Pleasant Valley Secondary School Explained

Pleasant Valley Secondary
Address:2365 Pleasant Valley Road
Postcode:V0E 1B2
Country:Canada
Coordinates:50.4375°N -119.209°W
Number:8321004
District:83
Principal:Steve Drapala
Staff:53
Grades:912
Language:English
Colours:Red, Black and White
Sports:Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Football, Ultimate Frisbee
Team Name:The Hawks (prev. Saints and Sinners)

Pleasant Valley Secondary is a public high school in Armstrong, British Columbia part of School District 83 North Okanagan-Shuswap.

PVSS unanimously voted for their school mascot to be a hawk.

The school board has been working on changing the team name “Saints and Sinners” because it has many negative undertones.[1] As of May 2021, the PVSS sports teams has changed their name to the Hawks.[2] Settling on a logo that displays a red hawk perched on the P of the PVSS.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sinners and Saints no more: Armstrong school rebranding sports names. 12 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Pleasant Valley Secondary School in Armstrong has new name for sports teams. 21 May 2021.