Scott County High School
Scott County High School is a public high school in Georgetown, Kentucky, United States. The mascot is a Cardinal. School colors are Red and White with Blue serving as a secondary color. It consists of two separate schools—Scott County High School proper and Elkhorn Crossing School (ECS),[5] a magnet-style "school within a school" that offers specialized STEM and media arts programs. ECS students split their school day between the main Scott County High campus and the separate ECS campus, located about a mile (1.6 km) away. In the 2018–19 school year, its last as the county's only public high school, the combined institution had an enrollment of 2,486, making it the largest high school in the state.[6][7]
| Scott County High School | |
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| Address | |
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1080 Cardinal Drive , 40324 | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Founded | 1955 (current buildings: 1996)[1] |
| School district | Scott County Schools |
| Principal | Meocha Williams[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,255[3] (2019–20) |
| Campus | Exurban |
| Color(s) | Red and white with blue as secondary |
| Nickname | Cardinals |
| Feeder schools | Royal Spring Middle School Scott County Middle School[lower-alpha 1] |
| Website | www.scott.kyschools.us |
With Scott County being the fastest-growing in the state during the last half of the 2010s, and with more than 3,000 high school students expected by the 2020–21 school year, the county school district began construction on the new Great Crossing High School next to the ECS campus in 2017. The new school opened for the 2019–20 school year with space for over 1,900 students.[8] Initially, rising juniors and seniors for 2019–20, plus any of their siblings who were set to attend a Scott County high school in that school year, would have been allowed to remain at Scott County High if they wished.[9][lower-alpha 2] The district later changed its plans, allowing all students who were set to attend a district high school to choose their school; about 55% chose to attend Great Crossing.[1]
Athletics
- Basketball (separate boys and girls)
- Cheerleading squad
- Cross country team (separate boys and girls)
- Football (boys only)
- Golf (separate boys and girls)
- Soccer (separate boys and girls)
- Softball (girls only)
- Tennis (separate boys and girls)
- Track (separate boys and girls)
- Trap Shooting (co-ed)
- Volleyball (girls only)
- Swimming (co-ed)
- Dance Team (girls only)
- Baseball (boys only)
- Lacrosse (separate boys and girls)
- Wrestling
- Bowling (boys and girls)
- Archery (co-ed)
Athletic Accomplishments
-Powerlifting
- 1999 Kentucky State Champions
-Basketball
- 2019 Kentucky Boys State Runner-up
- 2018 Kentucky Boys State Runner-up
- 2014 Kentucky Boys State Runner-up
- 2012 Kentucky Boys State Runner-up
- 2010 Kentucky Girls State Runner-up
- 2007 Kentucky Boys State Champion
(30-0 against in state teams) (4-2 against out of state teams) (Defeated #1 ranked Huntington High School)
- 2007 Ranked 15th in the nation in the final USA Today Polls
- 1999 Kentucky Boys State Runner-up
- 1998 Kentucky Boys State Champion
- 1995 Kentucky Girls State Champion
-Football
- 2018 Kentucky 6A State Runner-Up
- 2013 Kentucky 6A State Champions 15-0
- 2011 Kentucky 6A State Runner-Up
- 2010 Regional Champions
- 2009 Regional Champions
- 2006 JV Pride Champions 10-0
- 2006 Kentucky Freshman Bluegrass Champions 9-0
- 2004 Kentucky 4A State Runner-up
- 1975 Kentucky 2A State Champions
-Boys Soccer
- 2005 District Runner-up
- 2006 District Champions
- 2005 Regional Champions
- 2006 Regional Champions
- 2008 Regional Champions (Alex Sosa)
-Boys Tennis
- 1987 Regional Champions
- 1999 Regional Champions
- 1997 Regional Champions
-Boys Bowling
- 2012 Regional Champions
- 2012 State Champions
- 2013 Regional Champions
-Girls Softball
- 2007 Regional Champs
- 2008 Regional Champs
- 2010 Regional Champs
- 2011 District Champs
- 2012 District Champs
- 2013 District Champs
- 2012 Regional Champs
- 2013 Regional Champs
- 2014 Regional Champs
- 2014 State Champs
- 2015 Regional Champs
- 2016 State Champs
- 2018 Regional Champs
- 2018 State Champs
-Archery
- 2016 World Championship Qualifiers
- 2017 World Championship Qualifiers
Academics
Scott County High School has the following academic departments:
- Agriculture
- Art
- Band
- Business
- Civil Law
- Criminal Law
- English
- Family and Consumer Science
- Foreign Language
- JAKG
- Law and Justice
- Health and Physical Education
- Health Services
- Math
- Music
- Air Force Junior ROTC
- Industrial Technology
- Science
- Social Studies
- Special Education
- Journalism/School Newspaper (Cardinal Spirit)
- Engineering
- Biomedical Science
Scott County High School offers a number of AP classes:
- English Literature
- English Language
- United States History
- World History
- Human Geography
- Psychology
- Biology
- Calculus (AB and BC)
- French Language
- Japanese Language
- German Language
- Spanish Language
- Music Theory
- Art
- Environmental Science
- Chemistry
- Statistics
- Physics B
Music
Band
The band director is Lindsay King, with assistant directors: Kelly Diamond, Hobert Bowling and Andrew Osborne. The former band director, Greg Stepp, recently retired.[10]
- Symphonic Winds (top concert band)
- Symphonic Band
- Concert Winds
- Concert Band
- Jazz Band I
- Jazz Band II
- Marching Band (all band members participate, but it is not a competing band)
- A Pep Band
- B Pep Band
- C Pep Band
In April 2007, the Symphonic Winds performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In 2007, Scott County High School Band was named the largest high school or college band in Kentucky.
