Spartan Weekly Update Feb. 20-24
VPHS Chinese Language Students Recognized
We are thrilled to announce that five of our Chinese language students from Mrs. Farley's class have won the People's Choice Award in the Cultural Impressions Event hosted by the Irvine Chinese School of South Coast Chinese Culture Center.
This initiative encouraged students to create posters on Chinese cultural themes. VPHS chose to focus on Traditional Chinese Festivals. The winning posters showcased four festival characteristics and compared customs and food between Chinese and Western cultures. Scores were determined by a combination of student and parent votes (50%) and teacher evaluations (50%).
These exceptional works were displayed at the Center's Lunar New Year Carnival on February 10-11. Let's celebrate these students’ success in promoting cultural awareness and artistic expression within our school community.
People's Choice Award Winners:
From left to right: Jordan Lui (Chinese Culture and Society), Jovana Mortazavian (Chinese IV), Nathan Long (Chinese III), Ginny Khaing (Chinese III), and Jackie He (Chinese III).
VPHS Scholars with Distinction Program
Parents of 11th grade Spartans,
I am excited to announce the Villa Park High School, Scholars with Distinction Program in which we recognize any student that meets or exceeds standards in both English Langrage Arts and in Math on the SBAC test. SBAC or, Smarter Balanced Assessment, is the standardized assessment that all 11th grade students take in the spring. At Villa Park, we use SBAC data to award students that pass both English and Math portions of the test as Scholars with Distinction. Every Scholar with Distinction will be given a cord to wear at graduation and will receive special recognition when they are seniors. In 2022-2023, 124 students earned this recognition.
SBAC testing will start April 9th. Please be sure to let your student know that they have an opportunity to receive special recognition as a Scholar with Distinction and they need to give maximum effort. If you have any questions, please feel free email or contact your administration team.
Principal McCuistion
VPHS Wins AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award
Congratulations to Villa Park High School for being named one of nine schools in Orange County honored by the College Board for their work toward equal gender representation by engaging more female students in computer science.
Villa Park High School was recognized with the 2023 AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award on January 18, 2024. Read more about this recognition at https://ow.ly/yvTU50Qvzol
VPHS offers the following courses in the area of Computer Science: Robotics 1, Robotics 2, Computer Science, AP Computer Science Principles, and AP Computer Science. In addition, we have an active Girls Who Code Club focused on bolstering interest in and promoting Computer Science on campus.
Great job, Spartans!
EARN YOUR AP CAPSTONE DIPLOMA AT VPHS
Did you know that Villa Park High School offers the AP Capstone Diploma Program?
At VPHS, students with a passion for academic excellence and a drive for success can delve into the AP Capstone Diploma Program, a rigorous two-year course of study. Designed to hone the critical skills essential for college-bound AP/Honors students, this program offers two distinct AP Capstone awards: AP Seminar and AP Research.
Incoming Freshman Parent Night March 5th
Get Free Rides on OC Bus throughout Orange County
The Youth Ride Free program allows Orange County youth ages 6 to 18 to ride all OC Bus fixed-route service for free for travel to school, work or fun.
Passes and required parental request forms are available at participating Orange County schools.
Though many use the pass to travel to school, it can also be used to access jobs, libraries and summer activities such as trips to the beach, Knotts Berry Farm and the OC Fair.
The pass helps youth become familiar with the advantages of public transportation while taking cars off the road, thereby easing congestion and air pollution.
OC Bus offers service on more than 50 routes with over 5,000 bus stops. OC Bus provides clean, reliable, and convenient service throughout Orange County.
Learn more about the pass here.
John Carcich-Math Teacher & Aquatics Coach
Written by Alexander Tran
Graduating from Villa Park High School in 1986, Coach Carcich has a longstanding athletic history here at VP. While attending Villa Park High School, Coach Carcich was a lettered aquatic athlete in both Water Polo and Swimming. He would continue his passion for aquatics at Loyola Marymount University, where he played D1 Men’s Water Polo. At Loyola Marymount University, Coach Carcich majored in Business; a testament to his current position as a math teacher. Besides his 29 years of educational service, Coach Carcich is also Villa Park High School’s head aquatics coach, which includes our Boys and Girls Water Polo; and Boys and Girls Swim. Under his tenure as head coach, the Orange County Register would dub Villa Park High School’s aquatic program as a “perennial power”. Looking back at his educational and athletic contributions to Villa Park High School, Coach Carcich has long believed that seeing scholar athletes succeed and helping them achieve their goals is the most pertinent part of his position. Coach Carcich is also an avid outdoorsman, who enjoys the beach and the mountains. When he’s not playing or coaching aquatic sports, Coach Carcich is probably watching his favorite baseball teams: the Angels and Dodgers.
Dennis McCuiston-Principal
Written by: Alexander Tran
For over 27 years, Mr. McCuiston has had a long and respectable history as an educator and administrator here in Orange Unified. Prior to working here at Villa Park High School, Mr. McCuiston served as a Principal at both Orange High and Richland Continuation Schools. In fact, Mr. McCuiston initially started his career in education as a Security Guard, then rising up the ladder in becoming a Special Education and Health teacher. First graduating from Tustin High School, Mr. McCuiston was active in ASB, football, and baseball. He would continue his passion for football at Chapman University, where he would also major in Criminal Justice and minored in Sociology. Mr. McCuiston’s love for athletics would continue to this day, where he currently coaches both youth football and baseball. Throughout his career, Mr. McCuiston has always believed that it was the students and their campus activities that he loves most about his job. Mr. McCuiston is also a good servant to the community, where he often volunteers for “Meals on Wheels” and is an active member of the Villa Park Rotary.
Follow VPHS Teams on Social Media!
Please check out the VP Sports schedule for the latest game schedule, results, and events.
If you are on Instagram, follow our teams to stay updated on game results, schedules, and other team-related events:
- VPHS Boys Basketball
- VPHS Girls Basketball
- VPHS Rugby (NEW)
- VPHS Boys Soccer
- VPHS Girls Soccer
- VPHS Wrestling
- VPHS Aquatics - Water Polo Boys (Fall) Girls (Winter) Swimming (Spring)
- VPHS Cheer & Stunt
- VPHS Cross Country (Fall)
- VPHS esports
- VPHS Football (Fall)
- VPHS Flag Football (Fall)
- VPHS Girls Golf (Fall)
- VPHS Girls Tennis (Fall)
- VPHS Girls Volleyball (Fall)
- VPHS Baseball (Spring)
- VPHS Boys Golf (Spring)
- VPHS Boys Volleyball (Spring)
- VPHS Softball (Spring)
- VPHS Boys Tennis (Spring)
- VPHS Track & Field (Spring)
