Viewmont High School
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| Viewmont High School | |
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| Location | |
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| 120 West 1000 North Bountiful, Utah |
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| Principal | Scott Tennis |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | 10-12 |
| Mascot | Viking |
| Color(s) | Cardinal and Gold |
| Homepage | http://www.viewmont.org |
Viewmont High School is a public high school located in Bountiful, Utah. The school is a member of the Davis School District. The principal, as of 2008, is Scott Tennis.
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[edit] School life
[edit] Sports
Viewmont High School offers many sports, such as Soccer, Basketball, Hockey, Lacrosse, Volleyball, and Football. Viewmont has won the state title in wrestling 3 out of the last 5 years.
Davis High School has developed a strong and emotional rivalry with Viewmont High School over the past few years. Viewmont and Davis are crosstown rivals, and are almost always at the top of the Region 1 standings in all sports, so every game they play against each other is important. Most recently, Davis beat Viewmont in football, preventing Viewmont from winning the region title, and Viewmont defeated Davis in basketball, preventing Davis from winning the region title. This is one of the strongest rivalries in the state.[1]
[edit] The Bookstore
The Viewmont Bookstore is a student run store open every day at lunch. They sell a variety of food items, such as Frazil frozen drinks, Arby's and Gandolfo's sandwiches, Pizza Hut pizza, and Chick-Fil-A. They also sell a variety of Viewmont apparel.
[edit] The Danegeld
The Danegeld, the Viewmont school newspaper, is written and published by students several times a year. [2] Currently, Mrs. Jenkins (AP English and the Humanities Pathway advisor) is the advisor for the paper, with Kyle Cooper as the head editor. The Newspaper has been in print since 1947 after it's name was changed from The Big V to the Danegeld. The Danegeld staff has also created an online blog that allows students to openly discuss articles.[3]
[edit] Guadalupe
Every year, Viewmont holds a fundraiser to support kids in Salt Lake City that attend Guadalupe Elementary School. The monetary amount differs from year to year but has consistently reached upwards of $25,000 in the past 4-5 years. The money is used to buy Christmas presents that the children would otherwise not obtain. Other local charities are also given part of the students fundraising efforts. Students who wish to attend the trip to Guadalupe must participate in fund-raising activities and help shop for the children's wish-lists. Male studetns are encouraged to obstain from shaving until the goal for the school is reached, and once they goal is reached the male students are encouraged to shave their heads.
[edit] Pathways, Advisory and SRC
For the 2007-2008 school year, each student at Viewmont was placed into one of five pathways: Arts, Business, Humanities, Science, or Technology. The pathways "allow students to develop their interests and specialize as much as they would like".[4] Students go to an advisory class twice a month based on their grade and pathway.
SRC (Study Hall-Remediation-Collaboration) is a new mandatory study hall for students that failed one or more classes the previous term. It is held during the first part of lunch every school day except Fridays.
Although the SRC and Advisory periods are meant to improve students' experience in high school, many, if not most, of the students feel that SRC, and even more, Advisory, are a questionable use of time.
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