Broadway High School (Broadway, Virginia)

Broadway High School
Address
269 Gobbler Drive
Broadway, Virginia 22815
 United States
Coordinates 38°36′21″N 78°47′41″W / 38.60583°N 78.79472°W / 38.60583; -78.79472Coordinates: 38°36′21″N 78°47′41″W / 38.60583°N 78.79472°W / 38.60583; -78.79472
Information
School type Public, high school
Motto "Working together within a positive atmosphere to provide a foundation for lifelong learning."
Established 1872
School district Rockingham County Public Schools
Superintendent Dr. Carol S. Fenn
Principal Mrs. Donna Abernathy
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,102 (2010-11)
Color(s)                Hunter Green, Black and White
Athletics conference VHSL Group 3A West Region
Valley District
Mascot Strut the fighting gobbler
Newspaper The Gobbler Gab
Yearbook Memories
Website Website

Broadway High School is a public secondary school in Broadway, Virginia. It is located at 269 Gobbler Drive.

History

The original Broadway School was a small, one-room building that opened in the mid-1870s and was taught by C. E. Barglebaugh, just eighteen years old. Four rooms were added over the years, but it burned down in 1907. A brick building with a library, office, auditorium, and six rooms replaced it. A high school was built adjacent to that building in 1920, and grade school and high school were divided. A new facility built west of the town in the 1950s was used as a high school until completion of the current building at its current location in January 1998, upon which time it became J. Frank Hillyard Middle School, named for its former principal. A time capsule was buried in 1992 by the SCA to mark the 40th anniversary of the The time capsule will be opened in 2032.[1]

Athletics

Band department

The band department is currently headed by Becky Ford, and consists of Concert Band for the younger musicians, Wind Symphony for mostly upperclassmen, and the Jazz band year round. Marching band begins in late summer and generally ends with a Christmas parade. For those who aren't in the cast or crew of the spring musical, there is pit orchestra. Broadway Band Department earned the status of Virginia Honor Band in both 2007 and 2010 as well as the Music Department earning the honor of Blue Ribbon School in 2010. [2]

Marching Band

Wind Symphony

Theatre department

Fall one-act plays

Mr. Reger directed them until he left, then Ms. Dickerson and Mrs. Tate ran them, and Andrea Bentley, Andrea Sisk, took over for a year, but now Mr. Reger has returned. In 2013, Mrs. Johnson started directing.

Spring musicals

1. Directed by Kim Tate and Scott Zane Smith (1996 - 2000).

2. Directed by Kim Tate and Holly Dickerson (2001 - 2012).

3. Directed by Kim Tate and Holly (Dickerson) King (2013).

4. Directed by Kim Tate and Wes Dunlap (2014).

5. Directed by Tim Reger and Wes Dunlap (2015).

6. Directed by Claire Covington and Luke Black (2016).

Academics

The Broadway Academic team of '06-'07 had twenty-six members: one freshman, six sophomores, one junior, and eighteen seniors. Their A team beat all schools at least once save for Lee and Rockbridge.

Broadway High School is also a participant in Massanutten Regional Governor's School for Integrated Science and Technology, alongside all the other schools in the district.[3]

Clubs

References

  1. ↑ "Broadway High School". June 26, 2005. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved June 26, 2007.
  2. ↑ Official website
  3. ↑ 2

1) "The History of Broadway High School" 2) Massanutten Regional Governor's School Homepage

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