A second building was constructed in 1929, when a new facility was completed at a cost of $158,000 on 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land on a site in Pennington.
In 2003, work was completed on a new 865-seat Performing Arts Center, a new gymnasium, as well as some classroom renovations as part of a referendum approved by voters in 2000.
A 2016 referendum allowed for the addition of a new front entrance, a cafeteria extension, a black box theater, and an auxiliary gymnasium, along with significant HVAC improvements and roofing repairs.
The superintendent of Hopewell Valley Regional School District, Thomas A. Smith, apologized for the racial stereotypes that were being promoted by putting fried chicken on the menu.
The Vice President of Pomptonian, Cathy Penna, claims one of the company's directors worked with an administrator of the district to create the menu for that day.
[8] Hopewell Valley Central High School provides a curriculum that is broad, diversified and comprehensive, allowing students to structure their own challenges.
The team then represented the state of New Jersey and placed third in the National Envirothon held at West Virginia Wesleyan College.
The symphonic band has worked with several musical notables, including the Dallas Brass and Houston-based composer Michael Story.
An 865-seat Performing Arts Center opened at the high school in 2003, and is now used by the community and music programs in the district.
The Hopewell Valley Central High School Bulldogs[2] compete in the Colonial Valley Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Mercer, Middlesex and Monmouth counties, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).
[34] After suspending the football program in 1932, the school reinstituted the program after a 70-year hiatus, due to the founding of HIKE Hopewell Involved in Kids Enrichment, a non-profit which raised the funds to bring a high School Football team back to HVRSD.
[35] The re-established football program's first varsity victory came on October 17, 2005, with a 28–6 win against West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North.
The 2006 season had the Bulldogs going 3–6, and tying for the Colonial Valley Conference Patriot Division title with Ewing High School and West Windsor Plainsboro North.
In 2013, the HV Bulldogs finished the program's tenth varsity season with a 10–1 record, the best season in the ten years since the re-introduction of football, and defeated Lawrence High School by a score of 31–14 before 7,500 fans at The College of New Jersey to win the program's first Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship.
[36][37] The field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1976, 1977, 1981, 1985 and 1988.
[38] In 1977, the baseball team finished the season with a record of 26–2 after winning the Group II state championship by defeating Lenape Valley Regional High School in the tournament final by a score of 3–2.
[43][44] The 2005 boys' soccer team went were co-champions of Mercer County, went undefeated in the CVC, won their division, won the Group III sectional title with a 2–1 win over Monroe Township High School[45] and lost 3–2 in overtime to Ocean City High School in the state semi-finals.
[citation needed] The ice hockey team won the Mercer County Championship in 1999 (as co-champion with Hightstown High School) and 2008.
The 2007 girls lacrosse team won the South, Group II state sectional championship with a 15–7 victory over Camden Catholic High School.
[55] In 2010, the baseball team finished the season 21–10 and won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship over West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North by a score of 12–2.
[56] In 2011, the girls' spring track team won the NJSIAA Group III state title for the seventh consecutive time.