| Aiken High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Aiken, South Carolina, United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | High school |
| Established | 1888 |
| School district | Consolidated School District of Aiken County, Area 1 |
| Principal | Garen Cofer |
| Vice principal | Laura Bacon – 12th Grade Ute Aadland – 11th Grade Bruce West – 10th Grade Mark Dugar – 9th Grade |
| Faculty | 103 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | approximately 1700 |
| Campus size | 50 acres (20 ha) and an antique school building |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Color(s) | Green and gold |
| Mascot | Hornet |
| Website | Aiken High website |
Aiken High School is a four-year public high school located in Aiken, South Carolina. Approximately 1,700 students attend the school. It became an International Baccalaureate school in 2003, but as of 2010 is no longer one. Aiken High was ranked in the top 5% of high schools in the nation.[1]
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Aiken High School's mascot is the Hornet. Aiken is very accomplished in football, winning the state championship in 1992, making the playoffs for the past consecutive 11 years, and defeating rival school South Aiken for 9 consecutive years until the streak ended with a 42–17 loss in 2007. Aiken High has since beaten South Aiken in both 2008, 2009, 2010. Aiken also was ranked as high as No. 1 in South Carolina in basketball for the 2006–2007 season. The swim team has made vast improvements, doubling their size from 2007 to 2008 and placing 17th overall in the State Meet. In 2009, they placed second in regions for the boys team. The boys defeated long-time rival South Aiken many times, and the girls defeated their top racers in individual events. Aiken also had a boys swimmer placing 1st in three events at the state finals in 2010. The cross country team beat rival South Aiken's team for the first time in 7 years in 2010. Aiken High's Volleyball team also captured the class AAAA State Crown in 2010, defeating Rock Hill in a thrilling 5 game match.
Aiken High School has had four seniors since 2004 named Presidential Scholars. The students are: Brandon Kearse (2004), Shahin Rothermel (2005), Amy Varallo (2007), and Aric Berning (2010).[2]
Programs at Aiken HS include the academic team, both regular and NJROTC (as of 2007) and the AHS chapter of the National FFA Organization.
Aiken High School houses the Internationally ranking Aiken County Robotics team consisting of the FIRST Robotics Competition team 1102 M'Aiken Magic, and FIRST Tech Challenge Teams GForce 3864, Atomix 3923 and M'Aiken Tech Magic 1102. For the past 4 years Aiken County teams have consecutively won the South Carolina and Tennessee State Championships. Along with FIRST Robotics Competition Team M'Aiken Magic. In 2007, the FRC team went out in the semi-finals of the Newton Division at the National Competition, the winners of the division going on to become the World Champions. In 2010 the FIRST Tech Challenge Team GForce was picked as part of the HOTShot World Championship Winning Alliance putting the team as one of the top three of the 1600 teams that compete in the program.
Aiken High School has set a school record with more than $9.5 million in scholarship offers to the 2009 graduating class, and another record in the Class of 2010, and another record in the Class of 2011.[3]
The Aiken High School Marching Hornet band has competed in statewide contests including in 2010 placing 2nd Overall at the Aynor, South Carolina Blue Jacket Invitational. In 2011 The Band placed 3rd Overall at the Newberry Lorraine Paris Invitational and the Color-guard received 1st Place, the first in the school's history. The Aiken High School Marching band has also been selected to represent the state of South Carolina in the 2012 Washington DC Independence day parade.