Green Hope High School

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Green Hope High School
View of the Front Entrance of Green Hope High School
Address
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2500 Carpenter Upchurch Road

Cary
,
North Carolina
27519

United States
Information
TypePublic
MottoDare To Soar
Established1999 (22 years ago) (1999)
School districtWake County Public School System
CEEB code342709
PrincipalCamille Hedrick[1]
Staff134.88 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
Number of students2,786 (2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio20.66[2]
Color(s)Maroon and green
  
MascotFighting Falcon
Websitegreenhopehigh.wcpss.net

Green Hope High School is a school in Cary, North Carolina, serving grades 9–12. It is a part of the Wake County Public School System.

History[]

Green Hope School origins[]

This display, located in GHHS lobby, showcases some of the historic memorabilia from the previous school.

The school is named for the older, historic Green Hope School, built in 1927.[3] It provided Grades 1 through 12 during its lifetime as a consolidated school. This continued until 1952,[3] when it was then re-dubbed Green Hope Elementary School, providing primary-education while the higher grades were reallocated to nearby Cary or Apex High Schools. Green Hope Elementary proudly became the first accredited rural school in Wake County. By 1963, it served 172 students. However, at the time, the school was a whites-only establishment.

Fire and destruction[]

This grassy field, railroad tracks, and construction rubble are all that remain of the original Green Hope School.

On August 15, 1963 at 1 AM, the school caught fire.[4] Three fire departments responded: Apex, Morrisville, and Yrac.[4] (Yrac Department was created in 1958 as a temporary reorganization of Cary Rural Fire District; in 1998 it was merged with Cary F.D.) Despite this response, the school was completely destroyed. Damage was estimated at greater than $400,000,[4] and the school was not reconstructed.

The cause of the fire was officially described as suspicious circumstances. However, arson was suspected as a cause, and firefighters reported a car speeding away from the blaze. Possible motives include opposition to the racial integration of the local districts. This process continued, however, expedited by the creation of Wake County Public School System in 1976.[5] This set the goal of unifying the diverse racial and economic demographic of the growing community, and ensuring that the affluent suburbs and the poorer urban areas of Raleigh received equal and integrated education. However, the site of Green Hope School remained unoccupied until 1999.

The present location of the school is across the road from the old building site.

The scoreboard from the old Green Hope School is still present in the modern day Green Hope High School main gym.

Green Hope High School today[]

The Green Hope High School of today, opened its doors in 1999, drawing only freshmen and sophomore students from neighboring overcrowded schools, with its sister school, Green Hope Elementary, opening a year later in 2000. It added a grade level for the two subsequent years and graduated its first senior class in 2002. The school consists of a main three-story building, with additional modular classrooms adjacent. The Cary Tennis Park, operated by the town of Cary, which functions as the school's tennis practice facility, is located directly behind the school. Green Hope Elementary School and Park are located directly across the street from the Tennis Park. Both schools are operated by Wake County Public School System. The school mascot is the Green Hope Fighting Falcon.

Jim Hedrick became principal of Green Hope circa 2005, and served there until 2014, when he became principal of Athens Drive High School. The Green Hope school community paid tribute to him after he died on August 2, 2016.[6] Hedrick and his wife Camille, then the principal of Panther Creek High School, had moved to North Carolina due to proximity to family members and since his wife is a local.[7]

Karen Summers became principal in 2014. In 2017 she became the principal of Green Level High School. Diann Kearney served as interim principal for the remainder of the school year.[8] Camille Hedrick became the principal of Green Hope in 2017.[9]

Academics[]

Physics department lab equipment, which is available to AP Physics and other students.

Green Hope is consistently ranked as a top-tier school for academics in national rankings. The school posted the fifth highest average SAT score in the Raleigh Durham area: 1699 with 94.7% of students taking the test.[10] Green Hope currently offers 25 Advanced Placement courses and over 61 honors courses.

Honors and awards[]

  • Top 2 in graduation rate for large schools in North Carolina 2008–2011[11]
  • Rated in the top 500 high schools nationally by Newsweek 2009–2011[12]
  • Media Center (Photo — Library and Computer Lab)

Green Hope also has teams in competitions such as: Science Olympiad, FIRST Robotics Competition, DECA, HOSA, and the Duke Math Meet.

Athletics[]

Athletics Department hallway next to gymnasium.

Green Hope competes under the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 4A classification for the largest 25% of schools in North Carolina and currently competes in the Southwest Wake Athletic Conference with Apex, Cary, Apex Friendship, Green Level, Holly Springs, Middle Creek, and Panther Creek high schools. Green Hope's overall athletic success is reflected with the Falcons winning three consecutive Wells Fargo Cup (formerly Wachovia Cup) trophies for all NCHSAA 4A schools for the 2009–10, 2010–11,[13] 2011–12, and 2013-14[14] school years at the state level, and being conference leaders for the cup in the 2012/13 season.[15] They have 23 team state championships in the following sports: Men's Golf (2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010), Women's Cross Crountry (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013), Men's Cross Country (2010), Women's Lacrosse (2005, 2006, 2012),[16] Men's Soccer (2011, 2012), Women's Soccer (2013), Cheerleading (2006), Gymnastics (2012, 2013, 2014) [17] ,[18] and Men's Swimming (2013, 2014)

  • Men's Sports: Basketball, Baseball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Track and Field - Indoor and Outdoor, Wrestling
  • Women's Sports: Basketball, Cheerleading, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Track and Field - Indoor and Outdoor, Volleyball
  • Non-NCHSAA Sanctioned/Independent/Club Sports: Bowling, Dance Team, Gymnastics (sanctioned by NC-USA Gymnastics), Men's Ultimate Frisbee (sanctioned by USA Ultimate), Women's Ultimate Frisbee (sanctioned by USA Ultimate)

In 2006, Green Hope also had a sailing team, that was sanctioned by the South Atlantic Interscholastic Sailing Association.

