Adair County High School (Kentucky)
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Adair County High School is a U.S.
high school
(grades 9 to 12) in the small town of Columbia
, Adair County
, Kentucky
. It is the county's only high school.
In 2005, the school had some 746 students and 45 teachers, and was eligible for Title One support. 96% of the students were white, and the remainder included African-American, Middle Eastern and Chinese students.
The FFA is the largest school club. It has won over one hundred state and national awards. Two students also traveled internationally upon winning awards. The club is
part of the Agriculture program that supports itself on the tobacco and greenhouse crops. In 2009 a large cattle barn was built at no expense to the school system.
The school has a highly rated band program. The marching band
's record boasts 20 KMEA
State Championships, 25 appearances in state finals sine the inception of the Kentucky State Marching Band Championships
in 1986. The current band has 90-100 members and is directed by Tom Case with assistant Johnathon Holmes.
The ACHS Academic Team placed top Eight in the Kentucky Association for Academic Competition's (KAAC) 2009 state finals. They have been to the National Academic Quiz Tournaments
' nationals competition twice. Once in 2008, and then again in 2010. In 2010, the team placed 7th in the nation. This feat was even more impressive because ACHS was the only public high school to place in the top ten at the prestigious event.
The ACHS Future Problem Solving team has had frequent top ten finishes at the KAAC state finals competition, and has gone on to the Future Problem Solving Program International Conference several times during the last few years. In 2009, the team boasted a 4th place FPS Middle Division finish at the International Conference.
The school also has two cheerleading
squads. The blue squad came away from the 2008 CANAM
International Cheerleading Competition in Myrtle Beach, SC, with the top honor given, the American Cheerleader Editor's Choice Award.
ACHS had an outstanding German program from 1997-2000 under the instruction of Mr. Erwin Heinrich Lepiarczyk II. Two pupils earned first place honors in the 1999 state German speaking competition sponsored by the Kentucky Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
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high school
High school
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(grades 9 to 12) in the small town of Columbia
Columbia, Kentucky
Columbia is a city in Adair County, Kentucky, United States, just above Russell Creek. The area was settled around 1802 by Daniel Trabue. The post office was opened on April 1, 1806 by John Field, who also ran a local store. The population was 4,014 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of...
, Adair County
Adair County, Kentucky
Adair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2010, the population is 18,656. Its county seat is Columbia, Kentucky. The county is named for John Adair, then Speaker of the House in Kentucky and later Governor of Kentucky ....
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
. It is the county's only high school.
In 2005, the school had some 746 students and 45 teachers, and was eligible for Title One support. 96% of the students were white, and the remainder included African-American, Middle Eastern and Chinese students.
The FFA is the largest school club. It has won over one hundred state and national awards. Two students also traveled internationally upon winning awards. The club is
part of the Agriculture program that supports itself on the tobacco and greenhouse crops. In 2009 a large cattle barn was built at no expense to the school system.
The school has a highly rated band program. The marching band
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
's record boasts 20 KMEA
Kentucky Music Educators Association
Kentucky Music Educators Association is the Kentucky state-level affiliate of MENC: The National Association for Music Education. KMEA consists of over 2,000 professional music educators at all levels from kindergarten to the university level...
State Championships, 25 appearances in state finals sine the inception of the Kentucky State Marching Band Championships
Kentucky State Marching Band Championships
The Kentucky State Marching Band Championships are an annual contest held by the Kentucky Music Educators Association that takes place each fall over the course of several weeks to determine the Kentucky high school marching band champion in five respective classes.-Origins:The Kentucky State...
in 1986. The current band has 90-100 members and is directed by Tom Case with assistant Johnathon Holmes.
The ACHS Academic Team placed top Eight in the Kentucky Association for Academic Competition's (KAAC) 2009 state finals. They have been to the National Academic Quiz Tournaments
National Academic Quiz Tournaments
National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC is a question-writing and quizbowl organizing company founded by former players in 1996. It is unique among U.S. quiz organizations for supplying questions and hosting championships at the middle school, high school, and college levels.The format is a set...
' nationals competition twice. Once in 2008, and then again in 2010. In 2010, the team placed 7th in the nation. This feat was even more impressive because ACHS was the only public high school to place in the top ten at the prestigious event.
The ACHS Future Problem Solving team has had frequent top ten finishes at the KAAC state finals competition, and has gone on to the Future Problem Solving Program International Conference several times during the last few years. In 2009, the team boasted a 4th place FPS Middle Division finish at the International Conference.
The school also has two cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
squads. The blue squad came away from the 2008 CANAM
CanAm
The Canadian-American Challenge Cup or Can-Am, was an SCCA/CASC sports car racing series from 1966 to 1986.-History:Can-Am started out as a race series for Group 7 sports racers with two races in Canada and four races in the United States of America . The series was initially sponsored by Johnson...
International Cheerleading Competition in Myrtle Beach, SC, with the top honor given, the American Cheerleader Editor's Choice Award.
ACHS had an outstanding German program from 1997-2000 under the instruction of Mr. Erwin Heinrich Lepiarczyk II. Two pupils earned first place honors in the 1999 state German speaking competition sponsored by the Kentucky Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages.