American Canyon High School

American Canyon High School is a public comprehensive high school located in American Canyon, California. It is operated by the Napa Valley Unified School District.HistoryThe city of American Canyon, located at the southern end of Napa County, is the fastest growing part of that county. For decades, high school students living in American Canyon were bussed to Vintage High School in the city of Napa, located 15mi to the north. Strong public support developed for locating a high school in American Canyon.In 2003 the school district purchased a 49.5acre site for a new high school for $4.5 million.Voters residing in the Napa Valley Unified School District approved Measure G in November 2006. This $183 million bond measure provided the funding that made construction of American Canyon High School possible, as well as other school improvement projects in the district. The school was designed to incorporate green building principles. Construction began in 2008, and the school was dedicated on June 18, 2010. The construction budget was $160 million.Classes began for 680 freshmen and sophomores on August 18, 2010. As of the 2012-13 school year, there are students in all four grades, but the school has only reached about half of its full capacity of 2,200 students.CampusThe school occupies a 45acre campus on the northeast corner of American Canyon Road and Newell Drive, and includes seven two-story buildings arrayed around a central courtyard. It features a football stadium, baseball and soccer fields, tennis courts, a swimming pool, a 400-seat theater partially funded by the city of American Canyon for community use, and college classrooms funded and operated by Napa Valley College. The school's varsity football team played its first game in the campus stadium under the lights on September 2, 2011. The gymnasium, which seats 2500 people, is the largest in Napa County. The campus is accessible for use by the entire community, not just the high school students.