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Scott County will soon be getting a new stand alone school. This school will start as a 750 student high school with the possibility to be a 1500 student high school when phase 2 is complete. The SC Board of Education left it up to the students and community to come up with possible names for the new school....please enjoy some of the suggestions below!

 

 

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They asked you for suggested names and mascots for the new, second high school, Scott County, and you answered.

 

Boy, did you answer.

 

Suggestions range from the sublime to the silly, from the historical to the hysterical.

 

There’s “Dodge Ram High School,” (Not encouraging much volunteer support from our local major manufacturer, that one. But it is offset by “Camry High School.”)

 

In all, more than 150 suggestions were submitted to the Scott County Board of Education, whose members are pondering the choice. Here are a few of the offerings.

 

How about “Mockingjay High School?” Although “The Hunger Games” fad may be ending soon.

 

And, for University of Kentucky fans who have had to endure white and red and “Cardinals” for two decades, there are separate suggestions: “Kentucky Wildcat High School” and “Wildcat High School.”

 

Take that, Rick Pitino.

 

Some folks suggested immodest monikers: “Right Choice High School.” “The Best High School Ever.” “Trend Setter High School.” “Ultra Modern High School.”

 

Hungry? Maybe you should attend “Peanut Butter and Jelly High.”

 

Optimistic? The school could be“Where Wishes Come True.”

 

There were a few suggestions to honor local and state figures: “Everette Varney High School,” “George Lusby High School,” “Ed Davis High School,” “Wendell Ford High School,” “Addison Mitchell McConnell High School,” “Martha Layne Collins High School.”

 

And mascots.

 

Cats or Killer Bees?

 

Maybe Moonshiners, or Pride.

 

And then there was a suggestion that’s steeped in local history: “Elijah Craig High School.”

 

Not sure what the mascot would be for that. A tippler, perhaps?

 

The complete list of suggested names and mascots follows:

 

ADENA HIGH SCHOOL

 

ADENA SPRINGS

 

AICHI HIGH SCHOOL OR SEISHO HIGH SCHOOL

 

ASSEMBLY HIGH SCHOOL

 

AVALON HIGH SCHOOL

 

BETTY GRAVES HIGH SCHOOL

 

BIG EAGLE

 

BLUEGRASS HIGH SCHOOL

 

BLUEGRASS STATE HIGH SCHOOL

 

BLUE SPRING HIGH SCHOOL

 

BLOOMING FLOWERS HIGH SCHOOL

 

BRIGHT HORIZONS HIGH SCHOOL

 

BRILLANT MODEL HIGH SCHOOL

 

BUFFALO CROSSING HIGH SCHOOL

 

BUFFALO SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL

 

BULL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

 

CAMRY HIGH SCHOOL

 

CANE RUN HIGH SCHOOL

 

CANTRILL HIGH SCHOOL OR JC CANTRILL HIGH SCHOOL OR JCC HIGH SCHOOL

 

CARDINAL HIGH SCHOOL

 

CATS

 

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

 

CHOCTAW

 

COMMONWEALTH HIGH SCHOOL

 

COMPASS ROSE HIGH SCHOOL

 

CREEK STONE

 

CREEKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL

 

CRIAG LEBANON HIGH

 

CROSSING HIGH SCHOOL

 

CROSSING PARK HIGH SCHOOL

 

DALTON ACADEMY

 

DANIEL BOONE HIGH SCHOOL

 

DODGE RAM HIGH SCHOOL

 

DOLLIN HIGH SCHOOL

 

EAGLES HIGH SCHOOL

 

EASTERN KY HIGH SCHOOL

 

ED DAVIS HIGH SCHOOL

 

ELFORK HIGH SCHOOL

 

ELIGANT HIGH SCHOOL

 

ELIJAH CRAIG HIGH SCHOOL

 

ELKHORN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

 

ELKHORN CREEK HIGH SCHOOL

 

ELKHORN CROSSINGS HIGH SCHOOL

 

ELKHORN HEIGHTS

 

ELKHORN HIGH SCHOOL

 

ELKHORN TRACE HIGH SCHOOL

 

EUBIE BLAKE HIGH SCHOOL

 

EVERETT VARNEY HIGH SCHOOL

 

FALLEN TIMBERS

 

FEARLESS HIGH SCHOOL

 

FIELDING BRADFORD HIGH SCHOOL

 

FIJI HIGH SCHOOL

 

FINCASTLE HIGH SCHOOL

 

FINLEY WILLIAM ELLISON HIGH SCHOOL

 

FOUNTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE HIGH SCHOOL

 

FUTURE POINT HIGH

 

GENERAL CHARLES SCOTT HIGH SCHOOL

 

GEO-SCOTT HIGH

 

GEORGE LUSBY HIGH SCHOOL

 

GEORGE WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL

 

GEORGE-SCOTT HIGH SCHOOL

 

GEORGETOWN ACADEMY

 

GEORGETOWN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

 

GEORGETOWN CROSSING

 

GEORGETOWN GREENWAVE

 

GEORGETOWN HIGH SCHOOL

 

GEORGETOWN SR HIGH SCHOOL

 

GEORGETOWN PREP

 

GREAT CROSSING HIGH SCHOOL

 

GREAT CROSSINGS ACADEMY HIGH

 

GREAT ELKHORN CROSSING

 

HALLOW-HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL

 

HILL HIGH SCHOOL

 

HILLTOP HIGH SCHOOL

 

INDIAN CROSSING HIGH SCHOOL

 

INDIAN SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL

 

