Gainesville High School, Georgia
| Gainesville High School | |
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| Address | |
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830 Century Place Gainesville, Georgia 30501-3002 United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°17′49″N 83°50′31″W / 34.296886°N 83.842014°WCoordinates: 34°17′49″N 83°50′31″W / 34.296886°N 83.842014°W |
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| Established | 1882 |
| School district | Gainesville City School District |
| Principal | Tom Smith |
| Teaching staff | 68 FTE |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,200 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17:1 |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Mascot | Red Elephant |
| Team name | Red Elephants |
| Newspaper | The Trumpeter |
| Yearbook | Radiator |
| Telephone | (770) 536-4441 |
| Website | http://www.gcssk12.net/ |
Gainesville High School is located in Gainesville, Georgia, United States.
Gainesville High School was founded in 1892.
Like the majority of comprehensive high schools in the US, GHS offers Advanced Placement and honors courses. In addition to Advanced Placement courses, Gainesville High School offers the AP Capstone program which gives students a chance at a second diploma by taking college level classes such as AP Seminar and AP Research. It also offers vocational curricula. In 2003 the school incorporated a formal Apprenticeship and Mentor Program to tech prep classes.
GHS teams are known as the Red Elephants. They are the only school in the country with that mascot. They received the name in the 1920s when the announcer announced the football team was coming on the field looking like a herd of "Red Elephants." The naming was influenced by the unofficial nickname of The University of Alabama Crimson Tide that was created at the 1927 Rose Bowl. Red Elephants boys' and girls' golf teams won state in 2012.
* Indicates an away game.
Gainesville dominated Ware County 49-13 at the Georgia Dome, winning their first GHSA championship.
The Gainesville High School boys' soccer team capped off a perfect season ith a 2010 GHSA AAA State Championship, their first state championship since 1998. The Red Elephants defeated Wood Eagles 5-4 under the coaching of Richard Howard and Ellie Viviant.
Gainesville High School claims one of the most successful boys' golf programs in Georgia history. The program has won seven GHSA state championships (1978, 1979, 1981, 1994, 1996, 2012, and 2013), 37 region championships (most recently in 2016), and 21 Hall County titles. In addition, there have been eight individual state champions from GHS. The team is coached by Bryson Worley, and has a team locker room at Chattahoochee Golf Club in Gainesville.
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