Green Valley High School

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* Dave Krynzel, Major League Baseball player [cite news|title=Outfielder Dave Krynzel is Milwaukee Brewers' first-round selection |publisher=AP State & Local Wire |date=2000-06-05]
* Abby Miller, 2000 Wendy's High School Heisman winner [cite web|url=http://www.wendysheisman.com/alumni/alumni_detail.asp?SID=62 |title= Abby Miller, Wendy's High School Heisman |accessdate=2008-05-05]
* Destiny Green (aka Destiny Davis), Playboy Playmate of the Month of January 2005, appearances on MTV reality TV show 'The Girl Next Door' [cite web|url=http://people.famouswhy.com/destiny_davis |title=Destiny Davis |publisher=FamousWhy |accessdate=2008-05-09]

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

* The varsity Baseball team, led by Roger Fairless won six straight state titles from 1993-1998, Nick Garritano led the Baseball team to a seventh state title in 2001 and an eighth in 2003.
* The varsity girls' golf team, with 144 consecutive victories from 1992-2004, holds the high school level national record for most consecutive victories.Fact|date=November 2007
* Sports Illustrated has named Green Valley High School the best sports high school in Nevada for more than a decade.Fact|date=November 2007

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships

* Baseball - 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003
* Cross Country (Girls) - 1999
* Golf (Girls) - 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
* Soccer (Boys) - 1997, 1999
* Track and Field (Boys) - 2003
* Volleyball (Girls) - 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001
* Tennis (Boys) - 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

Clubs and Performing Arts

* The forensics team, led by Scott Ginger, has won thirteen straight Clark County School District titles and eight state titles since 1991. The "Forensigators" have qualified students for the NFL National Tournament every year since 1994.Fact|date=November 2007
* The fine arts department was awarded National Grammy Signature Status in 2002 and 2005.Fact|date=November 2007
* Varsity Quiz team, led by Craig Swallow, and now by Demetrius & Lisa Beam, has won six county championships since 1991, most recently in 2007.Fact|date=November 2007
* Science bowl team, by Ellen Ebert and Joan Taylor, finished in the top ten at the regional DOE Science Bowl four times since 2000.Fact|date=November 2007
* In 2004, The Green Valley High Schools Symphonic band, led by Diane Koutsulius, was the first band in the state of Nevada to participate in the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois.Fact|date=November 2007 The band also marched at Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1997. [cite news|last=Hickox |first=Katie |title=Elvis, Green Valley High School selected for inaugural parade |publisher=States News Service |date=1992-12-14] Koutsulis was recognized as Clark County School District Teacher of the Year in 1998. [cite news|title=Green Valley band director state's top teacher |publisher=AP State & Local Wire |date=1998-11-03]
* The Symphonic Band and Symphony orchestra were honored by being asked to perform at Carnegie Hall in April 2006.Fact|date=November 2007
* The choral department, led by Kim Barclay-Drusdum, has accompanied the Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra several times [cite news|last=Osborne |first=Julia |title=Las Vegas Philharmonic again succeeds with holiday concert |pages=9E |publisher=Las Vegas Review Journal |date=2002-12-18] [cite news|last=Osborne |first=Julia |title=Philharmonic, high school choir dazzel audience with holiday show |pages=5E |publisher=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=2001-12-18] [cite news|last=Osborne |first=Julia |title=Singers, bells add to joy of holiday concert |pages=6D |publisher=Las Vegas Review Journal |date=1999-12-25] and been invited to the [http://www.heritagefestivals.com/heritagefest/main/default.asp Heritage Festival] and other programs across the nation.Fact|date=May 2008
* The Investigator Newspaper, led by Ben Barnholdt and Jackie Carducci, has been voted Best High School Newspaper in Nevada 10 of the past 12 years, and the past 5 years in a row (2003-2008).Fact|date=June 2008
* The 2008 National Forensics Tournament will be held at Green Valley High School.
* The Green Valley High School Symphony under the direction of Geoff Neuman has been invited to perform at the prestigious Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois in December 2008.

Academics

* Green Valley High School is ranked 791 in Newsweek's 2007 list of the nation's top 1000 high schools for college preparation.Fact|date=November 2007 It was also ranked in 2005. [cite news|title=Newsweek ranks 7 Nevada schools for academics |publisher=AP State & Local Wire |date=2005-05-10 ]
* The graduation rate at Green Valley is 79.4% (Class of 2004).Fact|date=November 2007
* The average class size is twenty-nine students (2004), six more than the national average of twenty-three.Fact|date=November 2007
* Fifty-four percent of Green Valley's Graduating Class of 2000, or 673 graduates, qualified for the Nevada Millennium Scholarship.Fact|date=November 2007
* Green Valley is one of two high schools offering the International Baccalaureate program (IB Diploma Programme) in the Clark County School District. The other provider of this program is Valley High School (IB Diploma Programme, IB Middle Years Programme).
* In 2006, GVHS led the Clark County School District in the number of juniors who were National Merit Finalists (10).
* Scott Panik won the 2007 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. [cite news|title=Top Science and Math Teachers Receive Presidential Award |publisher=States News Service |date=2008-05-01 ]

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