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Gilmer High School is a public high school located in Ellijay, Georgia. Its serves the entire county of Gilmer County, Georgia. Gilmer High School was established in August of 1956 and holds about 1210 students in grades 9-12.

Administration

 * Mr. Erick Hofstetter, Principal
 * Mrs. Judy Leonard, Assistant Principal
 * Mr. Mike Putman, Assistant Principal
 * Dr. Reginald Kimball, Assistant Principal

Demographics
Gilmer high school is primarily Caucasian with about 90.4% white, 9.3% hispanic, and .2% African American and Asian students.

Academics
Gilmer High School offers Honors and Advanced Placement courses as well as traditional classes. Gilmer also provides a Special Education program for students with disabilities. Gilmer High School has a ratio of one teacher for every fourteen students.

Athletics
Gilmer High School offers fourteen sports. All of which compete in Georgia High School Association Region 7 AAA:


 * Football
 * Cheerleading
 * Boys Baseball
 * Girls Softball
 * Boys Basketball
 * Girls Basketball
 * Tennis
 * Track
 * Cross country
 * Boys Wrestling
 * Girls Volleyball
 * Golf
 * Girls Soccer
 * Boys Soccer

Gilmer High School athletics is most known for their wrestling team which has won six state championships.

Arts and Clubs
The a large portion of the student body of Gilmer High School are involved in various arts and clubs. Gilmer High School has competed at both regional and state level competitions.


 * 4-H Club
 * Applied Physics: Rube Goldberg Machine Course
 * Marching and Concert Band
 * Chess Club
 * Future Business Leaders of America
 * Fellowship of Christian Athletes
 * Family Career and Community Leaders of America
 * Future Educators Association
 * GHS Theater
 * Math Honor Society
 * Purple and White
 * Skills USA
 * Yearbook
 * Y Club
 * Interact
 * Beta
 * Ultimate Frisbee
 * Future Farmers of America
 * Chorus
 * Art Club
 * Academic Team

Gilmer High School's Academic Team has competed in the High Q Bowl and has gone to nationals.

Class of 2010
The Gilmer High School Graduating Class of 2010 consisted of 221 students. Out of these 221 students, 146 went on to further their education at a college or university. Twenty-three students planned on attending a technical or vocational school, and twenty prepared to enter into the military. These students graduated on May 22, 2010 in the Gilmer High School Gymnasium at ten o'clock in the morning.


 * Valedictorian - Davis Lacey
 * Salutatorian - Brittany Newberry