NEUQUA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

'Neuqua Valley High School', or 'NVHS', is a public four-year high school located near the corner of Illinois Route 59 and 95th Street in Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Neuqua Valley is the counterpart to Waubonsie Valley High School of Indian Prairie School District 204 and the newly planned Metea Valley.

Contents

History

Academics

Honors

Athletics

Facilities

Activities

History

The campus consists of three buildings: a "Gold Campus" building (in a converted former middle school) for Freshmen (Grade 9) and a "Blue Campus" building (the original NVHS main building) for Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors (Grades 10-12). The middle school conversion was done for the 2003-2004 academic year. A third building, referred to as the "Frontier Campus" allows Seniors to receive dual credit for classes from the College of DuPage. The original NVHS campus building was opened in August, 1997, and was built to house 3000 students. The "Gold Campus" and "Frontier Campus" were both opened to alleviate overcrowding in classes due to high enrollments.
The lake behind the school is known as "Lake Birkett," in honor of the school's first principal, Kathy Birkett, who still serves the district as an Assistant Superintendent.

Academics

In 2006, Neuqua Valley had an average composite ACT score of 23.8, and graduated 99.5% of its senior class. Neuqua Valley did not make Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination in 2006, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act. The school has been placed on the Illinois Academic Early Warning list for the 2006-2007 academic year. The average class size is 25.5.^[1]
The Blue Campus, the original building, is divided into five wings, A-E. The A wing contains Neuqua's Fine and Applied Arts, as well as industrial and consumer education classrooms and facilities. The B wing contains History, English and Health classrooms. The C wing contains Science classrooms complete with lab equipment. The D wing contains Math, Computer Science, Foreign Language and Business Classrooms. The E wing contains the Cafeteria and Physical Education facilities and the staff room.
Freshman classes are held in the Gold Campus building. Some classes for seniors are held in a special "Frontier Campus." This is in a building near the main NVHS campus on 95th Street, which features classes taught in conjunction with the College of DuPage.

Honors

Neuqua Valley has received recognition by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for its music program. The school was named a GRAMMY® Signature school in 1999 and 2001, a GRAMMY® Gold Signature school in 2000 and the National GRAMMY® Signature school "Best in Nation" in 2005. The Music Department homepage, has a list of other awards.

Athletics

Neuqua Valley competes in the Upstate Eight Conference for athletics. The school has won two state soccer titles. The boys soccer team won the IHSA State final game in the fall 2003 season. The girls soccer team won the IHSA State final game in the spring 2005 season. Neuqua's football team has made the playoffs for the last five years but haven't went further; they have only gone to the second round of playoffs once in 2005.
The boys cross-country team has placed within the top 15 in the state every year since 2001. The boys tennis team has won the Upstate Eight Conference every year since 2001. The girls tennis team has won the Upstate Eight Conference every year since 1999.
In Spring of 2007, the boys baseball team won the IHSA class AA state title and the boy's volleyball team advanced far in the state competition and finished in third place in state.

Facilities

The school's athletic facilities include: One 25 yard indoor swimming pool, with a side diving well with two boards, and a small wading/warmup pool. The Blue Campus has three gymnasiums: two of these have three full-sized basketball courts each, and one is used for gymnastics. The Gold Campus has 2 Gymnasiums, 1 weight room, and 1 rock climbing wall. There is also a fully equipped weight room, a wrestling room, a football field enclosed by a 400 m recycled rubber running track and a soccer stadium.

Activities

★ Angling Club ★ Anime Club ★ Art Club (formely known as Fine Arts Circle) ★ Asian Student Association (ASA) ★ Black Panthers ★ Best Buddies ★ Business Professionals of America ★ Chamber Singers ★ Cheerleading ★ Chess Team ★ Computer Graphics Club ★ The Council ★ DECA ★ Dance Dance Revolution! Club ★ Drama Club and Thespians Society ★ FCCLA ★ FEA ★ Fellowship of Christian Students ★ French Club ★ Gay/Straight Alliance Club ★ German Club ★ High Mileage Vehicle Club ★ Improv Club ★ Indian Student Association ★ Interact ★ Interactive Gaming ★ Junior Exchange ★ Literary Magazine ★ Marching Wildcats (Marching Band) ★ Mathematics Team ★ Model United Nations ★ Multi-Cultural Club ★ NVHS Steppers

★ Neuqua Valley Symphony Orchestra ★ Neuqua Valley Jazz Bands ★ Operation Snowball ★ Orchesis ★ Pep Band ★ Photography Club ★ Ping Pong Club ★ Platinum Dance Troupe ★ PomPoms ★ REACH ★ Republican Club ★ Running Club ★ Robotics Club ★ Rock Club ★ Scholastic Bowl ★ School Newspaper ★ Ski Club ★ Spanish Club ★ Speech Team ★ Star Raiders ★ Student Council ★ Table Tennis Club ★ Tri-M Honor Society ★ TV Production Club ★ Urban Arts Club ★ V.I.C.A. ★ Wildcat Fiddlers ★ WildScats Vocal Jazz ★ Winter Guard Team ★ World Voices ★ Yearbook ★ Youth & Government