Greenville Senior High School (Greenville, South Carolina) Explained
| Greenville Senior High School |
| Other Names: | Greenville High Academy, Greenville Senior High Academy |
| Former Name: | Greenville High School |
| Motto: | Latin: Veritas Vos Liberabit |
| Address: | 1 Vardry Street |
| Zipcode: | 29601 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 34.8401°N -82.4071°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA South Carolina |
| Principal: | Dylan Hudson |
| Staff: | 15 (2018–19) |
| Faculty: | 94 (2018–19) |
| Enrollment: | 1,459 (2018–19)[1] |
| Ratio: | 18.95 (2016–17) |
| Teaching Staff: | 75.20 (FTE) (2016–17) |
| Colors: | Red and white
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| Mascot: | Red Raider |
| Accreditations: | --> |
| Newspaper: | Raiderpress |
| Yearbook: | Nautilus |
| Affiliations: | --> |
| Module: | | Stroke-Color: | - C60C30
| | Stroke-Width: | 3 | | Marker: | school | | Marker-Color: | - 1F2F57
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Greenville Senior High School (also known as Greenville Senior High Academy, GHS, GSHS, Greenville Senior High Academy of Law, Finance, and Business, and Greenville High Academy) is a medium-sized secondary school and magnet school located in Greenville, South Carolina.
Traditions and extracurriculars
Greenville has a rivalry with J.L. Mann High School. During "spirit week", a week-long charity event typically held in September, Greenville and J.L. Mann compete to raise more money than each other through extracurricular school events and traditions. At the end of spirit week, a football game between the two schools is held, during which the amount of money both schools raised is revealed at the half.[2]
Greenville has many clubs that students are able to join, including spirit club, book club, film club, theatre team, foreign language clubs (Spanish, French, Latin), step team, and many more.
Greenville holds a fall homecoming dance, in addition to a homecoming football game, and a spring promenade dance. During homecoming week, there are several dress-up days for students to participate in.
Greenville's theatre department presents bi-annual productions: a play in the fall and a musical in the spring. Any student who attends the school is able to audition for a role in these productions and apply for backstage positions.
Notable alumni
- Rudolf Anderson – first recipient of the Air Force Cross[3]
- Harry Ashmore – journalist
- Robert T. Ashmore - U.S. Congressional Representative for South Carolina
- Phillip Boykin – singer, actor
- Carroll A. Campbell Jr. – governor of South Carolina
- Sarah Cunningham – actress
- Dick Dietz – professional baseball player
- Charles Fernley Fawcett – soldier, airman, actor
- Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. – inventor
- Clement Haynsworth – U.S. federal judge
- Dick Hendley – professional football player[4]
- John D. Hollingsworth – businessman, inventor, philanthropist
- David Jones – professional football player[5]
- Tommy Jones - Professional Bowler
- Herman Lay – chairman and chief executive officer of Frito-Lay
- Douglas Leigh – advertising executive
- Gabriel H. Mahon Jr. – U.S. congressional representative for South Carolina
- James Mann – U.S. congressional representative for South Carolina
- Jim Mattos – member of South Carolina House of Representatives
- Raven I. McDavid Jr. – American English linguist
- Sandi Morris – Olympic pole vault medalist[6]
- Robert G. Owens Jr., Major general, U.S. Marine Corps and flying ace
- Emile Pandolfi – pianist
- Richard Riley – governor of South Carolina, U.S. Education Secretary
- Rory Scovel – comedian, actor, and writer[7]
- Bennie Lee Sinclair – poet, novelist, writer
- Carson Spiers – baseball player[8]
- Butch Taylor – professional basketball player[9]
- Nick Theodore – lieutenant governor of South Carolina
- George Tindall – historian, author
- Charles H. Townes – physicist, inventor
- John B. Watson – psychologist
- David H. Wilkins – attorney, politician, ambassador
- William Walter Wilkins – U.S. federal judge
- Joanne Woodward – Academy Award-winning actress
Notes and References
- Web site: School Profile for Greenville High Academy . Greenville County Public Schools . January 8, 2019.
- Staff, T. G. N. (2022, September 17). Greenville vs. JL Mann football in pictures. SCHSL football: Greenville vs. JL Mann during Spirit Week. Retrieved November 10, 2022, from https://www.greenvilleonline.com/picture-gallery/sports/high-school/2022/09/17/sc-high-school-football-greenville-vs-jl-mann-schsl-spirit-week-meals-on-wheels/10404004002/
- Web site: GHS Wall of Fame . Greenville High School . sites.google.com . July 2, 2019.
- News: Former Clemson star Dick Hendley dies . . greenvilleonline.com . Keepfer . Scott . November 4, 2014 . July 3, 2019.
- Web site: David Jones Stats . . July 3, 2019.
- News: Olympian Sandi Morris returns to Greenville for Pole Vault Event . . Martin . Jennifer . July 27, 2018 . July 3, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190703051118/https://www.wspa.com/news/olympian-sandi-morris-returns-to-greenville-for-pole-vault-event/ . July 3, 2019 . live.
- Web site: Comic Rory Scovel weighs in on Woodruff Road and growing up in Greenville. The Greenville News. en. 2022-09-05.
- Web site: Greenville's Carson Spiers excels in football, baseball . Greenvilleonline.com . September 24, 2015 . September 3, 2023.
- Web site: Butch Taylor Player Profile . RealGM . July 6, 2020.
