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{{Short description|Public high school in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States}}
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{{Infobox school
{{Infobox school
| name = Ringgold High School
| name = Ringgold High School
| schooltype = [[State school|Public]]
| established = 1957
| address = 29 Tiger Trail
| established = 1957
| city = [[Ringgold, Georgia|Ringgold]]
| address = 29 Tiger Trail
| state = [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| city = [[Ringgold, Georgia|Ringgold]]
| state = Georgia <!-- Do not link per [[WP:SEAOFBLUE]] -->
| zipcode = 30736-2024
| country = US
| zipcode = 30736-2024
| country = US <!-- Do not link per [[MOS:OL]] -->
| coordinates = {{Coord |34.920390|-85.109522|display=inline,title|type:edu}}<ref name=geofndr>{{cite web |url=http://geocoder.us |title=Free US Geocoder |accessdate=2010-06-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511062509/http://geocoder.us/ |archivedate=2011-05-11 }}</ref>
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| district = [[Catoosa County School District]]
| district = [[Catoosa County School District]]
| principal = JR Jones
| staff = 75.50 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| principal = JR Jones
| staff = 84.00 {{FTE}}<ref name=NCES/>
| enrollment = 1,046 (2018-19)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1300930&ID=130093000353|title=Ringgold High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=May 4, 2020}}</ref>
| enrollment = 1,053<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1300930&ID=130093000353|title=Ringgold High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=August 25, 2024}}</ref>
| ratio = 13.85<ref name=NCES/>
| grades = 9-12
| enrollment_as_of = 2022-23
| ratio = 12.54<ref name=NCES/>
| conference = [[Georgia High School Association|GHSA]] Div. 3AAA
| motto =
| grades = 9-12
| conference = [[Georgia High School Association|GHSA]] Div. 3AAA
| mascot = Tiger
| ceeb = 112535
| yearbook =
| newspaper =
| motto =
| mascot = Tiger
| colors = {{Color box|Blue|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|White|border=darkgray}}
| yearbook =
| rivals = [[Gordon Lee High School]]<br />[[Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School]]<br />[[Heritage High School (Ringgold, Georgia)|Heritage High School]]
| newspaper =
|free_label = Accreditation
| colors = Blue, white <br> {{Color box|Blue|border=silver}}{{Color box|White|border=silver}}
|free_text = [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]]<br />[[Georgia Accrediting Commission]]
| rivals = [[Gordon Lee High School]]<br />[[Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe High School]]<br />[[Heritage High School (Ringgold, Georgia)|Heritage High School]]
|free_label1 = Telephone
| accreditations = [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]]<br />[[Georgia Accrediting Commission]]
|free_text1 = (706) 935-2254
| homepage = {{URL|https://rhs.catoosa.k12.ga.us/}}
|free_label2 = Fax
|free_text2 = (706) 965-8910
|homepage = [http://www.catoosa.k12.ga.us/rhs/ http://www.catoosa.k12.ga.us/rhs/]
}}
}}
'''Ringgold High School''' is a public four-year comprehensive [[high school]] located in [[Catoosa County, Georgia|Catoosa County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States, in the outskirts of [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]], [[Tennessee (U.S. state)|Tennessee]]. It serves the communities of [[Ringgold, Georgia|Ringgold]] and was the first high school to be founded in Catoosa County.
'''Ringgold High School''' is a public four-year comprehensive [[high school]] located in [[Catoosa County, Georgia]], United States, in the outskirts of [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]. It serves the community of [[Ringgold, Georgia|Ringgold]] and was the first high school to be founded in [[Catoosa County, Georgia|Catoosa County]].


On [[2011 Super Outbreak|April 27, 2011]], Ringgold High School was heavily damaged by an [[Fujita scale|EF4]] [[tornado]].<ref name="EF4">[http://okcstormwatcher.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/ringgold-ga-tornado-confirmed-as-an-ef-4-tornado/ Ringgold, GA Tornado Confirmed as an EF-4 Tornado], The OKCStormWatcher Weather Blog, April 29, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2011.</ref> For the remainder of the 2010–2011 school year, Ringgold students attended Heritage High School in the afternoons while Heritage students attended school in the mornings.
The school currently represents Region 7-AAA in athletics.


