Schuylkill Valley is a school district located in

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. The name derives from the

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, which flows through the valley where the district is located.

Geography

Schuilkill Valley is located in southeastern

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, near the heart of

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Country. The district lies in the valley created by the Blue Mountain to the north and the

to the south. It encompasses approximately , including the municipalities of

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, and Ontelaunee Townships and the boroughs of Leesport and Centerport. The district is both rural and suburban, including farmland as well as business and light industry.

History

Schuylkill Valley was formed out of Ontelaunee School District in 1958. The old high school and elementary schools in Centre and Bern Township, built in the early 1900s, were kept in use until new facilities were constructed. A new high school was constructed in 1961 and a middle school was built adjacent to the high school in 1975. It wasn't until 1995 that the aging elementary schools were merged into a new building, sharing campus space with the middle and high school. In 2001, an expansion of the high school added an auxiliary gym and expanded musical facilities for band, chorus, and theater programs. In 2008, fifth grade was moved from the elementary school after completion of a middle school expansion project. The renovation also added an auditorium, a new cafeteria, and teaching areas. During the summer of 2010, the high school auditorium underwent renovations with total cost of the project approaching, if not exceeding, $500,000. It included new carpeting, sound booth/room, re-finished stage, new acoustics for the roof, and other additions. In the year of 2017, a new, renovated stadium was constructed from the beginning of the summer of 2017, to the end of October 2017. The project cost approximately 1 million dollars.

Campus

The Schuylkill Valley School District campus is located at the intersection of Route 61 and Route 73, south of Leesport and north of

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. The district operates three schools, all located on the campus: * Schuylkill Valley

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, serving grades K-4 * Schuylkill Valley

Middle School A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...

, serving grades 5-8 * Schuylkill Valley

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, serving grades 9-12

Sports offered

Athletics are an integral part of Schuylkill Valley's curriculum. ;Fall sports *Men's and Women's Schuylkill Valley Youth Baseball 18 and under, Spring, Summer and Fall * Women's

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

* Women's

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

* Men's

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

* Men's

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

* Men and Women's

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* Co-Ed

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

* Women's

Field Hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

* Women's Soccer ;Winter sports * Men's

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

* Men and Women's

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

* Men and Women's

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and

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* Co-Ed

* Men and Women's

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;Spring sports * Men's Volleyball * Men Tennis * Men and Women's

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

* Men's

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

* Women's

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

* Co-Ed Cheerleading ;Club sports *

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*SVGSA 18 and under

Alma mater

Schuylkill Valley High School's Alma Mater was written by James Rieser. Although the Alma Mater is written on Page 2 of the standard student planner, it has not been mentioned or sung throughout the High School curriculum since the 1980s, except during commencement and graduation ceremonies.

Let us all unite and sing, Our song of praise to thee, With honor, laud, and glory. We will true and faithful be. Gratitude we owe to you, And homage now we'll pay. For you're our ALMA MATER dear- Our guidepost everyday. Let's sing of mem'ries that we know, Of joy within our soul, As day by day we onward go, Straightforward toward our goal. Now raise a toast to classmates dear, To newer paths untrod, For red and black let's give a cheer, Toward victory we will plod. Time honored SCHUYLKILL VALLEY, Thy walls to us are dear, Oh how can we forget thee, Or the times that we've spent here? Our ALMA MATER e'er you'll be, And in our hearts will rule, Forever steadfast, true- SCHUYLKILL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

References

External links

School district website
{{Berks County, Pennsylvania School Districts School districts in Berks County, Pennsylvania School districts established in 1958