In May 2009, the Band when to Atlanta, Georgia to compete in the Dixie Classic Festival where they ranked Distinguished on a National level and left with 5 trophies.
In February 2010, The Symphonic Winds 4th hour band played at the KMEA yearly convention in Louisville, Kentucky. In April 2010, the band went to the Dixie Classic Festival in Chicago and received many trophies, the Symphonic Winds being named Honor Band.
The Symphonic Winds 4th hour band was invited to play in the Chicago Midwest Band Festival in 2010.
Choral
The choral department is led by Brent Merritt.
- Singers (top coed choral ensemble)
- Chorus (bottom coed choral ensemble)
- Mastersingers (top men's ensemble)
- Ladies' Ensemble (top women's ensemble)
Other Accomplishments
Kentucky United Nations Assembly
2018-
- Outstanding Resolution Award- #51 Ethiopia- Amending the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to add Article 31 "The Right to Refuse to Kill" - Landin Stadnyk, Eliza Keeth, Santana Kavanaugh
- Outstanding Resolution Award- #53 Guatemala- Convention to Build Communal Compost Toilets And Educating Proper Hygiene - Shelby Reimold, Kristin Hoppes, Taylor Diamond, Meghan Goins
- Endorsed by Secretary General- #52 Fiji- Instituting Protections for Climate Refugees - Tristin Black, Sammy Smith
- Endorsed by Secretary General- #54 Nigeria- An Act to Establish Protections Against Extraterrestrial Beings - Andrew Hall, Caleb McClellan
- Outstanding Speaker Award- Emily Sumrall, Tristin Black, Caleb McClellan
- Outstanding Ambassador Award- Vicente Lopez
- Summit Chairs- Dalton Teegarden, Payton Furgeson
HOSA State Leadership Conference:
1st Place, Creative Problem Solving - Jared Smith and Brent Roach
HOSA National Leadership Conference
2005-
- 1st Place, Extemporaneous Writing - Eddie Wells
- 7th Place, Health Education - Malory Bowman, Kayla Osborne, Charles Warren
2006-
- 9th Place, Creative Problem Solving - Ashley Hinkle, Christopher Muth, Charles Warren, Eddie Wells
2010-
- 2nd place Biomedical Debate- Ashton Ogle, Chase Coleman, Katheryn Counts
2011-
- 1st place Biomedical Debate- Chase Coleman, Nic "The King" Hughes, Katheryn Counts
STLP (Student Technology Leadership Program)
2003- State Recognition, Regional Blue Ribbon - High School Virtual Tour - Lucas Bennett, Fred Rodgers, Colin Cloud
2004- State Recognition, Regional Blue Ribbon - High School Virtual Tour - Lucas Bennett, Fred Rodgers, Colin Cloud, C.T. Trumbo
Footnotes
- While the Scott County district has three middle schools, only two now feed students to Scott County High. From 2019–20 forward, Scott County Schools determines districting for its middle and high schools by elementary school attendance zones. All three elementary schools that feed Royal Spring Middle School, plus one of the three elementary schools that feed Scott County Middle School, will feed students to Scott County High. Georgetown Middle School will exclusively feed the new Great Crossing High School.[4]
- The breakdown of Scott County High's 2018–19 enrollment by grade lends credence to predictions of over 3,000 total high school students in 2020–21. The sophomore and freshman classes—the vast majority of which would presumably remain enrolled in the Scott County district in 2020–21—respectively had 616 and 746 students.[7]
References
- Honeycutt Spears, Valarie (August 16, 2019). "A $90 million state-of-the-art high school brings a 'healthy rivalry' to Scott County". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, KY. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- "Directory Entry #241 (Scott County)". Directory of Member Schools. Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- "2019-2020 Audited School Enrollments (in alphabetical order)" (PDF). Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- "Redistricting Plan Approved" (Press release). Scott County Schools. February 15, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- https://www.scott.kyschools.us/
- https://k12.niche.com/rankings/public-high-schools/largest-enrollment/s/kentucky/
- "2018–2019 Audited School Enrollments (in alphabetic order)" (PDF). Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- Crumbie, Trey (August 31, 2017). "At long last: Scott County breaks ground on second high school". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, KY. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- Crumbie, Trey (January 11, 2018). "Scott County unveils school redistricting proposal. Here's what you need to know about it". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, KY. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/1/News/banddirector