Verde Valley School is a private college preparatory high school in Arizona, United States. It was opened in 1947 and to this day remains a second home for many boarding students, as well as a source of nurturing environment for day students. Verde Valley is a small school with total student enrollment of 100, however teachers are still professional and find ways teach even such rigorous programme as International Baccalaureate which is offered at the school not only to students in 11 and 12th grades, but also to 9-10th graders in a form of a Foundation programme to make sure students don’t experience harsh transition enrolling on IB. Outdoor activities such as mountain biking, horseback riding and hiking are all a big part of high school experience for students allowing them to develop in a way that is also beneficial to their physical well-being. The IB Diploma programme has an extremely positive effect on students who decide to pursuit higher education as it develops research, communication skills and more, all of which is successfully done in Verde Valley school through their academic curriculum that embraces not only academics, but also arts with course such as studio art, ceramics and theatre. The school has excellent counselling and college counselling to make sure the efforts that student put into completing their diploma programme is directed to college application or future career in a meaningful way.
