| Atherton High School | |
|---|---|
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| Address | |
| 3000 Dundee Road Louisville, Kentucky 40205 United States | |
| Coordinates | 38°12′46″N 85°41′17″W / 38.21280°N 85.68800°W / 38.21280; -85.68800 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | "What you do makes a difference." |
| Established | 1924 |
| School district | Jefferson County Public Schools |
| Principal | Stephanie Fluhr |
| Staff | 80.80 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,461 (2022–2023) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.08 |
| Color(s) | Maroon and gold |
| Nickname | Ravens |
| Website | www |
Atherton High School is a public school in the Highlands district of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and is part of the Jefferson County Public School district. It opened in 1924 as J.M. Atherton High School for Girls at 1418 Morton Avenue. It is named after John McDougal Atherton, a local businessman and politician who was instrumental in changing Louisville's school system administration from trustees to a board of education. The school became coeducational in 1950.
Atherton moved to its current site in 1962 on the old Ray and Charles Clagett estate and its old premises is now the Jefferson County Traditional Middle School. A new wing was added to the Dundee location in 1992.
Atherton offers an International Studies Program and an International Baccalaureate (IB) Program. The IB Program is the only one in the city at a public school, and also the only one open to boys (the city's other IB program is at the all-girls' Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic school). Students also have the option of enrolling in Advanced Placement or Honors classes as well as in the Advanced Placement Program, Exceptional Child Education Program, and English as a Second Language Program.
Notable alumni
See also: List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area- Michelle Clark-Heard, former University of Cincinnati women's basketball head coach
- Jane Eskind, politician
- Andrew Farrell, MLS player
- ], wrestler, Ring Of Honor Television Champion
- Don Francisco, musician, contemporary Christian music
- Sue Grafton, mystery writer
- Jack Harlow, rapper
- Oksana Masters, Paralympic rower and cross-country skier; bronze medalist at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and silver medalist at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
- Martha Rofheart (née Jones), actress & writer who grew up at 2120 Portland in the 1920s & 30s, graduated in 1932/33.
- Hunter S. Thompson, journalist and author (graduated from Louisville Male High School)
- Charlie Tyra, first All-American basketball player at the University of Louisville
- Jess Weixler, actress
- Rick Wilson, basketball player, retired
- Jonathan Wolff, music composer
- John Yarmuth, U.S. Representative from Kentucky
See also
References
- ^ "Atherton High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ^ "Atherton High School". Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- "GOODBYE REBELS: Atherton High School announces new mascot". Louisville, KY: WDRB. September 28, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
- "School Report Card 2015-2016 School/District Details". Kentucky Department Of Education. Archived from the original (XLSX) on October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
- ^ Atherton High School History Atherton High School.
- Atherton High School Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine Jefferson County Public Schools History.
- Moore, Josh (December 26, 2015). "Unstoppable: Small-town scoring machine Whitney Creech running with legends". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
That work ethic is part of what impressed Michelle Clark-Heard, the women's basketball coach at WKU who starred at Atherton in the 1980s.
- Dave Boucher and Adam Tamburin, The Tennessean (August 6, 2016). "Jane Eskind, Tennessee trailblazer and Louisville native, dead at 83". Courier-journal.com. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- Beattie, Elisabeth L. (2003). Conversations with Kentucky Writers. University of Kentucky Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-8131-9043-3.
- Brownstein, Glenn (March 9, 2014). "Louisville's Oksana Masters wins milestone silver medal in Winter Paralympics skiing". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2014. (soft paywall)
- "Remembering the Turbulent Life of a 'Gonzo' Writer". NPR. 2007-11-18.
- "Charlie Tyra Statistics". Basketball Reference. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
- Wolfson, Andrew (2006-11-01). "ELECTION 2006; Putting beliefs to the test". Courier-Journal. p. 1A.