Gadsden City High School

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Location
Gadsden City High School
1917 Black Creek Parkway Gadsden, AL 35904 USA
Information
School district	Gadsden City School District
Principal	Peter Rowe
Enrollment	Approximately 1512
Faculty	Approximately 140
Type	Public
Athletics	14 Varsity Sports
Athletics conference	AHSAA, Class 6A
Mascot	Clash
Color(s)	Black, cardinal and silver
Established	2006
Homepage	Gadsden City High School

Gadsden City High School is a public high school, located in Gadsden, Alabama, USA serving approximately 1500 students in grades nine through twelve. The school is the only high school in the Gadsden City School System, with admission open to any students living in Etowah County, Alabama.

Founded in 2006 as a result of mergers between Litchfield, Emma Sansom, and Gadsden High Schools, the school is the largest in Etowah County and in Northeast Alabama. It boasts a state-of-the-art $40 million campus, complete with a 316,000-square-foot (29,400 m²) facility.

The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It's first graduating class consisted of 272 graduates. Athletic teams are called the Titans and the school's mascot is referred to as Clash. The official school colors are cardinal, black, and silver.

Gadsden City operates on the block system. School begins at 7:55 a.m. and lasts until 3:00 p.m.

GCHS offers 7 Advanced Placement courses, out of a possible 31. The school also offers a variety of career technology courses in cosmetology, automotive technology, electrical wiring, HVAC, computer technology, fashion design, and accounting, just to name a few. Most of these career technology courses are taught in conjunction with Gadsden State Community College, allowing Titan students to learn in a college environment with standard procedures and equipment. Fine arts courses include orchestra, jazz and concert bands, chorus, piano lab, photography, broadcast journalism, journalism, graphic arts, painting, drawing, ceramics and pottery, drama, and technical theatre.

Gadsden City's athletics has been very productive in only a year and a half of existence. The Titans football team won the Class 6A Region 7 title in 2007 as well as the girls basketball team finishing as the 2007 Class 6A State Runner-up.