Yorktown High School is one of three public high schools located in Arlington, Virginia. There are 111 teachers and 1687 students as of 2008, 981 of whom are enrolled in AP courses. It is a fully accredited high school based on Virginia's SOL examinations, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school is ranked among the top 50 schools in the nation according to Newsweek.
Yorktown has a strong taste for student...
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Yorktown High School is one of three public high schools located in Arlington, Virginia. There are 111 teachers and 1687 students as of 2008, 981 of whom are enrolled in AP courses. It is a fully accredited high school based on Virginia's SOL examinations, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school is ranked among the top 50 schools in the nation according to Newsweek.
Yorktown has a strong taste for student participation in artistic activities. Instrumental, choral, theatrical, and visual arts are prominent in the school's atmosphere.
Yorktown's athletes participate in the Virginia High School League and are named the Patriots. The teams wear the colors colonial blue and white.
The school opened for the first time for the 1960-1961 school year, with only Sophomore and Junior classes. The first graduating class was in 1962 and included David Glenn, son of the then-astronaut and future US Senator John Glenn (D) from Ohio. The building was...
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