Garner Magnet High School

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Garner Magnet High School
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Address
Garner Magnet High School
2101 Spring Drive

Garner, North Carolina
27529-8864

United States
Coordinates 35°42′38″N78°38′08″W / 35.710665°N 78.635426°W / 35.710665; -78.635426
Information
Former nameGarner Senior High School
(prior to 2005)
School type Public (Magnet, IB World)
Established1968(56 years ago) (1968)
School district Wake County Public School System
CEEB code 341435 [1]
NCES School ID 370472001863 [2]
PrincipalMatt Price
Staff114 (FTE) [3]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,689 (2022–2023) [3]
Student to teacher ratio14.82 [3]
Color(s)Blue and gold
  
SloganRespect self; Respect others; Respect Tradition.
Athletics NCHSAA 4A
Athletics conferenceGreater Neuse River
SportsBaseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling [4]
MascotTrojan
Accreditation AdvanceED [5]
Feeder schoolsNorth Garner Middle School, East Garner Middle School
Website www.wcpss.net/garnerhs

Garner Magnet High School (GMHS) is a comprehensive public high school in Garner, North Carolina, United States, a city southeast of Raleigh. The school was founded as Garner Senior High School (GSHS), which graduated its first class in 1969. Garner is one of four high schools in the Wake County Public School System offering an International Baccalaureate Programme of study, along with Needham B. Broughton High School, William G. Enloe High School, and Millbrook High School.

Contents

As of 2018–19, Garner offers its nearly 2,400 students 34 IB Diploma Programme courses, 16 Advanced Placement courses, 48 Career and Technical Education courses, Four world languages, a Public Safety Career Academy, an Army JROTC program, courses in Music (Chorus, Band, and Orchestra), Dance, Theatre and Visual Arts, 19 varsity sports, and 50 student clubs. The school began offering the International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme beginning in the fall of 2019. [6]

History

The school opened in the fall of 1968 when Garner desegregated its schools. Garner Consolidated School had served African-American students. Garner High School had served white students (and handful of African-American students) who elected to attend under the "choice" plan that was in place prior to desegregation. Garner resident Tim Stevens, a retired journalist, in March 2018 premiered a theatrical production, "68," telling the story of the school's September 2 opening that year. Stevens credits the community and principal Wayne Bare for managing integration peacefully and for overcoming a number of construction delays. [7] In a 2008 book on implementation of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, editors Daugherity and Bolton attribute Garner's successful desegregation to Bare's effort to create a shared culture and avoid a power imbalance. [8]

In the summer of 2016, the Garner Magnet High School building was partially torn down due to mold and mildew, and Garner Magnet High School's students were located in the South Garner High School building until the renovation of Garner Magnet High School was complete. [9] [10]

In 2024 Garner won the 4A State Championship in Softball with Lily Keefer winning Finals MVP.

Notable alumni

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