Arbor View High School

Infobox School | name = Arbor View High School
motto = Think. Do. Succeed.
established = 2005
type = Public
principal = Pat Hayden
faculty =
enrollment = 2,500
location = 7500 Whispering Sands Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89131
information = 702-799-6660
website = http://ccsd.net/schools/arborview/

Arbor View High School is a high school in northwestern Las Vegas, Nevada that opened in 2005.cite web | author=Las Vegas Sun | title=School year begins | url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2005/aug/29/519273478.html | accessdate=2006-07-01 ] It is part of the Clark County School District, in 2006 the fifth largest district in the United States. The school opened with 1,500 students, although it was designed for up to 2,700. As is typical in the district, the first year began without a senior class.

Architecture

This high school was built at a cost of $54 million, with construction begun March 2005 and completed August 2005. At completion it formed the largest school in the district, with a campus area of 40 acres and four buildings with a total of convert|330000|sqft|m2|-3|abbr=on. of floor space. [cite web | author=McGraw Hill Construction | title=Arbor View High School | url=http://construction.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0249-101759_ITM | accessdate=2006-07-01 ] It is one of ten new schools opened in this school district in 2005, one of the fastest-growing school zones in the nation. [cite web | author=Las Vegas Review-Journal | title=And so it begins... | url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Aug-30-Tue-2005/news/27124457.html | accessdate=2006-07-01 ]

Arbor View High School is an architectural prototype, featuring a mall-style design with four two-story corner "houses" and a shared central esplanade. The layout is intended to help foster the feeling of a "small school environment", in the words of interim co-superintendent Walt Rulffes, even though it is by far the largest school in the history of the Clark County district. The structure is more energy-efficient than existing schools within the district.

The design for this school received a 2005 "AIA Nevada Excellence in Design Award" merit award for a completed structure. [cite web | author=UNLV | title=2005 AIA Nevada Service and Design Awards | url=http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/aia/awa2005/b05099.html | accessdate=2006-07-01 ] The architecture was designed by the Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects.

ports Facilities

The school is one of three in Las Vegas that has a synthetic turf football field, it is a grassy style turf that is the exact type that is used in the NFL.

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