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World Peace. During Valencia's fifth year in December of
I 998, a World Peace monument was unveiled in the small
garden by the gym in order to show unity amongst the campus.
Where's Dr. Priesz? The student body and staff of Valencia
High took this aerial picture in 1997- 1998 showing first
graduating class to make it through all four years at VHS.

01 n1gn marks A New Beginning. September 4,
I 994 was the first school day ever at
VHS as freshman and sophomores
filled the campus with the population
only in the triple digits.

s campus between periods at the new Valencia High School, which opened Thursday with no
High opens without problem

sion, Priesz said the opening of Vickason Drive in the Valencia The new campus, which
the $37.2 million campus went off Industrial Center, features a state- closed at lunchtime, als,
without a hitch. Bells rang on of-the-art biology lab and a com- students a choice between
time, the air conditioning system puter network that eventually will cooked food, In-N-Out I
worked and the telephones were link tl1e entire school to one infor- Taco Bell, Primo Pizza c
all up and running. mation system. pie's sandwiches. Once a 11
"People want to be here, they're Students can study robotics and schoolwide barbecue will I
excited about being here," Priesz computer-assisted drafting and ex- The freshmen and sop!
' r al _ ism. atellite communications. that make up the 800-stud,