Gainesville High School (Georgia)


Gainesville High School is located in Gainesville, Georgia, United States.

History

Gainesville High School was founded in 1892.

Curriculum

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.

Recognition

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.

Boys' golf teams

Gainesville High School claims one of the most successful boys' golf programs in Georgia history. The program has won seven GHSA state championships.

Notable alumni