==Athletics==
On April 27, 2011, Ringgold High School was heavily damaged by an [[Fujita scale|EF4]] [[tornado]].<ref name="EF4">[http://okcstormwatcher.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/ringgold-ga-tornado-confirmed-as-an-ef-4-tornado/ Ringgold, GA Tornado Confirmed as an EF-4 Tornado], The OKCStormWatcher Weather Blog, April 29, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2011.</ref> For the remainder of the 2010-2011 school year, Ringgold students attended Heritage High School in the afternoons while Heritage students attended school in the mornings.
The school currently represents Region 7-AA in athletics. Athletics offered at Ringgold include football, baseball, volleyball, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, wrestling, dance team, cheerleading, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, cross country, track & field, boys' golf, girls' golf, softball, boys' tennis, and girls' tennis.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

JR Jones is the school principal. The assistant principals are Tom Jenkins, Dr. Lisa Logan, and Matt Maynor.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}

==Activities==
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Extracurricular activities at the school include Humane Society, FFA, FCCLA, JHBA, HOSA, French, Spanish, German, DECA, Thespians, FBLA, FCA, Beta, Academic Team, and [[JROTC]].

===Athletics===
Ringgold Tigers athletics sends five or more sports to the playoffs each year. Athletics offered at Ringgold include football, baseball, volleyball, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, wrestling, dance team, cheerleading, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, cross country, track & field, boys' golf, girls' golf, softball, boys' tennis, and girls' tennis.

===Football===
The Ringgold Tigers are currently in their 65th year of football, with an overall 284-360-8 record. The Tigers have managed to clinch a state playoff berth five times; the first, in their 1989 season, resulted in an 18-16 defeat to [[Cedartown High School]] in the first round. The second came in 2003 where they were defeated by a superb Tucker High School team in the first round 45-28. In the third, the Tigers posted an 8-2 record with both their regular season losses coming by a combined 4 points. The Tigers were once again eliminated in the first round, the loss handed to them by the [[North Hall High School]] Trojans by a score of 39-21. The fourth, in 2012, was a loss at [[North Oconee High School]] by a score of 37 to 14. The fifth was in 2013, when in the first round they beat [[North Hall High School]] at home 55-54. In the second round they played at [[Cedar Grove High School (Ellenwood, Georgia)|Cedar Grove High School]] and won 37-12. In the quarter finals they played [[Central Carroll High School]] at home and won 35-10. The Tigers were finally knocked out in the semi-finals with a loss at Washington County 37-0. The Tigers were one game away from a State Championship game appearance. Their overall playoff record is 3-5. The Tiger football program have posted 24 winning seasons in the school's history.

====2009 season====
*Overall record: (8-2)
*7A-AAA Record: (6-2) 3rd - Final
*Sub A Record: (4-1) 2nd - Final

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
! Week || Date || Opponent || Result || Record
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|align="center"| 2 || September 4, 2009 || Murphy, NC || '''W''' 34-6 ||align="center"| 1-0
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|align="center"| 3 || September 11, 2009 || Adairsville || '''W''' 13-7 ||align="center"| 2-0
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|align="center"| 4 || September 18, 2009 || South Paulding || '''L''' 6-7 ||align="center"| 2-1
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|align="center"| 5 || September 25, 2009 || Central, Carroll || '''W''' 26-7 ||align="center"| 3-1
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|align="center"| 6 || October 2, 2009 || Southeast Whitfield || '''W''' 48-26 ||align="center"| 4-1
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|align="center"| 7 || October 9, 2009 || Ridgeland || '''L''' 7-10 ||align="center"| 4-2
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|align="center"| 8 || October 16, 2009 || Lafayette || '''W''' 14-0 ||align="center"| 5-2
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|align="center"| 9 || October 23, 2009 || Lakeview, Ft. O || '''W''' 26-20 ||align="center"| 6-2
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|align="center"| 10 || October 30, 2009 || Heritage || '''W''' 49-20 ||align="center"| 7-2
|-style="background: #ddffdd;"
|align="center"| 11 || November 6, 2009 || Central, Carroll || '''W''' 14-7 ||align="center"| 8-2
|-style="background: #ffdddd;"
|align="center"| P1 || November 13, 2009 || North Hall || '''L''' 21-39 ||align="center"| 8-3
|}

===Ringgold Tiger Band===
The Ringgold High School Tiger Marching Band has performed during halftime shows for Ringgold Tiger Football since 1963. The first Ringgold band began with 25 members and has grown every year to over 200.

