Crescent Valley High School

Crescent Valley High School
Crescent Valley High School
Address
	4444 Northwest Highland Drive; Corvallis, Oregon 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
Teaching staff	35.34 (FTE)
Grades	9–12
Number of students	942 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio	26.66
Color(s)	Cardinal, gold and black;
Athletics conference	OSAA 5A-3 Mid-Willamette Conference
Mascot	Rowdy the Raider
Team name	Raiders
Newspaper	Crescent Crier
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.

Academics

In 2008, 79% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 243 students, 192 graduated, 39 dropped out, 1 received a modified diploma, and 11 were still in high school.^[3]^[4]

Academic awards

In 2010, a student at the school was honored as a Presidential Scholar, one of three from Oregon.^[5] There have been two other Presidential Scholars from this school in the past ten years.^[6]

The school received a silver ranking from U.S. News & World Report's 2010 "America's Best High Schools" survey.^[7]^[8]

Athletics

Crescent Valley High School athletic teams compete in the OSAA 5A-3 Mid-Willamette Conference.^[1]

State championships:^[9]

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
Boys' tennis: 2013†, 2014†, 2022
Cheerleading: 1993, 1999, 2024
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^,^[10] 2022

(†=Tied with one or more schools)
(^=Oregon Westling Association State Tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic)

Notable alumni

Chris Botti (1981), trumpet player^[11]
Meghna Chakrabarti (1993), national journalist, public radio host (On Point, Here & Now), podcast host (Modern Love)^[12]
Robert Garrigus, golfer^[13]
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^[14]
Omar Speights (2019), NFL player^[15]

Faculty

Doug Riesenberg, NFL player

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Crescent Valley".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Crescent Valley High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
^ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
^ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
^ 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.

External links

Official website

[osaa-profile-1] "Crescent Valley".

[NCES-2] "Crescent Valley High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.

[3] "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.

[4] "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.

[5] Hammond, Betsy (May 3, 2010). "Presidential scholars: Oregon scores three". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 3, 2010.

[6] Crombie, Noelle (May 4, 2009). "Three Oregon high school students named 2009 Presidential Scholars". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 7, 2019.

[7] "Best High Schools 2010". U.S. News & World Report. December 9, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2010.

[8] Graves, Bill (January 15, 2010). "Nine Oregon high schools ranked among best in nation". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 16, 2010.

[9] "Records and Archives".

[10] "Crescent Valley Wins 4th Consecutive 5A Wrestling Crown".

[11] 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)

[12] "Meghna Chakrabarti NPR Profile". NPR.org.

[13] "Former Oregon Ducks golfer Daniel Miernicki will make PGA Tour debut at Torrey Pines". oregonlive. February 5, 2015. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

[14] Gazette-Times, ANTHONY RIMEL Corvallis. "Crescent Valley alum new CEO of Google's venture capitalism arm". Corvallis Gazette Times. Retrieved November 17, 2020.

[15] "Omar Speights - Football". Oregon State University Athletics.

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