Nicholas County High School

Nicholas County High School is a high school located in [9] Summersville, West Virginia.

This article is about the current Nicholas County High School. For the previous National Register-listed building, see Old Main (Nicholas County High School).
Nicholas County High School
Address
30 Grizzly Road

Summersville
,
West Virginia
26651

United States
Information
School typePublic Secondary
Established1914[1]
School districtNicholas County Schools
SuperintendentDonna Burge-Tetrick[2]
PrincipalKendra Rapp[3]
Grades9–12
Enrollment692[4]
Student to teacher ratio15:1[5]
Color(s)Old Gold and Navy[6]
   
NicknameGrizzlies[7]
RivalRichwood High School
Newspaperthe Grizzly Gazette[8] (formerly "the Gold and Blue Record")
Yearbookthe Nichlosean

Nicholas County High School has seen a steady decline in student enrollment like many schools throughout West Virginia. NCHS has 693 students, a drop from 720 in the 2015-2016 school enrollment period.[10] Due to this drop the school currently ranks as a AA school down from a AAA.[11] NCHS has achieved the accomplishment of placing 16th in the WVSSAC Football Tournament in 2007, 12th place in 2008, 8th in 2009, and 9th in 2012, as well as 8th in the WVSSAC Cheerleading Tournament in 2007. Nicholas County also boasts the title of having the 12th place in the world Future Problem Solvers Team as well as boasting two first place titles and one second place title at the 2013 West Virginia FBLA Conference. The mascot for NCHS is the grizzly bear, and its school colors are Old Gold and Old Navy.

As a result of June 2016 flood damage to Richwood High School, plans were made to consolidate RHS with NCHS on a new campus.[12] The planned consolidation, however, was rejected by the West Virginia Board of Education on June 13, 2017.[13] On June 2nd, 2020, the Nicholas County Board of Education broke ground on a new campus for NCHS and Summersville Middle School (which was destroyed in the flood of 2016 and had to be placed in a modular setting) at Glade Creek. The current NCHS campus will be remodeled to house Summersville Elementary School.[14]

Top Honors

In the winter of 2008, Nicholas County High School was awarded an honor by U.S. News & World Report. This organization listed NCHS on the top 10% of high schools in the United States. NCHS was the only high school in the Nicholas County School System to achieve this high honor, and was one of the only few in the state to receive it.

Sports

Sports offered at NCHS are:

  • Football
  • Cheerleading
  • Volleyball
  • Soccer
  • Golf
  • Wrestling
  • Basketball
  • Softball
  • Baseball
  • Track and Field
  • Cross Country

Clubs

Clubs offered at NCHS are:

  • Yearbook Journalism
  • Future Business Leaders of America
  • Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
  • Student Council
  • 9 Club
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  • National Honor Society
  • Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)

Marching band

The Nicholas County High School Marching Grizzlies have achieved much success in the past several years. They have placed in many different marching band competitions, including Black Walnut Festival and Tri-State. At ratings festival, they received three scores of 1, which is the highest a band can score. The band has been nominated to participate in the 2010 National Independence Day Parade on July 4.

The band performed at the 2014 Poca Band Invitational where they were the 1st Runner Up for Grand Champion in Marching for Class C bands; they competed against 3 other bands in their class. Other competitions for 2014 are Ripley and Black Walnut.

The current director is Roger Lee Akers, who has served Nicholas County High School since 2004. Akers has led the band to several competitions over the past 9 years where they have successfully achieved trophies for marching, auxiliary, drumline, drum major, and overall band.

References
  1. ncnchs.ss8.sharpschool.com
  2. http://ncboe.ss8.sharpschool.com/for_staff
  3. http://ncnchs.ss8.sharpschool.com/staff_directory
  4. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/west-virginia/districts/nicholas-county-schools/nicholas-county-high-school-21410
  5. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/west-virginia/districts/nicholas-county-schools/nicholas-county-high-school-21410
  6. https://www.wvssac.org/directory/?school-num=0087&class=aaa&program=1&cache=12740181
  7. https://www.wvssac.org/directory/?school-num=0087&class=aaa&program=1&cache=12740181
  8. nchs.news
  9. https://www.summersvillewv.org/municipal-election-information/
  10. https://zoomwv.k12.wv.us/Dashboard/portalHome.jsp
  11. http://wvmetronews.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/media-announcement-classification.pdf?x63433
  12. Quinn, Ryan (March 7, 2017). "Nicholas board approves school consolidation plan". Charleston Gazette-Mail. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  13. Hodousek, Carrie (June 13, 2017). "State BOE rejects Nicholas County school consolidation plan". MetroNews. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  14. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nicholas-county-schools-hold-groundbreaking-for-new-schools/ar-BB14TonF

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