Bureau Valley High School
| Bureau Valley High School | |
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Manlius, Illinois United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°27′17″N 89°40′54″W / 41.4546°N 89.6817°WCoordinates: 41°27′17″N 89°40′54″W / 41.4546°N 89.6817°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1995 |
| Locale | District #340 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Stephen Endress |
| Principal | Eric Lawson |
| Faculty | Rita Hanna, bookkeeper, Karen Sieren, Unit Clerical/Purchasing |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 355 |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue, Columbia Blue |
| Mascot | Storm 
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| Campus | Remote |
The Bureau Valley High School (BVHS) is a high school located at 9154 County Road 2125 North, in Manlius, Illinois. The high school is part of the Bureau Valley Community Unit School District #340. Bureau Valley was the first Illinois high school to construct and run a full-sized wind turbine. Students are from ten different villages (Bradford, IL; Buda, IL; Harmon, IL; Manlius, IL; New Bedford, IL; Normandy, IL; Sheffield, IL; Thomas, IL; Walnut, IL; Wyanet, IL), within three different area codes (815, 309, 779), and four separate counties (Bureau, Stark, Lee, Whiteside).
In 1995, at the now Bureau Valley South (temporary BVHS campus), the name of the new school district was announced to the high school and communities. After a long, drawn-out light and fog show with the first track from Ridin' the Storm Out playing in the background, a sign revealing the name to be "Bureau Valley High School" was accepted positively by attendees.
From 1995 to 1997, Bureau Valley students attended school at the former Western High School. Three graduating classes studied in this building, which is now Bureau Valley South Elementary.
The Bureau Valley High School is located on a 36.5-acre (148,000 m2) site in western Bureau Country, five miles (8 km) north of I-80, on the corner of Route 40 and 2125 N Ave in Manilus, IL. It is a central location of the 340-square-mile (880 km2) district and is just under a 15 minute drive from anywhere in the community.
It is 103,830 square feet (9,646 m2) with support for 450 students and a central commons. It also contains an 1,800 seat gymnasium, a 750-seat performing arts auditorium and a central media center. In the academic wing, there are thirty-one classrooms, twenty-three standard classrooms, two computer labs, two computer classrooms, three science labs, and one distance learning lab.
The faculty offices are located in the center of the wing, allowing the sharing of classrooms with flexibility for eight-block scheduling. The entire campus is equipped with fiber cabling, audio/video equipment built into every classroom, overhead projectors in most of the classrooms, and WiFi.
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