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 of Excellence award in 1985 and 2002. History. In the early 20th century, high school in Oldham County was held in a two-room house in Centerfield. A high school building was built near the former Crestwood Elementary on KY 22 in the 1920s; the current building in Buckner opened in 1953. The school  gained accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1960. It remained the only public high school in the county until 1989, when the school district was split into two high school attendance zones to handle the population growth resulting from Oldham County's decades-long transition from a rural area to a bedroom community for Louisville. That fall, the new South Oldham High School was opened in Crestwood. In order to further alleviate overcrowding, North Oldham High School was opened in 2003. In 2006/2007 construction began to allow for more students and is now finished. OTVX and  the "Clarion Colonel". The Broadcast Journalism program was founded in the 2005-2006 academic term. The program has placed second in the state for the Four A (AAAA) division from the Kentucky High School Journalism Association. Additionally, it earned an honorable mention in the 2007 48 hour film project. Oldham County's school newspaper, the "Clarion Colonel", has won numerous gold medals from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, affiliated with Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism in New York City, and has placed first in the state of Kentucky in the Four A (AAAA) division in 2005, 2006, 2007 , 2008, 2009, and 2010 from the Kentucky High School Journalism Association. Oldham County High School Band program. The Oldham County High School Band program, under the direction of Brad Rogers until 2021, has received numerous awards and recognitions for concert and marching performance, including consistent distinguished ratings in Kentucky Music Educators Association (KMEA) Regional and State Large Ensemble Assessment events, and until 2003 when the marching band moved to a non-competitive format, earned consistent distinguished ratings in the KMEA State Marching Band championships (including five state finalist performances in class 2A and 4A). The Symphonic Bands have performed with  distinction in festival performances held in Toronto (three times), St. Louis, San Antonio, Boston, New York City, Chicago (Orchestra Hall), Chattanooga (TN), and Williamsburg (VA). They have also performed as a featured ensemble at the KMEA In-Service Conference four times (2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018), and served as a clinic ensemble at the Conference on three other occasions. Tuba-Euphonium and Flute ensembles from OCHS also performed there in 2013 and 2014. Many student performers audition successfully into the All 5th District bands, and a significant number of them subsequently earn positions in the Kentucky All State Bands every  year. All band students perform in at least one event at the KMEA Solo and Ensemble Assessment each spring. Instrumental music course offerings at Oldham County High School include two ability-leveled, auditioned concert bands, jazz ensemble, and percussion ensemble. All meet daily as credit elective courses. The Marching Colonels are made up of students from both concert ensembles and the percussion ensemble class. This non-competitive ensemble performs at home football games and local events, splitting into two large pep bands to support boys and girls basketball during the winter months. Sports. The Lady Colonels volleyball team defeated arch -rivals South Oldham to win their first district championship on October 10, 2007. The team was led by captains Tara Huckvale and Jordyn Ford, and was coached by Aaron Moore. The Oldham County boys' basketball team made its 16th trip to the State Basketball Tournament (The "Sweet 16") in March 2012. The Lady Colonels basketball team won the 1986 Girls' State Championships coached by former principal, Dr. Dave Weedman. They finished as runners-up to Louisville Southern in 1988, and reached the state semi-finals in 1980. The boys' soccer team made it to the elite eight and then went  on to win state for the tenth time. Oldham County HS basketball and football games can be heard on the internet at www.pegasussportsky.com. Oldham County HS girls cross country has won their state class title 3 years in a row (2018,2019,2020). Academic Decathlon. OCHS represented the state of Kentucky in the national finals of the United States Academic Decathlon (USAD) in 1993, 1997–2006, and 2009.