Grayson County High School (Kentucky)
| Grayson County High School | |
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340 School House Road Leitchfield, KY 42754 United States |
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| School type | Public school (government funded), high school |
| Motto | Guiding our Children to Succeed |
| Established | 1974 |
| School district | Grayson County Public Schools |
| Principal | Todd Johnston |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,291 (2014-15) |
| Campus type | Rural |
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| Athletics conference | KHSAA |
| Nickname | The Cougars |
| Feeder schools | Grayson County Middle School |
Grayson County High School is the only major high school located in Leitchfield, Kentucky, United States. The school is home to approximately 1300 students with a lightly fluctuating population throughout the year. Grayson County High School is home to several accomplished sports teams, including baseball, softball, football, volleyball, tennis, golf, track, cross country and basketball teams. The school is also home to successful extracurricular groups including the DECA and academic team.
Grayson County High School was established in 1974 after the three high schools throughout Grayson County were consolidated. The county originally had one high school in each of its major communities: Clarkson High School (Red Hawks), Leitchfield High School (Bulldogs), and Caneyville High School (Purple Flash). Today, each of these communities has an elementary school (Leitchfield has two) which all feed into one county middle school and high school. To appease the various communities who had just lost their high schools, GCHS was located in a central location, and the colors and mascot were neutral of the old colors of the original schools.
The school has had a fairly eventful recent history, including student protests in 1993 and 2007 that garnered attention from local media. The campus of the school has also undergone several improvements, including the construction of a technology center to teach vocational education, and the addition of a new wing in the front of the main building to allow for more classrooms. In 2006, the school implemented a controversial Freshman Academy, designed to improve performance of Freshman, and to ease their transition to high school. In 2010, this program was eliminated and a trimester schedule was put into place. This schedule plan allows for further elective courses but decreases the total number of classes students may enroll in.
The GCHS campus consists mainly of two buildings: the main building and the Technology Center. A gym, which seats approximately 3000, is part of the main building, and a football stadium seating about 2000 is located behind the school. Other features of the campus are several storage buildings, a weight room, several greenhouses, and parking space around the school for students, teachers, and visitors. A large lawn in front of the school is rarely used. It could be utilized in the future for possible expansion of the school itself or the addition of more parking space.
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