Silverado High School (Las Vegas)

This article is about the school in Nevada. For the school in California, see Silverado High School (Mission Viejo). For the other school in California, see Silverado High School (Victorville, California).

Silverado High School (SHS) is a public secondary school in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. that is a part of the Clark County School District. Its mascot is the Skyhawk, and the school's colors are purple, teal, and white.

Silverado College Preparatory & Career/Technical High School
1650 Silver Hawk Ave Las Vegas, NV USA
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Excellence in Action
Established	1994
President	Neha Johal
Principal	Jaime Ditto
Staff	84.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,052 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	24.43[1]
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Purple, teal, and white
Team name	Silverado Skyhawks
Website	Silverado High School

Notable alumni

• Amanda Bingson (2008) - 2012 Olympian in hammer throw
• Chasen Bradford (2008) - MLB pitcher for the New York Mets^[2]
• Chris Cortez (2021) - baseball player^[3]
• Scott Fischman (1998) - professional poker player
• Ben Jacobs (2006) - Former NFL linebacker for the Carolina Panthers
• Mike Meyers (2012) - Major League Baseball outfielder^[4]
• Drew Robinson (2010) - Outfielder/Infielder for the San Francisco Giants

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

• Men's Baseball
  • Mike Meyers played shortstop for the school baseball team.^[5][4][6] In 2010, he was voted First Team All Southeast League.^[7] In 2011, he was voted First Team Class 4-A All-Southern Nevada.^[8] In 2012, he was voted to the 2012 Louisville Slugger Pre-Season High School First Team All-America team, and was voted 2012 First Team Nevada All-State.^[5][9][10] He holds the high school's career (192) and single-season (59) records for runs scored, and its career records in doubles (50), triples (18), and steals (31).^[10]
  • State Champions
    • 2000
• M Tennis
  • (2005) AAAA Men's Doubles Champion. Trenton Alenik and Chris Painter (32-0)
• W Tennis
  • (2009) Women's Doubles State Champion. Kristen Santero and Nicole Santero
  • (2006, 2007, 2008) Women's Doubles State Runner-Up. Kristen Santero and Nicole Santero
  • (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Women's Doubles Regional Champion. Kristen Santero and Nicole Santero
• Football
  • (2007–08) Southeast Division Champions Record (10-1)
  • (2021) State Champion
  • (2022) State Champion
• Cheer
  • (2007) State Runner-up
  • (2008) State Runner-up
  • (2009) State Champion
  • (2010) State Champion
  • (2010) National Finalist
  • (2011) National Runner-Up
• Boys' Basketball
  • Southeast Division Champion (2006)
• Girls' Basketball
  • Region Champs 2007,2008
• Track
  • Men's State Champions 2005,2011,2016
  • Men's Sunrise Champions
    • 2011,2007,2006,2005,2004,2002,2001,1999,2016
  • Women's Sunrise Region Champions
    • 2011,2006,2005,2003,2002,2001,2000,1999
• Men's Soccer
  • (1999-2000)&(2004-2005)State Champions
    • Captain Michael Eshragh(2000) Gatorade Player of the Year
      • Captains Kasey Chapman, James Eshragh, Ben Holt(2005)
• Women's Volleyball
  • Sunrise region Champions
    • 2006, 2007, 2008
  • State Champions 2007
  • State Champions 2009
  • State Champions 2010
• Men's Swimming
  • Regional Champions
    • 2000, 2001
  • State Champions
    • 2001
  • State Runners Up
    • 2000, 2002
• Bowling
  • State Champions
    • 2000 (School's first State Championship)
• "Men's Volleyball"
  • Regional Champions
    • 2003, 2006
  • State Runner Up
    • 2006, 2012
  • Dance

Band

• Members who played professionally.
  • Richard Ginocchi - Trombone
    • 2000-2009 at various Las Vegas Strip locations and local jazz shows.
• Wind Symphony
  • Golden Division
    • Worldstrides Heritage Performance 2012 (San Diego)
      • 1st Place
  • Superior Ratings at every CCSD Advanced Band Festival
• Symphonic Band
  • Silver Division
    • Worldstrides Heritage Performance 2012 (San Diego)
      • 1st Place
• Marching Band^[11]

Competition/Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Henderson BandFest	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2nd Place (AAAA)	N/A
Summerlin Spectacular	N/A	2nd Place (AAA)	2nd Place (Open)	N/A	N/A	4th Place (Open)
LVI Prelims	6th Place (Open)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
LVI Finals	11th Place (IND)	9th Place (IND)	6th Place (IND)	5th Place (IND)	6th Place (IND)	2nd Place (IND)

Competition/Year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Henderson BandFest	3rd Place (Open)	2nd Place (Sapphire)	N/A	N/A	3rd Place (Sapphire)	3rd Place (Onyx)
Summerlin Spectacular	3rd Place (Open)	4th Place (Open)	2nd Place (Sapphire)	1st Place (Sapphire)	4th Place (Sapphire)	1st Place (Onyx)
LVI Prelims	N/A	5th Place (Sapphire)	3rd Place (Sapphire)	5th Place (Sapphire)	8th Place (Sapphire)	4th Place (Onyx)
LVI Finals	9th Place (IND)	4th Place (MBOS)	6th Place (MBOS)	6th Place (MBOS)	N/A	5th Place (MBOS)

Competition/Year	2017	2018
Henderson BandFest	N/A	2nd Place (Onyx)
Tournament on the Turf	2nd Place (Black Opal)	2nd Place (Onyx)
LVI Prelims	2nd Place (Black Opal)	1st Place (Onyx)
LVI Finals	3rd Place (MBOS)	3rd Place (MBOS)

Competition/Year	2019	2020
Henderson BandFest	1st Place (Onyx)	TBA
Tournament on the Turf	3rd Place (Onyx)	TBA
MBOS Championships	1st Place (Onyx)	TBA
MBOS Champs. Finals	3rd Place (MBOS)	TBA

• Additional Competitions
  • 2007 Rubidoux Tournament (SCSBOA)
    • 1st Place (4A Class)
  • 2008 Boulder City Invitational (IND)
    • 2nd Place (Open Class)
  • 2009 West Covina Field Tournament (SCSBOA)
    • 1st Place (4A Class)
  • 2010 West Covina Holiday Classic (SCSBOA)
    • 1st Place (4A Class)
  • 2013 Tournament on the Turf (MBOS)
    • 2nd Place (Sapphire Class)
  • 2016 Valencia Field Tournament (SCSBOA)
    • 4th Place (4A Class)
  • 2017 Valencia Field Tournament (SCSBOA)
    • 2nd Place (4A Class)
  • 2022 St. George Regional (BOA)
    • 18th Place (3A Class)

Feeder schools

• Aggie Roberts Elementary School (1999)
• Louis Wiener Junior Elementary School (1993)
• Charlotte Hill Elementary School (1990)
• Doris French Elementary School (1978)
• John R. Beatty Elementary School (2000)
• Roberta C. Cartwright Elementary School (1999)
• Roger D. Gehring Elementary School (2002)
• David M. Cox Elementary School (1990)
• Jack Lund Schofield Middle School (2000)
• Charles Silvestri Junior High School (1997)
• Barbera & Hank Greenspun Junior High School (1991)