Valley's twelve curricular departments offer more than 180 courses. Math, science, social studies, and language arts form the core of the strong academic program. From that core stems a strong foreign language program, a state of the art computer science program and a diverse business curriculum. Valley's academic program is enhanced by thirteen Advance Placement classes in language arts, science, math, computers, social studies, foreign language and music. Nearly two-thirds of the students at Valley participate in activities outside the classroom.
Debaters travel the country to compete at top tournaments.
A student-run radio station, on campus, broadcasts 13 hours a day, five days a week. The 240-member marching band, several choral groups and the orchestra have earned top ratings in state competition for many years. The jazz band has performed at national and international festivals. Valley's athletic program speaks for itself. Football, basketball, baseball, swimming, wrestling, softball, track, soccer and other sports bring out the best in student athletes, supported by an olympic size swimming pool, weight room, an aerobics room, six outdoor tennis courts, a metric track, baseball and football fields.