About Our School
Mission
Educate, Engage, and Empower military-connected students to succeed in a dynamic world.
Vision
Excellence in Education for Every Student, Every Day, Everywhere
Vicenza High School is a Department of Defense Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) high school, established in 1954 to provide a quality education program for children of U.S. military and civilian personnel on official assignments in Northern Italy. DoDEA is a worldwide school system headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, serving K-12 students. VHS students are also afforded the opportunity to take classes via the DoDEA worldwide Virtual School to further enhance course selection opportunities. The educational program and curriculum provided by VHS are accredited by COGNIA through June 30, 2025 USA.
Vicenza High School is located on a U.S. Army Post in Vicenza, Northern Italy (the proud home of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team “Sky Soldiers”), approximately forty miles west of Venice. The high school facilities accommodate students in grades 9-12. The educational program is diversified and provides a wide range of educational opportunities for preparing all students to be college and career ready. VHS operates on a two semester academic year, in a hybrid block format (8 classes total; four per day on alternating A/B days).
DoDEA Blueprint Goals
Goal 1: Student Excellence
Challenge and prepare each student to maximize his or her academic growth and well-being for college, career, and life.
Goal 2: School Excellence
Develop and sustain each school to be high-performing within a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement and caring relationships.
Goal 3: Talent Excellence
Recruit, develop, empower, and retain a high performing workforce that reflects our students.
Goal 4: Organizational Excellence
Build an enduring, accountable, and responsive organization that provides appropriate resources, direction, and support to accomplish the Mission.
Region Goal
Access to Excellent Instruction for ALL Students!
Europe as a High-Reliability Organization (HRO)
This is VMHS School Action Plan (SAP) to ensure Europe South is a high-reliability organization to achieve our school goal. During the months of August-November 2024, this SAP was collaboratively built through numerous collaborative sessions with District and Region. It represents our collective goals for student achievement and instruction throughout the school.
Vicenza High School Actions
Literacy
Provide standards-based explicit instruction on writing using the AVID Writing for Disciplinary Literacy and Inquiry strategies with daily practice of readable writing and quarterly polished writing using evidence from multiple texts across all content areas and DoDEA-adopted materials.
Mathematics
Provide standards-aligned explicit instruction on math with daily practice of modeling and reasoning using Carnegie Learning, including Mathia.
