Our School

CS WASC Accreditation History & School Purpose

Our purpose is to provide a safe learning environment that emphasizes the excitement and joy of learning and prepares students for adulthood by engaging them in opportunities to solve real-life problems.

ERHS Motto: Greatness Starts Here!

ERHS Vision Statement: Our vision at Righetti High School is to provide a healthy, safe, and engaging learning environment through relevant curriculum in order to promote academic achievement, college and career readiness, social responsibility, and emotional well-being for all students.

District Mission Statement: We prepare all learners to become productive citizens and college and/or career-ready by providing challenging learning experiences and establishing high expectations for achievement.

ERHS Schoolwide Learner Outcomes:

 

Academic Excellence	·        Read, write, listen, and speak critically and proficiently. ·        Analyze, interpret, synthesize, evaluate, and use information and data from a variety of sources to confidently express ideas in verbal, written, or visual form.
College and Career Readiness	·        Acquire core academic skills and College Career Readiness to provide the greatest number of post-graduation options. ·        Explore resources beyond school to gain knowledge and solve problems in the real world.
Socially Responsible Global Citizen	·        Respect individual differences and the global environment. ·        Build personal and professional relationships. ·        Actively engage in the community. ·        Demonstrate personal integrity and assume responsibility for decisions and actions.
Social and Emotional Wellness	·        Display an ability to cope and be resilient in the face of challenges. ·        Participate in self-care, health, and wellness.

 

Demographics/Curricular Program

·    Approximately 2500 student enrollment; 76.92% Hispanic and 16.19% White with very small percentages of other ethnicities. 

Ernest Righetti High School (ERHS) is one of three comprehensive high schools in the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District (SMJUHSD).
ERHS is located on the Central Coast of California in the Santa Maria Valley. Santa Maria is a small urban community with a population of about 110,000 within the city. ERHS receives students from eight schools within four different school districts (Blochman Union, Guadalupe Union, Orcutt Union, and Santa Maria Bonita). The school has the most diverse student population in the district and also serves the largest region within the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District

·    We are proud of our award-winning agriculture/FFA program, as well as strong athletic programs, and a healthy variety of clubs and elective programs that students may choose to be involved in while attending RHS. Our College and Career Center has been a central, unifying program within the school that allows guidance and placement, career and college exploration and preparation through both their academic and elective programs provided on an annual basis to all students. We have a strong Visual and Performing Arts program which includes a Marching, Jazz and Drumline Bands, a Ballet Folklorico and Marimba Band, a strong Video and Film series of courses and activities, Madrigal and supporting choir performers, active Theatre and Drama productions, annual art shows and art in the community, as well as newly revised versions of our yearbook/annual. Our ASB program has been expanded to include more students, to develop leadership capacity in a larger sample of our student body. The many clubs on campus offer student participation in civic organizations, service, art, business, cultural, and many other "beyond" the classroom experiences.  Our school currently offers 12 Advanced Placement (AP) courses and 32 Dual Enrollment courses, available either on Righetti’s campus or at the Mark Richardson Career Technical Education Center. 

·    We have been working at incorporating data-driven decision-making at the site level and have targeted Math, English, Social Studies and Science to participate in Common Cycle Assessments five times a year. The assessments are followed by Data Review Sessions where teachers dig deep into the results and focus on ways to improve the success of all students. They also pay close attention to our English Learner and Students with Disabilities. The goal is decreasing the performance gap and ultimately improve the skills of our students. The school has also done a great job of increasing the number of graduates that have met the A-G requirements and are eligible to apply to CSUs and UCs.
       
·    Our site has a strong sense of community within the school and with our neighboring community. We enjoy the support of many businesses, non-profit and service organizations who create many opportunities for our students to learn and grow, but also support us with their donations of time, resources, and money.