Valley Traditional High School
Coordinates: 38°06′28″N 85°52′03″W / 38.10780°N 85.86750°W / 38.10780; -85.86750
- For schools of the same name, see Valley High School
Valley High School is a high school in Valley Station, Kentucky, Located at 10200 Dixie High Way.
Valley became a "traditional" school in 1999 in an attempt to boost enrollment after it had fallen to 63% of capacity.
Jefferson County High School - VALLEY was one of five high schools (each school's name denoted the section of the county that it was located in) that came about at a board of education meeting on Saturday, July 19, 1930. On February 28, 1931 the secretary was requested to notify Mr. Tafel, the architect, to prepare tentative plans for an eight room high school building with an auditorium and a basement. The site was to be at the intersection of Valley Station Road, and 18th Street Road, purchased from Betty Dodge and Murray Swindler. The cost of the school was to be approximately $50,000.
In August 1936, the building was complete and ready to be opened, with a grand dedication. Twenty-one graded schools would feed into Valley with the district boundaries ranging from Algonquin Parkway, to West Point and from the Ohio River to what we know today as New Cut Road.
The school colors of gold and white were chosen by David Bruce Brown's (first principal) and coach P.C. Oneals (first football coach). The color blue was added to honor Mr. Brown when he returned from serving in WWII. The name Viking was chosen and became known around the area.
Valley originally housed 570 students, but swelled at on time to over 3,000. Currently the enrollment is about 1,000. Valley has been added onto three times plus has had temporary buildings built. Over the years six schools have been built to relieve Valley enrollment and better serve the greater Louisville area. Valley graduates have gone on to become everything from astronauts to zookeepers!
On Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 5 p.m. EST the Class of 2011 was graduated from Valley Traditional High School. It is considered "the million dollar class" because it is the first class from Valley High School to receive $1,000,000 in scholarships to post-secondary education. The Class of 2011 was also the 74th Graduating Class.
Read more about Valley Traditional High School: Valley High School Alumni Association
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