Center Grove High School

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established = 1884
type =Public high school
head_name =Principal
head =Matt Shockley
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city =Greenwood
state =Indiana
country =USA
students =~2300
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school_colors = Red and White
mascot =Trojan
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website = [http://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/cghs/ CGHS]

Center Grove High School (colloquially known as CG) is a four star high school located in Greenwood, Indiana, United States. The mascot is a Trojan, as are the names of all of its sports teams. The principal, Matt Shockley, is assisted by Sandy Hillman, Kathy Leussow, Tim Hudson, and Paul Buck, while Ruben DeLuna serves as Dean of Students. CGHS has a variety of clubs, programs, and sports for students to participate in.

In 2006, CG had a threat against the principal that was the main story for the year. Since then, the school has had a great increase in security, hiring an around-the-clock security guard to patrol the school.

Beginning in June 2007, road construction work began on Stones Crossing Road, right next to the CGHS property. As of October 2008, it is not yet finished and continues to cause congestion for student drivers and bus traffic in the afternoon dismissal rush. The stoplight is operational but work remains to be done on turning lanes and utilities.

A Typical School Day

The school operates on a block eight schedule with each class around 90 minutes long and meeting every other day. The days are based on the school's colors. Red Days consist of periods 1, 2, 3 (STaR), 4, & 5. White Days consist of periods 6, 7, 8 (STaR), 9, & 10. STaR (Students Teachers and Relationships) is the school's 30 minute prep period, replacing the IRP (individual resource period) of past years. The teacher who supervises the students during STaR is considered the homeroom teacher of the students. Lunch period takes place during period 4 and 9 of each day and are based on what area of the school that the student is in during that time. Classes begin at 7:35 each day, and in the 2005-06 school year, CGHS implemented a new system in which every Wednesday school is dismissed at 2:05PM instead of the usual 2:50PM for teacher planning and meetings, instead of having half days every so often. Passing periods between classes are 6 minutes long.

Activities

Center Grove High School has a variety of different extracurricular sports and activities students can take part in throughout the year.

The center grove indoor percussion is one of the best in the world. Also they have won IPA State seven years in a row.

Fall Sports

*Girls Golf
*Football
*Cheerleading
*Boys Tennis
*Cross Country
*Girls Volleyball
*Soccer
*Swallowing the Gravy

Winter Sports

*Wrestling
*Swimming and Diving
*Girls Gymnastics
*Cheerleading
*Bowling
*Boys Basketball
*Girls Basketball

Spring Sports

*Baseball
*Softball
*Track and Field
*Girls Tennis
*Boys Golf
*Boys Volleyball
*Ultimate Frisbee
*Boys Lacrosse
*Girlslacrosse

Clubs

*Student Council (STUGO)
*Japanese Club
*French Club
*French National Honors Society
*Spanish Club
*German Club
*FEA
*FIRST Robotics [http://www.redalert1741.org Red Alert Team]
*Science Olympiad
*Best Buddies Club
*Art Club
*SADD
*Periphery
*Ethnic Club
*Book Forum
*FCA
*It's Sew Fun Club
*BPA
*Photo Club
*Key Club
*Makeup Crew
*Philanthropy Club
*Speech & Debate Team
*NHS
*Japanese National Honor Society
*Spanish National Honor Society
*Chess Club
*Spell Bowl team
*Quiz Bowl Team
*Academic Super Bowl Teams
*GSA
*Lacrosse
*Club Green
*Symphonic Orchestra

Center Grove Television

Center Grove Television is a credit-earning class which broadcasts announcements to the school daily via classroom televisions. All on air talent is directed and performed by students. Students also create the graphics and work the cameras.

The Trojaneer

The Trojaneer is CGHS's student newspaper. The paper is written, designed, and published by students that are accepted to the class based on their journalism and/or visual design skills. The Trojaneer staff meets once every two days during class period 9. The paper is funded by advertisements sold by the students.

Enrollment

Center Grove High School is a public high school. As of 2007, there were about 2300 students. Freshman through senior class attends the school along with students in the special services program.

Recent Technology Upgrades

During the summer vacation and fall semester of 2007, approximatley 25 classrooms around the school were outfitted with new, high-tech projection systems, including DVD/VCR decks, document cameras, and a computer & audio interface system.

Also new in 2007, the school upgraded its old online grade program from Centerpoint to Skyward, which still allows students and parents to keep track of grades, attendance, and other information from their computers at home. Students were also assigned new Gaggle.net school-filtered email accounts, and some teachers took advantage of the school-sponsored Epsilen online course management program.

Center Grove School Corporation

* [http://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/cghs Center Grove High School]
* [http://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/cgms Center Grove Middle School Central]
* [http://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/cgmsn Center Grove Middle School North]
* [http://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/cges Center Grove Elementary School]
* [http://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/mges Maple Grove Elementary School]
* [http://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/sges Sugar Grove Elementary School]
* [http://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/pges Pleasant Grove Elementary School]
* [http://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/nges North Grove Elementary School]
* [http://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/wges West Grove Elementary School]

References & Additional Resources

* [http://www.centergrove.k12.in.us/cghs/redalert/index.htm Robotic's Homepage]
* [http://centergrove.k12.in.us Center Grove High School's Website]
* [http://cgtheatre.org/index.php?page=history History of the CG Theatre Dept.]
* [http://cgbb.web-pros.com Baseball Team's Website]
* [http://www.cgorchestras.org/ Trojan Orchestra's Website]
* [http://www.trojanband.com/ Trojan Band's Website]
* [http://www.trojanbandalumni.org/ Trojan Band Alumni Website]
* [http://www.centergrovechoirs.org/ Trojan Choir's Website]
* [http://www.centergrovelacrosse.org/ Lacrosse Team's Website]