Green High School (Franklin Furnace, Ohio) Explained

Green High School (Franklin Furnace, Ohio) should not be confused with Green High School (Green, Ohio).

Green High School
Type:Public
District:Green Local School District
Grades:7–12
Principal:Jarod Shaw
Students:264 (2021-22)[1]
Conference:Southern Ohio Conference[2]
Colors:Kelly green, white and black
Team Name:Bobcats
Streetaddress:4070 Gallia Pike
Zipcode:45629
Coordinates:38.6193°N -82.8444°W

Green High School (GHS) is a rural, public high school located in Franklin Furnace, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Green Local School District. The school mascot is the bobcat and the school colors are green and white. The school fight song is adopted originally from Northwestern University, titled "Go Northwestern Go". The superintendent of the school district is Jodi Armstrong.

History

The current Green High School campus was completed in 1972.[3] In 2018, voters in the school district passed a bond issue to construct a new campus for the schools.[4]

Athletics

There are ten school districts and eleven high schools in Scioto County along with one parochial school as well several private and community schools.[5] The school's athletic affiliation is with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) and the Southern Ohio Conference (SOC), which has seventeen member schools and is divided into two divisions (SOC I & SOC II) based on the schools' enrollment. The SOC includes teams from four different Ohio counties:[6]

References

  1. Web site: Green High School. May 10, 2022.
  2. Web site: OHSAA Member School Info. 2007-05-10. OHSAA. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195221/http://ohsaa.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=668. 2007-09-27. dead.
  3. News: Green Local Schools to be on the November ballot. Jenkins. Kimberly. Armstrong. Jody. Portsmouth Daily Times. September 18, 2018. August 11, 2019.
  4. News: Green Local School District to create new campus. Suarez. Elizabeth. November 8, 2018. August 11, 2019.
  5. Web site: Ohio County Profiles: Scioto County . 2007-05-11 . Ohio Department of Development . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070508184205/http://www.odod.state.oh.us/research/files/S0/Scioto.pdf . 2007-05-08 .
  6. News: Southern Ohio Conference. Southern Ohio Conference Constitution and By-laws. January 2007.