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Gainesville High School (Georgia)

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Established
  
1882

Teaching staff
  
68 FTE

Enrollment
  
2,200

Phone
  
+1 770-536-4441

Mascot
  
Red Elephant

Principal
  
Tom Smith

Grades
  
9-12

Student to teacher ratio
  
17:1

Number of students
  
2,200

Address
  
830 Century Pl, Gainesville, GA 30501, USA

District
  
Gainesville City School District

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

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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. 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.
  • 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.
  • 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." This was well before the more publicly known unofficial nickname of The University of Alabama Crimson Tide.

    Red Elephants boys' and girls' golf teams won state in 2012.

    2012 football season

  • Overall record: (12-3)
  • AAAAA record: 1st

    • * Indicates an away game.

    Gainesville dominated Ware County 49-13 at the Georgia Dome, winning their first GHSA championship.

    2010 soccer season

    The Gainesville High School boys' soccer team capped off a perfect season with a 2010 GHSA AAA State Championship, their first state championship since 1998. The Red Elephants defeated Woodward Academy War Eagles 5-4 under the coaching of Richard Howard and Ellie Viviant.

    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), 37 region championships (most recently in 2016), and 21 Hall County titles. In addition, there have been eight individual state champions from GHS. The team is coached by Bryson Worley, and has a team locker room at Chattahoochee Golf Club in Gainesville.

    Notable alumni

  • Tommy Aaron, professional golfer and 1973 Masters Champion
  • Cris Carpenter, former professional baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Florida Marlins, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers)
  • Michael Gettys, outfielder, draft pick for the San Diego Padres
  • Tasha Humphrey, former professional basketball player
  • A.J. Johnson, former linebacker for the Tennessee Volunteers
  • T.J. Jones, professional football player
  • Billy Lothridge, All-Pro NFL player
  • Billy Martin, former professional football player
  • Micah Owings, professional baseball player (Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres)
  • Blake Sims, former quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide
  • Tommy Valentine, professional golfer
  • Deshaun Watson, quarterback for Clemson University
  • John Driskell Hopkins, bassist for Zac Brown Band

    • References

    Gainesville High School (Georgia) Wikipedia
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