Turner Ashby High School
Encyclopedia
Turner Ashby High School is located in Bridgewater, Virginia
in the Rockingham County Public School district
.
. Schools consolidated were Bridgewater, Dayton, and Mt. Clinton. The original Turner Ashby building was located on a 20 acres (80,937.2 m²) plot on the north side of Dayton
, and now serves grades six through eight as Wilbur S. Pence Middle School.
The name Turner Ashby High School was selected by the Rockingham County School Board because of the school's location in the Ashby District of the county. The District was named for General Turner Ashby
who fought and died in a battle near Harrisonburg
during the Civil War
.
The original building was designed and constructed for 715 students in grades eight through twelve. The approximate cost of the school was $1,000,000. Classroom additions were added in 1960 and 1962. Mobile units were added for classroom use in 1973, 1975, and 1980. In 1966, the eighth grade was moved to the John Wayland Intermediate School, now John Wayland Elementary School.
Turner Ashby moved into its current facility on Route 42 north of Bridgewater, across from John Wayland Elementary School, in the summer of 1989. The new facility, including site development, furnishings, building, etc. was built for approximately $15.3 m.
This modern facility has more cafeteria, music, athletic, storage, and classroom areas designed to serve up to 1200 students. During the 2001-2002 school year and the following summer, a new wing was added to the 1989 building. This addition added 20- new classrooms including 12 new science rooms and another general purpose computer lab. Along with the addition of the new wing, the library was expanded and a women's team room was added.
A fairly recent addition to the facility is the memorial garden called the Garden of Angels, a memorial built in honor of students who "departed life while attending Turner Ashby High School".
Turner Ashby is also the leader in baseball state championships with 6. In second is Virginia High school with 5.
Bridgewater, Virginia
Bridgewater is an incorporated town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population was 5,644 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bridgewater is home to the Reds of the Rockingham County Baseball League...
in the Rockingham County Public School district
Rockingham County Public Schools
Rockingham County Public Schools is the public school district in Rockingham County in the U.S. state of Virginia.-General information:RCPS has received nearly $2 million in 21st Century Community Learning Centers grants from the U.S. and VA Depts...
.
History
Turner Ashby High School opened in the fall of 1956. It became the third consolidated high school in Rockingham CountyRockingham County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 67,725 people, 25,355 households, and 18,889 families residing in the county. The population density was 80 people per square mile . There were 27,328 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile...
. Schools consolidated were Bridgewater, Dayton, and Mt. Clinton. The original Turner Ashby building was located on a 20 acres (80,937.2 m²) plot on the north side of Dayton
Dayton, Virginia
Dayton is a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. The population is 1,530 as of the 2010 census. It is included in the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Dayton is located at...
, and now serves grades six through eight as Wilbur S. Pence Middle School.
The name Turner Ashby High School was selected by the Rockingham County School Board because of the school's location in the Ashby District of the county. The District was named for General Turner Ashby
Turner Ashby
Turner Ashby, Jr. was a Confederate cavalry commander in the American Civil War. He had achieved prominence as Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's cavalry commander, in the grade of colonel, in the Shenandoah Valley before he was killed in battle in 1862...
who fought and died in a battle near Harrisonburg
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical...
during the Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
.
The original building was designed and constructed for 715 students in grades eight through twelve. The approximate cost of the school was $1,000,000. Classroom additions were added in 1960 and 1962. Mobile units were added for classroom use in 1973, 1975, and 1980. In 1966, the eighth grade was moved to the John Wayland Intermediate School, now John Wayland Elementary School.
Turner Ashby moved into its current facility on Route 42 north of Bridgewater, across from John Wayland Elementary School, in the summer of 1989. The new facility, including site development, furnishings, building, etc. was built for approximately $15.3 m.
This modern facility has more cafeteria, music, athletic, storage, and classroom areas designed to serve up to 1200 students. During the 2001-2002 school year and the following summer, a new wing was added to the 1989 building. This addition added 20- new classrooms including 12 new science rooms and another general purpose computer lab. Along with the addition of the new wing, the library was expanded and a women's team room was added.
A fairly recent addition to the facility is the memorial garden called the Garden of Angels, a memorial built in honor of students who "departed life while attending Turner Ashby High School".
