Gainesville High School (Georgia)

Gainesville High School
Address
830 Century Place Gainesville, Georgia, 30501-3002 United States
Coordinates	34.296886°N 83.842014°W / 34.296886; -83.842014
Information
Established	1882
School district	Gainesville City School District
Principal	Chris Mance
Assistant principals	LaCrisia Larkin
Teaching staff	68 FTE
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,158
Student to teacher ratio	17:1
Color(s)
Mascot	Red Elephant
Team name	Red Elephants
Newspaper	'The Trumpeter'
Yearbook	'Radiator'
Telephone	(770) 536-4441
Website	http://www.gcssk12.net/

Gainesville High School is a high school in Gainesville, Georgia.

History

Gainesville High School was founded in 1889.

Curriculum

Like the majority of comprehensive high schools in the United States, GHS offers Advanced Placement and honors courses. It also continues to offer vocational curricula. In 2003 the school incorporated a formal Apprenticeship and Mentor Program in addition to tech prep classes.

Recognition

• Gainesville High School was awarded the National Blue Ribbon award for 2010. The Blue Ribbon award is considered the highest honor an American school can achieve.
• Gainesville High School has been recognized as a State School of Excellence.
• Under the guidance of Pam Ware, the drama department has been honored as one of 50 high schools chosen to participate in the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2005, 2008, and 2011.
• There is a tradition of Governors Honors participants and National Merit Scholar recipients, with test scores consistently in the top 10% in the state.

Athletics

Gainesville High School competes under the name the Red Elephants. They are the only school in the country with that mascot. They received that name in the 1920s when the announcer announced the football team was coming on the field looking like a herd of "Red Elephants". (This was well before the more publicly known unofficial nickname of The University of Alabama Crimson Tide.)

2009 Football Season

• Overall Record: (14-1)
• 7-AAA Record: (9-0) 1st - FINAL
• Sub B Record: (5-0) 1st - FINAL

• Class AAA Rank: 2nd - FINAL

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record
1	August 28, 2009	Chestatee	W 34-0	1-0
2	September 4, 2009	Franklin County	W 41-0	2-0
3	September 11, 2009	White County	W 42-20	3-0
4	September 18, 2009	North Hall	W 55-12	4-0
5	September 25, 2009	*West Hall	W 56-13	5-0
6	October 2, 2009	*West Forsyth	W 34-0	6-0
7	October 9, 2009	*East Hall	W 63-0	7-0
8	Bye
9	October 23, 2009	Gilmer County	W 36-7	8-0
10	October 30, 2009	*Johnson	W 63-0	9-0
11	November 6, 2009	*Flowery Branch	W 49-17	10-0
P1	November 13, 2009	Lakeview-Ft. Olgethorpe	W 42-0	11-0
P2	November 20, 2009	Dunwoody	W 41-10	12-0
P3	November 27, 2009	Cairo	W 32-19	13-0
P4	December 4, 2009	Flowery Branch	W 29-21	14-0
P5	December 12, 2009	Peach County	L 13-12	14-1

" * " Indicates an away game.

Gainesville threw a TD pass as time expired in the Georgia Dome to pull within one. Coach Bruce Miller opted to go for two and the win. The pass sailed to the endzone, and just as it appeared it would be successful, a Peach County defender tipped the ball. The Trojans defeated the Red Elephants 13-12 to take the Class AAA State Championship.

2010 Soccer Season

The Gainesville High School Boy's Soccer team capped off a perfect season with a 2010 GHSA AAA State Championship, their first state championship since 1998. The Red Elephants defeated Woodward Academy War Eagles 5-4.

Notable alumni

• Tasha Humphrey, professional basketball player
• AJ Styles, professional Wrestler
• Joseph Summer, professional Basketball Watcher

Dress code

Gainesville High School has a strict dress code, which in 2008 not only prohibits "baggy trousers", "tight and immodest clothing," halter tops, steel-toed boots, "bedroom slippers", but also "unnatural hair coloring, that not within the spectrum of human hair coloring," as well as hair coverings of all types.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Gainesville City Schools
• Gainesville High School
• Gainesville High School at Gainesville City Schools Online