The band has received the title of Grand Champion for many of their award-winning shows, such as "The Roman Invasion", "Soldiers and Saints", "Symphonic Sounds", and their 2008 performance "A Latin Fantasy." More recent shows include 2009's "Chuck Mangione", 2010's "Dances of Carmen the Spanish Gypsy", and 2011's "A Trute to New York" and the "7th Anniversary of 9-11". Their 2012 show was titled "Coming Home" and was the diamond anniversary of the Ringgold Band, celebrating their 75th anniversary and their return to Don Patterson Stadium after the April 27, 2011 storms ced the football team to play at nearby college Unisity of Tennessee at Chaoga. The 2013 show for the Ringgold Marching Tiger Band was "Jo Ha Kyu", with themes from "Khan" by Julie Giroux, featuring Asian melodies, vocals, martial arts inspired visuals, and corguard forms.

The RHS Marching Tiger Band represented the state of Georgia in the 2006 New York City's VeteDay parade, 2011 Chicago Saint Patri Day Parade, and the 2012 New York Veteran's Day Parade, and was awarded "Band of the Year" in the Chattanooga area. This year band was named Grand Champion of both of the competitions they attended.

Ringgold also has two jazz bands, both of which attend the region jazz performance evaluation. Every year, the band hosts a fundraising event known as Puttin' on the Ritz, which showcases the middle and high school jazz bands as well as raises the funds necessary to start the next year strong.

Ringgold is known in the district and state for having many members audition and make District Honor Band and District Honor Jazz Band, All-State Band, and All-State Jazz Band. Some Ringgold members also belong to the Chattanooga Youth Symphony.

The Ringgold Tiger Band currently has 150 members.

===Baseball===
The Ringgold Tiger Baseball Team made it to the GHSA State Finals vs. [[Columbus High School (Columbus, Georgia)|Columbus High School]]. The team advanced this far by beating [[Creekview High School (Canton, Georgia)|Creekview High School]] in the first round in three games, then [[St. Pius X]] in the second round. After defeating the Lions, the Tigers played [[Rutland High School]] at home and won the series in the three games. That set up a semi-final game at [[Oconee High School]] in which the Tigers swept the Warriors in two straight games. The team have finished 2nd in the state twice since 1954.

==Notable Alumni==
Jonathan Ashley Noles (b. 1975), class of 1993, consultant to [[CIA]] for international [[Smuggling]] routes in the [[Bight of Benin]] which spans from Ghana to Nigeria

Bryan Lawler (Class of 2000) - Creator of college football computer ranking methodology included in Massey's composite ranking of college football teams<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm|title=College Football Ranking Composite|website=www.masseyratings.com|accessdate=20 September 2020}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.catoosa.k12.ga.us/rhs/ Official website]
* {{Official|https://rhs.catoosa.k12.ga.us/}}
*[http://www.ringgoldband.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=37853&PID=519253 Ringgold Tiger Bands]


{{GHSA Class AAA Region 7}}
{{GHSA Class AAA Region 6}}

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Latest revision as of 04:40, 21 November 2024

Ringgold High School
Address
Map
29 Tiger Trail

Ringgold
,
Georgia
30736-2024

United States
Coordinates34°55′13″N 85°06′34″W / 34.920390°N 85.109522°W / 34.920390; -85.109522[1]
Information
School typePublic
Established1957
School districtCatoosa County School District
CEEB code112535
PrincipalJR Jones
Staff84.00 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,053[2] (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio12.54[2]
Color(s)Blue, white
  
Athletics conferenceGHSA Div. 3AAA
MascotTiger
RivalsGordon Lee High School
Lakeview Fort Oglethorpe High School
Heritage High School
AccreditationsSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting Commission
Websiterhs.catoosa.k12.ga.us

Ringgold High School is a public four-year comprehensive high school located in Catoosa County, Georgia, United States, in the outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It serves the community of Ringgold and was the first high school to be founded in Catoosa County.

On April 27, 2011, Ringgold High School was heavily damaged by an EF4 tornado.[3] For the remainder of the 2010–2011 school year, Ringgold students attended Heritage High School in the afternoons while Heritage students attended school in the mornings.

Athletics

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The school currently represents Region 7-AA in athletics. Athletics offered at Ringgold include football, baseball, volleyball, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, wrestling, dance team, cheerleading, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, cross country, track & field, boys' golf, girls' golf, softball, boys' tennis, and girls' tennis.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Ringgold High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Ringgold, GA Tornado Confirmed as an EF-4 Tornado, The OKCStormWatcher Weather Blog, April 29, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
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