Gainesville High School (Georgia)

Gainesville High School is located in Gainesville, Georgia, United States.

Gainesville High School
Address
830 Century Place

Gainesville
,
Georgia
30501-3002

United States
Coordinates34.296886°N 83.842014°W / 34.296886; -83.842014[1]
Information
Established1882
School districtGainesville City School District
School code682
PrincipalJaimes P. Green
Teaching staff123.30 (FTE)[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,148 (2018-19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio17.42[2]
Color(s)Red and white    
SloganGo Big Red
MascotRed Elephant
Team nameRed Elephants
NewspaperThe Trumpeter
YearbookRadiator
Telephone(770) 536-4441
Websitehttp://www.gcssk12.net/

History

Gainesville High School was founded in 1892.

Curriculum

Like the majority of comprehensive high schools in the US, GHS offers Advanced Placement and honors courses. In addition to Advanced Placement courses, Gainesville High School offers the AP Capstone program which gives students a chance at a second diploma by taking college level classes such as AP Seminar and AP Research. It also offers vocational curricula. In 2003 the school incorporated a formal Apprenticeship and Mentor Program to tech prep classes.

Recognition
  • Gainesville High School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon award for 2010. This is considered the highest honor an American school can achieve.
  • Gainesville High School has been recognized as a State School of Excellence.
  • In 2006, students Preston Smith, Robert Whelchel, and Bryan Williams were recognized for superior talent as winners of Southeast Regional Emmy Awards.[3]
  • Under the guidance of Pam Ware, the drama department was honored as one of 50 high schools chosen to participate in the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2005, 2008, and 2011.[4][5]
  • GHS has a tradition of Governors Honors participants and National Merit Scholar recipients, with test scores consistently in the top 10% in the state.

Athletics

GHS teams are known as the Red Elephants. They are the only school in the country with that mascot. They received the name in the 1920s when the announcer announced the football team was coming on the field looking like a herd of "Red Elephants." The naming was influenced by the unofficial nickname of The University of Alabama Crimson Tide that was created at the 1927 Rose Bowl. Red Elephants boys' and girls' golf teams won state in 2012.

Boys' golf teams

Gainesville High School claims one of the most successful boys' golf programs in Georgia history. The program has won seven GHSA state championships (1978, 1979, 1981, 1994, 1996, 2012, and 2013).

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  2. "Gainesville High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  3. Article about students winning Emmy awards
  4. Article about the GHS theater group going to Scotland
  5. Article about Edinburgh Fringe Festival participation in Gainesville Times
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