Pioneer Valley High School (PVHS) is a public comprehensive

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, United States. The school is the newest campus in the

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, opening to a class of freshmen and sophomores on August 11, 2004.

Academics

Pioneer Valley High School offers two foreign languages for study: French and

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. The school achieved an

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of 693 in 2009.

Athletics

Pioneer Valley High School sports teams are nicknamed the Panthers. Since 2018, the school has competed in the

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, which is affiliated with the

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. Prior to that, PVHS was a member of the

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(CIF-SS) and the

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