Science Alliance

Science Alliance is an after-school program available in all SRVUSD high schools created to pair curious and motivated 5th grade students (buddies) with high school students (mentors).

Mentors encourage and guide their buddies on a journey of science and methodical inquiry under the guidance of a credentialed teacher at one of the high schools. 

The year-long journey includes six buddy-mentor meetings, interesting lessons and learning opportunities. The program concludes with a district-wide Science Fair to be held in the spring, where buddies share the project they worked on throughout the program. The program has been widely recognized as helping to prepare the 5th graders for middle school lab science and teaches positive role-modeling skills to high school mentors. 

We have a few remaining spots available with some of our Science Alliance programs. We suggest you register your student for the program at the high school they will eventually attend. Click on the name of the high school for the registration link for that school’s program:

Dougherty Valley High School, Monte Vista High School, and San Ramon Valley High School

As a reminder, this program is for 5th graders only. If you have any questions, please first refer to the slide deck from the parent meeting which is labeled Science Alliance Presentation. The answers to your questions will likely be found there.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]

We are pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Science Fair winners:

First Place Winner:

Aarush Kini – How to Defeat the Yeast Beast 101

Second Place Winner:

Abha Bharadwaj – Salt Water Desalination

Third Place Winner:

Aarav Gupta – Catching the Wind: Science of Wind Turbines!

Honorable Mention: