West Jessamine High School

Infobox School
name =West Jessamine High School
motto = Go West!
established =1997
enrollment =1050
type =Public
district = Jessamine County Schools
principal =Ed Jones
nickname =Colts
colors = Red, White, Columbia blue
streetaddress = 2101 Wilmore Road
city = Nicholasville
state = KY
zipcode = 40356
homepage = [http://jessamine.kyschools.us/wjhs/ jessamine.kyschools.us/wjhs]

West Jessamine High School is a public high school in Nicholasville, Kentucky. It opened in 1997 along with East Jessamine High School after rapidly-growing Jessamine County split its former high school, Jessamine County High, in two.

Athletics

* Baseball (boys only)
* Basketball (separate boys and girls)
* Cheerleading squad (girls only)
* Cross country team (co-educational)
* Dance Team
* Football (separate boys and girls)
* Golf (separate boys and girls)
* Soccer (separate boys and girls)
* Fastpitch Softball (girls only)
* Tennis (separate boys and girls)
* Track (separate boys and girls)
* Volleyball (girls only)
* Swim Team (co-educational)

Academics

West Jessamine High School has the following academic departments:
* Agriculture
* Alternative
* Business
* Family and Consumer Science
* Fine Arts
* Fresh Start
* Language Arts
* Mathematics
* Physical Education
* Science
* Social Studies
* Special Education
* Technology Education
* World Languages

West Jessamine is also home of the Central Kentucky Sports Pack AKA John Carmichael, Heath Shelton and William Warfield. [http://www.www.jcathletics.com.com JCAthletics]

Extracurricular Activities

West Jessamine's varsity football team has achieved notable success since its 1997 inception, making a number of state playoffs appearances, most recently in 2005. During the 2007 season, the football team underwent a serious transition when Head Coach Wayne Stevens resigned, and was replaced by Jody Hamilton. Hamilton is also the coach of the Varsity Boys' Baseball and the Boys' Golf Team. The JV and Freshman Football Teams have also had some recent success, going a combined 7-2 in the 2007 season, led by right offensive tackle, Boyd Hayes and tight end, Eric Bickelman. The boys' varsity basketball team has made a number of state tournament appearances as well, including 2005's Sweet Sixteen run. The boys' baseball, girls' softball, boys' and girls' soccer, and boys' and girls' track and cross country teams have all also achieved status among the better programs in the state; West Jessamine's two state athletics championship came in girls' slow pitch softball, and girls' Golf. West's track and cross country teams have been forces to be reconed with in the recent years when the season comes to a close and the Regional and State championships are active. The West Jessamine Baseball team has has very notable success in the past couple of years, most recently winning the ditrict tournament and going on to win thier first region championship, and they went on to state. Led be seniors Chase Greene who is now playing at the University of Kentucky, Joseph Griffitt now at Kentucky Wesleyan and Cody Stotts and Scott Gross.

The chorus program at West Jessamine High School, currently under the direction of Mrs. Carrie Lou Kenney [As of September 2008] , has a reputation as one of the best in the state of Kentucky receiving distinguished ratings. Elite voices in the chorus ensembles have represented West Jessamine High School at the Kentucky Governor's School for the Arts majoring in Vocal Music. Three individuals have been selected in the past two years, two whom attended as sophomores.

The band program at West Jessamine High School, currently under the direction of Rex Payton, has received numerous "distinguished" ratings over the past several years, placing 7th overall in Kentucky's 4A class in 2006 with their show "A Heart Divided", while also winning the prestigious Dixie Classic music festival in the Overall Honor Group category. In 2007, the West Jessamine High School Marching Band placed 10th in Kentucky's class 4A at the state marching band championships with their show "Four". Along with that, the band also received a numerous amount of best percussion awards in their 2007-08 season in class 4A. The drumline also brought home the silver medal from the Tri-State Indoor Drumline and Guard Circuit in the winter of 2006 in class Independent A. To this day the West Jessamine Band program is striving for excellence and has a lot planned for their 2008 show, "Pulse" hoping to make it to State Finals for the first time in the band's history.