Orchard Hills School
Location
Information
TypePublic School (US)
MottoHAWKS
Have respect, act responsible, work together, show respect
Established2010[1]
School districtTUSD
PrincipalEric Killian[2]
GradesK-8
Number of students1,425[a][3]
MascotHawk
NewspaperThe Weekly Hawk
(email letter)
Communities servedOrchard Hills, Irvine, California
Websiteorchardhills.tustin.k12.ca.us

Orchard Hills School is a K-8 public school located in Orchard Hills, Irvine, California. It is a part of the Tustin Unified School district, but it campus is within the city of Irvine. The school has two main divisions, a middle school and an elementary school.

Academics and electives

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Orchard Hills offers electives only to its middle schoolers. The following is a list of electives offered:

Orchard Hills' middle school is also known for its robotics team (Century 8838B)[i], which in 2022 won the VEX Robotics World Championship.[4][5] The Orchard Hills' chamber orchestra, advanced band and advanced orchestra perform a video game concert in which theme songs from video games are performed[6], most of the music is composed by the teacher, Joseph Perkins.[7] Orchard Hills is ranked #143 out of 2709 public middle schools, and has a 84% and 78% ranking in reading and mathematics respectively.[8]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.ocregister.com/2010/08/25/tustin-unifieds-orchard-hills-school-opens-sept-1/
  2. ^ https://www.cde.ca.gov/schooldirectory/details?cdscode=30736430121152
  3. ^ https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/california/orchard-hills-233349
  4. ^ https://www.irvinestandard.com/2022/orchard-hills-wins-robotics-world-title/
  5. ^ https://www.irvinestandard.com/2023/orchard-hills-teacher-leads-world-class-robotics-program/
  6. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqwwN6x3Lc4
  7. ^ https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/category/arrangeme/902/joseph-perkins/
  8. ^ Niche (2023). "Orchard Hills Ranking". Niche. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help); Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

Notes

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  1. ^ Shows student populace of the community, majority go to OH
  2. ^ There also exists an elementary competition team, both are within VEX Robotics
  3. ^ This includes a chamber orchestra, advanced orchestra and beginning orchestra
  4. ^ There are advanced and beginning bands
  5. ^ It is listed as "leadership," but it is the associated student body (ASB)
  6. ^ There is advanced and beginning
  7. ^ Only offered to eight grade students
  8. ^ Stylized as "MATHCOUNTS," offered to Algebra 1 students
  9. ^ The members were, Derrick Chen, Yunji Lee, Angel Cui, Anthony Low, Iain Kim and Shining Chen.