King George High School

Public school in King George, Virginia
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King George High School is a high school in King George County, Virginia, United States. It has been the only high school in the county since 1968, when the county's schools were integrated and Ralph Bunche High School was closed. In 2006 ground was broken on a new 215,000-square-foot (20,000 m2) high school building that opened in February 2009.

It is the school district for areas adjacent to Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.[2]

Athletics

The Men's Basketball team won the 1969-1970 state championship, the only team state championship for the school.

From the late 1990s until the early 2000s King George won 7 consecutive championships under the leadership of the legendary coach Jim Moyer.

King George High School has won six consecutive Men's district championships and 4 consecutive Women's district titles with the Men's team placing 3rd in the state of Virginia A/AA swimming and diving championships in 2005. The Women's swim team won the district title in 1997, 1998, 2005 and 2008-2011 while the Men's team has won in 2005 and 2008-2011.

Notable alumni

  • Krystal Ball, Democratic Party Congressional candidate for Virginia.[3]
  • Jermon Bushrod, left tackle for the Miami Dolphins[4]
  • Collette Wolfe, actress

References

  1. ^ "King George High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Naval Support Activity South Potomac (NSF Dahlgren) Education". Military One Source. Retrieved July 5, 2022. - This is from a .mil site.
  3. ^ Cook, Phyllis (May 27, 2009). "Krystal Ball is running for Congress". The Journal. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "Jermon Bushrod". NFL Enterprises LLC. Retrieved November 6, 2012.

See also

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Battlefield District
Bay Rivers District
Southside District
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