Grain Valley High School

Grain Valley High School
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Grain Valley High School is a high school in the Grain Valley R-V School District in Grain Valley, Missouri, United States.

The school offers several Advanced Placement (AP) courses. It participates in the A+ program giving students the chance to attend a two-year community college or vocational school if they meet certain requirements.[1] The first brick school, built in 1909, was destroyed by fire in 1925. It was replaced and housed all students until January, 1954, when an elementary (K-6) building was erected adjacent to the junior high and high school. In the early 1990s a middle school was added on the south edge of town. Eventually this became the site of the Grain Valley High School and the road in front, originally US 40 Highway was renamed Eagles Parkway.

Extracurricular programs

Grain Valley High School has a show choir, concert choir, campus choir, marching band, jazz band, concert band, academic competition team, diversity club, student government, and a robotics club.

The Grain Valley High School Marching Eagles band has been selected to march in the 2016 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.[2]

Sports

The school has teams in soccer, marching band, tennis, baseball and softball, golf, basketball, volleyball, football, wrestling, cross country, swim, cheerleading, and a dance team. Their mascot is the Eagle.

References

  1. ↑ “22 Missouri High Schools Earn State's 'A+' Designation", Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education via US Federal News Service, April 28, 2008  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .
  2. ↑ "Macy's parade selects Grain Valley High School band", The Kansas City Star, May 12, 2015.

Coordinates: 39°00′32″N 94°12′23″W / 39.0090°N 94.2065°W / 39.0090; -94.2065

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