Greenbrier High School

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Greenbrier High School
Address
5114 Riverwood Parkway
Evans, Georgia
Southeast
Evans, Georgia, Columbia County, 30809
USA
Information
School district Columbia County School System
Superintendent Charles R. Nagle
Principal Dr. Margie Hamilton
Vice principal Gregory Bunn, Charles Fulmer, Penny Jackson, Monica Stallings, Ed Williams
Students 2300
Type Public Secondary
Education System Columbia
Age range 14-18
Grades 9-12
Language English
Hours in school day 7:45am - 2:45pm
Athletics conference 5-AAAAA
Fight song Tune of Auburn University's fight song, War Eagle, no words
Rival Evans High School, Lakeside High School (Evans, Georgia)
Mascot Wolf
Sports Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Wrestling
Team name Wolfpack
School Colour(s) Green and Gold          
Newspaper The Greenbrier Dispatch
Founded 1996
Feeder schools Greenbrier Elementary
North Columbia Elementary
River Ridge Elementary
Riverside Elementary
Columbia Middle
Greenbrier Middle
Riverside Middle[1]
Homepage http://www1.ccboe.net/gbh/index.htm

Greenbrier High School is a 5-A high school located in the Riverwood Plantation neighborhood of Evans, Georgia, a suburb of Augusta. Greenbrier High School consists of approximately 2300 students in grades 9-12. The school mascot is "Wolfie Wolf" and their school colors are a dark green, gold, and white.

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[edit] Traffic Issues

Traffic has been a significant problem at the school since its opening in 1996. Greenbrier High is located in a popular suburban area in Evans where new homes and businesses are always being built. Greenbrier is also in close proximity to two of its main feeder schools, Greenbrier Elementary and Greenbrier Middle, which also adds to traffic congestion in the mornings and afternoons as younger students are making their commutes to and from school. To relieve congestion and solve the problem altogether, Greenbrier High School started a Zero Period program, allowing the senior class to begin and end the school day an hour earlier than usual.

The seniors would start school at 6:45am instead of 7:45am, and would leave at 1:40pm instead of 2:40pm. This privilege is, of course, optional, but many seniors decided to take advantage from it from the start. Many of them find it very helpful--especially in the afternoons--as they get to leave an hour early and hang out; this also gives them more leisure time to head to work after school ahead of the school buses and other afternoon traffic.

Overall, the Zero Period program has resulted in some alleviation of the traffic issues, but a new road leading to the school, General Wood Parkway, was built the summer of 2007 to allow another entrance and exit to the school, also becoming a great help.

[edit] Coke vs. Pepsi Controversy

In 1998, a senior named Mike Cameron got suspended for wearing a Pepsi shirt on "Coke Day". This was a huge issue, and garnered national attention, with the incident even being referenced in several books. Coke Day was dreamed up by the student government as part of the school's entry in a national "Team Up With Coca-Cola" contest that earns $10,000 for the winning school. In the program, Coca-Cola Co. invites high schools throughout the country to show how much they like coca-cola.[2]

[edit] Academics

Greenbrier High School offers a wide variety of College Prep. and Tech. Prep. classes, but as of the school year of 2008-2009, there will be no difference in graduation requirements or degrees.

There are also many AP courses offered, including the following (along with student-given abbreviations)[3]:

  • AP Biology ("AP Bio")
  • AP Calculus ("AP Calc")
  • AP Chemistry ("AP Chem")
  • AP Environmental Science ("AP Environment")
  • AP European History ("AP Euro")
  • AP French
  • AP Government ("AP Civics")
  • AP Language ("AP Lit")
  • AP Literature ("AP Lit" note: both are called "AP Lit" by students, but AP Language is an 11th grade course while AP Literature is a 12th grade course; students draw little distinguishment between the classes beyond that)
  • AP Physics
  • AP Psychology ("AP Psych")
  • AP Spanish (note: AP Spanish is the smallest class the school offers, with only 14 students signed up for the 2008-2009 school year)
  • AP Statistics ("AP Stat")
  • AP Studio Art ("AP Art"
  • AP U.S. History ("APUSH" note: pronounced as "a-push" without individual pronunciation of the letters)
  • AP World History ("AP World" note: this is the newest class offered by Greenbrier High School and will be instituted in the 2008-2009 school year. The class was designed specifically for future sophomores because of the increasing need for AP classes to get into Georgia's universities, most of which require two AP courses for admittance.)

