North Canyon High School

North Canyon High School is a nationally recognized public high school located in north central Phoenix, Arizona. It features an International Baccalaureate program.The campus opened in the 1990-1991 school year as Paradise Valley High School before PVHS moved into their remodeled school. It became North Canyon starting in the 1992-1993 school year. The first graduating class was the class of 1996.The school's athletics teams are known as the Rattlers, and the school colors are purple and black.AcademicsNorth Canyon features special programs in academics. In addition to its IB Diploma program, NCHS offers a variety of Advanced Placement classes, and many of its highest-ranking students have grade point averages above 4.0. Students have won a vast array of academic awards spanning from the sciences to literary honors. In the class of 2009, there were ten National Merit semi-finalists at North Canyon. North Canyon's Academic Decathlon team won the State Championship in 1995 and 1999, and placed fourth and fifth respectively in the national competition. In 2007, North Canyon was on Newsweeks list of top schools in the country, placing 837th out of thousands of schools.