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The school is divided into four "houses", each of which has its own vice-principal and secretary. At the freshman and sophomore levels Deer Valley uses a teaming concept, where groups of students share the same English, math, science, and history teacher. In addition to core classes, a wide variety of elective classes are offered to students. In addition to instrumental and choral music, foreign language, drama, automotive, culinary, and art classes, students may also enroll in video production, digital art, web design, animation, law, manufacturing, photography, or careers with children among many others. Deer Valley also houses academies: Antioch Unified School District has four Linked Learning academies in place throughout the District. There are two Linked Learning academies on the campus of Deer Valley High School, which include a Law Academy and a Performing Arts Academy. [1] [2] The process for attending an academy begins in the second half of the eighth grade, when students and their parents have opportunities to attend presentations by each of the Learning Link academies. Students can apply for one or more by completing an application. The selection is by lottery; it's open to all district students without pre-testing or GPA requirements. [3] Each of the linked learning academies, incorporate career preparation into the four-year curriculum. These academies goals are to allow students to receive a well-rounded education while preparing for their chosen careers. The academies create a school-within-a-school themed education in hopes to help bridge the achievement gap and increasing high graduation and college-going rates. Housed at Deer Valley High School, the Delta Performing Arts Academy takes students through a high school curriculum focused on the arts, but draws from several foundations to ensure a complete education.One of the major tenets of Delta Academy’s after-school program is outreach to local middle and elementary schools. Students regularly perform plays not only at Deer Valley’s theater, but on stages at grade schools all over Antioch. [4] The Law Academy curriculum includes three elements: law-related content embedded in required courses in English, Social Studies, Math and Science, law-specific elective courses such as Constitutional Law and Criminal Justice, and work-based learning throughout the four years of study. The Law Academy provides a positive understanding of the legal system and its role in society, enhancing civic education for citizenship and enhancing community service. The academy provides students with lawyer role models and mentors who can teach, inspire, and support students to college and career pathways [5] The Business Technology Academy and the ESPACE academy (Earth, Space, Astronomy Center for Education) are also academies on Deer Valley's campus. Students in the Business Technology Academy will be provided a curriculum focused on a business theme with related standards-based academic classes and career-technical classes implementing supplemental technology. Increased communication between teachers, students, and parents; increased student engagement; increased frequency of writing and revisions; and increased individualized instruction are all goals of The Business-Tech Academy. The ESPACE academy has one of the few planetariums on a high school campus in the state of California. Students from DVHS have used space probes to investigate a number of questions for school projects, most notably the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Mars Global Surveyor. In addition, Deer Valley had held, for nine consecutive years, the highest API scores in the area (some the highest in the East Bay)[citation needed].