[edit] Fine Arts

  • Art
  • Band
  • Drama
  • French (considered a fine art after two years)
  • Spanish (considered a fine art after two years)

[edit] GHS Extracurricular Activities

[edit] Clubs[4]

[edit] Athletics[5]

Greenbrier High School has become well-known, locally, regionally, and even state-wide,[citation needed] for its athletic program. There are a wide variety of sports available year-round, and many have achieved notable success.

2007 State Championship Baseball Team
2007 State Championship Baseball Team
  • Baseball[6][7]
    • State Champions AAA 1997, 1998, 1999
    • State Champions AAAA 2006, 2007
    • Region Champions 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
  • Cross Country
    • Cross Country Region Champs 1996-1999, 2001-2004
    • Ladies Cross Country Region Champs 1996-2004
    • Boys State Runner-up 2004
  • Golf
    • Ladies' Golf Region Champs 2000
  • Soccer
    • Boys Region Champions 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
    • Girls Region Champions 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007
    • Boys State Semi Finalist 2006, 2007
    • Boys State Finalist 1999
  • Softball
    • AAAA State Champions: 2004
    • Region Champions: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Tennis
    • Region Champs 1997-2000, 2008
    • Girls' Region Champs 2004, 2005
  • Volleyball
    • Area Champions 2000-2001-2003
    • Area 2 Runner-up and 4th in the State-AAAA 2002
    • Area Runner Up 2004
    • Area Two Champions 2005
    • JV Area Two Champions 2005
    • JV Area Champions 2006
    • Region Champions 2007

[edit] Band

  • Concert Band: The lowest band in the Greenbrier High School band program. Although it is an actual class, it does require after school practices and performances leading many students to consider it, along with the other three "classroom bands", as "partially extracurricular".
  • Jazz Band
  • Marching Band: Although considered co-curricular by CCBOE standards, marching band is an option. The band has a five day band camp two weeks before school starts, after school practices on most Tuesdays and Thursdays during the fall from 3-5PM, along with football games on Friday. However, due to the school's 5-A status, some football games will be played on Saturday during the 2008 marching season.
    • In the 2007 season, the band performed at the Heart of Georgia Marching Invitational 2007 and received 1's (the highest rating) in the categories of percussion, drum majors, dance team, and flag corps while receiving a 2 in the category of band overall.
    • The band is currently under the direction of Michael Katterjohn and Brian Toney, but due to lack of interest and participation from the upcoming class of 2012 the band is dropping from 195 members to 165. Brian Toney will be moved to direction of Riverside Middle School at the beginning of the 2008 school year.
    • The three most recent half-time shows of the Marching Wolfpack are the 2006 show of music by Earth, Wind, & Fire, the current 2007 "That 70's Show" featuring music from the 1970s, and the future 2008 show of music by John Williams.
    • The band's marching uniforms have been the same since 1997 and consist of a mostly white jackets with gold colored buttons, blue slacks with a white stripe, a mostly blue hat with a gold colored eagle, similar to the one on the Great Seal of the United States, a white plume, and a gold, white, and green colored sash. These were designed before the school's colors were official, hence the lack of green. However, the band is receiving new uniforms for the 2008 season of all black slacks, a green and black jacket with a yellow stripe going diagonally down the front of the jacket dividing the black and green, and a black hat with the school's logo, a green and yellow stripe, and a green plume.
    • Band trip: Each year, the Marching Wolfpack takes a trip before and leading into spring break (the same week as Masters Week for Columbia County and much of the CSRA). The past three trips have been to Chicago, IL in 2006, Orlando, FL in 2007, and New York, NY in 2008. The location of the 2009 trip will not be decided upon until the beginning of the 2008 fall marching season.
  • Symphonic Band: The second lowest band in the Greenbrier High School program. See the Concert Band notation for all other information.
  • Wind II Ensemble: The second highest band in the Greenbrier High School program. Due to lack of interest, 2008 Director Michael Katterjohn is considering abolishing the band and dividing the whole band into only 3 classes as opposed to 4. See the Concert Band notation for all other information.
  • Wind I Ensemble: The highest band in the Greenbrier High School program. If the Wind II band is abolished, then the name of this band will change to "Wind Ensemble". See the Concert Band notation for all other information.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Columiba County Board of Education - Greenbrier High. Retrieved on 2008-02-03.
  2. ^ Emily Sollie. "Pepsi shirt incident gains world notice", Augusta Chronicle, 1998-03-26. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. 
  3. ^ Greenbrier High School AP Information. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
  4. ^ Greenbrier High School Clubs. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  5. ^ GHS Athletics. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  6. ^ Jeff Sentell. "Success feels twice as nice", Augusta Chronicle, 2007-06-02. Retrieved on 2008-04-25. 
  7. ^ GHS Athletics. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.

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