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History

By 1910, the Shelby County Board of Education had purchased three acres for a new school building serving grades one through twelve, and also in 1911, students moved into the new building with five classrooms and a study hall. Wagonettes pulled by horses or mules were also the common mode transportation at the time, but by 1918, motorized wagonettes were used. Additional rooms and buildings were added to both sides of a WPA facade in 1918, 1919, 1927, and 1935, for the Germantown Public School.

Athletics

Germantown High School offers a variety of sports: baseball,

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, cross country, football, golf, cheerleading, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling, dance, and trap shooting. * The football team won state championships in 1983 and 2003. * The girls' soccer team won the state championship in 1999 and 2001. * The boys' soccer team won state championships in 1983 and 1984. * The Germantown boys' baseball team won the state championship in 1981, 1995, and 2001. * The boys' golf team won the state championship in 1997 * The girls' volleyball team won the state championship in 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2003 and 2005. * The boys' tennis team won the state championship in 1980.

Notable alumni

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References

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