooms and labs were top notch. The campus was built around 3 open, roofed quads that had 2x6's under the eaves of those roofs. The seniors got together and during one night lined those 2x6s with long-necked beer bottles. If you went to Vanden you know about the winds in the valley, after the morning bell the winds came up and the beer bottles came down. Our principal could not single out the culprits as no one would tell, so the whole student body was punished, not with detention but with the viewing of "Nanook of the North". If you have not seen this movie it is one of the most boring movie for high school students. We were required to watch it no once, not twice but three times. I can still remember that movie 45 years later. If you look closely around the southeast edge of the southeastern most quad you can find the hoof prints of my quarter horse, Texas Kidd. So, thank you Vanden High School for the best year of school I had.

(Update from recently emoved Google review)…read more This is a long review and will change from time to time, but... Reflecting on my time from this high school, I have to say that I have mixed feelings, leaning more towards negative over time. Even though I made some to a lot of friends, a lot of other people made me feel quite uncomfortable with their assertion, unwelcomeness and unpleasantness. Even the teachers and staff were not the best at helping with me with my issues at times, with a counselor named Beltramo outright excusing a bully when they were hitting me quite hard despite me not doing anything to them. Now the teachers were not the best with how they handled students, with Centeno not being a pleasant experience, even if she got a little better later on before leaving her class. She always yelled and screamed in front of my ears when I made a small error when having a pencil instead of a pen, yelling "PUT THE PENCIL AWAY!" and also being quite short tempered whenever I didn't meet her expectations. But she was not the only one who made my studies and experience worse. Of note who made my experience worse was a former teacher named David Long. Although I tried to clear up an altercation with him, he was telling me that "people who wear black like you are troublemakers, unlike me". When I tried to tell former Principal Bill Sarty about what happened, he told me "don't take too long, kid" and then refused to update to me about Mr. Long after our conversation where I didn't become punished. One other was Librarian Patricia Pelfrey. Even long after I stopped making jokes in the library for a short while, she was unpleasant and surprisingly rude to me. Whenever I talked to her, she was being quite demanding and unsettling, telling me to "hurry up" and insulting me behind my back. She was quite short-tempered to me, despite giving her my gratitude and thanks long after I ceased my jokes around my friends in the library. Rest in peace to her, no one has to go through what she went through, but my criticisms have nothing to do with her passing or prior condition. Regardless, I did not have a pleasant experience with her at all, but I also hope her family is doing well. Not all of it was bad, even if it does outweigh the goods. A few of the staff, especially the attendance staff and a sweet lady into Spider-Man, gave me great life lessons that not everyone must be liked, not even some good people. And a lot of friends were fun, even if some of them were shortlived or even former friends that ended poorly. I especially had fun times with Gard, one of my favorite teachers who was quite resourceful and kind. And Yu, my all time favorite despite not starting well due to her initial unpleasantness that turned into genuine friendship. And I want to add one of the most important events that traumatized and psychologically scarred me, was about one classmate. After she ignored my apology about being furious at her and her friends in gym, she not only sexually harassed me about my "size" at one point, but when I criticized her about it she gaslit me into making me think that I'm making things up. That is why I hate 2016 & 2017, and I had to deal with some friends and family tell me that I'm "freaking out" and "stop feeling traumatized!", feeling minimized and underneath a lot of people. As a result, awful moments like these shattered me and ruined my perception of reality for years to come. And this happened 10 years ago, so is it really my fault for having trauma and still having thoughts about them for this long? In general, even though I tried to look on the bright side and find some positives, I believe the flaws outweigh the goods. It was not a great time to be in, especially after these moments plus a few grand tragedies with my former friends, to the point that it changed me forever for the worse overall. I'm sorry, family, I know I can look at the positives but that mindset minimizes what I've been through. Even if others had it worse than me, these are my experiences and they were not as pretty as one might think.

Although the review is rather difficult to understand I agree with Monke D. Although the school is…read morenot the most enjoyable the teachers can be very helpful and caring for the students such as Mrs.Eigl and Mrs. Madueno are two very outstanding teachers who deserve a raise.

If I could give this place less than one star, I would do it without a second thought. The PE…read moreteachers target certain students and get mad about the smallest things. One time, I was walking with my friends and this PE teacher " MR. Moredo " or whatever his name is, he told me not to touch the volley-ball net while walking. So I crouched, and a fiber of my hair touched the net. And guess what? he looked at me and shouted. But he didn't even see the kids behind me also touching the net and said nothing. He targeted me because of this little kid running into my arm, and believed him without another thought. Also, every PE teacher just quits after a while, they don't even care about the kids. Every kid attempts to be "ghetto" and "hood." The assistants are okay, but most of the math teachers just over-explain everything and favor kids who actually know how to do the work. Then they give us homework on the weekend and say "I told you!" , the lunch here is horrid. Even a kindergarten has better food than what this is. They serve, and I quote, they serve RAW chicken here, and kids have gotten FOOD sickness from this. The paint is chipping, and they get kids in trouble for the dumbest stuff. One time, I was in a class. They all threw pencils, right? I was sitting. Somehow, I went to the OFFICE for something I didn't fucking do! Then the principal just pressed me and made me go back on every word I did. They believe things without any second opinion. The teachers here, expect a select few, are mad when students come in class and don't even explain why. They're automatically irritated. The vice principal here is just unsettling and jumps to conclusions. I cant WAIT to get out of here.

