Silverado High School (Las Vegas)

Silverado College Preparatory & Career/Technical High School
Location
Paradise, Nevada USA
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Excellence in Action
Established	1994
Principal	Robert Mars
Staff	150
Enrollment	2,500+
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	purple, teal, silver
Mascot	Skyhawk
Website	Silverado High School

Silverado High School (SHS) is a public secondary school in Paradise, Nevada, U.S. that is a part of the Clark County School District. Its mascot is the Skyhawk, and the school's colors are purple, white, and teal (black is used in an unofficial capacity).

Notable alumni

• Amanda Bingson (2008) - 2012 Olympian in hammer throw
• Scott Fischman - Professional poker player. class of '98
• Mike Meyers (born 1990) - baseball outfielder
• Tommy Rojas - C, New York Yankees organization^[1]
• Jason Rowland (1997) - Award-winning educator and author. Co-founder of first LGBT club.
• Chris Shelton - The Apprentice (U.S. Season 3) contestant
• The Quitters - Las Vegas punk band^[2]

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

• Men's Baseball
  • Mike Meyers played shortstop for the school baseball team.^[3][4][5] In 2010, he was voted First Team All Southeast League.^[6] In 2011, he was voted First Team Class 4-A All-Southern Nevada.^[7] In 2012, he was voted to the 2012 Louisville Slugger Pre-Season High School First Team All-America team, and was voted 2012 First Team Nevada All-State.^[3][8][9] He holds the high school's career (192) and single-season (59) records for runs scored, and its career records in doubles (50), triples (18), and steals (31).^[9]
  • State Champions
    • 2001
• M Tennis
  • (2005) AAAA Men's Doubles Champion. Trenton Alenik and Chris Painter (32-0)
• W Tennis
  • (2009) Women's Doubles State Champion. Kristen Santero and Nicole Santero
  • (2006, 2007, 2008) Women's Doubles State Runner-Up. Kristen Santero and Nicole Santero
  • (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Women's Doubles Regional Champion. Kristen Santero and Nicole Santero
• Football
  • (2007–08) Southeast Division Champions Record (10-1)
• Cheer
  • (2007) State Runner-up
  • (2008) State Runner-up
  • (2009) State Champion
  • (2010) State Champion
  • (2010) National Finalist
  • (2011) National Runner-Up
• Boys' Basketball
  • Southeast Division Champion (2006)
• Girls' Basketball
  • Region Champs 2007,2008
• Track
  • Men's State Champions 2005,2011
  • Men's Sunrise Champions
    • 2011,2007,2006,2005,2004,2002,2001,1999
  • Women's Sunrise Region Champions
    • 2011,2006,2005,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999
• Men's Soccer
  • (2005–2006) State Champions
• Women's Volleyball
  • Sunrise region Champions
    • 2006, 2007, 2008
  • State Champions 2007
  • State Champions 2009
  • State Champions 2010
• Men's Swimming
  • Regional Champions
    • 2000, 2001
  • State Champions
    • 2001
  • State Runners Up
    • 2000, 2002
• Bowling
  • State Champions
    • 2000 (School's first State Championship)
• "Men's Volleyball"
  • Regional Champions
    • 2003
  • State Runner Up
    • 2006, 2012

Band

• "Wind Symphony"
  • Golden Division
    • Worldstrides Heritage Performance 2012 (San Diego)
      • 1st Place
  • Superior Ratings at every CCSD Advanced Band Festival
• "Symphonic Band"
  • Silver Division
    • Worldstrides Heritage Performance 2012 (San Diego)
      • 1st Place
• "Marching Band"
  • West Covina Holiday Classic 2010
    • 1st Place
  • LVI Finals 2005 (IND)
    • 11th Place
  • LVI Finals 2006
    • 9th Place
  • LVI Finals 2007
    • 6th Place
  • LVI Finals 2008
    • 5th Place
  • LVI Finals 2009
    • 6th Place
  • LVI Finals 2010
    • 2nd Place
  • LVI Finals 2011 (NV)
    • 9th Place (Open Class)
  • LVI Finals 2012 (MBOS)
    • 4th Place (Sapphire Class)
  • LVI Finals 2013 (MBOS)
    • 6th Place (Sapphire Class)
  • LVI Finals 2014 (MBOS)
    • 6th Place (Sapphire Class)
  • LVI Preliminaries 2015 (MBOS)
    • 8th Place (Sapphire Class)
  • Summerlin Spectacular 2011
    • 3rd Place
  • Summerlin Spectacular 2012
    • 4th Place
  • Summerlin Spectacular 2013
    • 2nd Place
  • Summerlin Spectacular 2014 (MBOS)
    • 1st Place
  • Summerlin Spectacular 2015 (MBOS)
    • 4th Place
  • Henderson Bandfest 2011 (NV)
    • 3rd Place
  • Henderson Bandfest 2012 (MBOS)
    • 2nd Place
  • Henderson Bandfest 2015 (MBOS)
    • 3rd Place
  • Tournament On The Turf 2013
    • 2nd Place

Feeder Schools

^[10]

• John C. Beatty Elementary School
• David M. Cox Elementary School
• Roberta C. Cartwright Elementary School
• Roger D. Gehrig Elementary School
• Charlotte Hill Elementary School
• Louis Wiener Junior Elementary School
• Aggie Roberts Elementary School
• Jack Lund Schofield Middle School
• Charles Silvestri Junior High School
• Barbera & Hank Greenspun Junior High School

References

1. "Draft Picks who came from Silverado HS (NV)". Retrieved 2008-04-16.
2. "Quitters Adjust aim but keep their drive". Retrieved 2013-07-25.
3. "Mike Meyers", SoxProspects.com
4. "Mike Meyers Register Statistics & History", Baseball-Reference.com
5. "Boston Red Sox Prospect Mike Meyers: Not the First But Aiming to Be the Best", The Baseball Historian
6. "Nevada All-League Baseball Teams", MaxPreps
7. Kevin Askeland, "Nevada All-League Baseball and Softball 2011", MaxPreps
8. "High School All Americans Pre-Season 2012,", Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
9. "The Spin on the Spinners", June 7, 2012
10. 16, 2016 "Home page" Check |url= value (help).

External links

• Silverado High School