History

Founded in 1951, when our District name was Ranchito School District, Valencia Elementary School got its name from a citrus field grown in the fertile lands between the Río Hondo and San Gabriel Rivers: the Valencia orange.

The Valencia orange is grown mainly in Florida, California, Texas and Arizona. It is very different from other oranges because of its thin golden skin, its sweet flesh, and its small number of seeds. From January to November you can enjoy the Valencia as a fruit juice or eating it from one’s hand, taking advantage of the healthy gift this orange has for us.

Nowadays, these once aromatic fields have disappeared in order to give way to new buildings. However, at Valencia Elementary School, one original Valencia tree still stands proudly reminding us of the past and a sweet future.

Calories 80

Total Fat 0g

Sodium 0mg

Total Carbohydrate 21g

Dietary Fiber 5g

Protein 1g

% of U.S. RDA

Vitamin A 0%

Calcium 4%

Vitamin C 120%

Iron 0%

Fat-free, Sodium-free, High in fiber, High in vitamin C, Cholesterol-free

...the word orange comes from the Arab word “naranch”?

...sour varieties of oranges have been cultivated since well before the Middle Ages, the sweet ones appearing only in the 15th Century?

...from Southern Asia, the orange spread to Syria, Persia, Italy, Spain and Portugal, and then on a voyage of Columbus, to the “New World”?

...Spanish explorers took it to Florida and Spanish missionaries took it to California?

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