Blacksburg High School
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| Blacksburg High School | |
| Address | |
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| 520 Patrick Henry Drive Blacksburg, Virginia, 24060 USA |
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| School district | Montgomery County Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Dr. Tiffany Anderson |
| Principal | Mr. Michael Hurst |
| Assistant principals | Mary Fain Dave Dikinson Greg Stick |
| Enrollment |
1,216 (2006-07) |
| School type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Athletics conference | Virginia High School League AA Region IV River Ridge District |
| Rival | Christiansburg High School Cave Spring High School Hidden Valley High School Pulaski County High School Salem High School |
| Nickname | Bruins |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Established | 1952 |
| Homepage | Official Site |
Blacksburg High School is a high school in the Montgomery County public school division. The school serves the town of Blacksburg, Virginia and surrounding areas of the county.
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[edit] History
Blacksburg High School moved to its former building on South Main Street in 1952. The building later housed Blacksburg Middle School, and the high school still plays its home football games there. The school moved to its current location on Patrick Henry Drive in 1974.
There is also a Blacksburg High School in Blacksburg, SC.
[edit] Administrative staff
- MIchael Hurst, Principal
- Mary Fain, Assistant Principal
- Dave Dikinson, Assistant Principal
- Greg Stick, Assistant Principal
[edit] Academic recognition
Blacksburg High School has been nationally recognized for its academic excellence. This status is based partially upon how many Blacksburg High School students elect to take the Advanced Placement Exams.
[edit] Athletics and extracurriculars
Blacksburg High School is a member of the Virginia High School League and competes in the AA River Ridge District, a district in Region IV of Group AA. Blacksburg formerly competed in the Group AA Blue Ridge District, which it had joined when the AA New River Valley District dissolved.
Blacksburg has historically been one of the most successful schools in Group AA (and pre-1970 Group IB) with state championships in men's soccer, football, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, track, and men's golf. Blacksburg has also captured the Wachovia Cup, the VHSL's award for overall excellence in athletics several years including 2007. Blacksburg Boys Soccer team has won 9 state championships including 2007 and was ranked #6 in the USA in 2007. The 2007 team was led by NSCAA Scholar All-Americans Tim Becker and Matt Becker. Albert Alwang, Tim Becker and Matt Becker were named NSCAA All-South Region and Alwang was Group AA Player of the Year. For more information go to www.blacksburgsoccer.net. Although Soccer is Blacksburg High School's most notable sport, the golf program is also very good with state titles in 2006 and 2007..
Coaches:
- Football - David Christ
- Boys Basketball - Doug Day
- Girls Basketball - Mickey McGuigan
- Cross Country and Track - James DeMarco
- Boys Soccer - Travis Bishop and Jon Bohland
- Girls Soccer - Travis Eschenmann
- Golf - Doug Day
- Baseball - Jim Shockley
- Softball - John Shockley
[edit] Forensics and debate
Blacksburg High School is one of the state's premier schools for forensics and debate. The school rose to prominence in debate in the early 1980's, coached by Frank Moseley and led by academic advisor Michael Cronin, a former national champion in college debate at Georgetown. The team won district and regional championships consistently between 1978 through 1982. In 1981 and 1982, the switch side team of Ray Allen and Jim Baker won state AA championships in policy debate and garnered the top two spots in individual speaker awards in 1982. From 1988 to 2003, under Coach Karen Finch, the school won 15 consecutive Group AA state titles in forensics and debate, "the longest unbroken chain of championships in VHSL history". The school sends students to national level competition annually, and has had several national champions, specifically in the extemporaneous speaking category. Dennis Price won the National Championship in Prose Interpretation in 1994. Jeff Emerson won the National Championship in Humorous Interpretation in 1991. Members of the debate team are commonly referred to as master-debaters by students at the school. The Debating team currently consists of 4 divisions, in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Public Forum Debate, and Student Congress. The school has traditionally been strong in Policy Debate, but currently holds a strong team in Lincoln-Douglas Debate, which includes Philip Lu, Chris Baik, Joy Chen, George Wang, and Tim Gao as well as notable novices such as James Sullivan, Katy Jones, Lauren Hoops, Tonya Gao, and Kevin Yoon. The debate team is the 2007 VHSL Group AA state title, pushing out notable opponents such as Potomac Falls and Charlottesville. Another addition to the debate team is the student congress team. This team is lead fearlessly by Kyle Redican and Mikey Arthur. Members of importance include Shivesh Puri and Landon Klein and Sam Hopkins, who lead the team in placing and in speeches given. He did very well last year. The team is the most feared team, but the least respected. The team will go under the leadership of Chris Arthur in 2009-2011.
[edit] MACC
The math and all-around teams finished 1st for the season in the eastern division. The science and social studies teams finished 2nd for the season, and the English team finished 4th.
The math team finished 2nd in the tournament, and because they were the season winners, they will participate in Super MACC (tournament) on March 26, 2007. The science team finished 1st in the tournament, making them also eligible to participate in Super MACC. The all-around team will also go to the Super MACC (tournament) because they finished first in the season.
The 2007 MACC season was officially over on March 26, 2007 after the Super MACC (tournament). The Blacksburg Math and Science MACC teams took the gold trophy home with very close matches. The all-around team finished second in the tournament.
[edit] Science
Blacksburg High School is also know for academic excellence. Suzanne Dana, a Chemistry teacher, recently won the Teacher of the Year award. She attended a conference and was presented with a plaque and a school-wide intercom announcement from Michael D. Hurst.
[edit] External links
- Blacksburg High School Website
- Great Schools site
- Virginia Department of Education Report Card
- Official MACC Page
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