JAMES F ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL

 

JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL

 

JOHN CRIGLER HIGH SCHOOL

 

JOHN PAYNE HIGH SCHOOL

 

JOHNSONS STATION HIGH SCHOOL

 

J.R. WARD

 

KENNEDY HIGH

 

KENTUCKY WILDCAT HIGH SCHOOL

 

MARTHA LAYNE COLLINS HIGH SCHOOL

 

MCCLELLAND HIGH SCHOOL

 

MCCLELLAND STATION

 

MOCKINGJAY HIGH SCHOOL

 

MOONLIGHT ACADEMY

 

NEW GEORGETOWN HIGH SCHOOL

 

NEW HORIZONS HIGH SCHOOL

 

NEXT LEVEL ACADEMY

 

NORTH FORK HIGH SCHOOL

 

OXFORD HIGH

 

PAYNES DEPOT HIGH SCHOOL

 

PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY HIGH

 

PLEASANT VIEW HIGH SCHOOL

 

POMPEII HIGH

 

PRIMWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

 

RENDALL HIGH SCHOOL

 

REVERAND ELIJAH CRAIG HIGH SCHOOL

 

RICHARD JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL

 

RIGHT CHOICE HIGH SCHOOL

 

RITTENHOUSE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL

 

RIVER HIGH SCHOOL

 

ROYAL PREP HIGH SCHOOL

 

ROYAL SCOTTOWN HIGH SCHOOL

 

ROYAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL

 

SACAGAWEA HIGH SCHOOL

 

SHINERS ROCK HIGH SCHOOL

 

SCOTT ACADEMY

 

SCOTT CO SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE

 

SCOTT HIGH

 

SCOTT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

 

SCOTT CO HIGH SOUTH

 

SCOTT CO. KILLER BEES

 

SCOTT CO. MOONSHINERS

 

SCOTT CO. PRIDE

 

SCOTT CO ROYAL HIGH

 

SCOTT CO WEST

 

SCOTT WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL

 

SCOTTOWN HIGH SCHOOL

 

SOUTHWORTH HIGH SCHOOL

 

STAMPING GROUND HIGH SCHOOL

 

STARTGATE HIGH SCHOOL

 

STEPHEN HAWKING HIGH SCHOOL

 

SUN HIGH SCHOOL

 

TAHARA ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL

 

THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL EVER

 

THOROUGHBRED HIGH SCHOOL

 

TIGER HIGH SCHOOL

 

TOYOTA HIGH SCHOOL

 

TREND SETTER HIGH SCHOOL

 

TRIPLE CROWN HIGH SCHOOL

 

ULTRA MODERN HIGH SCHOOL

 

UNIVERSAL HIGH SCHOOL

 

UNTOUCHABLES HIGH SCHOOL

 

VIBRANT HIGH SCHOOL

 

WALTER CLAYTON BEDIE THOMASON

 

WARD HALL HIGH SCHOOL

 

WAYMORE HIGH SCHOOL

 

WENDALL H. FORD HIGH SCHOOL

 

WEST HIGH SCHOOL

 

WEST SCOTT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

 

WEST SCOTT HIGH SCHOOL

 

WESTSIDE HIGH

 

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gchs_uk9

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I think West Scott sounds better than West Scott County. Playing off the current school being the Cardinals, I'd go with West Scott Wildcats and be blue and white.

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I liked these three:

 

Elijah Craig High School

Wendell H Ford High School

Georgetown Sr. High School (Only if it will be in city)

 

 

High School will be located by Western Elementary School off of 460. In the city limits but about 3-4 miles from downtown.

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Georgetown Sr. High School (Only if it will be in city)

 

There used to be a Georgetown High School until the mid-1970s. Technically it was called Garth High School, but everyone called it Georgetown. They were the Buffaloes and wore green and gold.

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Garth and Georgetown High School were two separate schools. In fact Garth was one of the schools that consolidated to form Georgetown High School.

 

Who else consolidated? I know Sadieville, Stamping Ground, and Great Crossing (?) all merged to make Scott County High. Who else was there to join with Garth to make Georgetown?

 

http://encompass.eku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1527&context=athlete

 

This link above is to the KHSAA directory in 1951. It lists all schools in alphabetical order and when it comes to "G" there is Garth, with Georgetown in parentheses. There is no "Georgetown High School" listed. I'm not from there and I could be wrong, but I've researched these old schools for years and everything I've ever come across shows GARTH as the official name and GEORGETOWN as unofficial, not unlike Blazer High School which everyone calls Ashland.

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My best guess is that they'll go with a namesake, and at first blush after skimming over the list, I think "Wendell H. Ford High School" is a pretty good possibility - especially considering the fact that he just died back in January.

 

Personally, I think McClelland High School or McClelland Station would be pretty cool names (named after the army outpost built in Georgetown by John B. McClelland at the beginning of the Revolutionary War).

 

I would all but guarantee that any school names or mascots referring to bourbon/boourbon making/bourbon makers/bootlegging/moonshine would be an absolute no-go.

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Martha Layne Collins should have went with the Trailblazers as their mascot, woulda been fitting with her being the 1st female Governor of the state.

 

No, Collins dropped the ball by not going with the Governors as their nickname, a la Austin Peay.

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My best guess is that they'll go with a namesake, and at first blush after skimming over the list, I think "Wendell H. Ford High School" is a pretty good possibility - especially considering the fact that he just died back in January.

 

FORD High School going to fly in Georgetown with Toyota there in town?! :sssh:

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