D.H. Conley High School

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DH Conley is a high school in Greenville, North Carolina. DH Conley was founded in 1970. is the home of the Vikings. The school recently added on with a new, two story addition that houses many science and social studies classes. The schools main rival is Junius H Rose High School. DH Conley's principal is C.G. Moore. The school colors are navy blue and gold.

[edit] Baseball

The varsity baseball team was named state 4-A champions in 2005. In 2006, Conley followed up with a 3-A state baseball championship title.

[edit] Clubs

The largest club at DH Conley is the Conley Crazies. Each year, they design shirts which are worn at sporting events where the crazies can sit in their own section to cheer on the team. Also, this club helps to pick days for spirit week, which always celebrates crazy blue and gold day on the Friday of that week. Conley also has many honor societies including Beta Club, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Art Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, and French Honor Society. Most of these clubs promote volunteering to gain points to wear cords for graduation, which takes place at Minges at ECU. The Quiz Bowl club also has had success at Conley; they appeared on television in 2005 for the state championship in which they placed second. Close Up also is a large club which always volunteers for Special Olympics, the Pitt County Fair, and Eastern Regionals. They take a yearly trip to Washington, DC for National Close Up.

[edit] Classes

As the second largest school in Pitt County, DHC is able to offer a large variety of classes with standard, honors, and AP levels. Furthermore, distance learning is also available to connect with other schools in Pitt County to offer more classes. The day is divided into four periods on block scheduling with ninety minute classes. Four lunches are served daily during third period, with fourth lunch being the longest. Languages offered include French, Spanish, Latin, Japanese, and American Sign Language. Some classes, like yearbook and journalism, require an application process to take. The yearbook is called the Valkyrian and the newspaper is The Shield.