Turner Ashby High School
Address
800 North Main Street Bridgewater , VA 22812 United States
Coordinates	38°23′33.4″N 75°57′57.4″W / 38.392611°N 75.965944°W / 38.392611; -75.965944
Information
School type	Public, high school
Motto	Be Just and Fear Not
Established	1956
School district	Rockingham County Public Schools
Superintendent	Oskar Scheikl
Principal	Chris Noll
Faculty	147
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,082 (2016-17)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13:1
Campus	Rural
Color(s)	Black, silver, white
Athletics conference	VHSL Group 3A West Region Valley Region
Mascot	Knight
Rival	Harrisonburg High School
Yearbook	Crag
Website	tahs.rockingham.k12.va.us

Turner Ashby High School is located in Bridgewater, Virginia in the Rockingham County Public School district.

History

When Turner Ashby High School opened in the fall of 1956, it became the third consolidated high school in Rockingham County. Schools consolidated were Bridgewater, Dayton, and Mt. Clinton. The original Turner Ashby building was located on a twenty-acre plot on the north side of Dayton, and now serves grades six through eight as Wilbur S. Pence Middle School.

The name Turner Ashby High School was selected by the Rockingham County School Board because of the school’s location in the Ashby District of the county. The Ashby District was named for Confederate officer Turner Ashby, a native of Fauquier County, who served as cavalry commander for Stonewall Jackson for the first year of the American Civil War. Ashby was killed in battle near Harrisonburg just prior to Jackson's victories at Cross Keys and Port Republic and the culmination of the 1862 Valley Campaign.

The original building was designed and constructed for grades eight through twelve. The approximate cost of the school was $1,000,000.00. Classroom additions were added in 1960 and 1962. Mobile units were added for classroom use in 1973, 1975, and 1980. Also, beginning in 1966, the eighth grade was moved to the John Wayland Intermediate School, now John Wayland Elementary School.

Turner Ashby High School moved into a new facility on Route 42 north of Bridgewater in the fall of 1989. The new facility, including site development, furnishings, building, etc. was built for approximately $15,300,000.00.

This modern facility has more cafeteria, music, athletic, storage, and classroom areas designed to serve up to 1200 students. Three mobile units were added for classroom use in 1998, and five more were added in 2000.

During the 2001-2002 school year and the following summer, a new wing was added to the 1989 building. This addition added more than twenty new classrooms including four new science rooms and another general purpose computer lab. Along with the addition of the new wing, the library was expanded and a girls’ team room was added.

Principals

• F. N. Postlethwait - 1956-1961
• W. Carl Yowell - 1961-1964
• E. Cameron Miller - 1964-1969
• Samuel Ritchie - 1969-1992
• Michael Loso - 1992-1997
• Delmer Botkin - 1997-2005
• Steven Walk - 2005–2015
• Phil Judd - 2015–2022
• Chris Noll - 2022-present

Competitive titles

Student organizations

• Art
• Association for Computing Machinery
• Creative Writing
• Debate
• Distributive Education Clubs of America
• Diversity
• Drama
• Effective School-wide Discipline / Student Connections
• Family, Career and Community Leaders of America
• Forensics
• French
• Future Business Leaders of America
• Future Educators Association
• Future Farmers of America
• NAC
• National Honors Society
• Pre-Medical
• Ruri-Teen
• Technology Student Association
• Tri-M / Musical Heritage Society
• Science
• SkillsUSA
• Spanish
• Sports Medicine
• STARS
• Student Council Association
• Yearbook
• Youth and Government

Notable alumni

• Alan Knicely (Class of 1973) - former MLB player (Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals)
• Brian Bocock (Class of 2003) - former Major League Baseball player for the San Francisco Giants, and minor league affiliates for the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Toronto Blue Jays, and Kansas City Royals

References

External links

• Turner Ashby High School