Champlain Valley Union High School is a high school located in the town of Hinesburg, Vermont. The school serves the communities of Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, Williston, and St. George. The enrollment for the 2007-2008 school year was 1,388 students with 113 faculty. The school is locally known as CVU.
CVU was established in 1964 to serve the Chittenden towns outside of Burlington, Vermont.
CVU is the second largest high school in Vermont behind Essex High School.
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In 2008, the school had the second highest graduation rate of any public high school in Chittenden County.[1]
Within the property of CVU, there is a baseball field, a softball field, a field hockey field, a football field, a track, and three soccer fields. During the spring, the field hockey and soccer fields are used for Lacrosse.
CVU offers classes in all the basic subjects, including math, social studies, English, and sciences. Sciences taught include chemistry, biology, earth sciences, botany, microbiology, and biogenetics.
There are three levels of band, multiple chorus classes, woodworking and metalworking, CAD design, French, Spanish, Latin, Greek and Chinese.
Incoming freshmen are divided into four different houses/cores, named after several prominent Vermonters: Nichols,[2] Snelling, Fairbanks[3] and Chittenden.[4] Each student remains a part of their assigned house until graduation. All freshmen must take mandatory classes in English, social studies, mathematics, science, physical education, and health.
The daily schedule at CVU is broken up into block scheduling. The calendar is divided into red and white days. Many students have 'free blocks' in which they are able to relax, go to the library, or go to a commons area to socialize with friends. A typical school day at CVU starts at 8:15 and ends at 3:00. Classes are an hour and a half long each.
There is a Student Council. It helps with fund-raising, organizes their class's prom and trike for the annual Winter Carnival Trike Race.
It helps organize the Graduation Challenge, Curriculum Clearinghouse, Advisory PLP, Climate, Pathways and Schoolboard.
Clubs at CVU range from serious (such as Scholar's Bowl and club sports like Indoor Track) to fun (such as Leisure Sports and Barbecue and Hand-Eye Coordination and Cognitive Skills Club).
Students have been involved in community service including Key Club, and Presidential Honors Society members, who perform community service.
In 2006 a student organized the schools first Women's Panel which featured Vermont Politicians including a state senator, and a state officer.
The second panel was held in 2007 and featured Vermont Leading Business Women. The panel was featured in the state and local newspapers and was recognized as an important step for the school in recognizing the importance of Women's History Month.
The school mascot is the Redhawk, having changed its name from Crusaders in 2005 due to the political incorrectness of a Crusader.[5] CVU competes in Division 1 brackets for all sports. CVU's chief athletic rivals are nearby South Burlington High School and Essex High School.
The school competes in the following sports:
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