Greenville Senior High School (Greenville, South Carolina)

Greenville Senior High School (also known as Greenville Senior High Academy, GHS, GSHS, Greenville Senior High Academy of Law, Finance, and Business, and Greenville High Academy) is a medium-sized secondary school and magnet school located in Greenville, South Carolina.

Greenville Senior High School
Greenville Senior High School in 2019
Location
1 Vardry Street Greenville, South Carolina 29601 United States
Coordinates	34°50′25″N 82°24′26″W
Information
Other names	Greenville High Academy, Greenville Senior High Academy
Former name	Greenville High School
Type	Public secondary magnet school
Motto	Latin: Veritas Vos Liberabit (The truth will set you free)
Established	1888; 137 years ago (1888)
School district	Greenville County School District
Principal	Dylan Hudson[1]
Staff	15 (2018–19)[1]
Faculty	94 (2018–19)[1]
Teaching staff	92.70 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrollment	1,791 (2023–2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	19.32[2]
Color(s)	Red and white
Mascot	Red Raider
Newspaper	Raiderpress
Yearbook	Nautilus
Website	www.greenville.k12.sc.us/gvilleh/
Last updated: July 2, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-07-02)

Traditions and extracurriculars

Greenville has a rivalry with J.L. Mann High School. During "spirit week", a week-long charity event typically held in September, Greenville and J.L. Mann compete to raise more money than each other through extracurricular school events and activities. At the end of spirit week, a football game between the two schools is held, during which the amount of money both schools raised is revealed at the half.^[3]

Greenville has many clubs that students are able to join, including spirit club, book club, film club, theatre team, foreign language clubs (Spanish, French, Latin), step team, and many more.

Greenville holds a fall homecoming dance, in addition to a homecoming football game, and a spring promenade dance. During homecoming week, there are several dress-up days for students to participate in.

Greenville's theatre department presents biannual productions: a play in the fall and a musical in the spring. Any student who attends the school is able to audition for a role in these productions and apply for backstage positions. These productions have typically had three shows (two at night Friday and Saturday and one matinee Sunday), but starting with spring 2024's Hairspray, the musicals have started having four showings (three at night Thursday to Saturday and one matinee Sunday).

Notable alumni

• Rudolf Anderson – first recipient of the Air Force Cross^[4]
• Harry Ashmore – journalist^[4]
• Robert T. Ashmore - U.S. Congressional Representative for South Carolina^[4]
• Mazeo Bennett – football player^[5]
• Phillip Boykin – singer, actor^[4]
• Carroll A. Campbell Jr. – governor of South Carolina^[4]
• Sarah Cunningham – actress^[4]
• Dick Dietz – professional baseball player^[4]
• Charles Fernley Fawcett – soldier, airman, actor^[4]
• Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. – inventor^[4]
• Clement Haynsworth – U.S. federal judge^[4]
• Dick Hendley – professional football player^[6]
• John D. Hollingsworth – businessman, inventor, philanthropist^[4]
• David Jones – professional football player^[7]
• Tommy Jones - professional bowler^[4]
• Herman Lay – chairman and chief executive officer of Frito-Lay^[4]
• Douglas Leigh – advertising executive^[4]
• Gabriel H. Mahon Jr. – U.S. congressional representative for South Carolina^[4]
• James Mann – U.S. congressional representative for South Carolina^[4]
• Jim Mattos – member of South Carolina House of Representatives^[4]
• Raven I. McDavid Jr. – American English linguist^[4]
• Sandi Morris – Olympic pole vault medalist^[8]
• Robert G. Owens Jr., Major general, U.S. Marine Corps and flying ace
• Emile Pandolfi – pianist^[4]
• Charles V. Pyle Jr. – judge and politician^[9]
• Richard Riley – governor of South Carolina, U.S. Education Secretary^[4]
• Rory Scovel – comedian, actor, and writer^[10]
• Bennie Lee Sinclair – poet, novelist, writer^[4]
• Carson Spiers – baseball player^[11]
• Butch Taylor – professional basketball player^[12]
• Nick Theodore – lieutenant governor of South Carolina^[4]
• George Tindall – historian, author^[4]
• Charles H. Townes – physicist, inventor^[4]
• John B. Watson – psychologist^[4]
• David H. Wilkins – attorney, politician, ambassador^[4]
• William Walter Wilkins – U.S. federal judge^[4]
• Joanne Woodward – Academy Award-winning actress^[4]