History
Rancho's campus was established in 1967 (though it is not certain when it was built) as a temporary facility for Irvine High School; at the time, it was Irvine's only school. Rancho San Joaquin Middle School was established on the Rancho campus in 1971 and was modernized in 2001. Its first principal was Mr. Adams. When the school was founded, the Irvine Unified School District, formerly the Rancho San Joaquin School District, had its offices on the site. As a result, Rancho San Joaquin is laid out in the style of a high school.
The school was named a California Distinguished School and a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence in the 1990s. There are two plated signs in the front of the school to recognize it.
In 2006 Kay Gee, a humanities teacher, received an award for excellence in teaching from the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University along with 21 other teachers nationwide.
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