Greenbrier High School

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Greenbrier High School
Address
5114 Riverwood Parkway
Evans, Georgia
Southeast
Evans, Georgia, Columbia County, 30809
USA
Coordinates 33°35′20″N 82°11′31″W / 33.588863°N 82.191986°W / 33.588863; -82.191986Coordinates: 33°35′20″N 82°11′31″W / 33.588863°N 82.191986°W / 33.588863; -82.191986
Information
Founded 1996
School district Columbia County School System
Superintendent Charles R. Nagle
Principal Mr.Chris Segraves
Vice principal Gregory Bunn, Dr. Holly Barnes, Terri Duncan, Ed Williams
Grades 9–12
Age range 13–19
Number of students 2300
Education system Columbia
Language English
Hours in school day 7:45am - 2:45pm
School Colour(s) Green and Gold          
Fight song Tune of Auburn University's fight song, "War Eagle", no words
Athletics conference 4-AAAA
Sports Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Wrestling
Mascot Wolf
Nickname Pack
Team name Wolfpack
Rival Evans, Lakeside, Grovetown Hi
Newspaper The Greenbrier Dispatch
Feeder schools Greenbrier Elementary
North Columbia Elementary
River Ridge Elementary
Riverside Elementary
Columbia Middle
Greenbrier Middle
Riverside Middle[1]
Website http://www1.ccboe.net/gbh/index.htm

Greenbrier High School is a 4-A high school located within the Riverwood Plantation neighborhood of Evans, Georgia, a suburb of Augusta. Greenbrier High School consists of approximately 2300 students in grades 9-12. The school mascot is "Wolfie Wolfman" and their school colors are a deep green, gold, and blue.

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[edit] Traffic Issues

Greenbrier is located in a growing suburban area and is in close proximity to two of its main feeder schools, Greenbrier Elementary and Greenbrier Middle. In 2008 an additional access road, General Wood Parkway, was constructed to provide direct access to the schools off of Washington Road.

[edit] Coke vs. Pepsi Controversy

In 1998, a senior named Mike Cameron was suspended for wearing a Pepsi work shirt on "Coke Day". This became a huge issue and garnered national attention with the incident being referenced in several books. "Coke Day" had been envisioned by the student government as a part of the school's entry into a national "Team Up With Coca-Cola" contest that bestows $10,000 upon the winning school. In the program, The Coca-Cola Company invited high schools throughout the country to show how much they liked the company.[2]

[edit] Academics

Greenbrier High School offers a wide variety of College Prep. and Tech. Prep. classes, but as of the school year of 2008-2009, there will be no difference in graduation requirements or degrees.

There are also many advanced placement (AP) courses offered, including the following (along with student-given abbreviations)[3]:

  • AP Biology ("AP Bio")
  • AP Calculus ("AP Calc")
  • AP Chemistry ("AP Chem")
  • AP Environmental Science ("AP Environment," "APES," or "AP Enviro")
  • AP European History ("AP Euro")
  • AP French
  • AP Government ("AP Civics" or "AP Go Po")
  • AP Language ("AP Lit" or "AP Lang")
  • AP Literature ("AP Lit" note: both are called "AP Lit" by students, but AP Language is an 11th grade course while AP Literature is a 12th grade course; students draw little distinguishment between the classes beyond that)
  • AP Physics
  • AP Psychology ("AP Psych")
  • AP Spanish (note: AP Spanish is the smallest class the school offers, with only 14 students signed up for the 2008-2009 school year)
  • AP Statistics ("AP Stats")
  • AP Studio Art ("AP Art")
  • AP U.S. History ("APUSH" note: pronounced as "a-push" without individual pronunciation of the letters)
  • AP World History ("AP World" or "WHAP: World History AP" note: this is the newest class offered by Greenbrier High School and will be instituted in the 2008-2009 school year. The class was designed specifically for future sophomores because of the increasing need for AP classes to get into Georgia's universities, most of which require two AP courses for admittance.)

[edit] Fine arts

  • Art
  • Chorus/Show Choir
  • Band
  • Drama
  • French (considered a fine art after two years)
  • Spanish (considered a fine art after two years)

[edit] GHS Extracurricular Activities

[edit] Clubs[4]

[edit] Athletics[5]

Greenbrier High School has become well-known, locally, regionally, and even state-wide,[citation needed] for its athletic program. There are a wide variety of sports available year-round, and many have achieved notable success.

2007 State Championship Baseball Team
  • Baseball[6][7]
    • State Champions AAA 1997, 1998, 1999
    • State Champions AAAA 2006, 2007
    • Region Champions 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007,2008
  • Basketball
  • Band
  • Cheerleading
  • Competition Cheerleading squad has won the region competition in the years 2006, 2007 and, 2008. They have also gone onto the state championship to place as high as fourth in the state.
  • Lacrosse
  • Cross Country
    • Cross Country Region Champs 1996-1999, 2001-2004
    • Ladies Cross Country Region Champs 1996-2004
    • Boys State Runner-up 2004
  • Golf
    • Ladies' Golf Region Champs 2000
  • Mens Golf Region Champs 2010[8]
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
    • Boys Region Champions 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
    • Girls Region Champions 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007
    • Boys State Semi Finalist 2006, 2007
    • Boys State Finalist 1999
  • Softball
    • AAAA State Champions: 2004
    • Region Champions: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Tennis
    • Boys'Region Champions 1997-2000, 2008-2010
    • Girls' Region Champions 2004, 2005, 2009
    • Boys State Finalist 1999
  • Track & Field
    • Boys' Region Champions-1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
    • Girls' Region Champions-1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007


  • Volleyball
    • Area Champions 2000-2001-2003
    • Area 2 Runner-up and 4th in the State-AAAA 2002
    • Area Runner Up 2004
    • Area Two Champions 2005
    • JV Area Two Champions 2005
    • JV Area Champions 2006
    • Region Champions 2007

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Columiba County Board of Education - Greenbrier High". http://www.ccboe.net/high/gbh.html. Retrieved 2008-02-03. 
  2. ^ Emily Sollie (1998-03-26). "Pepsi shirt incident gains world notice". Augusta Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20080419174736/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/032698/met_124-2581.shtml. Retrieved 2008-04-24. 
  3. ^ "Greenbrier High School AP Information". http://www1.ccboe.net/gbh/AP.htm. Retrieved 2008-05-18. 
  4. ^ "Greenbrier High School Clubs". http://www.ccboe.net/gbh/activities/clubs/home.html. Retrieved 2008-04-23. 
  5. ^ "GHS Athletics". http://www.greenbrierathletics.net/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-23. 
  6. ^ Jeff Sentell (2007-06-02). "Success feels twice as nice". Augusta Chronicle. http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/060307/bas_130823.shtml. Retrieved 2008-04-25. [dead link]
  7. ^ "GHS Athletics". http://www.greenbrierathletics.net/vbaseball.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-23. 
  8. ^ https://sites.google.com/a/ccboe.net/wolfpackgolf/home

[edit] External links

GHSA Class AAAA Region 2
Sub-Region A
Sub-Region B
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