Conner High School

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Conner High School
Pride, Honor, and Integrity
Location
3310 Cougar Path
Hebron, KY 41048
USA
Information
Principal Mr.Tim Hitzfield
Type Public Secondary
Mascot Cougar
Color(s) Blue █ and Red █
Established 1970
Homepage http://w3.iac.net/~connerhs/mainpage.htm

Conner High School is a 9-12 grade public school located in Hebron, Kentucky. Conner is part of a larger campus that includes Conner Middle School and Goodridge Elementary. The Boone County Area Technology Center (formerly Boone County Vocational School) also sits on the same campus. Conner is accredited by the Commission of Secondary Schools of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and by the State of Kentucky.[1]

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[edit] History

The school is named after the Conner family of Hebron, who donated the land due to overcrowding in nearby Boone County High School, located in Florence, Ky. Established in 1970, Conner opened with less than 600 students in 10th through 12th grades, and graduated 136 students in 1971. Today Conner has graduated nearly 6000 students.[2] Upon the opening of Ryle High School, Conner had the lowest student population of any of the three Boone County public high schools. The school's size has grown and now uses Small Learning Communities (a misnomer, given that the smallest contains over 200 students; they are generally called "academies") with the stated goal of separating students by their career interest and plans. There are four academies: The Freshman Academy, Science & Industries, Cultural Studies & the Arts, Health & Human Services, and Business & Technology. In reality, though, the separation of students into these academies is all but superficial, as the core curriculum is the same for all, and the separation is frequently broken to more evenly distribute students among the often overcrowded classes. In addition, students can still choose any electives they want with relative freedom. The academies factor into class schedules only in deciding what priority a student will have in getting into a certain class; e.g. a student in the Cultural Studies & and the Arts academy will have higher priority when trying to get into art than a similar student in the Science & Industries academy. In 2007, Tim Hitzfield replaced Michael Blevins as the school principal.

[edit] Athletics

Conner High School is active in a variety of men's and women's athletics.

Men's sports[3] Women's sports[4]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Conner High School. About Our School. Retrieved on January 9, 2007.
  2. ^ Conner High School. History. Retrieved on January 9, 2007.
  3. ^ Conner High School. Men's Sports. Retrieved on January 9, 2007.
  4. ^ Conner High School. Women's Sports. Retrieved on January 9, 2007.

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