Sissonville High School

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Sissonville High School
Address
Sissonville High School
6100 Sissonville Drive [1]

Sissonville
,
WV
25312

United States
Coordinates 38°28′31″N81°40′21″W / 38.4752069°N 81.6726239°W / 38.4752069; -81.6726239
Information
School type Public, high school
Motto“Scholarship, Honor, Service”
Established1932
School boardKCS Board website
School district Kanawha County Schools
CEEB code 491195 [2]
Principal Robert “Gene” Smith
Faculty51
Teaching staff39.00 (FTE) [3]
Grades 9 to 12
Gender coed
Enrollment598 (2018–19) [3]
Average class size22
Student to teacher ratio15.33 [3]
Schedule8:30am to 3:55pm
Color(s)  Red
  Black
Fight song “We’re Sissonville High School”
SportsFootball, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball, Tennis, Golf, Track, Cross Country, Wrestling, and cheerleading
Mascot Indians
RivalPoca High School (all sports), Herbert Hoover High School (football), and Nitro High School (basketball)
Website School website

Sissonville High School is a public high school in Sissonville, West Virginia, USA. It is one of the eight public high schools in the Kanawha County School district. It serves students in grades 9 through 12.

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History

In October 2001, the Katie Sierra free speech case made national news when she was suspended for her activism in opposition to the bombing of Afghanistan. [4]

Arts

Band

The Sissonville High School Band program is under the direction of Corey Green, and consists of 3 major ensembles; "The Pride of Sissonville" Marching Band, Concert Band, and Jazz Band.

"The Pride" has won many awards at the local, regional, and national levels, with high placements at both the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships and Cavalcade of Bands Finals. They were the 2014 (87.40) and 2015 (92.25) Cavalcade of Bands National Champions for the Independence A division. [5]

The band participates in the annual Gazette-Mail Kanawha County Majorette and Band Festival as well as other local parades and exhibitions.

Touch of Class Show Choir

The Touch of Class Show Choir has won many awards throughout the years including: Best Male Soloist, Best Female Soloist, Class C Champion, and Grand Champions.

Touch of Class has had many themes for their main show, some notable themes include: Live in Living Color, The Game of Life, The Money Show, The Party Show, Light the Fire Within, Celebrating Music, and A Day In The Life.

Back in 2011, Sissonville High School's auditorium was completely redone, and new equipment was added as old was replaced. Lots of show choir shows, performances, prom fashion shows, talent shows, and theater productions were performed on that very stage.

Theatre

Athletics

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References

  1. ↑ GNIS for Sissonville High School; USGS; May 20, 1997.
  2. ↑ High School CEEB Code Search
  3. 1 2 3 "SISSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  4. ↑ Fuentes, Annette (June 30, 2004). "Whose Homeland Is It?". In These Times . Institute For Public Affairs. Retrieved March 22, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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