Post by slt on Nov 12, 2009 9:40:48 GMT -5
For tomorrow's Beacon News.
Waubonsie Valley High School has a lot to offer and much to be proud of, and here are a few of the reasons why.
Last year WV’s senior class of 896 included 165 Illinois State Scholars and 203 Indian Prairie Scholars. This year’s class of 932 includes 214 students who are Indian Prairie Scholars. Illinois State Scholars are considered the best and brightest of Illinois’s students, and Indian Prairie Scholars are those students in the district who have a 3.6 or higher grade point average after 6 semesters.
In the spring of 2009 there were 23 different Advanced Placement exams offered to WV students. 573 WV students took 1170 AP exams with 82% of them scoring 3 or higher. As for National Merit Scholars, during the past five years WV has had 95 commended students, 25 semi-finalists and 23 finalists.
The highest GPA in the class of 2008 was 4.7 and in 2009 was 4.65. Students who had a 3.9 or higher graduated in the top 10% of their class last year, students with a 3.51 or higher in the top quarter. A 3.0 or lower GPA placed a student in the bottom half of their graduating class.
The school offers its students 26 AP courses, 14 honors courses, and an astounding array of courses in many different subject areas. Students participate in intramurals and in 85 competition levels of 25 varsity sports. There are also more than 70 active sponsored clubs. Waubonsie’s students in sports and clubs bring home numerous awards each year.
Last year’s almost 3900 WV students included 1100 students in the freshman campus across the street. The opening of Metea Valley High School and the new school boundaries that came with it reduced this year’s WV enrollment to 3253, all housed in the main building except for 74 enrolled in the Frontier Campus.
WVHS and its students and teachers have won many awards and recognitions over the years including being named a Grammy Signature School for six consecutive years and being awarded Grammy Gold Signature School in 2007. WV has been awarded the National School Library Media Program of the Year and International Technology Association Program of the Year.
All students are required to take the ACT during their junior year of high school. Last spring’s average test score was 23, almost 1 point higher than the average four years earlier. Only about 10% of WV students take the SAT in any given year and their scores for this past year averaged 602 for reading, 598 for writing, and 645 for math.
Waubonsie’s school philosophy includes the following “Education is a process of life-long learning. Education works best when the entire community shares responsibility for and participates in the process. This dynamic process focuses on the student as an active participant, guided by parents and teachers. “
I am so glad that my two oldest got to spend their high school years in such an outstanding school.
Waubonsie Valley High School has a lot to offer and much to be proud of, and here are a few of the reasons why.
Last year WV’s senior class of 896 included 165 Illinois State Scholars and 203 Indian Prairie Scholars. This year’s class of 932 includes 214 students who are Indian Prairie Scholars. Illinois State Scholars are considered the best and brightest of Illinois’s students, and Indian Prairie Scholars are those students in the district who have a 3.6 or higher grade point average after 6 semesters.
In the spring of 2009 there were 23 different Advanced Placement exams offered to WV students. 573 WV students took 1170 AP exams with 82% of them scoring 3 or higher. As for National Merit Scholars, during the past five years WV has had 95 commended students, 25 semi-finalists and 23 finalists.
The highest GPA in the class of 2008 was 4.7 and in 2009 was 4.65. Students who had a 3.9 or higher graduated in the top 10% of their class last year, students with a 3.51 or higher in the top quarter. A 3.0 or lower GPA placed a student in the bottom half of their graduating class.
The school offers its students 26 AP courses, 14 honors courses, and an astounding array of courses in many different subject areas. Students participate in intramurals and in 85 competition levels of 25 varsity sports. There are also more than 70 active sponsored clubs. Waubonsie’s students in sports and clubs bring home numerous awards each year.
Last year’s almost 3900 WV students included 1100 students in the freshman campus across the street. The opening of Metea Valley High School and the new school boundaries that came with it reduced this year’s WV enrollment to 3253, all housed in the main building except for 74 enrolled in the Frontier Campus.
WVHS and its students and teachers have won many awards and recognitions over the years including being named a Grammy Signature School for six consecutive years and being awarded Grammy Gold Signature School in 2007. WV has been awarded the National School Library Media Program of the Year and International Technology Association Program of the Year.
All students are required to take the ACT during their junior year of high school. Last spring’s average test score was 23, almost 1 point higher than the average four years earlier. Only about 10% of WV students take the SAT in any given year and their scores for this past year averaged 602 for reading, 598 for writing, and 645 for math.
Waubonsie’s school philosophy includes the following “Education is a process of life-long learning. Education works best when the entire community shares responsibility for and participates in the process. This dynamic process focuses on the student as an active participant, guided by parents and teachers. “
I am so glad that my two oldest got to spend their high school years in such an outstanding school.