Del Valle High School is a

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located in the Del Valle community in

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Del Valle Independent School District Del Valle Independent School District (DVISD) is a public school district in the Del Valle community area of unincorporated Travis County, Texas (USA). The school district serves much of southeast Travis County. Incorporated communities in th ...

. The high school serves the communities of

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, Creedmoor,

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, Mustang Ridge, Pilot Knob,

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, Webberville, and Hornsby Bend. It is affiliated with

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. It was given a "recognized" rating by

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(Texas Education Agency) for the 2008-2009 school year.

History

In 1956, Del Valle Junior-Senior High School was built to serve grades seven through ten, and grade eleven was added 1957, and a mascot and colors were chosen. During that year, grade twelve was added as was the

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field. Eventually, a new junior-high school was built and served grades seven and eight and an athletic and physical-education field was approved for both the junior high and high school. As time went on, other common school districts kept joining the Colorado Common School District, a.k.a. Del Valle Independent School District (DVISD), and when the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was built, Del Valle High School and all other DVISD schools were relocated to their current locations. In 2000, the new high-school was built on its present site, and in 2007 the district passed another bond-issue, which money was used to relocate the Del Valle Opportunity Center, a new elementary and middle-school were built, and a ninth-grade academy, which is annexed to the high school.

Freshman Academy

The Freshman Academy is the high-school's ninth-grade center which was formed to support incoming Freshmen. The academy aids students in all academic areas. It also offers summer freshman parent/student orientation, a ninth-grade wing, academic teaming, freshman awards, freshman celebration parties, tutorials, and additional administrators.

The Go Center

The Go Center is a place where students find information and guidance in making college and career choices. It consists of the school's college and career counselor and many tools that students of each grade level can use to prepare for and be informed on post-secondary education or the military.

Notable alumni

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(born 1987), basketball player for

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References

Del Valle High School
* DVISD Secondary Course Catalog (2009–2010). "High School Programs", (38) * Del Valle High School web site https://web.archive.org/web/20140106154918/http://delvalle.tx.schoolwebpages.com/education/district/district.php?sectionid=1 Public high schools in Travis County, Texas 1956 establishments in Texas {{authority control