Paris High School (Paris, Kentucky)

Paris High School is one of the two public high schools in Paris, Kentucky, United States. Paris High School serves 219 students in grades 9-12. Paris is a relatively small high school, but is well known for diversity. The school was integrated in 1963 and the students of Paris Western transferred in the next year.[3] Paris Independent Schools has a long tradition of educating children in Paris and Bourbon County. Beginning in 1798 as the Bourbon Academy, and changing its name to Paris City School in 1865, the tradition of creating "life-long learners", who contribute to society, still holds true today.

Paris High School
Address
308 W. 7th St.

United States

Paris
,
Bourbon
40361

United States
Coordinates38.2126°N 84.2553°W / 38.2126; -84.2553
Information
School typeGovernment Public (U.S.)
MottoSemper Cum Superbia
("Always with Pride")
Established1865
Founded1798
StatusOpen, no delays.
School districtParis Independent (not to be confused with Texas)
SuperintendentKen Bicknell
Area trusteeJason Todd Adams
Vice ChairpersonJanice Sheperd
ChairpersonCollier Mathes
AdministratorBrooks, Terrence
Main PrincipalMrs. Jami Dailey
EmployeesLou Johnson
Grades9-12
Enrollment199[1] (2016-17)
Hours in school day8:15 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Color(s)              
Fight songHere's the Paris Greyhounds, nothing they lack, dressed in those colors of old orange and black. So here's the senior captains well can they see, leading our team onto victory.
AthleticsBasil Hayden (1916), Blanton Collier (1928), Bill Arnsparger (1943), Beth Wilkerson (1979), Alvin Sims (1993)[2]
MascotGreyhound
RivalBourbon County Colonels
Websiteparis.k12.ky.us paris.kyschools.us

Athletics
  • Baseball (separate boys and girls)
  • Basketball (separate boys and girls)
  • Cheerleading squad (boys and girls together)
  • Cross country team (co-educational)
  • Powerlifting
  • Football (boys only)
  • Golf (separate boys and girls)
  • Soccer (separate boys and girls)
  • Softball (girls only)
  • Tennis (separate boys and girls)
  • Track (separate boys and girls)
  • Swimming (co-educational)
  • Bowling (separate boys and girls)
  • Archery

Academics

Paris High School has the following academic departments:

  • Career and Technology
  • English
  • Fine Arts
  • Foreign Languages (Spanish)
  • Math
  • Sciences
  • Social Studies
  • Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Academy of Health Sciences[4]

Paris High School offers the following of AP classes:

  • Art History
  • Biology
  • Calculus
  • English Literature

Music

Parisionares Choir

  • Directed By Eric Masters
  • Piano Accompaniment By Kathy Tobin

Band

The band director is Eric Masters.[5]

  • Marching Band - assisted by James Morris (woodwinds), Philip Grigson (Administration), Debbie Hale (Guard), Josh Williams (Percussion and Battery), Dwight Guy(Percussion and Battery), and others. (Currently outdated.)
  • Symphonic Winds
  • Symphonic Band
  • Jazz Band
  • Pep Band

References
  1. "Paris High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  2. "Paris High School - Athletics". paris.kyschools.usparis.kyschools.us. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  3. William Ellis (1 June 2011). A History of Education in Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. p. 299. ISBN 0-8131-2984-2.
  4. "Paris High School - Paris Academy of Health Sciences (AOHS)". paris.kyschools.us. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  5. "Paris Middle School- Band". paris.kyschools.us. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
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