Pioneer Valley Regional School
Coordinates: 42°41′01″N 72°29′09″W / 42.6835216°N 72.4857444°W
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Pioneer Valley Regional School | |
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| School type | Public Secondary |
| Established | 1957 |
| Founder | Ronald White |
| School district | Pioneer Valley Regional School District |
| NCES District ID | 2509600 |
| Superintendent | Dayle A. Doiron |
| NCES School ID | 250960001515 |
| Principal | Bill Wehrli |
| Principal | Dale Hopkins |
| Vice principal | Michael Duprey |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 461 (2014-2015[1]) |
| • Grade 7 | 73 |
| • Grade 8 | 87 |
| • Grade 9 | 73 |
| • Grade 10 | 77 |
| • Grade 11 | 68 |
| • Grade 12 | 83 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.58 : 1 |
| Medium of language | English |
| Schedule type | Rotating Block Schedulling |
| Hours in school day | 6.5 |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Color(s) | Black and Gold |
| Slogan | "Go Panthers!" |
| Song | The Washington Post March |
| Athletics | Yes |
| Sports | Yes |
| Mascot | Black Panther |
| Team name | Pioneer Panthers |
| Average SAT scores | 1495[2] |
| Newspaper | The Panther Press |
| Budget | $4.2M[3] |
| Communities served | Northfield, Bernardston, Leyden, Warwick, Vernon |
| Feeder schools | Northfield Elementary School, Bernardston Elementary School, Pearl Rhodes Elementary School, Warwick Community School, Vernon Elementary School |
| Alumni | Penn Jillette, Aaron Lewis, Adam Dutkiewicz, John Hodgman, Damien Fahey |
| Website | Pioneer Valley Regional School |
Pioneer Valley Regional School is a public regional comprehensive secondary school located in Northfield, Massachusetts. It offers grades seven through twelve. It is the primary high school for the towns of Leyden, Massachusetts, Northfield, Massachusetts, Warwick, Massachusetts and Bernardston, Massachusetts. It is also an alternative for students from the neighboring town of Vernon, Vermont. The school was founded in 1957.
History
The Pioneer Valley School District was formed in 1991 following an agreement from the four towns involved: Leyden, Northfield, Warwick, and Bernardston. All four elementary schools feed in to Pioneer.
A second expansion was made in 1992, expanding the high school portion and overhauling the auditorium.
Governance
Since the formation of the Pioneer Valley Regional School District, Pioneer has fallen under the jurisdiction of the district's twelve member school committee, made up of three members from each of the four towns. Though students from Vernon, Vermont are allowed to attend Pioneer, Vernon has no seat at the committee.
Criticism
Throughout the years, Pioneer has drawn criticism from concerned community members, in particular those who live in member communities. The school has been criticized for its handling of finances, including its recent several million dollar investment[3] in technology that failed to allocate any new personnel to deal with the installation, and as a result, the installation remains unfinished.
The school has repeatedly failed to meet state educational goals, with the school being located in the 41st percentile of test scores. The average SAT scores for the school are, as of 2014, average.[4][5]
Notable Alumni
- Aaron Lewis, Musician
- Penn Jillette, Illusionist
- Adam Dutkiewicz, Musician
- John Hodgman, Comedian
- Damien Fahey, Entertainer
External links
References
- ↑ http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?SchoolID=250960001515&ID=250960001515
- ↑ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/state_report/sat_perf.aspx
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.pioneervalley.k12.ma.us/pvrsd/PDF/Budget.pdf
- ↑ http://profiles.doe.mass.edu/sat/sat_perf_dist.aspx?orgcode=07500000&orgtypecode=5&TYPE=DISTRICT&fycode=2014
- ↑ http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/scores/averages