Fern Creek High School

Coordinates: 38°9′20.90″N 85°35′32.39″W / 38.1558056°N 85.5923306°W / 38.1558056; -85.5923306

Fern Creek Traditional High School
Address
9115 Fern Creek Road
Louisville, Kentucky 40291
United States
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1923
School district Jefferson County Public Schools
Principal Nathan Meyer
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1400
Campus Suburban
Color(s)           Orange and Black
Mascot tigers
Website

School Board Site

School Site
Principal Meyer (left) with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in 2015

Fern Creek Traditional High School is a Communications, JROTC, Media and the Arts magnet school located on 9115 Fern Creek Road in Louisville, Kentucky and is part of Jefferson County Public Schools. It was founded in 1923 as the first high school in the Jefferson County (Ky.) School System. Today, it has a population of around 1,400 students. Dr. Nathan Meyer is the principal.

Academics

FCTHS provides an academic program with a variety of majors to meet students' diverse career and college interests. Students select a School of Study that best suits their academic or career goals. There are four diversified Schools of Study to choose from:

Within each School of Study, students choose to participate in one of the following tracks: the comprehensive, honors, or advance program. Each program is geared toward students' success after graduating from FCTHS.

Comprehensive Traditional Program

The Comprehensive Traditional Program is a high-standards curriculum that follows Kentucky Core Content. All students have the opportunity to gain skills to prepare them college or other opportunities after high school.

Honors Program

The Honors Program incorporates a more challenging college-preparation sequence with extensive reading and writing activities. Students must maintain a 2.75 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale to remain in the program.

Advance Program

For gifted and highly motivated students, Fern Creek offers an Advance Program curriculum that provides even more stimulating coursework. Students may choose advance studies in a single class or in multiple classes. This accelerated pre-college curriculum focuses on English, mathematics, science, social studies, and humanities. To participate, students must pass the Advance Program screening test, have a teacher/counselor/parent recommendation, and maintain at least a B average in designated classes. Seniors who complete the pre-college advance program requirements receive an advance-level seal on their diploma upon graduation from FCTHS.

Advanced Placement Courses

FCTHS offers 10 Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Students who take theses courses and then score well on the AP tests may receive college credit. Advanced Placement courses and tests are available in senior English, Government, Human Geography, Humanities, Calculus, European History, U.S. History, Art Studio, Physics, and Statistics. FCTHS faculty members are specifically certified to teach Advanced Placement courses.

Marine Corps Junior Reserved Officer Training Corps

The Marine Corps JROTC has won top honors in the country over the past several decades, including the MCROA. The MCROA award is presented to the top JROTC Unit in their perspective region that has shown great acts of leadership, teamwork, and organization within their cadets. The Leatherneck and Lady Leatherneck Drill Teams have also received top honors and titles throughout the years. Including the Lady Leathernecks winning the National High School Drill Team Championships in 1997 and consecutively since 2000. They have won their 13x Consecutive National Title in Daytona Beach, Florida on May 7, 2012. The Leathernecks have won multiple runners-up and place top five in the nation. These Drill Teams have made their presence known and are often watched due to their majestic dynasty at the All Service Nationals. They are tough competitors and have no problem showing it, they are definitely a team worth carefully watching and competing against.

Athletics

2014 shooting incident

On September 30, 2014, at approximately 1:00 p.m., at least one shot was fired at the school. One student was transported to a local hospital with unreported injuries. The high school and a nearby elementary school were placed on lock-down as authorities searched for the gunman, who was described as a "younger individual" and as a 15 to 16-year-old black male but not immediately identified as a student.[1][2] WAVE-TV reported that the transported student's injuries were not life-threatening.[3] Students were evacuated to nearby Fern Creek Park and released to their parents or for bus transportation home. A suspect was apprehended at a nearby apartment complex about three hours after the shooting and was described by authorities as a student, but no information was immediately released on the circumstances of the shooting.[4][5]

Notable people

Alumni

Faculty

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Suspect sought in Kentucky high school shooting; student injured". CNN. September 30, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ "One student injured in shooting at Fern Creek HS". Louisville Courier-Journal. September 30, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "LMPD: Gunman still at large following shooting at Fern Creek High School". WAVE-TV. September 30, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  4. ↑ "1 injured in shooting at Fern Creek High School, suspect in custody". WHAS-TV. September 30, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ Olson, Karan; Ford, Dana (September 30, 2014). "Suspect in Kentucky high school shooting in custody". CNN.com. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ "John L. Ramsey Obituary". Courier Journal (Legacy.com). Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Biography of Dr. James R. Ramsey". University of Louisville. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  8. ↑ Wigton, James H. (2010). Lee Roberson -- Always about His Father's Business. Xulon Press. p. 35. ISBN 9781609579883.
  9. ↑ Bennett, Brian (December 14, 2007). "Louisville WR Urrutia declares for NFL draft". Courier Journal (USA Today). Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  10. ↑ Burba, Paula (December 9, 2009). "Johnny Givens, first Colonels coach, dies at 83". Courier Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2014.

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