North Valley High School is a
public high school
State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...
located in
Grants Pass, Oregon
Grants Pass is the county seat of Josephine County, Oregon, United States. The city is located on Interstate 5, northwest of Medford, along the Rogue River. The population was 39,189 at the 2020 census.
History
Early Hudson's Bay Company hunt ...
, United States.
Academics
In 2008, 60% of the school's seniors received their
high school diploma
A high school diploma or high school degree is a North American academic school leaving qualification awarded upon high school graduation. The high school diploma is typically obtained after a course of study lasting four years, from grade 9 to gra ...
. Of 172 students, 104 graduated, 53 dropped out, 1 received a
modified diploma, and 14 are still in high school. Notable graduates include Michael Thomas McCullough, actor, technological entrepreneur, Stanford graduate and Olympian
Matt Gentry
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.
Athletics
Since opening in 1977, North Valley has won eight Oregon State championships, including the Triple Crown (boys' football, basketball, and baseball) in the 1984–1985 school year. The girls' Cheerleading squad also won the OSAA Cheerleading Championship in the same school year. In 2012 Ryan Melnychuk won the individual OSAA Golf State Championships with a score of 3 under, he also broke an opening round scoring record with a 67. In 2013 Boys' Basketball won the Oregon state championship tournament with a record of 27–0 becoming the only team in Oregon to go undefeated and win the State Championship that year. The 2016 Girls' Soccer team won the 4A Oregon State Championship completing an 18–0–0 undefeated season.
* Football: 1984
* Boys' Basketball : 1985, 2013
* Baseball: 1985
* Boys' Track & Field : 1991
* Cheerleading: 1984, 1985, 1993, 1996
*Golf: 2012
*Girls Track and Field State Champions: 2014
*Girls Soccer Undefeated State Champions: 2016
*Girls Soccer Skyline Conference Champions: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 (Co-Champion), 2019
References
High schools in Josephine County, Oregon
Educational institutions established in 1977
Grants Pass, Oregon
Public high schools in Oregon
1977 establishments in Oregon
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