About Us:

Yosemite National Park Valley School began in 1875 with students sitting on a fallen log and using packing crates as slates. Next there was a cloth structure with cedar uprights. Locations to follow included one room buildings in the old village, in Stoneman Meadow and near the present day location in the neighborhood by Yosemite Creek. In 1956 the present building was built. It was renovated in 1996 to include a new hallway, bathrooms and a teacher's room. The school was first called Yosemite Valley School and then Yosemite Elementary School. The school was formally renamed Yosemite National Park Valley School in 2000 to join its sister schools, Yosemite National Park Wawona School and Yosemite National Park El Portal School. Yosemite Valley School is part of the Mariposa County Unified School District.