Scott County High School

Scott County High School is a public high school in Georgetown, Kentucky. It has enrollment of 1,643 students 10-12th grade, making it the 15th largest high school in the state.^[3] 9th graders attend a separate school from the high school, the Scott County 9th Grade School,^[4] which is connected to the school. The Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA), which governs almost all high school sports in the state, considers the ninth-grade school and the high school proper to be a single institution. By this definition, Scott County is the state's largest high school, with 2,467 students in the combined complex as of the 2015–16 school year.^[5]

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)
• 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

• 2014 Kentucky Boys State Runner-up
• 2012 Kentucky Boys 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

• 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

-Boys Tennis

• 1999 Regional Champions
• 1997 Regional Champions

-Boys Bowling

• 2012 Regional Champions
• 2012 State Champions
• 2013 Regional Champions

-Girls Softball

• 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

Academics

Scott County High School has the following academic departments:

• Agriculture
• Art
• Band
• Business
• English
• Family and Consumer Science
• Foreign Language
• JAKG
• 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
• European History
• 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 Greg Stepp, with assistant directors Lindsay King, Kelly Diamond, and Kevin Bowling.

• 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,GA to compeat 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, Ky. 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

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

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