AAA Eastern Region
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The Eastern Region is one of the four AAA regions in the Virginia High School League
. It is made up of four districts: the AAA Beach District
, the AAA Eastern District
, the AAA Peninsula District
, and the AAA Southeastern District
. Group AAA is the largest enrollment class for VHSL schools, and typically AAA is the most competitive level as well.
The Eastern Region comprises most of the public schools in the Hampton Roads
area, including, but not limited to public schools from Virginia Beach
, Norfolk
, Hampton
, Newport News
, Suffolk
, Portsmouth
and Chesapeake
.
AAA Eastern District
AAA Peninsula District
AAA Southeastern District
Virginia High School League
The Virginia High School League is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Unlike similar organizations in many other states, private or religious schools are prohibited from joining. Non-public schools belong to other organizations,...
. It is made up of four districts: the AAA Beach District
AAA Beach District
The AAA Beach District is one of the four districts of the AAA Eastern Region of the Virginia High School League. The schools in the Beach District compete with the schools in the AAA Eastern District, the AAA Peninsula District, and the AAA Southeastern District...
, the AAA Eastern District
AAA Eastern District
The AAA Eastern District is one of the four districts of the AAA Eastern Region of the Virginia High School League. The schools in the Eastern District compete with the schools in the AAA Beach District, the AAA Peninsula District, and the AAA Southeastern District...
, the AAA Peninsula District
AAA Peninsula District
In the USA, the Peninsula District is one of the four districts in the AAA Eastern Region of the Virginia High School League. It consists of the public high schools in the cities of Hampton and Newport News, plus Gloucester High School in Gloucester County....
, and the AAA Southeastern District
AAA Southeastern District
The AAA Southeastern District is one of the four districts of the AAA Eastern Region of the Virginia High School League. The schools in the Southeastern District compete with the schools in the AAA Beach District, AAA Eastern District, and the AAA Peninsula District...
. Group AAA is the largest enrollment class for VHSL schools, and typically AAA is the most competitive level as well.
The Eastern Region comprises most of the public schools in the Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads
Hampton Roads is the name for both a body of water and the Norfolk–Virginia Beach metropolitan area which surrounds it in southeastern Virginia, United States...
area, including, but not limited to public schools from Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...
, Norfolk
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
, Hampton
Hampton, Virginia
Hampton is an independent city that is not part of any county in Southeast Virginia. Its population is 137,436. As one of the seven major cities that compose the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, it is on the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula. Located on the Hampton Roads Beltway, it hosts...
, Newport News
Newport News, Virginia
Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...
, Suffolk
Suffolk, Virginia
Suffolk is the largest city by area in Virginia, United States, and is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 84,585. Its median household income was $57,546.-History:...
, Portsmouth
Portsmouth, Virginia
Portsmouth is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the city had a total population of 95,535.The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard, is a historic and active U.S...
and Chesapeake
Chesapeake, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 199,184 people, 69,900 households, and 54,172 families residing in the city. The population density was 584.6 people per square mile . There were 72,672 housing units at an average density of 213.3 per square mile...
.
Member schools
AAA Beach DistrictAAA Beach District
The AAA Beach District is one of the four districts of the AAA Eastern Region of the Virginia High School League. The schools in the Beach District compete with the schools in the AAA Eastern District, the AAA Peninsula District, and the AAA Southeastern District...
- Bayside High SchoolBayside High School (Virginia Beach, Virginia)Bayside High School is a secondary school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.The school's remarkable feature is the Health Sciences Academy; one of several magnet programs in Virginia Beach. Students throughout the city interested in a health sciences education can apply...
of Virginia Beach, Virginia - First Colonial High SchoolFirst Colonial High SchoolFirst Colonial High School is a high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. First Colonial opened in 1966 by splitting students out of the former Virginia Beach High School. Virginia Beach High then became Virginia Beach Middle School. James C. Mounie was the first principal of the new high school...
of Virginia Beach, Virginia - Frank W. Cox High SchoolFrank W. Cox High SchoolFrank W. Cox High School is a secondary school located in the Great Neck subdivision of Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was founded in 1961 as the Northeast Junior High School, but upon opening, it was named after a former superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Frank Woodard Cox, who...
of Virginia Beach, Virginia - Floyd Kellam High SchoolFloyd E. Kellam High SchoolFloyd E. Kellam High School is a public high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Located in the city's southern section, in Princess Anne the school first opened in 1962, named after judge Floyd Eaton Kellam. Kellam High School serves a large portion of the city of Virginia Beach, with the...
