Gainesville High School, Georgia
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| Established | 1892 |
| Principal | David Shumake |
| Location | Gainesville, Georgia, United States |
| Enrollment | 1080 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Mascot | Red Elephant |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Newspaper | The Trumpeter |
| Yearbook | Radiator |
Gainesville High School is a high school in Gainesville, Georgia.
Gainesville High School offers an Advanced Placement and Honors courses, vocational and Technology curricula. In 2003 the school incorporated a formal Apprenticeship and Mentor Program in addition to Tech Prep. classes. Gainesville High School has been recognized as a State School of Excellence, with a seventy-five percent advanced degree staff. Students per teacher ratio is 17. There is a tradition of Governors Honors participants and National Merit Scholar recipients, test scores consistently in the top 10% in the state, consistent increase in SAT scores over the past fifteen years, a separate Fine Arts Center for its state and national award winning drama and debate programs, and a state recognized athletic program.
İ==History== Gainesville High School was founded in 1892. GHS is known for its excellent academics and athletics.
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[edit] Administration
The current principal is Michael S. Kemp.
- Mr. Kemp is new to Gainesville High School as of March 2006.
- Chris Mance is the assistant principal for discipline.
- Linda Youngblood is the assistant principal for student services.
[edit] Athletics
Gainesville High School competes under the name "The Red Elephants." They received that name in the 1920s, well before the more publicly known unofficial nickname of the Alabama Red Tide. Gainesville is one of less than 100 high schools in the country to win over 700 football games in their schools history. Although many rival schools claim that GHS "recruits" players, ie. offering them houses or cars in order to play sports, this has never been proven, and, as Coach Vickery is quoted as saying in the Gainesville Times, "The only type of recruiting Gainesville High School does is that based on its reputation..." Rival schools point to players such as Kendrick Lewis, who came to Gainesville High School for 5 months from O.H. Perry H.S. in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, as examples of this so called recruiting, when in fact he came to live with a relative for that short time.
Some well noted student-athletes from Gainesville High School include: Kendrick Lewis, standout wide receiver at Ole Miss; Tasha Humphrey, the starting forward for the women's basketball team at UGA; Andrew Thacker and John Castleberry, both exceptional football players at Furman University; brothers Micah Owings and Jon Mark Owings, who are currently both pursuing careers in professional baseball;Damon Evans, the athletic director for the University of Georgia; current football stars CJ Wood, Danny Luong, Beau Wren, Tipton Sholes; Chris Carpenter, a three sport star in High School and former MLB Pitcher; and most recently Nick Claytor, a 312 pound offensive lineman and Georgia Institute of Technology recruit who figures to be instrumental in elevating the status of the Yellow Jackets' program to that of a national contender. The current Athletic director is Wayne Vickery.
Athletics offered are baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, wrestling, and volleyball.
[edit] Drama
Under the guidance of Pam Ware, the drama department has received many honors and awards. Gainesville High has its own separate performing arts center, the Warehouse. GHS was one of 50 high schools chosen to participate in the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2005. Alumni of the GHS Drama department include many well known artists on stage and screen, as well as countless artists behind the scenes of the entertainment industry.