Turner Ashby is also the leader in baseball state championships with 6. In second is Virginia High school with 5.
Principals
- F. N. Postlethwait - 1956-1961
- W. Carl Yowell - 1961-1964
- E. Cameron Miller - 1964-1969
- Samuel Ritchie - 1969-1992
- Michael Loso - 1992-1997
- Delmer Botkin - 1997-2005
- Steven Walk - 2005–Present
Sports Titles
- 1968 State II Boys BasketballBasketballBasketball 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...
- 1971 State AA BaseballBaseballBaseball 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...
- 1974 State AA BaseballBaseballBaseball 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...
- 1975 State AA BaseballBaseballBaseball 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...
- 1985 State AA Girls VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball 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...
- 1998 State AA Girls BasketballBasketballBasketball 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...
- 1999 State AA Girls BasketballBasketballBasketball 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...
- 2000 State AA CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
- 2002 State AA BaseballBaseballBaseball 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...
- 2004 State AA SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- 2005 State AA Division III FootballAmerican footballAmerican 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...
- 2006 State AA BaseballBaseballBaseball 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...
- 2007 State AA BaseballBaseballBaseball 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...
Marching Band Titles
- 2004 Class A James Madison UniversityJames Madison UniversityJames Madison University is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University...
Parade of Champions - 2007 Class A James Madison UniversityJames Madison UniversityJames Madison University is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University...
Parade of Champions
Drama Titles
- 2010 4th Place State Competition One Act Play
- 2010 1st Place Massanutten Regional Competition One Act Play
- 2010 2nd Place Massanutten District Competition One Act Play
- 2010 Superior Rating at Virginia Theatre Association Conference One Act Competition
- 2009 4th Place State Competition One Act Play
- 2009 1st Place Massanutten Regional Competition One Act Play
- 2009 1st Place Massanutten District Competition One Act Play
- 2009 Superior Rating at Virginia Theatre Association Conference One Act Competition
- 2009 All Star Cast Award for Colin McLaughlin at Virginia Theatre Association Conference
- 2009 All Star Cast Award for Lindsey Fitzgerald at Virginia Theatre Association Conference
Student Organizations
- Art
- Association for Computing MachineryAssociation for Computing MachineryThe Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
- Creative Writing
- Effective School-wide Discipline / Student Connections
- Distributive Education Clubs of America
- Diversity
- Drama
- Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
- Forensics
- French
- Future Business Leaders of America
- Future Educators AssociationFuture Educators AssociationThe Future Educators Association , sponsored by Phi Delta Kappa International , is a professional organization that supports students who are interested in education-related careers...
- Future Farmers of America
- Latin
- NAC
- National Honors Society
- Pre-Medical
- Ruri-Teen
- Technology Student AssociationTechnology Student AssociationThe Technology Student Association is an international Career and Technical Student Organization made up of over 150,000 Middle School and High School Technology Education Students. TSA is the premier CTSO dedicated to STEM Standards: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics...
- Tri-M / Musical Heritage Society
- Science
- SkillsUSASkillsUSASkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...
- Spanish
- Sports MedicineSports medicineSports medicine is a branch of medicine that deals with physical fitness, treatment and prevention of injuries related to sports and exercise...
- STARS
- Student Council Association
- Yearbook
- Youth and Government
Notable alumni
- Ian Ostlund (Class of 1997) - Current Minor League BaseballMinor league baseballMinor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
player for the St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis CardinalsThe St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to... - Brian BocockBrian BocockBrian William Bocock is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He attended Turner Ashby High School in Bridgewater, Virginia where he was a standout in both baseball and basketball...
(Class of 2003) - Current Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player for the Philadelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia PhilliesThe Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League... - Andrew ArmstrongAndrew ArmstrongSir Andrew Armstrong, 1st Baronet DL was an Irish baronet and politician.Born at Gallen Priory in County Offaly, he was the son of Edmund Armstrong and his wife Elizabeth, third daughter of Frederick Trench and sister of Frederick Trench, 1st Baron Ashtown.He served as captain in the King's County...
(Class of 2007) - Current Ohio State UniversityOhio State UniversityThe Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
played on three state champion teams. 1 football, 2 in baseball