Germantown High School (Mississippi)

Germantown High School
Location
409 Calhoun Parkway
Madison, Mississippi
United States
Coordinates 32°32′08″N 90°06′16″W / 32.53556°N 90.10444°W / 32.53556; -90.10444Coordinates: 32°32′08″N 90°06′16″W / 32.53556°N 90.10444°W / 32.53556; -90.10444
Information
Type Public
Established 2011
School district Madison County School District
NCES School ID 280279001381[1]
Principal Wesley Quick
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment ~950
Nickname Mavericks
Website www.madison-schools.com/ghs

Germantown High School is located in Madison, Mississippi, United States. It is a high school that is managed by the Madison County School District.

History

Establishment

Germantown High School (GHS), located in Madison, Mississippi, is one of 11 public high schools in Madison County, Mississippi.[2] The school was launched in August 2011 as part of the Madison County School District, one of the fastest-growing school districts in the state of Mississippi.[3]

The school touts a strong college-preparatory curriculum and includes teams for 18 varsity sports, varsity band and dance programs, and more than 20 school clubs.[3] The school maintains a partnership with Holmes Community College in Goodman, Mississippi allowing academically-qualified Seniors to participate in a dual enrollment program, spending part of their day on each campus and taking college-level courses.[3]

Demographics

During the 2014-15 school year, approximately 950 students were enrolled at Germantown High School.[3]

Non-European-American enrollment at the school is approximately 37%, in contrast to Mississippi's about 55% African-American majority of school-aged children.[2] This represents a very similar racial distribution to other schools in the city of Madison.[4] Approximately 48% of the GHS student body is female, 52% male — numbers which differ only slightly from the statewide average of 49% female, 51% male.[4]

Team sports

Germantown High School, with its teams named the "Mavericks," maintains a total of 18 varsity sports.[3] These include football, baseball, golf, soccer, track and field, cross-country, volleyball, tennis, swimming, and bowling.[5] The school also has programs in the less-common high school sports of powerlifting and team dance.[5] The only sports figure from GHS to attain commercial success is Aren Worrell, who did so by winning a 2015 playoff game against Oxford with a final penalty kick. Michael Volk is one of the most notable alumni in Maverick baseball history. His biggest claim to fame was hitting a homerun in his last game of his senior year.

Band

The Germantown High School band[6] in its first year took home third place in competition. In 2013, the band had an undefeated record and won the 5A state championship with a record score of 96.500,[7] becoming the first band to have an undefeated season in Mississippi. Later in the school year, the GHS band went to Georgia to compete on the national level, winning the Southern Star sweepstakes competition.[8] In the Germantown bands 2014 marching season the Germantown band took home the second place trophy.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Germantown High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Madison County Public High Schools," Public School Review, www.publicschoolreview.com/ Retrieved Sept. 22, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Germantown High School: GSH School Profile," Madison County School District, www.madison-schools.com/ Retrieved Sept. 22, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Germantown High School in Madison, Mississippi," Find The Best.com, www.public-schools.findthebest.com/l/113214/Germantown-High-School
  5. 1 2 "Germantown High School: Athletics Directory," Madison County School District, www.madison-schools.com/ Retrieved Sept. 22, 2014.
  6. ↑ Germantown High School Bands (accessed 2014-10-28).
  7. ↑ Senate Concurrent Resolution 529, Mississippi Legislature 2014 Regular Season, adopted January 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ Winners: Southern Star Music Festivals (accessed 2014-10-28).
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