Sierra Vista High School is a nine-month school year term public

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located in Spring Valley,

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, United States. Sierra Vista is a part of the

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Principal history

*Bill Garis (2001-2003) *Emil Wozniak (2004-2007) *Shawn P. Boyle (2008-2015) *John Anzalone (2015 -2021 ) *Jessica Lee Lovel (2022 -Present)

Athletics

Sierra Vista High School competes in the

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. *Fall sports: Boys & Girls Cross Country, Football, Boys Golf, Boys & Girls Soccer, Boys & Girls Tennis, and Girls Volleyball. *Winter sports: Boys & Girls Basketball, Boys & Girls Bowling, Girls Flag Football, and Wrestling. *Spring sports: Baseball, Boys Golf, Softball, Boys & Girls Swimming and Diving, Boys & Girls Track and Field, and Boys Volleyball.

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association State Championships

*Baseball – 2005, 2016, 2018, 2020 *Volleyball – 2004, 2016 *Robotics - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 *Bowling - 2016, 2019

Extracurricular awards

*Sierra Vista was approved in February 2016 to be the first public high school in CCSD history to receive solar panels and LED lights. They are currently undergoing construction to this day. *Sierra Vista's robotics team has gone to 10 world championships - five in the VEX Robotics Competition and three in FIRST Robotics Competition. They are currently the Nevada State Champions with their best robot going 11-0 at the Nevada State Championship. It greatest success was in the 2017 Competition Season, winning 19 awards.

Robotics

There are two robotics platforms at Sierra Vista High School the

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Competition and the

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. In 2017, the FIRST Robotics Team competed at the

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and were Division Finalist. The VEX Robotics Team won 19 awards in 2017, including the Tournament Champions of Nevada. The VEX Robotics Team also competed at the

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in Louisville, Kentucky, where they won the Community Award.

World Championship Bids (VEX)

*2019 (World Championships Bid) *2018 (Excellence Award Winner) *2017 (2 Robots Qualified) (Nevada Tournament Champions, Tournament Skills Champions ) *2016 (Tournament Skills Champions.) *2014 (Excellence Award Winners)

World Championship Bids (FRC)

*2015 (Rookie-All Star @ LV Regional)

Band

The band program is led by Miss Melissa Bushee. During the marching season, Brooke Tomas is co-director. The bands offered are: Marching Band, Winter Percussion, Winterguard, Jazz Band, and Concert Band. The Concert Band was recently split into Advanced and Intermediate Bands to give "rookie" members (typically freshmen and some upperclassmen who recently have learned instruments) of the band a place to thrive with kids at their own age and skill level until they are comfortable enough to proceed with the audition process into Advanced Band. The Sierra Vista Wind Ensemble has achieved multiple Superior ratings at various festivals in and around Clark County. The Marching Band currently consists of roughly 106 members, including Drum Majors Jordyn Jory (senior) & Ian Parlier (junior) and Colorguard Captains Piper Sevesind (senior) and Gianna Portale (junior). The Winter Drumline program began in 2015, and is led by Percussion Instructor Noah Ganon. The Sierra Vista Winter Colorguard is led by Liana Ham with additional instruction by Brittany Ames and Taylur Haynie. The school's marching band won the 2007

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Regional Championships held in

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. SVHS was the first Nevada high school to win the regional championship.

Army JROTC

The Army

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is instructed by Senior Army Instructor CW4 (Ret) Loyd Crathers and Army Instructor CSM (Ret) Robert Brown. The program was initiated in the 2016-2017 school year and has a strength of approximately 189 cadets.

Notable alumni

* Chris Carter: Professional Baseball Player *

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: Professional Women's Soccer Player *

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: Baseball Player *

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Feeder schools

*Tony Alamo Elementary School *Mark L. Fine Elementary School *Judith D. Steele Elementary School *Wayne Tanaka Elementary School *Robert L. Forbuss Elementary School *William V. Wright Elementary School *Kathy L. Batterman Elementary School *Wilbur & Theresa Faiss Middle School *Don & Dee Snyder Elementary School

References

External links

Sierra Vista High SchoolClark County School District
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