of Virginia Beach, Virginia - Green Run High SchoolGreen Run High SchoolGreen Run High School, home of the Green Run Stallions, is a public secondary school located at 1700 Dahlia Drive of the "Green Run" area of suburban Virginia Beach, Virginia...
of Virginia Beach, Virginia - Kempsville High SchoolKempsville High SchoolKempsville High School is one of eleven public high schools in the Virginia Beach City Public Schools system. It is a comprehensive high school teaching grades 9-12. Located in the western section of the city, the Kempsville HS school district covers approximately 12 sq. miles, and draws students...
of Virginia Beach, Virginia - Landstown High SchoolLandstown High SchoolLandstown High School and Technology Academy is a public secondary school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia which first opened in 2001.The school features a Technology Academy, one of several magnet programs in Virginia Beach...
of Virginia Beach, Virginia - Ocean Lakes High SchoolOcean Lakes High SchoolOcean Lakes High School is a public high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia and is located in the city's southeastern section.-Math and Science Academy:...
of Virginia Beach, Virginia - Princess Anne High SchoolPrincess Anne High SchoolPrincess Anne High School is one of 11 high schools in the Virginia Beach City Public School System. Opened in 1954, it is the oldest remaining high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States...
of Virginia Beach, Virginia - Salem High SchoolSalem High School (Virginia Beach, Virginia)Salem High School is a secondary school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.The school recently added a Visual and Performing Arts Academy; one of several magnet programs in Virginia Beach...
of Virginia Beach, Virginia - Tallwood High SchoolTallwood High SchoolTallwood High School is a secondary school located in southwest Virginia Beach, Virginia. Tallwood was built on the site of an old colonial plantation whose manor house was Tallwood, hence the name of the school...
of Virginia Beach, Virginia
AAA Eastern District
AAA Eastern District
The AAA Eastern District is one of the four districts of the AAA Eastern Region of the Virginia High School League. The schools in the Eastern District compete with the schools in the AAA Beach District, the AAA Peninsula District, and the AAA Southeastern District...
- Churchland High SchoolChurchland High SchoolChurchland High School is a public high school located in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is administered by Portsmouth City Public Schools. The school colors are black, orange, and white...
of Portsmouth, Virginia - Granby High SchoolGranby High SchoolGranby High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Norfolk, Virginia. The high school is part of the Norfolk Public Schools system. It is the only high school in the school division that offers an International Baccalaureate program...
of Norfolk, Virginia - Lake Taylor High SchoolLake Taylor High SchoolLake Taylor High School is a public high school located in Norfolk, Virginia and is the "Home of the Mighty Titans". It is administered by Norfolk City Public Schools. The school colors are red and white and its mascot is the Titans. Lake Taylor High is also the home to a NJROTC program and is...
of Norfolk, Virginia - Maury High SchoolMatthew Fontaine Maury High SchoolMatthew Fontaine Maury High School, one of five city comprehensive high schools, is a high school located in historic Ghent area of Norfolk, Virginia...
of Norfolk, Virginia - I.C. Norcom High School of Portsmouth, Virginia
- Norview High SchoolNorview High SchoolNorview High School is a public high school in central Norfolk, Virginia, Norview High School is one of the 5 local high schools that serve the city. It is home of the Dodson Scholars Program.-External links:**...
of Norfolk, Virginia - Booker T. Washington High School of Norfolk, Virginia
- Woodrow Wilson High SchoolWoodrow Wilson High School (Portsmouth, Virginia)Woodrow Wilson High School is a public high school located in Portsmouth, Virginia. It is administered by Portsmouth City Public Schools. The school colors are royal blue, orange, and white, and the nickname is the Presidents.- History :...
of Portsmouth, Virginia
AAA Peninsula District
AAA Peninsula District
In the USA, the Peninsula District is one of the four districts in the AAA Eastern Region of the Virginia High School League. It consists of the public high schools in the cities of Hampton and Newport News, plus Gloucester High School in Gloucester County....
