Sullivan Central High School
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| Sullivan Central High School | |
| Address | |
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| 131 Shipley Ferry Rd Blountville, Tennessee, 37617 USA |
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| Information | |
| School district | Sullivan County Department of Education |
| Principal | Melanie Riden |
| Assistant principals | Dee Musser, Kim Kirk, and Keith Gibson |
| School type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Athletics | Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross-Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball |
| Rival | Sullivan East, Sullivan North, Sullivan South, Dobyns Bennett, Science Hill |
| Mascot | Cougars |
| Color(s) | Blue and Orange |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Feeder schools | Blountville Middle School and Holston Middle School |
| Homepage | Official Site |
Sullivan Central High School is a 9th through 12th grade high school in Blountville, Tennessee. It has around 1000 students annually. The two middle schools that feed into Central are Blountville Middle School and Holston Middle School. The school's mascot is the cougar. The current principal is Melanie Riden.
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[edit] History
The school opened in 1968, and eventually expanded by means of a classroom addition and a vocational building in the mid-1970s. The only construction since that time has been a football fieldhouse, which opened in the fall of 1997.
[edit] Athletics
The school has athletic teams in all traditional varsity sports, including football, soccer, basketball, track, cross country, tennis, baseball, softball, and volleyball. Despite its relatively small enrollment, the school fields three football teams each fall; freshman, junior varsity, and varsity, as well as three men's basketball teams in the same divisions. Central maintains intense rivalries with the other three Sullivan County schools, South, North, and East, as well as with the local city schools of Kingsport, Dobyns Bennett and Johnson City Science Hill.
[edit] Football
The Sullivan Central Football teams where very promising during the 70's, 80's, 90's and as of 03-04 when the team made it to the first round of the state playoffs under Coach Mike Hooks and had several records to that were broken that year. However the team has struggled the past seasons; but with the hiring of Coach Nelson the team should be in the right track once again after winning just 2 games the last three years.
[edit] Men's Basketball
The basketball teams play in the Dickie Warren Dome, which was named after one of the greatest Tennessee basketball coaches of all time during the 04-05 season. Its men's basketball team is coached by Tony Vaughn and he has coached his teams to 20 wins in each of the past six seasons, including a state tournament berth in 2005 in which they went 25-11 that season and won the Watuaga Conf. runner ups in the District 1-AA Tournament, Champions of the Region 1-2 AA Tournament and also beat Alco during their Sub State game. Significantly, the school was forced to move up in classification the following season, but still finished with 24 wins and won the TSSAA's District 1-AAA Tournament Championship. The 07-08 cougars how ever gave the school their first losing record in over seven years and the first in seven years they did not advance to the regional tournament.
[edit] Band
Central's band program is a strong growing program that is known as one of the many powerhouse bands in the area. Central's band has placed first in many competitions throughout the region over many years. The current band director is Chris Smithson. He has been assistant director since 1996 taking over as full director in 2006. Along with the marching band program and concert band, they have a jazz ensemble, winterguard, and percussion ensemble. Visit their website at www.sullivancentralband.org
[edit] Vandalism
On May, 16 2008, four seniors broke into the school spray painted the math, science, and english pod lockers, the walls through out the main building, while also cementing the math lockers. The following school day, Melanie Riden had locked all of the gates and other doors to the main building until the students responsible for the vandalism came forward. All damages had been repaired by 10:00 AM when classes resumed. The four seniors were caught. Three of the four seniors are facing jail time and one is facing JCDC, a court date will determine their consequences. All will graduate with their diploma, but will not walk on graduation night. Two of the four seniors had athletic scholarships which have now been suspended due to the records they now hold.
[edit] Administration
- Principal - Melanie Riden,
- Assistant Principals - Dee Musser, Kim Kirk, and Keith Gibson,
- Secretary - Rhonda Slagle
- Vocational Office Secretary - Diane Sells
[edit] Guidance Counselors
Eric Freeman, Jane Tate, and Veronica Fulkerson, Secretary-Pam Hebert
[edit] Teachers and Other staff
Central High School has a total of 76 teachers and administration
[edit] Academics
Jennifer Calloway -English, Tracy Graybeal -English, Kelly Kendrick -English, Regina Lambert -English, Pat Muncie -English, Sandra Poe -English, Jennifer Wilburn -English, Dustin Williams -English, Charlie Cox -German, Sherrie Nelson -Spanish, Kathy Stephenson -Spanish, Holly Cox -Math, Gerald Gray -Math, Rebecca Harr -Math, Jill Loven -Math, Todd Malone -Math, Allison Marino -Math, Gerald Muncie -Math, Bob Rogers -Math, Judy Scalf -Math, Becky Smith -Math, Art Perry -Others, Hasque Delp -Science, Sharon Abee -Science, Michael Garrett -Science, Scott Nelson -Science, Joe Seagroves -Science, John Stephens -Science, Tony Vaughn -Science, Kona White-Henson -Science, Cindy Akard -Social Studies, Robin Bagnall -Social Studies, Frank Buchanan -Social Studies, Paulette Droke -Social Studies, Matt Hawn -Social Studies, and Kristi Sproles -Social Studies and Year Book,
[edit] Career Technical and Fine Arts
Jason Counts -Computer, Regina Davenport -Health Science, Aaron Flanary -Computer Aided Drafting, Rhonda Flanary -Graphic Arts, Ken Harr -Career Technical, Lisa Holt -Culinary Arts, Barbara Jones -Computer, Amy Joyner -Career Technical, Jennifer Mitchell -Career Technical, Avery Putney -Cosmetology, Lloyd Putney -Construction Core, Ginger Shackelford -Computer, Gary Surcey -Computer, Dana Marks- Visual Arts, Denise McReynolds -Chorus, Don Quales- Visual Arts Chris Smithson -Band, Lauren Alley -PE/Wellness, Kip Cloninger -PE/Wellness, Michele Holly -PE/Wellness, Mike Hooks -PE/Wellness, Brandon Krantz -PE/Wellness, Jeremy Malone -PE/Wellness, and Hasque Delp -PE/Wellness
[edit] Other Staff
- Debora Bandy - Librarian ,
- Erin Boyes - Librarian ,
- Sabrina Christianson - Special Ed,
- Leslie Forbes - Special Ed,
- Nicole Barrett - Special Ed,
- Julie Conkin - Special Ed,
- MaryPage Paque -Special Ed,
- Jewel Shinault -ISS ,
- Vickie Carter -office Staff,
- Linda Quillen -Staff, and
- Officer Gudger - School Officer
[edit] Contact Info
131 Shipley Ferry Road
Blountville, TN 37617
Phone: (423) 354-1200
Fax: (423) 354-1206
