GREEN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

'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.

Contents

History

Notable alumni

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Clubs and performing arts

Reunions

Academics

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.

Notable alumni

★ Chad Hermansen, Major League Baseball player

Extracurricular activities

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.

★ Sports Illustrated has named Green Valley High School the best sports high school in Nevada for more than a decade.

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, 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 9 of the past 11 years, and the past 4 years in a row (2003-2007).

★ Brandon Scullion makes school tv with music program

Reunions

★ The Class of 1997 will be holding their 10 Year Reunion on October 5th, 2007. Please email gvhs1997@gmail.com for more information.

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).

★ In 2006, GVHS led the Clark County School District in the number of juniors who were National Merit Finalists (10).