Greeneville High School

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Greeneville High School
Address
210 Tusculum Boulevard

Greeneville
,
Tennessee

United States
Coordinates36°09′55″N 82°49′30″W / 36.16528°N 82.82500°W / 36.16528; -82.82500Coordinates: 36°09′55″N 82°49′30″W / 36.16528°N 82.82500°W / 36.16528; -82.82500
Information
TypePublic high school
PrincipalMartin McDonald
Grades9-12
Enrollment904 (2018-19)[1]
Campuscity
Color(s)   
MascotGreene Devil

Greeneville High School (GHS) is a high school in Greeneville, Tennessee, a town most known as the place in which President Andrew Johnson began his political career as the city mayor.[2] It is part of the Town of Greeneville City School System. In 2008, it was named as a Blue Ribbon School, the only high school in Tennessee to receive such honor that year.[2]

Programs of Study[]

GHS offers various academic programs to its students including Advanced Placement (AP) courses.[2] Students taking AP courses may be eligible for college-level credit hours upon receiving a satisfactory score (specific to the college institution) on the Advanced Placement exams.

Students also have the opportunity to earn college-level course credit through GHS' partnership with Walter's State Community College dual enrollment courses or the GEAP program which allows students to graduate high school with both a high school diploma as well as their associate degree.[2]

Feeder Schools[]

  • Eastview Elementary (grades PreK–5)
  • Hal Henard Elementary (grades PreK–5)
  • Highland Year-round Elementary (grades K-5)
  • Tusculum View Elementary (grades PreK–5)
  • Greeneville Middle (grades 6–8)

Extra-Curricular Offerings[]

Athletics[]

GHS offers many sports teams including: baseball, basketball, football, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, dance team, golf, soccer, softball, swim, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.[3] The GHS football team won the Tennessee state football championships (Division 4A) in 2010,2011,2017 and 2018. Greeneville also won the women's soccer state championship in 2015 and 2016. The wrestling team has made 22 dual wrestling state appearances while winning A-AA team state in 2013 and was runner ups in 1995 (large school), 2014, and 2017. The wrestling team has multiple individual state champions (6x) including multiple state champions Daniel Crosby (02-03) and Trent Knight (17-19).[4]

Band[]

Chorus[]

Clubs[]

JROTC[]

Yearbook[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Greeneville High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Greeneville High School". ghs.gcschools.net.
  3. ^ "Greeneville High School". ghs.gcschools.net.
  4. ^ http://ghs.gcschools.net/?The golf team won state championship in 1983. They also won the state championship in boys soccer in 2016 and 2017 and in baseball in 2018 earning the school the nickname "Titletown"PageName=LatestNews&Section=Highlights&ItemID=90363&ISrc=School&Itype=Highlights&SchoolID=3092


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