Galena High School is a public secondary school in Southwest Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District. The school mascot is the Grizzly Bear, and the school's colors are black and gold. Their sports teams are known as the "Galena Grizzlies".Galena has been accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools.AcademicsGalena's academic program has been noted by Newsweek as one of the top 500 high schools in the country, ranking at 474th out of the entire nation.AP ClassesAdvanced Placement classes are usually taken by students at Galena in their junior and senior years, but some may even take them in their sophomore year. The classes have very high pass rates on the AP exams when compared to the rest of the school district, and many students take the AP classes at Galena because of the high quality of the education.The following Advanced Placement classes are available at Galena: AP Biology AP Calculus AP Chemistry AP English Language and Composition, referred to as AP Junior English AP English Literature and Composition, referred to as AP Senior English AP European History AP French Language AP Music Theory AP Psychology AP Spanish Language/AP Spanish Literature AP Statistics AP U.S. Government AP U.S. History
