Neuqua Valley High School
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| Established | 1997 |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Michael Popp |
| Students | 4,482 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 2360 95th Street Naperville, Illinois, USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Wildcat |
| Yearbook | Neshnabec |
| Newspaper | The Echo |
| Website | nvhs.ipsd.org |
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Neuqua Valley High School, or NVHS is a public four-year high school located near the corner of Illinois Route 59 and 95th Street in Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Neuqua Valley is the counterpart to Waubonsie Valley High School of Indian Prairie School District 204 and the newly planned Metea Valley.
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[edit] History
The campus consists of three buildings: a "Gold Campus" building (in a converted former Crone Middle School) for Freshmen (Grade 9) and a "Blue Campus" building (the original NVHS main building) for Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors (Grades 10-12). The middle school conversion was done for the 2003-2004 academic year. A third building, referred to as the "Frontier Campus" allows Seniors to receive dual credit for classes from the College of DuPage. Seniors from Waubonsie Valley High School also may do this. The original NVHS campus building was opened in August, 1997, and was built to house 3000 students. The "Gold Campus" and "Frontier Campus" were both opened to alleviate overcrowding in classes due to high enrollments.
The lake behind the school is known as "Lake Birkett," in honor of the school's first principal, Kathy Birkett, who still serves the district as an Assistant Superintendent.
[edit] Academics
In 2006, Neuqua Valley had an average composite ACT score of 23.8, and graduated 99.5% of its senior class. Neuqua Valley did not make Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination in 2006, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act. The school has been placed on the Illinois Academic Early Warning list for the 2006-2007 academic year. The average class size is 25.5.[1]
The Blue Campus, the original building, is divided into five wings, A-E. The A wing contains Neuqua's Fine and Applied Arts, as well as industrial and consumer education classrooms and facilities. The B wing contains History, English and Health classrooms. The C wing contains Science classrooms complete with lab equipment and also Television Production studios. The D wing contains Math, Computer Science, Foreign Language and Business Classrooms. The E wing contains the Cafeteria and Physical Education facilities and the staff room.
First-year classes are held in the Gold Campus building. Some classes for seniors are held in a special "Frontier Campus." This is in a building near the main NVHS campus on 95th Street, which features classes taught in conjunction with the College of DuPage.
[edit] Honors
Neuqua Valley has received recognition by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences for its music program. The school was named a GRAMMY Signature school in 1999 and 2001, a GRAMMY Gold Signature school in 2000 and the National GRAMMY Signature school "Best in Nation" in 2005. The Music Department homepage, has a list of other awards.
[edit] Athletics
Neuqua Valley competes in the Upstate Eight Conference for athletics. The school has won two state soccer titles. The boys soccer team won the IHSA State final game in the fall 2003 season. The boys soccer team also made it to the State final game in 2007 but lost in triple overtime. The girls soccer team won the IHSA State final game in the spring 2005 season. Neuqua's football team has made the playoffs in each of the last five years but they have only gotten past the first round of the playoffs twice, in 2005 and in 2007.
The boys cross-country team has placed within the top 15 in the state race in Peoria every year since 2001. In 2007, it finally won the IHSA state championship for cross country, ending the York Dukes 6 year team winning streak, headed by the record-setting Chris Derrick. Soon after, the team was victorious in the 2007 Nike Team Nationals, becoming U.S. champions. The boys tennis team has won the Upstate Eight Conference every year since 2001. The girls tennis team has won the Upstate Eight Conference every year since 1999. The boys swim team won state in 2008
In Spring of 2007, the boys baseball team won the IHSA class AA state title and the boy's volleyball team advanced far in the state competition and finished in third place in state.
In Fall of 2007, the boys soccer team lost in overtime to Barrington High School in the class 3A state title game.
In Spring of 2008, the boys swimming team won its first title, lead by Brian AldenIHSA state title.
[edit] Facilities
The school's athletic facilities include: One 25 yard indoor swimming pool, with a side diving well with two boards, and a small wading/warmup pool. The Blue Campus has three gymnasiums: two of these have three full-sized basketball courts each, and one is used for gymnastics. The Gold Campus has 2 Gymnasiums, 1 weight room, and 1 rock climbing wall (given as a Senior class gift in 2003). There is also a fully equipped weight room, a wrestling room, a football field enclosed by a 400 m recycled rubber running track and a soccer stadium.
[edit] Activities
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[edit] Notable alumni
- Evan Lysacek - Figure Skater
- Marc Morin Jr. - Executive producer and creator of the multi-university IPTV series One Fine Day!. He is also the co-founder of Premonition Pictures. [2][3]
- Burke Baldwin - Professional Baseball Player for Kansas City Royals Class A Team, the Burlington Bees
- Babatunde Oshinowo - Chicago Bears defensive tackle
- Danielle Panabaker -actress "Yours, Mine, and Ours," "Sky High"
- Hamid Bejanpour -upcoming star of MTV reality TV show "Prince of Persia"
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