Belfry High School (Belfry, Kentucky)
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Seen from U.S. Route 119
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27678 U.S. Route 119 Belfry, Kentucky, Kentucky, (Pike County, Kentucky) 41514 United States |
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| Coordinates | 37°38′52″N 82°15′58″W / 37.64778°N 82.26611°WCoordinates: 37°38′52″N 82°15′58″W / 37.64778°N 82.26611°W |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Where Success is a Way of Life |
| Established | 1924 (three total locations; current location opened in 2005) |
| Principal | Mark Gannon |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 800 (2011) |
| Campus | Rural |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Athletics | 10 KHSAA Sports |
| Athletics conference | Kentucky High School Athletic Association |
| Mascot | The Pirate |
| Newspaper | Treasure Chest |
| Website | belfry |
Belfry High School, located in Belfry, Kentucky, United States, is a two-time National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. Belfry enrolls over 800 9th-12th grade students, making it the largest high school in the Pike County Public School System. The school is located in the northeastern region of Pike County, approximately 22 miles northeast of Pikeville, Kentucky and 1 mile south of Williamson, West Virginia. The school moved from the community of Belfry in the summer of 2005 to a $32 million comprehensive facility 3 miles north near the West Virginia border.
Belfry has been historically successful in sports, particularly its football program and competes at the state level in twelve of the fourteen sports sanctioned for competition by the KHSAA, with bowling and swimming being the sports not offered at the school. The school is one of five public high schools in the Pike County Public School System and one of six public high schools of the seven high schools in Pike County.
Belfry has called three campuses home since 1924. The Belfry location (1938–2005), which now holds Belfry Middle School, ran next to U.S. Route 119 for .5 miles. The campus consisted of the Belfry Area Technology Center at the north end, the Science Building (a three-story multi-use building which held media and science classrooms as well as the school's library), the Main Building (offices, classrooms, cafeteria, drama department), the Special Education building (located at the back of the Main Building), the Music Building, a 2400-seat gymnasium structure, an athletic complex, and the football stadium. At this campus, the school used the baseball facilities at nearby Hardy Park to host home games. At this location in 2005, Belfry was housed in one of the oldest structures in the Pike County Public School System.
At the end of the 2005 year, a new campus was completed closer to the West Virginia border on U.S. Route 119 near Forest Hills. This campus consists of a consolidated building that housed all of the educational facilities as well as the gymnasium and a new 600 seat auditorium. Also located on the campus is a 5500-seat football stadium, a soccer field, an athletic complex, a baseball field and a softball field.
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