Academics
Rooted in educational excellence and innovation
Apple Valley High School offers over 300 required and elective courses that allow students a vast choice of challenging opportunities and experiences. Here we emphasize educational excellence with a focus on innovation, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills as the foundation for lifelong success. Over 125 staff members are committed to curricular/co-curricular programs that prepare students for the future while instilling an appreciation of the history from which their opportunities were born.
Explore Your Opportunities
Rigorous core curriculum
Apple Valley High School is a state and nationally recognized high school that offers something for all students, including a rigorous curriculum, award-winning arts programs and championship athletic teams. Our fabrication lab and science, technology, engineering and math focus emphasizes critical thinking, creativity, innovation and real-world problem-solving skills that prepare students for post-secondary education and careers in high-demand STEM-related fields.
LEADER IN STEM
Our educational community is committed to challenging all individuals to realize their potential as learners by providing "future ready" opportunities for intellectual, emotional and physical growth. Apple Valley High School is a STEM School dedicated to Academics, Arts and Athletics and we practice that in everything we do. Our STEM For All philosophy creates opportunities with every student to be problem finders and solution makers in every class.
career development
Our proven and unique E3 STEM Program at AVHS is an optional path to take within our Award Winning Triple A School that focuses on the Exploration, Education and Employment of our students in all STEM career possibilities. While AVHS has a STEM For All philosophy, this program gives students a chance to sign up and dig deeper into what STEM can offer after they graduate.
This program is designed to connect Apple Valley students with a variety of experiences that will prepare them for postsecondary education and careers in STEM fields.