Canyon Springs High School (North Las Vegas, Nevada)

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name = Canyon Springs High School


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location = 350 E. Alexander Rd
North Las Vegas, NV, 89032
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district = Clark County School District
principal = Milana Winter
viceprincipal = Michael Butler
Ike White
Arla Simmons
dean = Daphne Brownson
Janis Dearman
Rania Pierre
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schooltype = Public high school
enrollment = 2,610
grades = 9-12
conference = Sunrise 4A Region
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team_name = Pioneers
school_colours = Silver and navy blue
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established = 2004
homepage = http://www.ccsd.net/schools/canyonsprings/

Canyon Springs High School is a public high school in North Las Vegas, Nevada and is part of the Clark County School District. Canyon Springs is also home to the Leadership and Law Preparatory Academy and was one of three (including Del Sol High School and Spring Valley High School) schools opened by the school district in Fall 2004.

Leadership and Law Preparatory Academy

Canyon Springs houses the Leadership and Law Preparatory Academy, a college preparatory academy that made Canyon Springs the second school in the Clark County School District (aside from the Advanced Technologies Academy) to offer a four-year program in legal studies. The campus includes a law library and a mock courtroom. [ [http://www.ccsd.net/schools/canyonsprings/magnet/program_highlights.htm Leadership and Law Preparatory Academy Program Highlights] ]

Magnet students are required to develop their own website and be proficient with Word Office applications and the use of digital media to create projects through visual mediums. All magnet students are offered the use of Apple Powerbook laptops to work on their theme related projects. [ [http://www.ccsd.net/schools/canyonsprings/magnet/program_info.htm Leadership and Law Preparatory Academy Program Information] ]

Extracurricular activities

Canyon Springs is home to many academic and social clubs as well as a section of the United States Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, consisting of over 250 students. The Canyon Spring High School marching band played in London for the New Year's Day Parade. Canyon Springs also has its own television station KCSL TV 6, which is produced by its own students and contains programs that discuss issues on campus.

Athletics

The athletic teams at Canyon Springs are known as the Pioneers and compete in the Northeast Division of the Sunrise 4A Region. Since the school's establishment in 2004, the Pioneers have become a strong presence in Las Vegas high school football and boys' basketball. In 2007, the Pioneers football team surprised many by claiming the Northeast Division championship from perennial powerhouse and league champion, Las Vegas. The Pioneers also claimed division titles in boys' tennis and boys' basketball, which was Canyon Springs second-straight division title in basketball.

Sunrise 4A Region Northeast Division Titles

*Basketball (Boys) - 2007, 2008
*Football - 2007
*Tennis (Boys) - 2007

Sunrise 4A Region Titles

*Basketball (Boys) - 2007

References

External links

* [http://ccsd.net/schools/canyonsprings/ Canyon Springs High School homepage]
* [http://www.ccsd.net Clark County School District homepage]