Mountain View High School (Meridian, Idaho)

For other schools named "Mountain View High School", see Mountain View High School (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 43°35′14″N 116°22′06″W / 43.58728°N 116.36824°W / 43.58728; -116.36824

Mountain View High School
Location
2000 Millenium Way Meridian, Idaho United States[1]
Information
Type	Public[2]
Established	2003[3]
School district	Meridian[4]
Principal	Aaron Maybon[1]
Faculty	108[2]
Grades	9-12[2]
Number of students	2251[2]
Color(s)	Navy Blue, Kelly Green & Silver[1]
Mascot	Maverick[1]
IHSAA Division	5A[1]
Website	Mountain View High School

Mountain View High School is a four-year high school (government funded) public secondary school in Meridian, Idaho. The school opened in the fall of 2003, the fourth major high school in the Meridian School District. MVHS is well-known in the Treasure Valley for its state-of-the-art track & field complex and football field.

The school colors are navy blue, kelly green, and silver, and the mascot is the maverick. Mountain View competes in the IHSAA class 5A, for the largest enrollments in the state, and is a member of the 5A Southern Idaho Conference (SIC).

The Mavericks brought home their first two state championship titles in the fall of the 2006-07 school year, when the boys soccer and boys cross country teams brought home trophies within one week of each other. Mountain View also won state boys wrestling in the 2007-08 year. The marching band claimed first place in the "5A Small" division among other awards, at their yearly District III competition for three consecutive years as well as the High Percussion award for three consecutive years. The Millennium Dancers took home 1st place in the military category at the 2008 Idaho State Dance and Cheer Competition, then received 2nd place at Miss Dance/Drill Team USA Nationals. The varsity speech and debate team placed second out of 70 schools in sweepstakes from the Whitman College tournament for the 2008-09 school year. Girls cross country brought in another state trophy in the 2008-09 school year. The Mountain View Boys Basketball team also won state in the 2010-11 season. After the Mountain View Boys Basketball team won their first state championship, the Girls Varsity Track Team, went on to win their first district and state title, capping off an undefeated season for the team.

MVHS made national news on MSNBC because of the administration's swift response to cheating via digital media (iPods, mp3 players, etc.) [1] The high school also received a great deal of media coverage concerning a mercury spill that occurred on Friday, October 24, 2008. A broken baromometer potentially exposed 25 students and a teacher to the potentially harmful mercury that was inside, which resulted in school cancellation for freshman students during the week of October 27, 2008. [2]

Notable current and past students include Louden Shearer, Christian Reid, Mike Sanders, Jake Spencer, John Greene, Jake Perkins, Washington State Cougars Linebacker Darren Markle, Boise State Football Wide Receiver Tyler Shoemaker, and Libertarian strategist David Steiner.

Athletics

Football

Head Coach-Varsity

The varsity football head coach is Mr. Benedick. He was a four year starter for PLU at middle linebacker. He earned three all-conference selections, was elected team captain and was an NAIA all-American his junior and senior years. While at PLU, he played in three National Championship games, winning one his junior year. He began his coaching and teaching career at Spanaway Lake High School and after one year he decided to return to the Boise area. In 1996, he took a job at Lake Hazel Middle School teaching art and coaching 8th grade football. In 1997 he went to Boise High School, teaching P.E. and art, and was the head sophomore football coach. From 1998-2001 he taught art and coached varsity football at Timberline H.S., becoming the defensive coordinator in 2001. From 2002-2007 he taught art and coached at Centennial High School. While at Centennial he coached linebackers and shared in many of the defensive duties. They won a State Championship in 2003 going 12-0. In 2007 he took the head football job at Mountain View High School. In his first year as head coach we finished 6-3 in the regular season and lost in the first round of the playoffs to Meridian. Currently he is teaching Co-Ed P.E. and Athletic Fitness at Mountain View. He is married to Elessa, his wife of 13 years. They have a 5 year old daughter named Zoe and twin boys who are 1 year old, named Kade and Kai.

Head Coach Junior Varsity

Mr. Trask, who is also a security guard at Mountain View High School.

Head Coach Freshman

Mr. Matt Edwards is also an English teacher at Mountain View High School.

Boys Basketball

Men's Basketball Home Page

Head Coach-Varsity

Jon Nettleton—Varsity (6th year)(16th overall) Coach Nettleton is in his 6th season here at Mt. View. Coach attended college in Wisconsin at UW-Superior (D-III) ('96) ('00), where he played basketball & baseball for 4 years. Coach Nettleton teaches Desktop Publishing, Computer Apps. 1, 2, 3 and Business Tech in the Business Department. Coach Nettleton is in his 15th year of teaching and 16th year of coaching. Wife-Karen, son-Bryce (2)

Asst

Mike Dawley—Varsity Asst. (4th year)(10th overall) Coach Dawley is in his fourth year as the Maverick Varsity Asst. coach. Coach Dawley is in his 10th year of coaching and 8th year of teaching. Coach Dawley attended Boise State University. Coach Dawley teaches AP U.S. History and AP Government. Wife-Molly.

External links

• Mountain View High School - official site

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Idaho High School Activities Association". IHSAA. http://www.idhsaa.org/directory/08-09FINALDirectory.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-29. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Mountain View High School". Public School Review. http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/96281. Retrieved 2009-04-29. 
3. ^ "Case Study". AAtronics. http://www.aatronics.com/pdf/mt-view-high-school.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-29. 
4. ^ "High Schools". Meridian School District. http://www.meridianschools.org/Schools/High_Schools/High_Schools/. Retrieved 2009-04-29. ^{[dead link]}