Pep rally inside the main gymnasium.

Cross Country[]

Green Hope's cross country team was featured in a 2008 USA Today article.[19][why?] Green Hope won 6 straight girls cross country NCHSSA 4A Championships from 2009-2014, and the boys team won two state championships in 2010, and 2017.

Golf[]

In addition to their five state championships, the Green Hope golf team also has won five NCHSAA 4A individual titles.[20]

Soccer[]

Both the men's and women's soccer programs are perennial state contenders. At the end of 2016 season, the men's team had reached the NCHSAA playoffs thirteen times, including three 4A State Championships and 4 Semi-Finals. The men were North Carolina 4A State Champions in 2011, 2012, and 2016.

At the end of the 2016 season the men's team finished with an overall record of 28-1-0, 127 GF / 22 GA, a 19-game win streak, won the NCHSAA 4A State Championship (3–0 vs Porter Ridge) and did not allow a single goal against in the six playoff games (23 GF, 0 GA, six shutouts), and was ranked #1 in the nation at maxpreps.com Tour of Champions.[21]

At the end of the 2012 season, the men's team was ranked #1 in the nation, winning both state and national championship honors.

The 2013 Women's state championship team was also ranked #1 in the country.[22]

Stephen Bickford was voted the Adidas/USA Today national player of the year in 2004, in addition to winning the state player of the year title.[23]

The rear of the school, as seen from the Elementary School campus. The football field is visible below the school.

#WhyGHWalks[]

On February 28, 2018, two weeks after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, a large number of students walked out of school to show solidarity with the victims of the tragedy. At the political event, organized by the school's online newspaper, the Falcon News Feed, former students of Stoneman Douglas and local politicians spoke in front of the student body. The event was prominent in local news. This was the first major organized walkout at a public high school since the shooting and was supported by faculty as a chance for students to have their voices heard.[24]

Notable alumni[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Green Hope High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Our School / Mission and History". www.wcpss.net. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Legeros, Mike (2004-07-10). "Yrac Fire Department History (1961–1998)". Retrieved 2007-04-21.
  5. ^ Jones, Clifford V. (1980). A History of Merger: Wake County Public School System, 1976–1980.
  6. ^ Gargan, Henry (2017-06-01). "After a year of grieving, Wake County educator is named state's best principal". News & Observer. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  7. ^ Cioffi, Chris (2016-08-02). "James Hedrick, principal of Athens Drive High, remembered as devoted educator". News & Observer. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  8. ^ Hui, T. Keung (2019-01-09). "Wake County's newest high school now has a principal". News & Observer. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  9. ^ Hui, T. Keung (2019-04-24). "Two Wake high schools are losing their principals, but Green Hope High has a new leader". News & Observer. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  10. ^ deBruyn, Jason. "High schools with highest SAT scores in Raleigh-Durham area". Triangle Business Journal.
  11. ^ "Wake high schools recognized for high graduation rates". WRAL.
  12. ^ "Green Hope is Top WCPSS High School in Newsweek Ratings". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15.
  13. ^ "Green Hope Wins 2010/11 Wachovia Cup". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12.
  14. ^ "2013-14 Wells Fargo Cup Final State Standings Announced". 16 June 2014.
  15. ^ "2011-12 Wells Fargo Cup Final Standings Announced". NCHSAA. Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  16. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-06-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-02-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-02-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. ^ Jim Halley (2008-10-14). "School's cross country 'army' has more than 200 runners". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  20. ^ "Kevin O'Connell". The University of North Carolina. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  21. ^ "MaxPreps Soccer Tour of Champions celebrates Green Hope High School - MaxPreps". 22 December 2016.
  22. ^ "Final Spring Rankings". National Soccer Association of America. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  23. ^ "Players of the Year". North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association. Archived from the original on 2006-02-13. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  24. ^ "Green Hope students walk out of class, call for end to gun violence in schools". WNCN. 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  25. ^ "UNC signee Jordyn Adams will sign with the LA Angels and forgo his college eligibility — News Observer". newsobserver.com.
  26. ^ "Green Hope High grad competes at Olympics — WCPSS Blog". webarchive.wcpss.net.
  27. ^ Chris Flemmings College Stats. Sports-Reference. Retrieved Dec 23, 2019.
  28. ^ The Baseball Cube. (n.d.) Retrieved June 26, 2018, from http://www.thebaseballcube.com/hs/profile.asp?ID=10104
  29. ^ Creative Minds of Green Hope – Curtis Waters – The Green Hope Falcon. Retrieved Aug 27, 2020.

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