Governor Thomas Johnson High School

for schools of the same name.

Governor Thomas Johnson High School
Home of the Patriots
Address
1501 North Market Street Frederick, Maryland 21701 United States
Coordinates	39°26′2″N 77°24′18″W / 39.43389°N 77.40500°W / 39.43389; -77.40500Coordinates: 39°26′2″N 77°24′18″W / 39.43389°N 77.40500°W / 39.43389; -77.40500
Information
Type	Public high school
Opened	September 6, 1966
School district	Frederick County Public Schools
Principal	Daniel Lippy
Teaching staff	89.00 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,482 (2013-2014)
Student to teacher ratio	16.73
Campus	Small City
Campus size	40 acres (160,000 m2)
Color(s)	Red, White, and Blue
Athletics conference	Central Maryland Conference
Nickname	Patriots
Rival	Frederick High School
Newspaper	TJ Chronicle
Yearbook	Tricorn
Feeder schools	Monocacy Middle School & Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle School
Website	education.fcps.org/gtjhs/
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Governor Thomas Johnson High School (GTJHS) is a Four-Year public high school in Frederick, MD, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. The school is home to the Academy of Fine Arts, an auditioned-only Visual and Performing Arts program for talented students in Frederick County from grades 10th to 12th. The school is also home to the Naval Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps for Frederick County.

Thomas Johnson

Governor Thomas Johnson

The school is named after former Maryland Governor Thomas Johnson who was the first post-colonial governor of the state. He was also a delegate to the Continental Congress and an associate justice on the Supreme Court. Johnson himself received no formal education and taught himself the law while working for an attorney and qualified aged 28.^[3]

Buildings

The school is located on Maryland Route 355, north of 14th Street, and southeast of U.S. 15. The building has 292,940 square feet (27,215 m²) of space located on 40 acres (16 ha) of land.^[4] The address is 1501 N. Market Street in Frederick, MD 21701.

Students

Gov.Thomas Johnson High has 1,482 students and the demographics are as follows for 2013-2014 year 44.8% White 24.3% African American 19.4% Hispanic 6.0% Multiracial 5.2% Asian Thomas Johnson's graduation rate has been steadily rising over the past 12 years. In 2007 the school graduated 93.85%, the highest rate in the past 12 years and The school had a low of 84.91% in 1999.^[5]

The school's population had been steadily rising over the years, but has been decreasing over the last 4 years due to the redistricting of some students to Oakdale High School.

Governor Thomas Johnson High School

Academies

Governor Thomas Johnson High School is home to 2 "academies" for Frederick County Public Schools.

The "Academy for the Fine Arts" has been at GTJHS since the late 1980's.^[7] AFA, as it is called, offers various college level classes pertaining to the arts for students in 10th, 11th, and 12th grade.^[8]

The Naval Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps was a new addition to GTJHS for the 2015-16 school year.^[9] The program had previously been held at Linganore High School.^[10] The NJROTC features an orienteering team, a rifle team, and a drill team.

Sports

State Champions

Notable alumni

• Virginia Cha, anchor on MSNBC Live, reporter for CNN
• Branden Kline, Minor League Baseball player in the Baltimore Orioles organization
• Terence Morris, NBA basketball player
• Bryan Voltaggio, chef, Top Chef runner-up
• Nate Hairston, cornerback for the Indianapolis Colts

References and notes

See also

• List of high schools in Maryland
• Frederick County Public Schools

External links

• Governor Thomas Johnson High School website