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Revision as of 02:41, 12 June 2022
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7653 Poplar Pike , 38138 United States | |
| Coordinates | 35°04′57″N 89°48′28″W / 35.0824°N 89.8078°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1910 (at present location) |
| School district | Shelby County School |
| Principal | Marvin Townsend |
| Teaching staff | 97.80 (on an FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,984 (2020-21)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 20.29[1] |
| Campus | Suburban[1] |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Nickname | Red Devils |
| Website | www |
Germantown High School is a public high school in Germantown, Tennessee, and is part of the Shelby County Schools district.[2]
History
By 1910, the Shelby County Board of Education had purchased three acres for a new school building serving grades one through twelve, and also in 1911, students moved into the new building with five classrooms and a study hall.[3] Wagonettes pulled by horses or mules were also the common mode transportation at the time, but by 1918, motorized wagonettes were used.
Additional rooms and buildings were added to both sides of a WPA facade in 1918, 1919, 1927, and 1935, for the Germantown Public School.
Athletics
Germantown High School offers a variety of sports: baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, cheerleading, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling, dance, and trap shooting.
- The football team won state championships in 1983 and 2003.
- The girls' soccer team won the state championship in 1999 and 2001.[4]
- The boys' soccer team won state championships in 1983 and 1984.[citation needed]
- The Germantown boys' baseball team won the state championship in 1981, 1995, and 2001.[4]
- The boys' golf team won the state championship in 1997[citation needed]
- The girls' volleyball team won the state championship in 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2003 and 2005.[citation needed]
- The boys' tennis team won the state championship in 1980.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (June 2019) |
- Mickey Callaway, professional baseball coach and former Major League Baseball player
- Ian Clark, international basketball player for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers
- Debbie Elliott, National Public Radio broadcaster
- Austin Hollins, former Minnesota Gophers basketball team
- Ben Johnson, Major League Baseball player
- Paul Maholm, Major League Baseball pitcher
- Susan Marshall, vocalist, pianist, songwriter and recording artist
- Jeremy Padawer, kids toys and entertainment executive, creator of Monsuno television series on Nickelodeon
- Cindy Parlow, US women's national soccer team and U.S. Soccer executive[5]
- Chris Parnell, Saturday Night Live actor
- Missi Pyle, actress in Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball, and Broadway show Boeing Boeing Broadway
- Eric Still, Houston Oilers offensive guard
- Tony Williams, Jacksonville Jaguars defensive tackle
References
- ^ a b c d e "Germantown High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
- ^ Dries, Bill. "Cordova Parents Question Attendance Zone Changes." Memphis Daily News. March 10, 2014. Retrieved on March 11, 2014. "Germantown Elementary, Middle and High are not part of the new Germantown Schools system, making the explanation more complex."
- ^ "History of Germantown High School". Germantown Historical Preservation Association. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2011-02-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Former Germantown soccer star named head of U.S. Federation". Daily Memphian. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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