Gilmer High School is located in North Georgia

North Georgia

North Georgia is the hilly to mountainous northern region of the U.S. state of Georgia. At the time of the arrival of settlers from Europe, it was inhabited largely by the Cherokee. The counties of North Georgia were often scenes of important events in the history of Georgia...

 in the city of Ellijay, Georgia

Ellijay, Georgia

Ellijay is a city in Gilmer County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,584 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Gilmer County.Ellijay lies where two rivers, the Ellijay and the Cartecay, come together to form the Coosawattee River...

, USA. Its serves the county of Gilmer County, Georgia

Gilmer County, Georgia

Gilmer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on December 3, 1832 and was named for George Rockingham Gilmer. As of 2000, the population was 23,456. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 28,389...

. Gilmer High School was established in August 1956 and holds about 1210 students in grades 9-12. It is a public high school of the State of Georgia and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Georgia High School Association.

Administration

• Mr. Erick Hofstetter, Principal
• Mrs. Judy Leonard, Assistant Principal
• Mr. Mike Putman, Assistant Principal

Demographics

Gilmer high school has 90.4% white, 9.3% hispanic, and .2% African American and Asian students.

Academics

Gilmer High School offers Honors and Advanced Placement courses as well as traditional classes. Gilmer provides a Special Education program for students with disabilities. Gilmer High School has a ratio of one teacher for every 14 students.

Athletics

Gilmer High School offers 14 sports, competing in Georgia High School Association

Georgia High School Association

The Georgia High School Association governs athletic and club events for member high schools in Georgia, USA. The GHSA is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations. The association comprises 437 public and private high schools...

 Region 7 AAA. Football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 and wrestling

Wrestling

Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

 are the two male-only sports, while cheerleading

Cheerleading

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 and volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 are the two female-only sports at Gilmer High School. Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, soccer, track and field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

, cross country running

Cross country running

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, tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

, golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

,and baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

/softball

Softball

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 have separate mens' and women's leagues. Gilmer High School's wrestling team has won nine GHSA State Championships

Georgia High School Association

The Georgia High School Association governs athletic and club events for member high schools in Georgia, USA. The GHSA is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations. The association comprises 437 public and private high schools...

.

Arts and Clubs

The school competes in regional and state level competitions. The academic based clubs are Beta

Beta

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, Math Honor Society

Mu Alpha Theta

Mu Alpha Theta is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 89,000 student members in more than 1,800 schools worldwide. Its main goals are to inspire keen interest in mathematics, develop strong scholarship in the subject, and promote the...

, Applied Physics: Rube Goldberg Machine

Rube Goldberg machine

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, and the Academic Team. Gilmer High School's has five clubs for the arts, iincluding Marching

Marching band

Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...

 and Concert Band

Concert band

A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...

, chorus

Choir

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, Art Club, and drama

Drama

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. Gilmer High also offers clubs for students interested in chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

, Gilmer Anime and Manga Enthusiasts, Future Business Leaders of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

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, Family Career and Community Leaders of America, Future Educators Association

Future Educators Association

The Future Educators Association , sponsored by Phi Delta Kappa International , is a professional organization that supports students who are interested in education-related careers...

, journalism

Journalism

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, Skills USA, Yearbook

Yearbook

A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...

, Interact, Ultimate Frisbee, and Future Farmers of America.

The school's academic team has competed in the High Q

High Q

High Q is the name of various local television quiz shows broadcast throughout the United States. While the formats vary, all featured two or three teams representing high schools from the station's coverage area, which would compete against each other by answering questions over subjects taught in...

 Bowl and in the National Academic Competition in July 2010.

Graduation statistics

The Gilmer High School Graduating Class usually consists of about 220 students. About 66% of Gilmer High School graduates go on to further their education at a college

College

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 or university

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

. Nearly 11% of graduating students attend a technical or vocational school

Vocational school

A vocational school , providing vocational education, is a school in which students are taught the skills needed to perform a particular job...

, and 10% of graduates go into the U.S. Military. The remaining 13% enter the work force intermediately after graduation. The graduation ceremony takes place in late May in the gymnasium.

Anthrax scare

Gilmer High School received a threatening letter that mentioned anthrax

Anthrax

Anthrax is an acute disease caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. Most forms of the disease are lethal, and it affects both humans and other animals...

 and contained a white powdery substance on the morning of March 3, 2010. The letter was opened by a food service employee before classes began. The school building was immediately evacuated except for individuals who could have been contaminated by the unknown substance. Students were held in the gym until their parents could pick them up. Students who drove on campus were dismissed to leave. Gilmer County

Gilmer County, Georgia

Gilmer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on December 3, 1832 and was named for George Rockingham Gilmer. As of 2000, the population was 23,456. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 28,389...

 police informed the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation

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, Georgia Bureau of Investigation

Georgia Bureau of Investigation

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, and the United States Postal Inspector. Cherokee County

Cherokee County, Georgia

As of the census of 2000, there were 141,903 people, 49,495 households, and 39,200 families residing in the county. The population density was 335 people per square mile . There were 51,937 housing units at an average density of 123 per square mile...

 HAZMAT

Hazmat

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 crew was sent to Gilmer High School to handle the substance. Investigators later determined the substance was a nontoxic powder.