The Meadows School is a non-profit, coeducational, nonsectarian, independent college preparatory day school located in the Summerlin area of Las Vegas, Nevada . The campus serves just over 950 students in preschool through grade twelve spread among four divisions – Beginning School (Preschool), Lower School (Grades K-5), Middle School (Grades 6-8), and Upper School (Grades 9-12).
15-647: Meadows School may refer to: The Meadows School , Las Vegas The Meadows Elementary School (DeSoto, Texas) The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University, Texas The Meadows Community School, former name of Whittington Green School in Old Whittington, Derbyshire, England [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with
30-548: A permanent location, Carolyn Goodman raised $ 300,000 and purchased 5,000 square feet of temporary modular buildings that were set up on a parking lot behind a car dealership. The lot was loaned to the School by Board Member Fletcher Jones, Jr. and was located, coincidentally, on Meadows Lane in northern Las Vegas. These buildings served as the School’s classrooms until the permanent campus was opened four years later. In 1985, Goodman
45-478: Is an award program that awards NIAA-affiliated schools points based on their varsity teams' performances in academics, athletics, and through the Citizens Through Sports program. Each of the three major categories in high school activities – academics, athletics and sportsmanship – are weighted equally, and boys and girls programs are combined in the standings table. Spirit points are added after
60-525: Is the governing body of athletic programs for high schools in the state of Nevada . In addition, five schools in the state of California (Coleville, Needles, North Tahoe, South Tahoe, and Truckee) and one from Arizona (Beaver Dam) are also members as the schools are geographically isolated from other in-state schools. It is a non-profit organization founded in 1922 as the Nevada Interscholastic League and became affiliated with
75-716: The National Federation of State High School Associations in 1939. The league changed its name to the current form in 1967. The NIAA governs eligibility of student athletes, resolves disputes, organizes levels of competition by divisional separation of schools according to attendance population, and conducts state championship competitions in all the NIAA-sanctioned sports. The NIAA sponsors 24 sports, 13 for boys and 11 for girls. The seasons are broken down into three seasons (Fall, Winter, and Spring). One sport, girls' soccer, awards two championships per year as
90-655: The Beginning School enrolls 90-100 students, the Lower School enrolls 60 students per grade level, and the Middle and Upper Schools enroll 65-80 students per grade level. The Upper School offers students 24 AP courses and additional AT (Advanced Topics) classes. In 2016, The Washington Post named The Meadows School the #2 most challenging high school in Nevada, and the #97 most challenging private high school in
105-482: The Division 3A level. It offers students a variety of interscholastic sports to choose from, including football , soccer, volleyball , cheer , tennis , and cross country in the fall season; basketball , cheer , wrestling, and bowling in the winter season; and baseball , softball , track & field , and golf in the spring season. The Meadows School also offers many of the same interscholastic sports at
120-725: The Fall season. 4 -Only schools in Southern Nevada compete in girls soccer in the Winter season. 5 -Girls may participate in the boys only sanctioned sports (football and wrestling), as there is no corresponding sport for them. However, they will play against males athletes if they do so. This list includes state championship results for recent seasons for schools competing in the highest division existing in that year. Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys The NIAA Award of Excellence , which began in 2001,
135-597: The Middle School level as a member of the NCSAA league. Several sports are offered at the Lower School level as part of the Meadows After-School Programs. 36°11′45″N 115°16′56″W / 36.19591°N 115.282181°W / 36.19591; -115.282181 Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association ( NIAA )
150-643: The School for a permanent campus. Construction on the new campus began in the fall of 1987. The permanent campus was situated on Scholar Lane, a street name chosen by the students for their new school. While the construction of the Summerlin campus was underway, the Summa Corporation also provided additional funding to the School to add new modular buildings to the temporary campus to accommodate its growing student enrollment, which by 1987 had increased to 200 students in grades K-8. One year later, at
165-647: The beginning of the 1988 school year, Lower School students moved into The LeOre Cobbley Lower School building on the new campus. Middle and Upper School students followed suit in December of that year and moved into classrooms created from the previous modular buildings on Meadows Lane, which had been relocated to the permanent campus. The Meadows School is a member of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (NIAA) Southern conference and participates in athletics at
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#1732801720332180-410: The country. The Meadows School continually ranks #1 on Niche.com as the best private K-12 school and private high school in Nevada. Since its first Upper School Commencement in 1991, 100 percent of graduates from The Meadows School have been accepted into four-year colleges or universities. At the time that The Meadows School opened in 1984, a permanent campus site had not yet been found. In lieu of
195-573: The girls' soccer season in Northern Nevada is during the Fall sports season, while the girls' soccer season in the Clark County School District in Southern Nevada is during the Winter sports season. The 24 sports are: 1 -Only schools in Southern Nevada compete in this sport. 2 -Only schools in Northern Nevada compete in this sport. 3 -Only schools in Northern Nevada compete in girls soccer in
210-621: The same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Meadows_School&oldid=705838071 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Meadows School The Meadows has an estimated enrollment of 950 students and over 150 faculty and staff, with an average student-to-faculty ratio of 11:1. On average,
225-624: Was introduced to William Lummis, the nephew of Howard Hughes and the Chairman of the Board for the Summa Corporation (rebranded as the Howard Hughes Corporation in 1994). The Summa Corporation was in the early stages of developing the northwest area of Las Vegas, later known as Summerlin . Recognizing the correlation between strong communities and good schools, the Summa Corporation donated 40 acres of undeveloped land to
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