Carmel Valley Middle School



Carmel Valley Middle School is a 7/8th grade middle school in the San Dieguito Union High School district in northern San Diego, California. They participate in the very competitive San Diego region which routinely has almost 40 schools and 120 teams. The teams from the San Diego regional go on to perform well in the state competition. Students from CVMS generally feed into either Torrey Pines High School or Canyon Crest Academy.

School Info
Carmel Valley Middle School opened in 1999 in the San Dieguito Union High School District and serves about 1400 students in a rapidly growing and dynamic community. It's mission is to educate their students to become lifelong learners who will be resourceful, responsible, and compassionate community members. The schoolwide theme, Carmel Valley Connects, focuses on making middle school a supportive and enjoyable transition while encouraging high academic achievement. Over 30 student clubs and activities help students feel connected on campus. Excellent teachers and an involved and supportive parent community create a learning environment that is safe and respectful, offering each student a variety of opportunities to succeed. All classroom instruction is tied to the California Content Standards. CVMS was named a California Distinguished School in 2003, 2009 and 2013.

Although CVMS has yet to qualify for a national competition in Science Olympiad, they are very successful at the state level, placing second seven times to perennial winner Muscatel Middle School (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015).

History and other Placings
Carmel Valley has 6 competitive teams- for the 2016 season, the teams were
 * Thales
 * Plato
 * Aristotle
 * Archimedes
 * Socrates
 * Hippocrates

Kraemer Invitational
The teams Socrates and Hippocrates attended the Kraemer Invitational, and did well, with team Socrates successfully winning 3rd Place. (They won 4th place if Kraemer's rankings were included.)

Muscatel Invitational
The teams Plato and Archimedes attended the highly competitive Muscatel Invitational, with team Archimedes and team Plato taking home 7th and 8th place, respectively. Archimedes was 1 point away from a team trophy, and Plato was 1 point behind team Archimedes.

Mesa Robles Invitational
This was the most successful invitational by far. Carmel Valley sent the teams Thales and Aristotle to the Mesa Robles Invitational- and they dominated the competition, with team Thales winning first place. Team Aristotle also did well, placing 8th, one point away from the 7th place team.