Gering High School (GHS) is the only high school in

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, United States. It is located at 1500 U Street. It has an enrollment of over 625 students, with a student to teacher ratio of 18:1. GHS offers a full range of academic courses as well as art, journalism and music programs. Many extracurricular after-school clubs and sports programs are available. The school was the first in the district to use

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, the practice of having four one-and-a-half-hour classes that alternate every other day. In 2007 the Freshmen Academy was created to provide a transition for

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students to high school. The Freshmen Academy mimics the high school block schedule, while maintaining a smaller more cohesive environment for the freshmen students. The representative for Nebraska's 3rd District,

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, graduated from Gering High School in 1989.

General information

Gering High School is a campus with more than 50 certified staff and 20 classified staff to serve the students. Students are offered course selections that include both academic and vocational choices as well as a host of specialties in fine and performing arts and a full complement of extra-curricular activities. The school offers college preparatory and college credit classes, as well as special needs classes. Updates to the facility include a new vocational building in 2007 and new and remodeled science classrooms in 2008.

Mascot

Gering schools use a mascot known as Brutus the

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Test scores

According to the STARS standardized test for 2009, 92% of 11th graders were proficient in reading, while 80% were proficient in science, 97% were proficient in writing and 84% were proficient in math.Great Schools-Gering High School test scores
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References

External links

Gering Public Schools website

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{{authority control Public high schools in Nebraska Schools in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska