Hidden Valley High School (Roanoke, Virginia)
| Hidden Valley High School | |
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5000 Titan Trail Roanoke, Virginia 24018 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°13′15.3″N 80°1′3.13″W / 37.220917°N 80.0175361°WCoordinates: 37°13′15.3″N 80°1′3.13″W / 37.220917°N 80.0175361°W |
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| Established | 2002 |
| School district | Roanoke County Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Dr. Greg Killough |
| Principal | Lori Wimbush |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,022 (2017) |
| Language | English |
| Color(s) | Navy blue and Vegas gold |
| Athletics conference |
Virginia High School League AA Region IV River Ridge District Conference 32 Region 3A West |
| Nickname | Titans |
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| Website | School website |
Hidden Valley High School is a public high school in Roanoke County, Virginia. It is one of the five high schools in the Roanoke County Public Schools system. The other high schools which serve southwest Roanoke County are Cave Spring, Glenvar, Northside High School and William Byrd High School.
Hidden Valley High School was opened for the 2002–03 school year by Roanoke County public schools in response to overcrowding at Cave Spring High School. Enrollment at Cave Spring was limited to grades 10–12 in contrast to the contemporary educational preference to house grades 6–8 in middle school and grades 9–12 in high school. Hidden Valley was the first new high school opened in the immediate Roanoke Valley because of increased enrollment since the 1960s. There was significant debate about whether to split Cave Spring's student population into two schools or keep it intact in a renovated or newly constructed building because of the school's well-regarded reputation in academics. Eventually, Roanoke County decided to build a second high school for southwest county.
The name Hidden Valley was selected to correspond to Hidden Valley Middle School in southwest county. The high school is not in the Hidden Valley section of Roanoke County and is a little over 3 miles (4.8 km) from the middle school. Woods End, the designation for the tract of land, was also considered for the new school's name. The incoming student population selected the nickname Titans in response to the recently released movie Remember the Titans which dramatized the 1971 state-championship football team from T. C. Williams High School of Alexandria, Virginia.
Hidden Valley High School is a comprehensive high school which includes grades 9–12 with a student enrollment of 1,211. The school offers courses in multiple academic disciplines including Advanced Placement courses. The core classes provided include English, social studies, health/PE, math, and science. Specialty classes are also provided and include art, business, computer science, foreign language, marketing, music, technology education, and theater arts. Specialized arts and vocational education is available at places like Arnold R. Burton Technology Center in Salem, or the Roanoke Valley Governor's School for Science and Technology in Roanoke. Pass rates for Virginia's Standards of Learning tests average over 90%, which makes the school fully accredited. Hidden Valley High formerly housed the Specialty Center for Mass Communications, until it was moved to The Burton Center for Art and Technology in the 2006–07 school year.
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