A new school, a new campus, and a brand-new identity forged from community pride and a shared vision for Vienna's youngest learners.
Something remarkable is taking shape in Vienna. The new Vienna Elementary School — set to open its doors in the fall of 2027 on the campus of the West Virginia University at Parkersburg Innovation and Technology Center — has a name, a home, and now, a spirit all its own. That spirit has a name: Neale, the Riverhawk.
The mascot was developed through a meaningful collaboration between Wood County Schools and West Virginia University at Parkersburg — two institutions joining forces to invest in the future of Vienna's children. It honors the school's extraordinary home on the Innovation and Technology Center campus, a place where curiosity, discovery, and ambition are already part of the daily fabric of life.
Situated on a thriving university campus, students will grow up surrounded by higher education, cutting-edge technology, and the everyday energy of people pursuing their greatest ambitions — a setting that quietly tells every child: you belong here, and great things are possible for you. The Riverhawk, renowned for its focus, strength, and grace, is perhaps no better symbol for a generation of students being prepared for the complexity and opportunity of a rapidly changing world.
For families across Vienna, this new school represents a genuine turning point — one built on innovation, partnership, and an unwavering conviction that every student deserves a future as boundless as the sky. So here's to Neale, here's to the students of Vienna, and here's to the soaring that is yet to come.
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