South Oldham High School is located in

Crestwood, Kentucky Crestwood is a home rule-class city in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States just outside Louisville's Northeast End. The population was 4,531 at the 2010 census. CNN listed it as the 52nd best place to live in America in 2005. It was first set ...

and serves pupils in 9th-12th grade.The school's mascot is the

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, which is green to reflect the school colors of green and gray, as well as navy and white for accent colors. South Oldham opened in 1989 because

Oldham County High School Oldham County High School (OCHS) is a public high school in Buckner, Kentucky, United States. It was founded in 1953 and has a student body of approximately 1,600 students in 9th through 12th grades. OCHS was given the National Blue Ribbon School ...

had become overcrowded.

Awards

In 2008, ''The Draconium'', the student-run yearbook, and ''The Dragon's Tale'', the student-run newspaper, have won numerous Kentucky High School Journalism Association (KHSJA) awards.

Athletics

The girls' soccer team has won 8 (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2014, and 2022)

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(KHSAA) championships. The boys' cross country team won the 1993 (AA), 2000 (AAA), 2009 (AA), and 2014 (AAA) KHSAA team championship. The girls' cross country team won the 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 KHSAA AA team championships.

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* {{authority control Public high schools in Kentucky Schools in Oldham County, Kentucky Educational institutions established in 1989 1989 establishments in Kentucky Crestwood, Kentucky