Champlain Valley Union High School
| Champlain Valley Union High School | |
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369 CVU Road , 05461 | |
| Coordinates | 44°20′40″N 73°06′36″W / 44.3444°N 73.1100°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Champlain Valley School District |
| CEEB code | 460175 |
| Principal | Adam Bunting |
| Faculty | 103[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1322[1] (2017-2018) |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Nickname | Redhawks |
| Newspaper | The Champlain Valley Chronicle |
| Website | School website |
 Champlain Valley Union High School | |
Champlain Valley Union High School (CVU) is a high school located in the town of Hinesburg, Vermont, United States. The school serves the towns of Charlotte, Hinesburg, Shelburne, St. George, and Williston. The enrollment for the 2017-2018 school year was 1,322 students with 103 faculty.[citation needed]
CVU was established in 1964 to serve the Chittenden County towns outside of Burlington. It is currently the largest high school by enrollment in the state of Vermont.
Infrastructure
The CVU property contains a baseball field, a softball field, a field hockey field, a football field, a track, and three soccer fields. During the spring, the field hockey and soccer fields are used for lacrosse. CVU added a goat farm onto its campus in the spring of 2017.[citation needed]
Athletics
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The school mascot is the Redhawk, having changed its name from Crusaders in 2005 because many had found the former name to be offensive.[2] The school's athletic colors are red and white.
CVU competes in Division 1 brackets for all sports. Its chief athletic rivals are nearby South Burlington High School, Essex High School, and Mount Mansfield Union High School.
The school competes in the following sports:
Fall sports
- Men's cross country - won state championships in 1984, 1985, 1999, 2015, and 2016
- Women's cross country - won state championships in 1988, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Won New England Championships in 2003, 2010, 2011, 2016, and 2018.
- Field hockey
- Football
- Men's soccer - won state championship in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2012[3]
- Women's soccer - won state championship in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015
- Co-ed sailing (club)
- Co-ed rowing (club)
Winter sports
- Alpine skiing
- Men's basketball
- Women's basketball - won state championship in 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015
- Gymnastics - won state championship in 2018, ending Essex's 12 year run
- Men's ice hockey - won state championship in 2009, 2011, and 2014
- Women's ice hockey
- Men's nordic skiing - won state championships in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2017
- Women's nordic skiing - won state championships in 2011, 2012, and 2014
- Wrestling
- Snowboard Club (new as of 2007)
- Indoor track Club
Spring sports
- Baseball - 2003, 2012, 2013, 2019[clarification needed]
- Golf
- Men's lacrosse - Division Champions 2013–2017[4]
- Women's lacrosse
- Softball
- Men's tennis
- Women's tennis - Vermont state champions, Division I 2009[5]
- Track and field (men and women) - men's team won the 2016 Division 1 State Championship, their first state championship
- Rugby (club)
- Co-ed sailing (club)
- Ultimate (men and women)
- Co-ed rowing (club)
- Co-ed ultimate frisbee (club)
Notable alumni
- Curtis T. McMullen, Fields Medalist and Cabot Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University
References
- ^ a b staff. "2013-2014 SCHOOL PROFILE" (PDF). Champlain Valley Union High School. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ "Jihad watch:Dhimmitude in Vermont:School changing nickname, mascot after Islamic protest". 2005-06-14. Archived from the original on 2011-05-19.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|month=and|coauthors=(help) - ^ School archives[dead link]
- ^ Manney, Steve (12 June 2016). "CVU Boys Lacrosse Secures 4-Peat, Wins Thriller Over South Burlington in Division I Title Game".
- ^ "CVU GIRLS TAKE TENNIS TITLE". Burlington, Vermont: Burlington Free Press. 12 June 2009. pp. 1A.