- Bethel High School of Hampton, Virginia
- Denbigh High SchoolDenbigh High School (Newport News, Virginia)Denbigh High School is a high school in Newport News, Virginia. Denbigh carries grades nine through twelve and has an enrollment of approximately 1,500 students. This school was rated "Fully Accredited" by the Virginia Department of Education for the 2005-2006 school year...
of Newport News, Virginia - Gloucester High SchoolGloucester High School (Virginia)Gloucester High School is a fully accredited public high school located four miles from Gloucester Courthouse in Gloucester County, Virginia, USA. It is operated by Gloucester County Public Schools, a Virginia public school division....
of Gloucester, Virginia - Hampton High SchoolHampton High School (Hampton, Virginia)Hampton High School is a public secondary school located in Hampton, Virginia. It is the oldest standing high school in Hampton Public Schools. It contains an International Baccalaureate World School with the Diploma Programme.Hampton high is the first high school in the Hampton city high school...
of Hampton, Virginia - Heritage High SchoolHeritage High School (Newport News, Virginia)Heritage High School, established in 1996, is a public school in Newport News, Virginia. The school, whose colors are maroon and silver , is home to the Heritage Hurricanes...
of Newport News, Virginia - Kecoughtan High SchoolKecoughtan High SchoolKecoughtan High School is a public high school located in Hampton, Virginia. The current grades offered are 9–12. Kecoughtan High School is one of four high schools located in the Hampton City Public School District...
of Hampton, Virginia - Menchville High SchoolMenchville High SchoolMenchville High School is one of five high schools in Newport News, Virginia. The school was named in honor of Thomas H. Menchville.They are the top school in Newport News in terms of the number of students taking AP exams, and have the highest rate of passing.In 2008, Menchville High School was...
of Newport News, Virginia - Phoebus High SchoolPhoebus High SchoolPhoebus High School is a public high school located in Hampton, Virginia. Named after the nearby neighborhood and former township of Phoebus, it is the newest of the four high schools in the city. Considered unique for its excellent technology, and Video Media and Design...
of Hampton, Virginia - Warwick High SchoolWarwick High School (Newport News)Warwick High School is a high school in Newport News, Virginia. Warwick is the oldest of five high schools in the city and has been home to the Newport News Centre for the International Baccalaureate program since 1996. The school's sports teams are known as the Raiders, previously the Farmers...
of Newport News, Virginia - Woodside High School of Newport News, Virginia
AAA Southeastern District
AAA Southeastern District
The AAA Southeastern District is one of the four districts of the AAA Eastern Region of the Virginia High School League. The schools in the Southeastern District compete with the schools in the AAA Beach District, AAA Eastern District, and the AAA Peninsula District...
- Deep Creek High SchoolDeep Creek High SchoolDeep Creek High School is a public secondary school in Chesapeake, Virginia. It is part of Chesapeake City Public Schools and is located on 2900 Margaret Booker Drive.-History:...
of Chesapeake, Virginia - Grassfield High SchoolGrassfield High SchoolGrassfield High School is a public high school located in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA, and is administered by Chesapeake City Public Schools. It was built to ease overcrowding at Deep Creek High School, Great Bridge High School, and Hickory High School...
of Chesapeake, Virginia - Great Bridge High SchoolGreat Bridge High SchoolGreat Bridge High School is a public secondary school in Chesapeake, Virginia, United States. It is part of Chesapeake City Public Schools and is located at 301 West Hanbury Road.-History:...
of Chesapeake, Virginia - Hickory High School of Chesapeake, Virginia
- Indian River High School of Chesapeake, Virginia
- King's Fork High SchoolKing's Fork High SchoolKing's Fork High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Suffolk, Virginia. It is administered by Suffolk City Public Schools. The school colors are maroon and Vegas gold, and the official mascot is the Bulldog...
of Suffolk, Virginia - Lakeland High SchoolLakeland High School (Virginia)Lakeland High School is a public secondary school in Suffolk, Virginia, United States. It opened in September 1990 and originally consisted of students from the four former high schools of John F. Kennedy High School, Forest Glen High School, John Yeates High School, and Suffolk High...
of Suffolk, Virginia - Nansemond River High SchoolNansemond River High SchoolNansemond River High School is a public secondary school in Suffolk, Virginia. It opened in September 1990 and originally consisted of students from three of the four former high schools of Suffolk, VA, John F. Kennedy High School, John Yeates High School, and Suffolk High School. Nansemond River...
of Suffolk, Virginia - Oscar Smith High SchoolOscar F. Smith High SchoolOscar Frommel Smith High School was originally built in South Norfolk, Virginia, to replace the aging South Norfolk High School in 1954. In 1994, a new school was constructed in the Greenbrier/Great Bridge area of Chesapeake, Virginia, and has a current enrollment of over 2,100 students...
of Chesapeake, Virginia - Western Branch High SchoolWestern Branch High SchoolWestern Branch High School is a suburban high school in Chesapeake, Virginia, USA. Established in 1968, it currently has the largest school population in Chesapeake with over 2200 students. The two feeder schools of WBHS are Joliff Middle School and Western Branch Middle School...
of Chesapeake, Virginia