REVIEW for the Amador Theater, not high school. Last night, I saw Dan Alon (Israeli fencer and survivor of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre) speak at the Amador Theater. What a nice theater! Clean restrooms, well-maintained and overall pretty nice. I'm a fan...yep. 4 stars. read more

My niece went to this school. To start off, this school is good depending on who you are and what you do. Firstly, the main reason amador has higher ratings is because the large indian and asian student population who takes AP classes very seriously, which is good. But the amount of prejudice that hispanics, african american, and Polynesian students face from students and staff members is absurd. Even if you mind your own business and avoid drama, you will experience racism. Even some teachers discriminate. Even some athletic coaches discriminate. My niece was being harassed by one of her teachers and one day the teacher ended up calling my brother and his wife, telling them that she was being disrespectful and acting out but the thing was that our niece told us what was happening 2 days before she called. So when we found out she was abusing her authority and lying, we told her to tell her consulor and let her handle it. And she did. The consulor is a very nice lady and she handled the situation well. But anyways, on multiple occasions some students were saying the most racist things possible in group chats and the school would never suspened them even when the messages would get exposed to the school, but as soon as 2 hispanic kids get into 1 fight, the school is quick to send them to the alternative school. I'm not even going to go into how the former principal was exposed for trying to do inappropriate things with his students, but the school didn't even terminate him. Instead he stayed and let him resign at the end of the year. I don't expect high school kids to be mature, but the amount of grown adults who are prejudiced and discriminate on their own students is unacceptable. If you are a parent who lives in pleasanton with a Hispanic, African-American, or Polynesian child, then you should consider enrolling them into Dublin high. It has considerably more diversity and I wish we choose that option from the start. read more

This is a great school. Among all of the high schools in California (even private schools) both of Pleasanton's public high schools (Amador and Foothill) rank in the top percent. There's a lot to be said about that! I also recall that when I graduated (less than 10 years ago) the percent of students who opted NOT to go to college was as low as 10%. Although I graduated from Foothill, I did attend Amador as well. Both schools were excellent but if I had a choice I would have stayed at AVHS. I found that the school's population was a lot more diverse here. Kids were coming from different ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds (as diverse as they get in P-town) and by comparison my classmates at Foothill were mostly all from gated the communities and stucco palaces that line Foothill road. We can all admit that any child who grows up in Pleasanton is fortunate but I would suggest that if you went to Amador vs. Foothill - you might grow up a little more well-rounded and ready for the real world. Foothill was a great school academically (they're on par with each other in that dept) but it was just not as diverse as Amador. read more

Good high school. Taught an SAT prep class here a while back. Weird thing? Not many accessible bathrooms. It's also a little strange how far apart p5 and p6 are from each other. Did not expect that. Nice pool in the middle of the quad though, must be nice during the summer. read more

well they always say your high school years are the best years of your life, i'd like to disagree. sure it's high school and school is school but i've had soooo many better times. it's high school what can i say about it that we all haven't already experienced. the cliques, the cheerleaders, the popular kids, the nerds. well anyway u see it we were all different in our own way. sure the times had there were fun but unfortunately most of mine weren't for studying. we had open lunch back then so we went downtown main street for a burrito, gay 90's pizza or even the good old classic cheese factory. we would cut class anytime we had a sub and hit stoneridge mall or over to a buddies house for cocktails. if we did the cocktail thing the rest of the day wasn't very productive. these days amador has all the money for new classrooms, a library, theater, gym and even bars to keep out the bad and even in. with such security at schools these days they don't have as many options to cut class or get lunch off campus which is actually good for the future i suppose. stay in school kids! because knowledge is power!! read more

Amador Valley High School - Middle Schools & High Schools Near Me - Pleasanton, California

We Amador parents aren't as we are being made out to be. I sometimes think that when people are feeling as if they are being judged a certain way it's because they are projecting what they think onto others. As an Amador parent I can say that I love the school because it embraces diversity. This school is much more diverse than the only other HS in Pleasanton. When I pick my daughter up, I'm amazed at how all the students mingle with each other from the goths students, the kid with a mohawk, the cross dresser, the homosexual couples, the hetero couples, the pregnant teens, the minority students........ It's all embraced and actually celebrated. I think it's totally awesome that I see so little judgment coming from the kids and that their differences are respected. There are many gay and bi students which I think is awesome because they know they can be open about it and they won't be treated differently. The kids just don't care. it's like they have an "it's all good" attitude. I am involved in the school, a member of the PTA and volunteer as part of the hospitality group. So I'm around the kids, drive many of them home, and am proud to have my child at a school with students that are mature enough to look beyond the exteriors of others. It's wonderful and so much better than when I grew up. In terms of school spirit, yep, this school is full of it. I love that these kids and their families love their school and show support. Go ahead an knock the school, but look at their test scores and graduation rates. They are doing something right! P.S. I'm a young mom of a teenager too and the school loves me and my family. read more

I'm a Livermore parent and I think Livermore is a great school. But Amador and Foothilll are great schools too. I really wonder why some people feel so insecure and might have an experience that sets them off to slam other parents and a school they know nothing about. I have lots of friends and know kids in Pleasanton and you can't judge people by the way they look at you or on what they drive. And the healthy looking moms...hey, I work but manage to get to the gym when I can. It's about health - good looks come with a healthy start - don't put these people down for that!! I feel bad for that mom from Livermore that is making us look bad. She certainly has issues. AVHS has a very nice campus and is well planned out. She admits she's crazy and well, I have to agree. read more

I go to the school now and I really enjoy the environment and the teachers. Some of them are a little weird haha like Dalldorf or bellow but it's what makes their lectures interesting. Their marching band is amazing. I am currently in their Colorguard and they are like my second family. Mr. Grantham And Dandrea and Aubel are the music teachers and are all very kind and have taught me more than any teacher I have ever had. Overall this is a great school, but their food is not the best. Their pizza is kind of hard. Like the cheese doesn't stick to the bread and idk what happened to the sauce lol. But hey their cookies are amazing. I would definitely say that their are a lot of snobby rich kids here. They think that they can do whatever they want without consequences. And everyone's vaping because apparently that's cool. I don't care because it's not my problem, but I do care when people lock the bathrooms so they can vape when I'm trying to go to the bathroom. read more