Champlain Valley Union High School
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{{infobox school
| name = Champlain Valley Union High School
| image = CVU Hinesburg Vermont USA.jpg
| image_size =
| streetaddress = 369 CVU Road
| city = Hinesburg
| state = Vermont
| zipcode = 05461
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|44.3444|-73.1100|type:edu_region:US-VT|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| type = Public high school
| district = Champlain Valley School District
| superintendent =
| ceeb = 460175
| principal = Allan Bunting
| grades = 9-12
| enrollment = 1,291 (2023-2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=5000396&ID=500039600082|title=Champlain Valley Union High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=April 6, 2025}}
| conference =
| nickname = Redhawks
| newspaper = The Champlain Valley Chronicle
| yearbook =
| website = [https://www.cvsdvt.org/cvuhs School website]
| picture =
| picture_caption = Champlain Valley Union High School
| enrollment_as_of = 2021-2022
| colors = Red and white {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}}
}}
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 2021-2022 school year was 1,284 students with 103 faculty.{{Cite web |title=Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Champlain Valley Union High School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&County=Chittenden%20County&State=50&ID=500039600082 |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}}
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.{{Cite web |last=news@thecharlottenews.org |date=2017-06-16 |title=CVU to raise livestock on campus for the first time |url=https://www.charlottenewsvt.org/2017/06/16/cvu-raise-livestock-campus-first-time/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=The Charlotte News |language=en-US}}
Athletics
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The school mascot is the Redhawk, having changed its name from Crusaders in 2006 because many had found the former name to be offensive.{{Cite web|last=Dover|first=Haley|title=Vermont high school rethinks Rebel nickname|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/09/27/burlington-high-school-confederate-flap/72937390/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Graham |first=Rosalyn |title=Animal names picked for new CVU mascot |website=Williston Observer|url=https://www.willistonobserver.com/animal-names-picked-for-new-cvu-mascot/|access-date=2020-12-21|language=en-US}} 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 CVU Redhawks have met the Rice Memorial Green Knights in the boys basketball state semi-finals for two consecutive years.
In 2022, CVU finished as the second seeded team in the Vermont division 1 boys basketball season, and had two players be named to the Free Press metro division first and second team.
The school competes in the following sports:
=Fall sports=
- Men's cross country - won state championships in 1984, 1985, 1999, 2015, 2016, and 2019
- 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, 2018 and 2019.
- Field hockey - won state championship in 2022
- Football - won state championship in 2022, and 2024
- Men's soccer - won state championship in 1990, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2023, and 2024[http://www.cvuhs.org/faculty/kevin/Athletics/Archives/Archived%20Schedules/Historical%20Archives/Archives%20-%20Soccer%20Men.htm School archives]{{dead link|date=March 2014}}
- Women's soccer - won state championship in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015,2022, and 2024
- Co-ed sailing (club)
- Co-ed rowing (club)
- Golf
=Winter sports=
- Alpine skiing
- Men's basketball - won state championship in 2022-2023
- Women's basketball - won state championship in 2012-2013, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015, 2015-16, 2016-2017{{Cite web |last=Abrami |first=Alex |title=Longtime CVU girls basketball coach Ute Otley accepts job at Norwich |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/sports/high-school/varsityinsider/2024/04/03/ute-otley-longtime-cvu-girls-basketball-coach-accepts-gig-at-norwich/73186302007/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Burlington Free Press |language=en-US}}
- Gymnastics - won state championship in 2018, ending Essex's 12 year run, and in 2020
- 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{{clarify|date=May 2018}}, 2023
- Men's lacrosse - won state championship in 2013-2022{{cite web|url=http://www.mychamplainvalley.com/sports/cvu-boys-lacrosse-secures-4-peat-wins-thriller-over-south-burlington-in-division-i-title-game|title=CVU Boys Lacrosse Secures 4-Peat, Wins Thriller Over South Burlington in Division I Title Game|first=Steve|last=Manney|date=12 June 2016}}
- Women's lacrosse
- Softball
- Men's tennis
- Women's tennis - Vermont state champions, Division I 2009{{cite news | title=CVU GIRLS TAKE TENNIS TITLE | publisher=Burlington Free Press | location=Burlington, Vermont | pages= 1A | date=12 June 2009 }}
- 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)
Notable alumni
- Ashley Bartley, Vermont state legislator
- Curtis T. McMullen, Fields Medalist and Cabot Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University
- Elliot Eastman, YouTuber
- Tom Atwood, photographer
- Megan Nick, freestyle skier and 2022 Winter Olympic bronze medalist
- Morgan Page, Grammy-nominated DJ and music producer
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.cvsdvt.org/cvuhs}}
{{Vermont High Schools Division I}}
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Category:Public high schools in Vermont
Category:Educational institutions established in 1964
Category:Buildings and structures in Hinesburg, Vermont