The school has a multitude of programs: NJROTC, the Agricultural Academy, which prepares students for the working world and with interests in the world of agriculture, the Digital Media Arts Academy, a set of classes that helps explore the creativity and the blooming technology aspects of art, and the Link Crew Program, which specializes in welcoming incoming freshmen in a new environment.

Along with that, the Leadership class at Alvarez plans dances and other activities including: homecoming, the back to school mixer, prom, academic excellence breakfast, and powderpuff.

[5] The school’s Interact service club is also recognized statewide for their remarkable efforts boasting the 2018 Regional Philanthropy Award and the 2017 Presidential Rotaract Citation.

Alvarez has seen significant improvements in its safety ranking increasing 75% since 2012, although the school population is still victim to bouts of youth crime and homicide.

Alvarez offers state-mandated counseling as well as the “Safety Nest,” a preventive measure by the school board to address mental health concerns of the students.

[14][15] The school is only one of two in Monterey County to offer translators in Spanish, Japanese, Filipino, Cantonese, and even the indigenous Oaxacan languages of Mixteco and Nuahatl.

[18][19] Everett Alvarez High School has sports programs such as tennis, volleyball, basketball, football, water polo, golf, and baseball.