Orange County High School
Encyclopedia
Orange County High School is a high school
for children from grades nine to twelve located in Orange, Virginia
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1,150,000, Orange County High School combined students from the Orange & Unionville High Schools, and the Barboursville & Gordonsville Junior High Schools. In 1967, new classrooms, science areas, a cafeteria, and a library were added. In 1995 The Hornet Sports Center Field House was completed to provide students and the community at large access to a year round physical training center with a weight room, indoor track, basketball, volleyball as well as squash and handball courts. In autumn 2003, the school completed a multi-million dollar multi-phased renovation, that now provides the faculty and student body population a state of the art cafeteria, library and completely renovated classrooms to include an acoustically integrated choral and music instrument practice rooms along with other improvements for student use and safety while adding new larger classrooms contained in a new wing of the school.
Larry Haney, major league baseball player, Class of 1961
, basketball
, tennis
, cross country
, field hockey
, volleyball
, wrestling
, raiders
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High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
for children from grades nine to twelve located in Orange, Virginia
Orange, Virginia
Orange is a town in Orange County, Virginia, United States. The population was 4,721 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Orange County...
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History
Dedicated on November 9, 1952 at an approximate cost of US$United States dollar
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1,150,000, Orange County High School combined students from the Orange & Unionville High Schools, and the Barboursville & Gordonsville Junior High Schools. In 1967, new classrooms, science areas, a cafeteria, and a library were added. In 1995 The Hornet Sports Center Field House was completed to provide students and the community at large access to a year round physical training center with a weight room, indoor track, basketball, volleyball as well as squash and handball courts. In autumn 2003, the school completed a multi-million dollar multi-phased renovation, that now provides the faculty and student body population a state of the art cafeteria, library and completely renovated classrooms to include an acoustically integrated choral and music instrument practice rooms along with other improvements for student use and safety while adding new larger classrooms contained in a new wing of the school.
Principals
- Mr. J. Thomas Walker (1952—1955)
- Mr. William M. Trausneck (1955-1959)
- Mr. Juel M. Turner (1959-1963)
- Mr. Robert Jarvis (1963-1969)
- Mr. Lewis Close (1969-1984)
- Mr. Paul Cogar (1984-1989)
- Mr. Gerald Stover (1989—1999)
- Mrs. Gena Keller (1999—Dec 2005)
- Mr. Todd Wiedow (Jan to June 2006)
- Mr. Eugene Kotulka (2006—2010)
- Mr. Frank Leech (2010-2011)
- Mr. Doug Duncan (2011-Present)
Notable Former Students
- Chris HaneyChris HaneyChristopher Deane Haney is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1991–2000 and in 2002 for the Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and Boston Red Sox. In 2001, he played in Japan for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. Haney gave up...
, major league baseball pitcher
Larry Haney, major league baseball player, Class of 1961
Sports
Orange County High School is in the AA (moved up for 2011-2012 school year)Commonwealth District of the VHSL, and offers a variety of sports, including swimmingSwimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, 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...
, 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...
, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, 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...
, 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...
, raiders
Raiders
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