Twin 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 Pilgrim Knob in

Buchanan County, Virginia Buchanan County () is a United States county in far western Virginia, the only county in the state to border both West Virginia and Kentucky. The county is part of the Southwest Virginia region and lies in the rugged Appalachian Plateau porti ...

. It is part of the

Buchanan County Public Schools Buchanan County Public Schools is the school district in charge of all public schools in Buchanan County, Virginia. The school system is managed by the school board, headquartered in Grundy, Virginia, and the superintendent is Melanie Hibbits. A ...

system and was founded in 2001 with the consolidation of the former Garden and Whitewood High Schools. The school is the second largest public high school in Buchanan County with an enrollment of slightly over 200 students (2018–2019 estimate).

Athletics

The school has many sports including football, basketball, softball, baseball, tennis, golf, track & field, volleyball, cross country, and forensics, as well as an academic and a theatre team. The Twin Valley athletic teams compete in the

Virginia High School League The Virginia High School League (VHSL) is the principal sanctioning organization for interscholastic athletic competition among public high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VHSL first sponsored debate and also continues to sponsor sta ...

's Division A

Black Diamond District The A Black Diamond District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League which draws its members from the western part of Southwest Virginia. The schools in the Black Diamond District compete in A Region D with the schools of the ...

in Region D.

Teaching

The school takes on the

Standards of Learning The Standards of Learning (SOL) is a public school standardized testing program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It sets forth learning and achievement expectations for core subjects for grades K-12 in Virginia's Public Schools. The standards repre ...

test issued by the

Virginia Department of Education The Virginia Department of Education is the state education agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is headquartered in the James Monroe Building in Richmond. The department is headed by the Secretary of Education (currently Aimee Guidera), w ...

. The test demonstrates what the student knows about the specific subject and if the student needs to retake the class.

References

Schools in Buchanan County, Virginia Public high schools in Virginia Educational institutions established in 2001 2001 establishments in Virginia {{Virginia-school-stub