Missouri Valley High School
41°33′47″N 95°52′48″W / 41.563°N 95.880°W
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| Name |
Missouri Valley High School |
| Address |
605 E Lincoln Highway |
| Community |
Rural |
| Type |
Public |
| Principal |
Deidre Drees |
| Activities Director |
Brian Knott |
| Grades |
9 to 12 |
| School Uniforms |
No |
| Mascot |
Big Reds |
| Colors |
Red and White |
| Newspaper |
The Big Reds Review |
| Yearbook |
Title Varies |
| Website | |
Missouri Valley High School is a public, co-educational high school of Missouri Valley Community School District, and serves grades nine through twelve. Missouri Valley High School is in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Missouri Valley's mascot is the Big Reds, and the school uses the colors red and black. The mascot most recently used has been an arrowhead, but is recently under debate.
Academics
Missouri Valley High School has about a 15:1 student / teacher ratio.[1] There are about 300 students enrolled in Missouri Valley High.[2] Missouri Valley High's students took the Iowa Tests for Educational Development (ITED). In 2006, the 11th graders had 79% at or above proficient in reading, the state average being 88%. Other scores showed 76% proficiency in math, with a state average of 78%.[3] Students that score above 40% are considered proficient on this standardized test, which is used to compare Missouri Valley students to their national classmates.
In School Organizations, Clubs, Extracurricular Activities, and Athletics
Organizations
- Key Club International (Nebraska-Iowa District)
- HOSA
- DREAM
Missouri Valley High School Clubs
- Pep Club
- Math Club
- Thespians
- Art Club
- Science Club
- Spanish Club
- FCCLA
Extracurricular Activities
- Band
- Choir
- Drama
- Speech
Athletics
Missouri Valley High offers many athletics a student can be involved in. Some include Cheerleading, Dance Team, volleyball, American football, girls and boys cross country, girls and boys basketball, wrestling, girls and boys track & field, soccer, girls and boys golf, baseball, and softball .[4]
Fight song
Missouri Valley High's fight song is the same as the Northwestern fight song, Go U Northwestern, with some minor changes.
- Go ye Mo. Valley, fight for victory,
- With our banners waving, we will cheer you one, two, three
- fight fight fight
- Go ye Mo. Valley, fight for victory
- fight for the fame of our great name,
- Go Mo. Valley, win this game.
- Go you Big Reds! Fight fight fight!