Spokane Valley High School

Spokane Valley High School

Address
2011 North Hutchinson Spokane, Washington 99212 United States
Coordinates	47°40′32″N 117°17′04″W / 47.67549°N 117.284374°W / 47.67549; -117.284374Coordinates: 47°40′32″N 117°17′04″W / 47.67549°N 117.284374°W / 47.67549; -117.284374
Information
School type	Public High School
Established	1982
School district	West Valley School District
Principal	Larry Bush
Teaching staff	13 ^[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	240
Student to teacher ratio	11:1
Color(s)	Burgundy Grey
Slogan	Think Hard, Play Hard!
Mascot	Phoenix
Website	School website

Spokane Valley High School (also known as SVHS) is a school of choice in Spokane, Washington. SVHS is part of the West Valley School District. It has won theWashington Achievement Award^[2] and Washington Designated Innovative Schools Award.^[3] The Full Day Program is Project-Based curriculum. Students consistently score in the 90% or above range on state assessments. Class sizes are small - there are eight teachers and an average of 110 students. SVHS recently successfully completed the AdvancED Accreditation Review. A summary of the report is available on the school's website at http://svhs.wvsd.org/

The school also offers a Transition (contract) program which has Project-Based and individual learning style curriculum that help students with difficult circumstances to continue their education.

History

Spokane Valley High School has been featured on PBS. It was featured once in 2010 ^[4] and in 2013 on the Frontline episode "Education Under Arrest" hosted by Tavis Smiley.^[5]

The web page and Facebook provide bilingual (Russian) articles.

References

↑ Students and staff information From Spokane Valley High School Website
↑ Washington Achievement Award (Retrieved 4 January 2013)
↑ .Washington Innovative Schools Award (Retrieved 29 April 2013)Spokane Valley High School has also earned the U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools Bronze award in 2014 and 2015
↑ PBS 2010 video From PBS.org
↑ PBS "Education Under Arrest" From PBS.org

West Valley School District

High schools	Contract Based Education River City Leadership Academy Spokane Valley High School West Valley High School

Middle Schools	Centennial Middle School West Valley City School

Elementary Schools	Ness Elementary School Orchard Center Elementary Pasadena Park Elementary Seth Woodard Elementary

Other	West Valley Outdoor Learning Center Millwood Early Childhood Education

Schools in Spokane, Washington

High schools	University Central Valley Lewis and Clark North Central Rogers Shadle Park Ferris Mt. Spokane Mead Lakeside East Valley Barker Cheney Spokane Valley West Valley Cheney Alternative Mead Education Alternative Department Alternative High School

Private schools	Gonzaga Preparatory School Saint George's School Saint Michael's Academy Northwest Christian School

Colleges & Universities	Gonzaga University Eastern Washington University Institute for Extended Learning Spokane Falls Community College Spokane Community College Whitworth University

School districts	Mead Spokane Central Valley Cheney Deer Park East Valley Freeman Medical Lake Nine Mile Falls Orchard Prairie Riverside West Valley

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