Crescent Valley High School
| Crescent Valley High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
4444 Northwest Highland Drive , 97330 United States | |
| Coordinates | 44°36′58″N 123°15′47″W / 44.616°N 123.263°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | Commitment to Excellence. and Raider Nation, home of the Rowdy Raiders. |
| Established | 1971 |
| School district | Corvallis School District 509J |
| Principal | Aaron McKee[1] |
| Teaching staff | 35.34 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 942 (2023–2024)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 26.66[2] |
| Colors | Cardinal, gold and black [1] |
| Athletics conference | OSAA 5A-3 Mid-Willamette Conference[1] |
| Mascot | Rowdy the Raider |
| Team name | Raiders[1] |
| Rival | Corvallis High School |
| Newspaper | Crescent Crier (https://thecrescentcrier.com/) |
| Yearbook | Revolutionary |
| Website | cvhs.csd509j.net/ |
Crescent Valley High School (CV or CVHS) is a four-year public secondary school in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. Opened in 1971 in a rural location north of the city, it is one of the two traditional high schools of the Corvallis School District. Aaron McKee has been the principal of the school As of 2017.[3]
There are two student-run media broadcasting groups, of which students may participate in: The Crescent Crier as the school newspaper[4] and CVTV (abbreviation of Crescent Valley TeleVision) as the schools broadcast news channel.[5]
Academics
In 2023, 90% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma on time; 96% of the cohort graduated with a diploma or GED within five years.[6] There is a special-education WINGS program in place at the high school and within the school district that the school is located in for disabled students to attempt to earn a diploma after graduation if they were not able to get one after five years.[7]
Crescent Valley offers Spanish and English classes as of the 2025-26 school year[8] and previously offered German and French before then, yet the students still in German and French classes may still finish the courses.
Academic awards
In 2010, a student at the school was honored as a Presidential Scholar, one of three from Oregon.[9] There have been two other Presidential Scholars from this school in the past ten years.[10]
The school received a silver ranking from U.S. News & World Report's 2010 "America's Best High Schools" survey.[11][12]
Athletics
Assistant principal Jon Strowbridge is also the current Athletic Director of CVHS.[3] Crescent Valley High School athletic teams compete in the OSAA 5A-3 Mid-Willamette Conference.[1]
State championships:[13]
- Baseball: 2022
- Boys' golf: 1995, 2007, 2019
- Band: 1994, 2009 (5A Band), 2009 (String Orchestra)†, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
- Boys' soccer: 1979†, 1996
- Boys' swimming: 2007, 2022, 2025
- Boys' tennis: 2013†, 2014†, 2022
- Cheerleading: 1993, 1999, 2024, 2025
- Choir: 2009
- Girls' basketball: 1978, 2022
- Girls' gymnastics: 1980
- Girls' soccer: 2018, 2019
- Girls' swimming: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2019, 2020
- Girls' track and field: 2022
- Girls' tennis: 1977, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Girls' cross country: 1987
- Volleyball: 2022, 2023
- Wrestling: 2019, 2020, 2021^,[14] 2022
(†=Tied with one or more schools)
(^=Oregon Westling Association State Tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Notable alumni
- Chris Botti (1981), trumpet player[15]
- Meghna Chakrabarti (1993), national journalist, public radio host (On Point, Here & Now), podcast host (Modern Love)[16]
- Robert Garrigus, golfer[17]
- Talanoa Hufanga (2018), NFL football player, PAC-12 Defensive Player of the Year, San Francisco 49ers safety
- Dave Johnson (1981), Olympic decathlete
- David Krane (1990), CEO of GV[18]
- Omar Speights (2019), NFL player[19]
Faculty
- Doug Riesenberg, NFL player and Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Crescent Valley".
- ^ a b c "Crescent Valley High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
- ^ a b "About - Crescent Valley High School - Corvallis School Disrict". Crescent Valley High School. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
- ^ "About". The Crescent Crier. May 19, 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
- ^ "CVTV - Crescent Valley High School - Corvallis School Disrict". Crescent Valley High School. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
- ^ "At-A-Glance School and District Profiles and Accountability Details - Oregon Department of Education". www.ode.state.or.us. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
- ^ "WINGS Transition Program". Corvallis School District. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
- ^ "Classes and Course Catalog - Crescent Valley High School - Corvallis School Disrict". Crescent Valley High School. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
- ^ Hammond, Betsy (May 3, 2010). "Presidential scholars: Oregon scores three". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
- ^ Crombie, Noelle (May 4, 2009). "Three Oregon high school students named 2009 Presidential Scholars". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Best High Schools 2010". U.S. News & World Report. December 9, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
- ^ Graves, Bill (January 15, 2010). "Nine Oregon high schools ranked among best in nation". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 16, 2010.
- ^ "Records and Archives".
- ^ "Crescent Valley Wins 4th Consecutive 5A Wrestling Crown".
- ^ GAZETTE-TIMES, EMILY GILLESPIE, Corvallis. "Botti: Success is 1 percent talent, 99 percent drive". Corvallis Gazette Times. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Meghna Chakrabarti NPR Profile". NPR.org.
- ^ "Former Oregon Ducks golfer Daniel Miernicki will make PGA Tour debut at Torrey Pines". oregonlive. February 5, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ Gazette-Times, ANTHONY RIMEL Corvallis. "Crescent Valley alum new CEO of Google's venture capitalism arm". Corvallis Gazette Times. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ "Omar Speights - Football". Oregon State University Athletics.