Aviano Middle/High School
| Aviano Middle/High School | |
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Aviano Italy | |
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| Type | DoDDS Secondary |
| School district | DoDDS Mediterranean District |
| Principal | Mr. Kenneth Harvey |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Enrollment | Approx. 500 |
| Color(s) | Red and blue |
| Mascot | Saint |
| Website | http://www.avia-hs.eu.dodea.edu/ |
 The school is at the foot of the Italian Dolomites | |
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Aviano Middle/High School (also referred to as Aviano American High School) is a United States Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) secondary school in the Mediterranean District, which serves the southern European portion of DoDDS schools. It is located on the United States Air Force Base in Aviano, Italy which is operated by the 31st Fighter Wing. Students are dependents of active duty military, civilian, and Department of Defense employees, although a small percentage are children of expats or foreign residents. The school and DoDDS is governed by the higher organization known as Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).
As of the 2008-2009 school year Aviano Middle School and Aviano High School were joined into one school serving grades 6-12. It is classified as a Division II school in DoDDS Europe. In the past, Aviano Middle/High School has been mostly recognized throughout DoDDS Europe for their high test scores, European/ASIL championship titles, and Air Force JROTC unit.
The school's mascot is the saint. Most famous Alumn Alfred Arias.
Athletics
The athletic program at Aviano Middle/High School is open to high school students and some middle school students. Athletes follow the DoDDS - Europe athletic code.
Fall
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Winter
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Spring
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Extracurricular
Clubs, organizations, and events exist for students to join or take part in:
- Academic Bowl
- Air Force JROTC (offered as a class)
- Air Force JROTC Drill Team
- Book Club
- Cisco (offered as a class)
- Creative Connections
- Drama/Theatre
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
- Future Educators Association (FEA)
- Future Educators Association Honor Society (must be selected to join)
- Hinterbrand outdoors club
- International Leadership Institute (ISLI)
- Lingua Fest Language Festival
- Math Counts
- Model U.S. Senate
- National Honors Society (must be selected to join)
- National Junior Honor Society (must be selected to join)
- Peer Mediation
- Robotics Club
- Student 2 Student
- Student newspaper (offered as a class)
- Tutoring
- Yearbook (offered as a class)
Student government
The purpose of the student government at Aviano is to provide everyone with a chance to have a say in what goes on in the student body. The student government acts as advocates to the administration on behalf of students. They also organize school events such as pep rallies and dances. Each office is headed by a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and a Public Relations officer.
- Executive Office - Serves as main advocates for the school, handles school wide issues. Officers are elected by the students.
- Senior Class - Handles senior issues and events including graduation. Officers are elected by 12th grade students
- Junior Class - Organizes the Junior and Senior Prom, handles Junior issues, officers are elected by 11th grade students
- Sophomore Class - Handles Sophomore issues, officers are elected by 10th grade students
- Freshmen Class - Handles Freshmen issues, officers are elected by 9th grade students
Advanced/Accelerated courses
Aviano Middle/High School offers Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses for high school students.
English
History/Social Studies
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Math
Science
Other
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The Honors World Literature and History classes are combined classes. Students who take one must take the other and receive a joint performance grade that is averaged together.
The AP classes are weighted grades on a student's GPA.
See also
- Aviano Air Base
- Military brats
- DODDS European Championships
- List of high schools in U.S. territories