Thomas Nelson High School

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Thomas Nelson High School
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The school's main entrance in 2020
Address
Thomas Nelson High School
150 Generals Blvd.

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40004
United States
Information
School type Public
MottoCollege, Career, Citizenship
Founded2012
School districtNelson County School District
PrincipalCurt Merrifield
Grades9–12
Enrollment663 [1]  (2018–19)
Campus Exurban
AreaNelson County, Kentucky
Color(s)Navy, gray, white     [2]
MascotGeneral
Nickname Generals [2]
Feeder schoolsBoston School
New Haven School
Old Kentucky Home Middle School
Bloomfield Middle
Website tnhs.nelson.kyschools.us

Thomas Nelson High School is a public high school located in an unincorporated area of Nelson County, Kentucky [3] that has a Bardstown mailing address. Operated by the Nelson County School District and named after American Revolution figure Thomas Nelson, Jr., it was opened in August 2012 to alleviate overcrowding at what had been the district's only regular high school, Nelson County High School.

Although the school opened in 2012, it did not graduate its first students until 2014. In its first school year of 2012–13, only 9th through 11th grades attended. [4]

Notes and references

  1. "2018–2019 Audited School Enrollments (in alphabetic order)" (PDF). Kentucky High School Athletic Association . Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Directory Entry - #336 (Thomas Nelson High School)". Member School Directory. Kentucky High School Athletic Association . Retrieved March 21, 2013.
  3. "State Primary Road System: Bardstown, Nelson County" (PDF). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. September 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2013. In the vicinity of the school, the city limits of Bardstown cover only the right-of-way of Kentucky Route 245 (New Shepherdsville Road), and do not include the campus.
  4. McCoy, Erin L. (July 21, 2011). "Grades 9, 10, 11 will attend Thomas Nelson High School". The Kentucky Standard . Bardstown, Kentucky. Retrieved August 6, 2012.

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