Valhalla High School (New York)

Valhalla High School is a National Blue Ribbon School under the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program of the U.S. Department of Education.{{Cite web|url=https://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/awardwinners/winning/17ny122pu_valhalla_high_school.html?ref=embedcode&schoolcode=17NY122PU|title=National Blue Ribbon Schools|website=National Blue Ribbon Schools}}

College acceptances for the recent Valhalla High School graduating classes include Binghamton University, Boston College, Boston University, Bucknell University, Colgate University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Drexel University, Duke University, Fordham University, George Washington University, Hofstra University, Johns Hopkins University, McGill University, New York University, Northeastern University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rutgers University, Seton Hall, Stony Brook University, University of California - San Diego, University of Hartford, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, University of Miami, University of Michigan, University of Notre Dame, University of Texas-Austin, The United States Military Academy at West Point, Villanova University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wesleyan University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.[https://vhs.valhallaschools.org/pdfs/High_School_Profile_2017-2018.pdf High School Profile 2017-2018] vhs.valhallaschools.org[https://vhs.valhallaschools.org/pdfs/High_School_Profile_2018-2019_2.pdf High School Profile 2018-2019] vhs.valhallaschools.org[https://vhs.valhallaschools.org/pdfs/High_School_Profile_2021-2022_.pdf High School Profile 2021-2022] vhs.valhallaschools.org

Athletics at Valhalla High School include Basketball, Football, Tennis, Soccer, Volleyball, Wrestling, Track and Baseball.

The Valhalla Vikings' championship titles include the 1996 New York State Football Championship,{{Cite web | url=http://www.nysphsaa.org/Sports/Football/Past-Champions | title=Past Champions | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514131655/http://www.nysphsaa.org/Sports/Football/Past-Champions | archive-date=2021-05-14}} the 2010 New York State Baseball Championship{{Cite web |url=http://www.nysphsaa.org/Sports/Baseball/Past-Champions |title=NYSPHSAA > Sports > Baseball > Past Champions |access-date=2020-05-28 |archive-date=2020-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428201136/http://nysphsaa.org/Sports/Baseball/Past-Champions |url-status=dead }} and the 2019 New York State Volleyball Championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.nysphsaa.org/Sports/Volleyball-Girls/Championship-Schedule-and-Results. |title= Championship Schedule and Results|website=www.nysphsaa.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228094022/http://nysphsaa.org/Sports/Volleyball-Girls/Championship-Schedule-and-Results |archive-date=2020-02-28}}

Valhalla High School offers various student clubs, including the Academic Challenge Club, the Book Club, the Debate Club, the Environmental Club, the Human Rights Club, the National Honor Society and the World Language Honor Society. Valhalla's very popular Drama Society produces an annual fall drama and spring musical.{{Cite web|url=https://vhs.valhallaschools.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=50740&type=d|title = Drama Society}} Recent productions include The Crucible,[https://valhallaschools.org/ourpages/auto/2017/2/26/40789899/Valhalla%20Voyages%20Winter%202017.pdf Valhalla Vogaes. Winter 2017] valhallaschools.org It's a Wonderful Life{{Cite web|url=https://valhallaschools.enschool.org/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=483936&id=0|title = "It's a Wonderful Life" Coming to the Valhalla Stage}} and Twelve Angry Jurors.{{Cite web|url=https://kes-valhallaschools.enschool.org/m/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=595748&id=0|title = "Twelve Angry Jurors" Coming to the Valhalla Stage}}

• Keefe Cato (class of 1976), professional baseball player{{cite news |title=Indians acquire Cato |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104574474/indians-acquire-cato/ |access-date=28 June 2022 |work=Alexandria Times-Tribune |date=16 June 1982 |pages=12}}
• Kevin Meaney (class of 1974),{{Cite web | url=https://www.syracuse.com/celebrity-news/2016/10/kevin_meaney_standup_comic_who_appeared_in_movie_big_dead_at_age_60.html | title=Kevin Meaney, standup comic who attended SUNY Morrisville, dead at age 60 | website=www.syracuse.com | date=2016-10-23 | first=William | last=LaRue}} stand-up comedian and actor, who starred in the movie "Big" with Tom Hanks and appeared on The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee, The Oprah Winfrey Show and Conan.
• Frank Pace (class of 1968), TV producer and writer, with more than 700 episodes of network television to his credit (including Suddenly Susan and Murphy Brown).
• Keith St. John (class of 1975), lawyer and politician, who is the first openly gay African American elected to public office in the United States.{{Cite web|url=https://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/out-and-elected/late-1980s/keith-st-john|title = Keith St. John, New York, 1989 · Out and Elected in the USA: 1974-2004 Ron Schlittler · OutHistory: It's About Time}}

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