Crescent Valley High School Explained

Crescent Valley High School
Streetaddress:	4444 Northwest Highland Drive
City:	Corvallis
State:	Oregon
Zipcode:	97330
Country:	United States
Coordinates:	44.616°N -123.263°W
District:	Corvallis School District 509J
Principal:	Aaron McKee^[1]
Grades:	9–12
Students:	931 (2022–23)^[2]
Ratio:	22.70
Teaching Staff:	41.01 (FTE)
Motto:	Commitment to Excellence. and Raider Nation, home of the Rowdy Raiders.
Mascot:	Rowdy the Raider
Team Name:	Raiders
Colors:	Cardinal, gold and black
Conference:	OSAA 5A-3 Mid-Willamette Conference
Established:	1971
Newspaper:	Crescent Crier
Yearbook:	Revolutionary
Homepage:	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 Reports 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.

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]

Faculty

Doug Riesenberg, NFL player

Notes and References

Web site: Crescent Valley.
Web site: Crescent Valley High School. National Center for Education Statistics. July 21, 2024.
News: State releases high school graduation rates. 2009-06-30. The Oregonian. 2009-07-01.
Web site: Oregon dropout rates for 2008. 2009-06-30. The Oregonian. 2009-07-01.
News: Presidential scholars: Oregon scores three. Hammond. Betsy. 2010-05-03. The Oregonian. 3 May 2010.
News: Three Oregon high school students named 2009 Presidential Scholars. Crombie. Noelle. 2009-05-04. The Oregonian. 7 May 2019.
Web site: Best High Schools 2010. 2009-12-09. U.S. News & World Report. 2010-01-16.
News: Nine Oregon high schools ranked among best in nation . Graves. Bill. 2010-01-15. The Oregonian. 2010-01-16.
Web site: Records and Archives.
Web site: Crescent Valley Wins 4th Consecutive 5A Wrestling Crown.
Web site: GAZETTE-TIMES. EMILY GILLESPIE, Corvallis. Botti: Success is 1 percent talent, 99 percent drive. 2020-11-17. Corvallis Gazette Times. en.
Web site: Meghna Chakrabarti NPR Profile . NPR.org . en.
Web site: 2015-02-05. Former Oregon Ducks golfer Daniel Miernicki will make PGA Tour debut at Torrey Pines. 2020-11-17. oregonlive. en.
Web site: Gazette-Times. ANTHONY RIMEL Corvallis. Crescent Valley alum new CEO of Google's venture capitalism arm. 2020-11-17. Corvallis Gazette Times. en.