Turner Ashby High School

Infobox High School
name=Turner Ashby High School
principal=Steven B. Walk
motto=Be Just and Fear Not
established=1956
type=Public, 9-12
location=Bridgewater, VA
enrollment=1115
mascot=Knights
colors=Black and White
website= [http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/TAHS/tahs.html School Website] |

Turner Ashby High School is located in Bridgewater, Virginia in the Rockingham County public school district.

History

Turner Ashby High School opened in the fall of 1956. It became the third consolidated high school in Rockingham County. Schools consolidated were Bridgewater, Dayton, and Mt. Clinton. The original Turner Ashby building was located on a twenty-acre plot on the north side of Dayton, and now serves grades six through eight as Wilbur S. Pence Middle School.

The name Turner Ashby High School was selected by the Rockingham County School Board because of the school's location in the Ashby District of the county. The District was named for General Turner Ashby who fought and died in a battle near Harrisonburg during the Civil War.

The original building was designed and constructed for 715 students in grades eight through twelve. The approximate cost of the school was $1,000,000.00. Classroom additions were added in 1960 and 1962. Mobile units were added for classroom use in 1973, 1975, and 1980. In 1966, the eighth grade was moved to the John Wayland Intermediate School, now John Wayland Elementary School.

Turner Ashby moved into its current facility on Route 42 north of Bridgewater in the fall of 1989. The new facility, including site development, furnishings, building, etc. was built for approximately $15.3 m.

This modern facility has more cafeteria, music, athletic, storage, and classroom areas designed to serve up to 1200 students. Three mobile units were added for classroom use in 1998, and five more were added in 2000.

A fairly recent addition to the facility is the memorial garden called the Garden of Angels, a memorial built in honor of students who "departed life while attending Turner Ashby High School" [http://rcpsfc.rockingham.k12.va.us/%7Esweaver/GARDEN/GARDEN.htm] .

During the 2001-2002 school year and the following summer, a new wing was added to the 1989 building. This addition added 20+ new classrooms including 4 new science rooms and another general purpose computer lab. Along with the addition of the new wing, the library was expanded and a girls' team room was added. [ [http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/TAHS/HISTORY.html History_Tahs.Html ] ]

Principals

*F. N. Postlethwait - 1956-1961
*W. Carl Yowell - 1961-1964
*E. Cameron Miller - 1964-1969
*Samuel Ritchie - 1969-1992
*Michael Loso - 1992-1997
*Delmer Botkin - 1997-2005
*Steven Walk - 2005-Present

ports titles

* 1968 State II Boys Basketball Champions
* 1971 State AA Baseball Champions
* 1974 State AA Baseball Champions
* 1975 State AA Baseball Champions
* 1985 State AA Girls Volleyball Champions
* 1998 State AA Girls Basketball Champions
* 1999 State AA Girls Basketball Champions
* 2000 State AA Cheerleading Champions
* 2002 State AA Baseball Champions
* 2004 State AA Softball Champions
* 2005 State AA Division 3 Football Champions
* 2006 State AA Baseball Champions
* 2007 State AA Baseball Champions

Marching Band titles

* 2007 Class A POC Champions.
* 2007 5th place Deep Run Wildcat Invitational (behind first place Spotswood HS by 11.0 points.)

* 2006 11th out of 12th place at USSBA Nationals.

External links

[http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/TAHS/tahs.html School Website]

References