Ashley Ridge High School
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Ashley Ridge High School is a secondary school located in Dorchester County, South Carolina
and is the newest high school in Dorchester School District 2. The school is approximately .2 miles from the City of North Charleston and approximately 2.75 miles from the Town of Summerville. The School opened in August 2008, to 9th and 10th graders, adding a grade each year.
and Fort Dorchester High School
and population growth in the Summerville area prompted the building of the school.
, a golf
team, men and women's varsity soccer, junior varsity men's soccer, a cross country running
team, a track and field team, varsity and JV football
, men's and women's basketball
, men's baseball
, woman's softball
, men's wrestling
, woman's volleyball
, and a swimming
team.
The Ashley Ridge High School swim team won the region championship overall for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. The girls tied for first with Fort Dorchester while the boys won first in 2010, and both the girls' and boys' teams won first in the 2011 season.
The Ashley Ridge High School marching band
was founded in 2008 as an non-competitive pep band that played at football games and at local events and parades. In 2009, the band had its first competitive season with the show "This Is Halloween!". The band competed at 2AA lower state and won 6th place with a score of 85.18 and a rating of Superior, which qualified them to move on to state finals. At State Finals, the band came in 11th place with a score of 73.98 and a rating of Excellent.
In the 2010 winter season the music department started a competitive winter guard
and an indoor percussion ensemble
. Both the groups won 1st place in all competitions they participated in during the season and both groups went on to win state titles in their respective divisions. The winter guard scored a 643 at state competition and the Indoor Percussion Ensemble scored an 84.7, the highest score of the day for a percusion group of any class. The ARHS winter ensembles are the first teams to achieve state titles in ARHS school history.
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South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
and is the newest high school in Dorchester School District 2. The school is approximately .2 miles from the City of North Charleston and approximately 2.75 miles from the Town of Summerville. The School opened in August 2008, to 9th and 10th graders, adding a grade each year.
Overview
Overcrowding of Summerville High SchoolSummerville High School
- History :In 1924, a brick building on Main Street, which is now Rollings Middle School of the Arts, was the only high school in the Summerville area. As Summerville’s population increased rapidly in the late 1960s and early 1970s, a larger campus was needed. In 1969, the present building on...
and Fort Dorchester High School
Fort Dorchester High School
Fort Dorchester High School is a public high school located in North Charleston, South Carolina and is a part of Dorchester School District Two.- Academics :...
and population growth in the Summerville area prompted the building of the school.
Athletics
The Ashley Ridge High School athletics department offers a wide variety of sports for students to participate in. These include Men and Women's tennisTennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, a golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
team, men and women's varsity soccer, junior varsity men's soccer, a cross country running
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
team, a track and field team, varsity and JV football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, men's and women's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, men's baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, woman's softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, men's wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
, woman's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, and a swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
team.
The Ashley Ridge High School swim team won the region championship overall for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. The girls tied for first with Fort Dorchester while the boys won first in 2010, and both the girls' and boys' teams won first in the 2011 season.
Ashley Ridge Fine Arts
Ashley Ridge has 3 Concert Band classes and a Percussion Ensemble. There is also a String Orchestra class.The Ashley Ridge High School marching band
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
was founded in 2008 as an non-competitive pep band that played at football games and at local events and parades. In 2009, the band had its first competitive season with the show "This Is Halloween!". The band competed at 2AA lower state and won 6th place with a score of 85.18 and a rating of Superior, which qualified them to move on to state finals. At State Finals, the band came in 11th place with a score of 73.98 and a rating of Excellent.
In the 2010 winter season the music department started a competitive winter guard
Winter guard
Winter guard is an indoor color guard activity, derived from marching band or drum & bugle corps. Unlike traditional color guard, winter guard is performed indoors, usually in a gymnasium or an indoor arena...
and an indoor percussion ensemble
Indoor percussion ensemble
An indoor percussion ensemble or indoor drumline consists of the marching percussion and front ensemble sections of a marching band or drum corps. The only exceptions are in concert divisions where the marching line is absent and the ensemble consists entirely of a pit...
. Both the groups won 1st place in all competitions they participated in during the season and both groups went on to win state titles in their respective divisions. The winter guard scored a 643 at state competition and the Indoor Percussion Ensemble scored an 84.7, the highest score of the day for a percusion group of any class. The ARHS winter ensembles are the first teams to achieve state titles in ARHS school history.