Avon View High School

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Avon View High School (AVHS)
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Avon View High School
225 Payzant Drive

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TypeHigh School
MottoHome of the Yeti!
Established2003
CategorySchool
PrincipalPaul Hanson
Grades9-12
EnrollmentApproximately 900
Color(s)Navy   and White  
MascotYeti
Nickname AV
RivalKings Edgehill
Website Avon View High School

Avon View High School (AVHS) is a secondary school located in Garlands Crossing, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It serves students from grades 9 to 12. The school provides education services for approximately 900 students in the Windsor, Nova Scotia area. The school currently employs 70-80 teachers, administration and janitorial staff, and is operated as one of the 43 schools in the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board. [1] [2]

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Mission statement

Avon View High School challenges students to strive for their academic, social, emotional, and physical best. In a courteous, respectful, and safe environment, Avon View provides opportunities with responsibilities shared by students, staff, home, and community. [3]

Student Council

Avon View has a student council which is responsible for aiding the administration in the regulation of extra curricular activities at the school. The council has different responsibilities for members depending on their group within the council. Co-Primes, who are responsible for heading the group, Finance, which is responsible for maintaining the budget, Athletics, which is responsible for organizing extra curricular sports activities, Communications, which is responsible for advertising the actions of the group, Special Events, who are responsible for organizing activities within the school, such as Avon View's monthly dances and the grade 9 reps who manage the grade 9 student body. The student council is by elections by the students of Avon View. [4]

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