Green High School (GHS) is a rural, public high school located in

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, United States. It is the only high school in the Green Local School District. The school mascot is the

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and the school colors are green and white. The school fight song is adopted originally from

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, titled " Go Northwestern Go". The superintendent of the school district is Jodi Armstrong.

History

The current Green High School campus was completed in 1972. In 2018, voters in the school district passed a bond issue to construct a new campus for the schools.

Athletics

There are ten school districts and eleven high schools in Scioto County along with one parochial school as well several private and community schools. The school's athletic affiliation is with the

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(OHSAA) and the

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(SOC), which has seventeen member schools and is divided into two divisions (SOC I & SOC II) based on the schools' enrollment. The SOC includes teams from four different Ohio counties:

Gallery

File:Green Bobcats Football field.jpg, alt=First game vs. Fairfield Christian on August 20, 2022, Prior to the first game at Green's new field on Aug. 20, 2022 vs.

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. The new high school is under construction behind the field.

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* {{authority control High schools in Scioto County, Ohio Public high schools in Ohio 1972 establishments in Ohio