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Atherton High School (Kentucky)

FieldValue
nameAtherton High School
imageAtherton High School.jpg
motto"What you do makes a difference."
streetaddress3000 Dundee Road
cityLouisville
stateKentucky
zipcode40205
countryUnited States
coordinates
typePublic
established1924
districtJefferson County Public Schools
principalStephanie Fluhr
teaching_staff80.03 (FTE)
ratio18.69
grades9–12
colorsMaroon and gold
nicknameRavens
website
footnotes
imagesize200px
enrollment1,496 (2023–2024)

Atherton High School is a public school in the Highlands district of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and is part of the Jefferson County Public School district. It opened in 1924 as J.M. Atherton High School for Girls at 1418 Morton Avenue. It is named after John McDougal Atherton, a local businessman and politician who was instrumental in changing Louisville's school system administration from trustees to a board of education. The school became coeducational in 1950.

Atherton moved to its current site in 1962 on the old Ray and Charles Clagett estate and its old premises is now the Jefferson County Traditional Middle School. A new wing was added to the Dundee location in 1992. In 2024, it was announced that Atherton High School is slated to get $54 million worth for upgrades and renovations.

Atherton offers an International Studies Program and an International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. The IB Program is the only one in the city at a public school, and also the only one open to boys (the city's other IB program is at the all-girls' Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic school). Students also have the option of enrolling in Advanced Placement or Honors classes as well as in the Advanced Placement Program, Exceptional Child Education Program, and English as a Second Language Program.

Notable alumni

  • Bill Bishop, author and journalist
  • Michelle Clark-Heard, former University of Cincinnati women's basketball head coach
  • Jane Eskind, politician
  • Andrew Farrell, MLS player
  • Billie Starkz, wrestler, Ring Of Honor Television Champion
  • Don Francisco, musician, contemporary Christian music
  • Sue Grafton, mystery writer
  • Jack Harlow, rapper
  • Oksana Masters, Paralympic rower and cross-country skier; bronze medalist at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
  • Martha Rofheart (née Jones), actress & writer who grew up at 2120 Portland in the 1920s & 30s, graduated in 1932/33.
  • Hunter S. Thompson, journalist and author (graduated from Louisville Male High School)
  • Charlie Tyra, first All-American basketball player at the University of Louisville
  • Jess Weixler, actress
  • Rick Wilson, basketball player, retired
  • Jonathan Wolff, music composer
  • John Yarmuth, U.S. Representative from Kentucky

References

References

  1. "Atherton High School".
  2. (September 28, 2021). "GOODBYE REBELS: Atherton High School announces new mascot". [[WDRB]].
  3. "School Report Card 2015-2016 School/District Details". Kentucky Department Of Education.
  4. "Atherton High". National Center for Education Statistics.
  5. [http://schools.jefferson.kyschools.us/high/atherton/history.html Atherton High School History] Atherton High School.
  6. [http://media.jefferson.k12.ky.us/groups/jcpshistory/wiki/41bb9/Atherton_High_School.html Atherton High School] {{Webarchive. link. (2016-08-27 Jefferson County Public Schools History.)
  7. Jett, Molly. (2024-02-18). "Surrounding neighborhood excited for $54 million expansion at Atherton High School".
  8. ''The Courier-Journal & Times'' December 6, 1970, p. C7 All-State Honorable Mention / Ends / Bill Bishop, Atherton
  9. Moore, Josh. (December 26, 2015). "Unstoppable: Small-town scoring machine Whitney Creech running with legends". [[Lexington Herald-Leader]].
  10. Dave Boucher and Adam Tamburin, The Tennessean. (August 6, 2016). "Jane Eskind, Tennessee trailblazer and Louisville native, dead at 83". Courier-journal.com.
  11. Beattie, Elisabeth L.. (2003). "Conversations with Kentucky Writers". [[University of Kentucky Press]].
  12. Brownstein, Glenn. (March 9, 2014). "Louisville's Oksana Masters wins milestone silver medal in Winter Paralympics skiing". [[The Courier-Journal]].
  13. (2007-11-18). "Remembering the Turbulent Life of a 'Gonzo' Writer". [[NPR]].
  14. "Charlie Tyra Statistics". [[Basketball Reference]].
  15. Wolfson, Andrew. (2006-11-01). "ELECTION 2006; Putting beliefs to the test". [[Courier-Journal]].
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