- Green Hope High School is a school in Cary, North Carolina, serving grades 9-12. In 2006, approximately 2,044 students attended according to the WCPSS page, and with a 95% graduation rate, about 530 seniors graduated.
- GHHS opened its doors in 1999, drawing only freshmen and sophomore students from neighboring overcrowded schools. It added a grade level for the two subsequent years and graduated its first senior class in 2002. It is located next to its sister school, Green Hope Elementary School, which is at an adjacent campus. Both schools are operated by Wake County Public School System. The site also features a tennis facility operated by the Town of Cary.
- A recent growth in student population resulted in an off-site "9th Grade Annex" roughly 1/2 mile from the main campus. In the 2006-2007 school year, the 9th Grade Annex was turned into Carpenter Elementary to accommodate the rising number of students in Wake County.
- After only two years of operation, the school was deemed over-capacity.
- The school mascot is the Green Hope Fighting Falcon; a statue of one graces the school's western lawns.
- Introduction
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Green Hope High School (GHHS) is a primary example of a developing suburban education system. The school has an excellent academic record, as well as a reputation for managing the resources available to it. It has earned highest accolades
in Wake County, placing it among the highest-performing public schools in North Carolina. The school's culture has evolved greatly since its inception, as teachers and administrators gain more experience and a developing school heritage evolves with the student body. The current serving principal is Dr. James E. Hedrick.
- Academics
- Departments
- Career and technical education
- career management, small business entrepreneurship
- computer applications I-II, computer programming I-II, computerized accounting I-II, digital communication systems, foundations of information technology
- marketing, sports & entertainment marketing I-II, strategic marketing, principles of business & personal finance, fashion merchandising
- apparel development I-II, family & consumer sciences advanced studies, child development, early childhood development I-II, teen living, trade & industrial advanced studies, foods I-II
- drafting I-III, furniture & cabinetmaking I-II, housing & interiors I
- medical science I-II, biomedical technology, health team relations
- English
- English I-IV, ap English III-IV
- sat verbal/math prep, special interest seminar, speech I-II, creative writing I-II, intro to communications & mass media
- yearbook I-III, newspaper I-III
- Fine arts
- Orchestra
- Student art gallery
- Theatre
- visual arts I-IV, sculpture/ceramics I-II, art history, AP Studio
- modern dance I-IV, theatre arts I-IV, technical theatre I-II
- vocal music I-IV, beginning guitar, band I-IV, orchestra I-IV
- music appreciation, ap music theory
- Foreign languages
- Spanish I-V, Spanish I-II for native speakers, ap Spanish language, ap Spanish literature
- french I-V, ap french language
- Latin I-V Lenny Miraglioulo-
- Math
- technical math I-II, introductory math
- algebra I: part I, algebra I: part II, algebra I, algebra II
- geometry, advanced functions & modeling, analytic geometry/trigonometry, discrete math
- pre-calculus, intro to college math, ap calculus ab, ap calculus bc, ap statistics
- Healthful living
- healthful living I, lifetime sports I-II, team sports I-II
- weight training I-II, personal fitness I-II, sports medicine I-III, pepi I-II
- Science
- earth science, marine & astronomical science
- biology, anatomy & physiology, forensics
- physical science, chemistry, physics
- ap environmental science, ap biology, ap chemistry, ap physics
- Social Studies
- world history, civics & economics, United States history, Vietnam war/international relations, geography
- law & justice, sociology, psychology
- AP United States history, AP comparative government, AP us government & politics, AP psychology
- Special programs
- curriculum assistance, icr English, icr math, icr social studies
- Media Center (Photo — Library and Computer Lab) and ( Website)
- Sports and athletics
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The Athletics Department operates competitive and intramural sports at the high school.
- Golf
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The Men's Golf team at Green Hope has experienced much success since the school opened in 2001. The Falcons have captured four team State Championship Titles (2003, 2006, 2007, 2009) and five individual titles (Brendon Todd, 3, Michael Cromie, 1, and Kevin O'Connell, 1). Golfers from Green Hope have been widely recruited to play Division 1 NCAA Golf. Graduates have played at various Universities across the country including the University of Georgia (Brendon Todd), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kevin O'Connell) , University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Will Shambley) , the University of Arkansas (Drew Eibner), Pepperdine University (Eric Shriver) , Appalachian State University (Dan Gossin), East Carolina University (Elliot Jones and Tripp Brizendine) , the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Kyle Sonday and Will Almand) and The University of Virginia (Ben Kohles) .
- School organizations
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Extracurricular activities, clubs, and other student organizations flourish as a result of student, parental, and faculty involvement.
- These organizations include cultural, religious, academic, and intramural sports organizations.
- Of particular note, due to high levels of student/faculty involvement are:
- Science Olympiad
- Gay-Straight Alliance
- Literary Journal
- Environmental Club
- Green Hope Marching Band
- Other clubs include various honor societies, community outreach programs, extracurricular foreign-language and culture clubs (French, Spanish, Latin), a school paper of news, and athletic boosters.
- School demographics
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The school serves affluent Western Wake, including Cary and Apex. It also features a program to provide bus service from south Raleigh in order to meet county socio-economic status quotas.
- As of 2006, redistricting and explosive population growth may cause dramatic demographic changes. Suburban neighborhoods, featuring multi-million dollar mansions, sit adjacent to old tobacco farms and rural land tracts.
- 6% of the student body is enrolled in honors or AP courses, compared with only a 4% state-wide average.
- In 2005, 91% of students performed at or above grade-level. The school ranks as a North Carolina Honor School of Excellence and meets capacity requirements as a High Growth School.
- The school is a traditional (non-magnet) school by official designation (and funding considerations).
- The school prides itself on technology integration - 100% of classrooms have internet access, and teachers and students use an online course-reporting and grading system like other new Wake County Public High Schools.
- History
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The school is named for the older, historic Green Hope School, built in 1927.
- It provided Grades 1 through 12 during its lifetime as a consolidated school. This continued until 1952, when it was re-dubbed Green Hope Elementary School, providing primary-education while the higher grades were reallocated to nearby Cary or Apex High schools. Green Hope Elementary proudly became the first accredited rural school in Wake County. By 1963, it served 172 students. However, at the time, the school was a whites-only establishment.
- Fire and Destruction
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On August 15, 1963 at 1 AM, the school caught fire.
- Three fire departments responded: Apex, Morrisville, and Yrac., and the school was not reconstructed. The cause of fire was officially described as suspicious circumstances. However, arson was suspected as a cause, and firefighters reported a car speeding away from the blaze. Possible motives include opposition to the racial integration of the local districts. This process continued, however, expedited by the creation of Wake County Public School System in 1976.This set the goal of unifying the diverse racial and economic demographic of the growing community, and ensuring that the affluent suburbs and the poorer urban areas of Raleigh received equal and integrated education. However, the site of Green Hope School remained unoccupied until 1999.
- The present location of the school is across the road from the old building site.
- Green Hope Elementary School
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The elementary school began operation in 2000, one year later than the high school.
It too has earned recognition for academic performance, meeting qualifications as a School of Excellence for five consecutive years since it began operation. Green Hope Elementary currently runs on a year-round schedule, although it is switching back to a traditional schedule next school year (2009-2010).
- The school operates its own library and media center.
- External links
- Official GHHS Site. (High school)
- Official GHES Site. (Elementary school)
- Yrac Fire Department Report of fire in 1963. This site also has a great history of North Carolina fire departments
- History of Wake County Public School System Official website
- History of Green Hope Elementary School Official website
- History of Green Hope High School Official website
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