- Nicholas County High School
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This article is about the current Nicholas County High School. For the previous National Register-listed building, see Old Main (Nicholas County High School).
Nicholas County High School is the name of a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places that was formerly a high school, and it is the name of the current high school in a new building. The current high school is a high school in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Nicholas County High School has recently seen an incline in student population as the sister high school, Richwood High School has seen a steady decline. NCHS has 900 students, as well as 100 faculty members. NCHS has achieved the accomplishment of placing 16th in the WVSSAC Football Tournament in 2007 and 12th place in 2008, as well as 8th in the WVSSAC Cheerleading Tournament in 2007. Nicholas County also boasts the title of having the 12th place in the world Future Problem Solvers Team as well as boasting two first place titles at the 2009 West Virginia FBLA Conference. The mascot for NCHS is the grizzly bear, and its school colors are Old Gold and Old Navy.
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Top Honors
In the winter of 2008, Nicholas County High School was awarded an honor by US News & World Report. This organization listed NCHS on the top 10% of high schools in the United States. NCHS was the only high school in the Nicholas County School System to achieve this high honor, and was one of the only few in the state to receive it.
WV Writing Assessment
Nicholas County High School holds the honor of receiving a 94% on the West Virginia Writing Assessment placing Nicholas County in the top percentile.
Sports
Sports offered at NCHS are:
- Football
- Cheerleading
- Volleyball
- Soccer
- Golf
- Wrestling
- Basketball
- Softball
- Baseball
- Track and Field
Clubs
Clubs offred at NCHS are:
- Garden Club
- Yearbook Journalism
- Newspaper
- FBLA
- Future Problem Solving Program
- Pulsar Search Collaboratory
- Student Counselors
- Natural Helpers
- Student Council
- Hi Y
- Young Republicans
- FCA
FBLA
The NCHS chapter of the FBLA plays an integral role within the business department. All students within NCHS are allowed to join this organization and are encouraged to do so to achieve business knowledge. The club is sponsored by Sharon Roberts, Linda Taylor, and Ardith Groves. The NCHS chapter of the FBLA competed in Charleston, West Virginia on March 30-31, 2009 and received high honors in Personal Finance, Public Speaking I, Public Speaking II, Community Service, Local Chapter Annual Report, and Business Math.
In Personal Finance, senior, Zachary Hanshaw achieved the high title of First Place in the state of West Virginia and will represent the state at the National Future Business Leaders of America Conference in Anaheim, California June 25-June 29, 2009.
In Public Speaking I, Brittnee Underwood achieved the title of Second Place in the state. Like Zachary, she will also be in attendance of the national conference.
In Public Speaking II, Amber Buckner achieved the title as fourth place in the state.
In Community Service, Ashleigh Taylor, Angie Adkins, and Brittnee Underwood achieved the title of First Place in the state with their homeless box project. These three individuals will be in attendance at the national conference as well.
In the Local Chapter Annual Report, Sarah Mullens achieved the title as second place in the state and will be in attendance at the national conference.
In Business Mathematics, Tim Persion placed fourth in the state, and Ashleigh Taylor placed sixth in the state.
Marching band
The Nicholas County High School Marching Grizzlies have achieved much success in the past several years. They have placed in many different marching band competitions, including Black Walnut Festival and Tri-State. At ratings festival, they received three scores of 1, which is the highest a band can score. The band has been nominated to participate in the 2010 National Independence Day Parade on July 4.
New Administration
The new principal for the 2009-10 school year is Bill Dobbins. The new assistant principal is Karen King.
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Coordinates: 38°19′18″N 80°49′50″W / 38.32167°N 80.83056°W
Categories:- Education in Nicholas County, West Virginia
- High schools in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Nicholas County, West Virginia
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