Verrado High School is a high school in the Verrado

Verrado

Verrado is a master-planned community located in the Town of Buckeye, Arizona, approximately 25 miles west of downtown Phoenix. The development, at the base of the White Tank Mountains, is the largest suburban community in Metropolitan Phoenix in which the concept of New Urbanism was utilized...

 community of Buckeye, Arizona

Buckeye, Arizona

Buckeye is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States and is the westernmost suburb in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The population of the town as of Census 2010 was 50,876, a 678% increase from the 2000 population of 6,537.-Geography:...

, United States

United States

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 under the jurisdiction of the Agua Fria Union High School District

Agua Fria Union High School District

The Agua Fria Union High School District is a high school district serving Goodyear, Buckeye, and Avondale, Arizona. It was founded in 1955.-Schools:-Notes:...

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Facility

The school is 220000 square feet (20,438.7 m²) in size, designed for an enrollment of 1,600 students. It is built for the smaller learning communities format, with four "houses". It was built in 2006 with $36 million in funding. The school is LEED

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design consists of a suite of rating systems for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings, homes and neighborhoods....

 Silver-certified; some environmentally-friendly features include waterless urinals, high-efficiency indirect lighting, and use of local building materials for some 85% of the project. The Orcutt/Winslow-built structure won the Education Design Showcase 2007 Project of Distinction Award. In addition, Verrado and Desert Edge High School

Desert Edge High School

Desert Edge High School is a high school in Goodyear, Arizona under the jurisdiction of the Agua Fria Union High School District.-Campus:The site set on includes, besides classrooms and administration offices, a media center, gymnasium, student bookstore, auditorium, and career technology...

 (built by the same district in 2002 and 2005 with a similar LEED certification) have also received solar panel installations, which will be forthcoming to the other high schools in the district by September 2011. It is estimated that some 40 percent of the entire district's energy needs will come from these solar panels upon completion.

Athletics

The Verrado Vipers are part of the Arizona Interscholastic Association

Arizona Interscholastic Association

The Arizona Interscholastic Association is the major high school sports association in the state of Arizona. It comprises most of the state's public district high schools, various charter and private schools, plus one high school in California San Pasqual High School in Winterhaven, California,...

's 4A Conference. Verrado competes in all AIA-sanctioned sports save for boys' volleyball and badminton.