Green Valley High School

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Green Valley High School

Principal	Jeffery M. Horn
Motto	Commitment to Excellence
Established	1991
School type	Public
Location	Henderson, NV
Enrollment	2,739
Campus	Suburban
School colors	Green, Blue, and White
Website	www.greenvalleyhs.org

Green Valley High School (GVHS) is a public secondary school in Henderson, Nevada, U.S. that is a part of the Clark County School District. Its mascot is the Gator and the school's colors are green, blue, and white.

1 History
- 1.1 Notable alumni
2 Extracurricular activities
- 2.1 Athletics
- 2.2 Clubs and performing arts
3 Academics

[edit] History

The school was named after the masterplanned community of Green Valley which is located in northern Henderson. The school opened in the fall of 1991, with Carroll Johnson as the first principal. Enrollment in 2004 was 2,739.

[edit] Notable alumni

Chad Hermansen, Major League Baseball player

[edit] Extracurricular activities

[edit] Athletics

The varsity Baseball team, led by Roger Fairless won six straight state titles from 1993-1998, Nick Garritano led the Baseball team to a seventh state title in 2001 and an eighth in 2003.
The varsity girls' golf team, with 144 consecutive victories from 1992-2004, holds the high school level national record for most consecutive victories.

[edit] Clubs and performing arts

The forensics team, led by Scott Ginger, has won thirteen straight Clark County School District titles and eight state titles since 1991. The "Forensigators" have qualified students for the NFL National Tournament every year since 1994.
The fine arts department was awarded National Grammy Signature Status in 2002 and 2005.
Varsity Quiz team, led by Craig Swallow, has won six county championships since 1991. In 2007, Demetrius Beam led the Varsity Quiz team to another championship.
Science bowl team, led by Ellen Ebert and Joan Taylor, finished in the top ten at the regional DOE Science Bowl four times since 2000.
The Green Valley High School choral department has been recognized as one of the top choir programs in the nation.
In 2004, The Green Valley High Schools Symphonic band led by Diane Koutsulius was the first band in the state of Nevada to participate in the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illionis.
The Symphonic Band and Symphony orchestra was honored by playing at Carnegie Hall in April, 2006.
The Investigator Newspaper, led by Ben Barnholdt and Jackie Carducci, has been voted Best High School Newspaper in Nevada 8 of the past 10 years, and the past 3 years in a row(2003-2006).

[edit] Academics

Green Valley High School is ranked 274 in Newsweek's 2005 list of the nation's top 1000 high schools for college preparation.
The graduation rate at Green Valley is 79.4% (Class of 2004).
The average class size is twenty-nine students (2004), six more than the national average of twenty-three.
Fifty-four percent of Green Valley's Graduating Class of 2000, or 673 graduates, qualified for the Nevada Millennium Scholarship.
Green Valley is one of two high schools offering the International Baccalaureate program (IB Diploma Programme) in the Clark County School District. The other provider of this program is Valley High School (IB Diploma Programme, IB Middle Years Programme).