Gainesville High School, Georgia
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Curriculum
Like the majority of comprehensive high schools in the United States, GHS offers Advanced Placement and honors courseHonors course
Honors course is a distinction applied in the United States to certain classes to distinguish them from standard course offerings. The difference between a regular class and the honors class is not necessarily the amount of work, but the type of work required and the pace of studying...
s. It also continues to offer vocational curricula
Vocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
. 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 HonorsGeorgia Governor's Honors ProgramThe Georgia Governor's Honors Program is a summer educational program in the state of Georgia, in the United States. It is a four-week summer instructional program designed to provide the intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students of Georgia challenging and enriching...
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 North Hall High School North Hall High School is a public four year comprehensive high school located in the northern portion of Hall County, Georgia, USA, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. North Hall serves the communities of Gainesville, Murrayville and Clermont and is located 10 miles north of... |
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 Bye (sports) A bye, in sports and other competitive activities, most commonly refers to the practice of allowing a player or team to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing... |
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| 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 HumphreyTasha HumphreyTasha Humphrey is a professional basketball player. She played the center position for the Washington Mystics in the WNBA until being waived 6 July 2009. Her father is former Green Bay Packers player Donnie Humphrey.-College career:Completed her career as Georgia's second all-time scorer and...
, professional basketball player - AJ Styles, professional Wrestler