When you’re a parent, your dream-home wish list doesn’t end with style-forward design or a fun neighborhood vibe. You need high-performing local schools where your scholars can thrive. Happily, Côta Vera delivers on all fronts. Located within the Chula Vista Elementary and Sweetwater Union High School Districts, Côta Vera’s youngest residents are just a short walk, bike, or car ride away from award-winning schools for every stage of their educational journey, from K through 12. Not only does that make getting back and forth from school convenient, it also means growing up feeling deeply connected to peers—and neighbors!—in a nurturing and creative environment that extends from the classroom to their very own backyard. Read on to learn more about Wolf Canyon Elementary School, Rancho Del Rey Middle School, and Olympian High School.
Wolf Canyon Elementary School
Kids grow up so quickly! That’s doubly true at Wolf Canyon Elementary School, the neighborhood K-6 located less than a mile away from Côte Vera. Wolf Canyon is known for its FAST program, emphasizing a forward-thinking curriculum in Fine Arts, Science, and Technology. The school year at Wolf Canyon extends year-round, beginning the third week of July and ending in early June, a schedule that promotes academic success while still leaving plenty of time for family vacations and beach days. And for a little extra peace of mind, parents can rest assured that Wolf Canyon fosters healthy habits: the campus participates in Live Well San Diego and has removed unhealthy snacks and drinks from the lunch menu. Little ones not yet school aged? While planning for their future, keep in mind that a second elementary school will also welcome Côta Vera students in phase 2 of the masterplan. It is still in the early planning stages.
Wolf Canyon Elementary is located at:
1950 Wolf Canyon Loop
Chula Vista, CA 91913
Contact Wolf Canyon Elementary at:
619.482.8877
https://wolfcanyon.cvesd.org/
See school rankings at RateMySchools.com
Wolf Canyon Elementary School Overall Score: 8/10
Test Scores Ranking: 9/10
Equality Ranking: 7/10
Wolf Canyon School-Year Hours & Calendar:
Monday – Thursday: 8:45am – 3:00pm (TK and K); 8:45-am – 3:15 (1st-6th)
Friday & Modified Days: 8:45am – 1:30pm (TK and K); 8:45am – 1:45pm (1st-6th)
7/20/22: First Day of School Year (2022-2023)
9/26/22 – 10/7/22: Fall Break
11/21/22 – 11/25/22: Thanksgiving Break
12/19/22 – 1/6/23: Winter Break
3/20/23 – 3/31/23: Spring Break
6/02/23: End of 2022-2023 School Year Instruction
Aftercare at Wolf Canyon:
For busy parents, Timberwolves in TK* through 6th grade can enroll in the Character Builders aftercare program at Wolf Canyon. Run by the City of Chula Vista and the South Bay Family YMCA, the program provides safe, supportive childcare—homework help, organized games, sports activities, and arts and crafts—from 6am until the start of the school day, and from the last bell until 6pm. Enrollment options are flexible, including before-and-after school care five days a week, a before-school-only or after-school-only option, and three-day-a-week enrollment. More information is available here. Program fees are discounted for YMCA members, but children and families do not have to be YMCA members to enroll. The YMCA also maintains the Childcare Resource Service, a vetted listing of childcare professionals and organizations in the area.
* TK students must be older than age 4
How far is Côta Vera from Wolf Canyon Elementary?
Total distance: 0.9 miles
Time to travel by car: 3 minutes
Time to travel by sidewalk: 18 minutes
Rancho Del Rey Middle School
Singled out and distinguished as a distinctive learning environment by the California Department of Education, Rancho Del Rey provides 7th and 8th grade students with a tight-knit learning community of fellow Royals. If you’re parenting a young teen, you understand the myriad physical, emotional, social, and academic challenges they can present to educators (not to mention their parents!). The teaching staff of Rancho Del Rey are dedicated to bringing out the best in middle schoolers and have earned multiple awards for their rigorous core curriculum and an inspired educational environment that features rotating block schedules and cross-disciplinary coursework. By the end of their two-years at Rancho Del Rey, students are well-prepared to flourish in high school.
Rancho Del Rey Middle School is located at:
1174 E J St.
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Contact Rancho Del Rey Middle at:
619.397.2500
https://rdm.sweetwaterschools.org/
See school rankings at GreatSchools.org
Rancho Del Rey Middle School Overall Score: 7/10
Test Scores Ranking: 8/10
Rancho Del Rey Middle School-Year Hours & Calendar:
Monday – Thursday: 7am – 4pm
Friday; 7am – 12:15pm
7/20/22: First Day of School Year (2022-2023)
9/19/22 – 9/30/22: Fall Break
11/21/22 – 11/23/22: Thanksgiving Break
12/19/22 – 1/6/23: Winter Break
3/20/23 – 3/29/23: Spring Break
6/02/23: End of 2022-2023 School Year Instruction
How far is it from Côta Vera to Rancho Del Rey Middle School?
Total distance: 4.0 miles
Time to travel by car: 9 minutes
Olympian High School
High school graduation is a passage both dreaded and dreamed about by parents. Successfully launching young people into their next life adventure requires building a whole host of skills, and high-performing schools nurture every kind of learner with every kind of life goal. Olympian High School ranks among the best in the U.S. by any metric, from athletics to academics. While boasting a complete roster of varsity and junior varsity sports, Olympian has also earned an 89.56 national ranking score (100-point scale) and in 2022 landed in the #1,862 spot among California’s 17,843 high schools. Seniors can pursue the career pathways program as they approach graduation, or tackle college admissions confident in the academic rigor the school’s curricula has built. Well above the state average, 20% of Olympian Eagles take AP classes, and the school is lauded for its robust languages program, which includes AP-level classes in Spanish and Italian, as well as 4-years of instruction in Spanish, Italian, and Filipino.
Olympian High School is located at:
1925 Magdalena Ave.
Chula Vista, 91913
Contact Olympian High School at:
619.656.2400
http://olh.sweetwaterschools.org/
See school rankings at GreatSchools.org
Olympian School Overall Score: 8/10
Test Scores Ranking: 9/10
College Readiness Ranking: 9/10
Equality Ranking: 7/10
Olympian School-Year Hours & Calendar:
Monday – Thursday: 7am – 4pm
Friday; 7am – 12:15pm
7/20/22: First Day of School Year (2022-2023)
9/19/22 – 9/30/22: Fall Break
11/21/22 – 11/23/22: Thanksgiving Break
12/19/22 – 1/6/23: Winter Break
3/20/23 – 3/29/23: Spring Break
6/02/23: End of 2022-2023 School Year Instruction
How far is it from Côta Vera to Olympian High School?
Total distance: 0.5 miles
Time to travel by car: 2 minutes
Time to travel by sidewalk: 11 minutes
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