Valley High School (New Kensington, Pennsylvania)

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Valley High School
Location
703 Stevenson Boulevard
New Kensington, PA 15068 Coordinates: 40.566812° N 79.755775° W
USA
Information
School district New Kensington-Arnold School District
Principal Ms. Kellie Abbott
Enrollment

790 as of 2005 [1]
Type Public
Grades 9-12
Athletics Football, Boys Golf, Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Boys Tennis, Girls Tennis, Girls Volleyball, Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Swimming & Diving, Girls Swimming & Diving, Wrestling, Baseball, Girls Softball, Boys Track & Field, Girls Track & Field
Athletics conference City League(PIAA District 7)
Mascot The Viking
Color(s) Black and Gold
Homepage Valley High School

Valley High School is a public school in New Kensington, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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[edit] Awards and recognition

Valley High School's Junior ROTC program was named an Honor Unit with Distinction in 2006, scoring in the 96th percentile in an inspection held once every three years. [2]

In 1998, a team of students representing Valley High School tied for third place in an international Space Settlement Design contest sponsored by NASA, for their research project, entitled "Space Colonies, A Design Study." [3]

[edit] Current student body

As of 2005.[1]

Subset Number of students Percent
All 790 100%
White 572 72.4%
African American 201 25.4%
Asian 4 0.5%
Hispanic 8 1.00%
Mulitracial 0 0%
American Indian 5 0.6%
Male 381 48.2%
Female 409 51.8%

[edit] Notable alumni


[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Valley High School Profile. Schoolmatters.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
  2. ^ Valley News Dispatch article on the honor, hosted on Pittsburgh Tribune-Review web site. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review web site. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.
  3. ^ 1998 results from NASA Space settlement Contest. NASA. Retrieved on 2007-09-14.


[edit] External links






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