This school has great communication as far as letting you know what is going on throughout the…read moreweeks and during breaks. You get texts, emails, calls. You can opt out if you want. Parking is ok but leaving after school ends sucks!!!!!!!

The adult Security Supervisors need some direction when an incident occurs and respond quickly. Is…read morethere a Manual for Employees and School Security that are outside or inside, need to know basic steps to stopping altercations, may even do some running, get out of the carts and walk. The Office staff is marvelous and if they can't answer a question, they'll find someone who can. Thank you, Participating Grandma

stinks like sewer and people there suck. always smoking weed and vaping at 12-13 years oldread more

Yeah, not the greatest school system, the entirety of safety is always in question but never…read moreanswered, at just my 8th grade year, not even including my little 2-3 month 7th grade voyage, there has been over 12 fights, usually including atleast one staff member just standing there and doing nothing, their office is grotesque to say the least, I remember going to the office fresh off a small altercation that went down, (not a fight) and the first words the office member said to me was "Back, already?" In a voice that not even a mother could love, yeah, I was getting tissues for my class by the way but thank you for your insight! Also no soap in the bathrooms? Gross... Just overall not great school, great teachers, shout out Mr. Payne, for actually doing his job, helping students, and just actually acknowledging peoples existence. Great friends but horrible environment. Please do better, (written with devoted hatred)

My son has been attending this school since 2022 and he appreciates the structure and discipline…read moreinstilled into the students. I'm grateful of the hard work and dedicated support of the teachers and the administrators.

Im a student at this school and to be honest, its not that good…read more We get shouted out usually for the littlest things at 8 am in the morning and I get it's a military like school but the fact that one of the teachers is so arrogant and wants mainly everyone but the seniors to fear him is the worst. This school does have some good things like events and field trips but we don't get almost anything unless if your an upper classman, and the fact that there's actually only around fifty seniors says kind of a bit. They also don't do stuff anymore that they used to do like spirit wear, we used to have that but this year we aren't having one, I dont know why but we aren't. One day when all the high schoolers were having lunch, a certain teacher told us to be out of there in 5 Minutes to go out in the parade deck and do the red ribbon stuff. I don't think that's allowed and also barley people went out anyway, I think they realized they couldn't just send everyone out of the parade deck when it was lunch. We also get in trouble for the little things, and we don't even have class shirts yet as they keep going back and forth saying "We Don't Know" or "You'll get them" or whatever, and I heard from others they usually just brush stuff off that isn't important to them. We also never even got a 8th grade graduation, we only got some celebration but It feels kind of sad that we never experienced this. Another thing is how sometimes they make you join stuff without even telling you, Like I had this one time where I had to go to a room once a week I believe and it was out of the blue and I kind of hated that how they did that and I think they should tell the person before that. And the Staff isn't better much either, some are good teachers and nice but others are a bit lazy, a lot of them give out bad grades and the majority of the students usually just fail the class, all the people I know from one specific class all got D's Or F's, and that isn't even a good thing where 'No one ever passes my class', that's not something to be proud of at all. The students here are also very mean, you might usually hear cussing and maybe even slurs around the place. Another thing is how one time they had the entire student body run a whole lap around the track just for not saying the 'Creed' loud even though it was loud enough. I can go more about it but I think I'm going to leave it here. Overall I think this school is kind of ok and it can be good but it has a lot of flaws.

Dealing with the rude office staff. Trying to get help they barely greet you sit at the desk on…read moretheir personal cell phone. Like pulling teeth to get any help. Then when you give them the energy they give their nose is turned up and their talking about you.

The PEP Program is FSUSD's best kept secret. A little too well kept! The program is open to ALL…read morestudents in the district (you don't have to live in Crescent's attendance area) who are in grades K-5. The program basically works like this: parents volunteer one day a week in the classroom, for approximately 3 hours. This gives teachers more one-on-one time with students, parents get to be hands on with their child's education, and it builds a community rarely seen in our busy world. The teachers are dedicated, going above and beyond what is required. We've had a volunteer choir when no music program was available through the district. We go on field trips, and fund raise so that EVERY student goes on the field trip with no worries about cost. I have the enviable position of knowing all the parents of my child's classmates as well as all his classmates. Students who are exceeding grade level work can go to the next grade level up for that particular subject, and aren't going into the classroom of a teacher they are unfamiliar with. Students requiring additional attention are able to receive it, by parent volunteers in the classroom AND their teacher. There are family gathering events, from Winter Concerts to potlucks. We have a "Dad's Day" where dads, grandpas, uncles, etc. come in and share something about their jobs or hobbies. Last year we had a Vallejo motorcycle police officer and the kids (and a few teachers!) got to sit on his bike, there was fishing, working on electronics, trying on military tactical gear and much more. There are special themed centers for holidays, a monthly Books & Bagels event for kindergarten & first grade, and there was talk of starting a robotics team this coming school year. Knowing all the benefits of this program as well as the opportunity to be in there, not just attending PTO meetings, had made all the difference for me. My child loves it and is successful in school, I love it, and I want more families to know this is an option for them.