- McGavock Comprehensive High School
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McGavock High School Location 3150 McGavock Pike
Nashville, Tennessee, 37214
United StatesInformation Type Public high school Established 1971 School district Metro Nashville Public Schools Principal Robbin Wall Grades 9-12 Enrollment 2410[1] Mascot Raider Information 615-885-8850 Website mcgavockhs.mnps.org McGavock Comprehensive High School (commonly McGavock or Big Mac) is a public high school located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school is very notable for its strong band program, having won the state championship 24 times: 1972-1979, 1982, 1987-1991, 1993-1994, 1997-2000, 2002-2005.[2] This includes being grand champion at the annual Contest of Champions 12 times, more than any other high school since the contest began in 1962.[2]
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History
McGavock Comprehensive High School opened in 1971. It initially served students in grades ten through twelve who had previously attended Cameron, Donelson and Two Rivers high schools. McGavock added ninth grade in 1978.
McGavock is a part of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools system. It sits on a part of the McGavock plantation that was purchased by Metro Parks in 1968 for $68,000. The land is still the property of the park service. The school was named for the antebellum Two Rivers mansion built by David H. McGavock.
McGavock was the first truly comprehensive high school built in Nashville. Planning for the school took place during the administration of Superintendent Dr. John Harris. Dr. James Burns, the resident consultant for secondary development for Metro-Nashville Public Schools, developed a structure that would serve as a model for other comprehensive high schools.
A leadership team, consisting of Chester LaFever, Executive Principal, Charles Hailey, Coordinator of Program and Staff Development, and Charles Adwell, Coordinator for Vocational and Technical Education, was formed in the fall of 1970. The team incorporated many comprehensive programs including theater, horticulture, library learning center, astronomy, music and 23 vocational labs. McGavock was the first high school in Nashville that combined the academic program with extensive vocational training.
Faculties
McGavock has four softball fields, a baseball diamond, six tennis courts, a football stadium and a track. The 14-acre building houses 82 classrooms, 14 science labs, four family and consumer science labs, nine vocational shop/classroom areas, seven business education labs, two gymnasiums, two cafeterias, a 586=-eat auditorium, and a two-story library with fiction, audio-visuals, materials and equipment on one level, and non-fiction and computers on the other. It has a green room, a planetarium, a computer and technical education (CTE) lab equipped with 60 computers and a CTE presentation room equipped with state-of-the-art projection capabilities.
Marching band
The McGavock High School Marching Band is a 24-time State Champion of the Contest of Champions competition held in Murfreesboro at the MTSU stadium annually. The band directors are J. Jeff Beckman, J. David Hazlett, and Jacob Campos. Their marching band was used in the music video for Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me.
References
- ^ "Tennessee School Improvement Planning Process". p.15. pp. 91. http://www.mcgavockhs.mnps.org/AssetFactory.aspx?did=42594. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
- ^ a b "Tennessee State Champions at COC since 1969". http://mcgavockband.com/history/history_coc_tn.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
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Coordinates: 36°11′09″N 86°40′42″W / 36.185827°N 86.678454°W
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