Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School

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Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School
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The main entrance to Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School
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Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School
5275 State Route 31, NY

Verona
,
New York
13478-0128

United States
Coordinates 43°6′54″N75°34′06″W / 43.11500°N 75.56833°W / 43.11500; -75.56833
Information
Established1954
School district Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Central School District
PrincipalCarrie Hodkinson
Teaching staff40.82 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment542 (2020-21) [1]
Student to teacher ratio13.28 [1]
Color(s)Red, White, and Black
   
MascotRed Devil
NewspaperThe Red Press
YearbookSheveron
Website https://www.vvsschools.org/domain/39

Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School, commonly referred to as VVS, is a public high school in Verona, New York. Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School offers a comprehensive curriculum for grades 9-12 and is part of the Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Central School District which serves students from the towns of Verona and Vernon and the city of Sherrill.

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Overview

The main campus of Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School was built in 1954, and is centrally located between the towns of Vernon and Verona and the city of Sherrill at the intersection of New York State Route 31 and Beacon Light Road. Facilities include a theater, two gymnasiums, fitness center, cafeteria, and a maple syrup factory operated by the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program. The High School building and Middle School building are linked and share some facilities such as the library and sports fields.

U.S. News & World Report's Education website reported in 2016-17 that the school's students scored 84% proficiency in English and 85% proficiency in Math on state exit exams along with a 93% graduation rate in that same year. In 2017, there were 597 students enrolled at VVS, which included 3% minorities and 30% economically disadvantaged students. The school employed 43 full-time teachers in 2017. [2]

Service area

Most of the district (the high school's attendance boundary) is in Oneida County. There it includes most of the towns of Verona and Vernon, [3] and parts of the towns of Kirkland, Vienna, and Westmoreland. [3] [4] It includes the village of Vernon, almost all of Sherrill, and all of Verona hamlet (census-designated place). It also includes a portion of the City of Rome. [3]

A small portion of the district is in Oneida, Madison County. [5]

Academics

VVS offers a local diploma and the New York State Regents diploma. Students can also take Advanced Placement courses in a number of subjects and receive vocational training at the local Madison-Oneida county BOCES.

Demographics

According to the NYSED's Student Information Repository System the school is 53% male and 47% female with percentage by grades goes as follows: 9-10 grades - 24% enrollment, 11th grade - 25% and 12th grade - 27%. [6]

Extra-curricular activities

Student organizations include a drama club, weight training club, walking club, technology club, math club, interact (student rotary) club, history club, art/photography club, foreign language club, ecology club, ski and snow board club, and chemistry club.

Co-curricular activities and service groups include The Red Zone (school store), The Red Press (school newspaper), peer mediation, National Honor Society, Yearbook Club, Future Farmers of America, LEAD USA, Student Council, Boys’ State, Girls’ State, Global Nexus, student tutors, reading buddies, and Colgate Seminar. Student performing groups in the arts include musical theatre, marching band, chorus, orchestra, stage band, pep band, jazz band, and a trash can band.

Athletics

Sports compete at the Class B, C and D levels in Section III of the New York State Public High School Association. Varsity teams include:

Caption text
TypeFall SportsWinter SportsSpring Sports
BoysCross Country, Football, SoccerBasketball, Bowling, Diving*, Indoor Track and Field, Swimming*, Volleyball, WrestlingBaseball, Golf, Lacrosse, Tennis, Track and Field
GirlsCross Country, Field Hockey, Soccer, TennisBasketball, Bowling, Diving*, Indoor Track and Field, Swimming* VolleyballGolf, Lacrosse, Softball, Track and Field

*Individual athletes compete on the Oneida High School Swimming and Diving team.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "VERNON-VERONA-SHERRILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. "Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Senior High School". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Oneida County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2023-04-08. - Text list. It is listed as the "Sherrill City School District."
  4. "Sherrill City School District Future Farmers of America Extra-Classroom Activity Fund" (PDF). New York State Comptroller. p. 1 (PDF p. 3/27). Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  5. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Madison County, NY" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2023-04-08. - Text list. It is listed as the "Sherrill City School District."
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