Vicenza American High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Vicenza American High School

established = 1954
principal = Ms. Kenny
slogan = "Spread 'em"
type = Military, Semi-Public
grades = 7–12
city = Vicenza
state = Veneto
country = Italy
enrollment = 322 (in 2008)
faculty = 58 (in 2008)
campus = Small
mascot = Cougar
colors = Black and Gold
newspaper = [http://vice-mhs.iweb.eu.ds.dodea.edu/s/newspaper/currentx.pdf The Cougar Scene]
website = [http://www.vice-hs.eu.dodea.edu/] The Vicenza American High School (VAHS, VMHS, or VHS) is the premiere European Department of Defense Dependent Schools DoDDS high school and is located in Vicenza, Italy on Caserma Ederle, an American military base that is part of the Southern European Task Force (SETAF).

It was founded in 1954 by Eric Hall.

Athletics

The high school varsity teams are called the Vicenza Cougars. Varsity sports teams include: Boy's and Girl's Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Track & Field, Cross Country, Rifle Team, Tennis, Boy's Football, Wrestling, and Girl's Cheerleading.

Championships

* 1981
** ASIL Football Champions

* 1984
** ASIL Boys Cross Country Champions
** ASIL Boys Basketball Champions
** ASIL Girls Basketball Champions
** ASIL Boys Track and Field Champions
** ASIL Boys Singles Tennis Champions & Team Champions (Doubles Team finished 2nd)

*1985
** ASIL Boys Basketball Champions

*1999
** All European Football Champions

*2001
** ASIL Boys Basketball Champions
*2003
** ASIL Boys Volleyball Champions
*2006
** Shane Hinton All Europe Wrestling Champion
*2008
** D-III Girls Basketball Runner Up
**Kyle Kaus Second Team All-European Wrestling

Recent Individual Accolades

*2006
**Shane Hinton All European Wrestling
*2008
**Football
***Miguel Rosario All-Conference CB
***Kyle Kaus All-Conference RB
***Xavier Taylor All-Conference WR
***Drew Owens All-Conference TE
**Basketball
***Chakeira Gilbert All European Girls Basketball
***Xavier Taylor Second Team All European Boys Basketball
***Drew Owens All-Tournament, All Region,
**Wrestling
***Kyle Kaus Second Team All European Wrestling
**Soccer
***Felipe Diaz Second Team All Europe
***Felipe Diaz All ASIL Team
***Jonathan Bowman All ASIL Team

Course Selection

* Athletic Programs
* English as a Second Language (ESL)
* English/Language Arts
* Fine Arts
* Foreign Language (Spanish, Italian, Distance German)
* Gifted Education
* Health Education
* Host Nation
* JROTC
* Mathematics
* Music
* Physical Education
* Professional Technical Studies
* Science
* Social Studies
* Special Needs Programs
* Visual Arts

Notable Alumni

* Sharon Tate (VHS 1961), Hollywood actress, who was killed by members of the Manson clan.
* John Lindsey (VHS 1965), Chemist, who worked with the team that invented Gatorade

* Molly Solomon (VHS 1986), Emmy Award winner and Coordinating Producer for NBC's Olympic cable TV coverage.

* Adrian Murrell (1988 - Adrian attended junior high in Vicenza, but moved to Hawaii for high school and did not graduate from VHS), NFL Running back, who played for the New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys.

* Scott Kleeb (VHS 1994). In 2006 Scott ran for U.S. Congress from the state of Nebraska.

External links

* [http://www.vice-hs.eu.dodea.edu/ School Website]
* [http://www.vhsalumni.com Alumni Website]