{"id":57,"date":"2018-10-31T13:41:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T13:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/site\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2018-10-31T16:11:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T16:11:03","slug":"jhs-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jhs.hallco.org\/web\/jhs-history\/","title":{"rendered":"JHS HISTORY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-80567b7035d9ed4b0ae035a22e32c057\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-80567b7035d9ed4b0ae035a22e32c057{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-80567b7035d9ed4b0ae035a22e32c057 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-80567b7035d9ed4b0ae035a22e32c057 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-80567b7035d9ed4b0ae035a22e32c057 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >JHS HISTORY<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jnx7lc6e-ce5ad221c3d30c1ccfc3ff9521b4bd2a\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-jnx7lc6e-ce5ad221c3d30c1ccfc3ff9521b4bd2a{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-jnx7lc6e-ce5ad221c3d30c1ccfc3ff9521b4bd2a hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jnxcwn6b-bb1e9183e5860213fec0c243327d8db7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>How It All Began\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Johnson &amp; Johnson Corp, which at the time operated the textile plant at Chicopee, owned a huge tract of land in South Hall County that included the current JHS campus, as well as the land that is now Elachee Nature Center and Chicopee Woods Golf Course.\u00a0 In the early 70\u2019s they approached the Hall County Board of Education with a proposal.\u00a0 They would donate a very large tract of land to the school system if the Board would agree to build a new high school and name it after one of the patriarchs of the company, Robert Wood Johnson.\u00a0 Thus, the official name was Robert Wood Johnson Memorial High School, which became known by its current name, Johnson High.\u00a0 The district did not change at all to accommodate the new building, the students merely moved from their previous building at South Hall High.\u00a0 The Board had to be creative in determining what to do with that building, which was still in very good condition.\u00a0 They made it a Junior High for grades 7 &amp; 8, the only one in the system.\u00a0 The other two high schools at the time, North Hall and East Hall were 8-12 grades.\u00a0 That dynamic did not change until middle schools were introduced to the county in the late 80\u2019s at which time South Hall Junior High changed to its current name and grade alignment 6-8 South Hall Middle School.\u00a0 (That tract of land, by the way, also included the site of the Transportation Center and Blacksheer Place Library).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jnxc386w-cd10cc289465af519ec2ffcde4c0b2ba\">\n.avia-timeline-container.av-jnxc386w-cd10cc289465af519ec2ffcde4c0b2ba .av-milestone-date{\nfont-size:10px;\n}\n.avia-timeline-container.av-jnxc386w-cd10cc289465af519ec2ffcde4c0b2ba .av-milestone-icon.milestone-icon-hasborder{\nbackground-color:#000000;\n}\n.avia-timeline-container.av-jnxc386w-cd10cc289465af519ec2ffcde4c0b2ba .av-milestone-icon-inner{\nbackground-color:#438fdb;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n.avia-timeline-container.av-jnxc386w-cd10cc289465af519ec2ffcde4c0b2ba .av-milestone-indicator{\nbackground-color:#438fdb;\n}\n.avia-timeline-container.av-jnxc386w-cd10cc289465af519ec2ffcde4c0b2ba .av-milestone-article-footer{\nbackground-color:#438fdb;\n}\n.avia-timeline-container.av-jnxc386w-cd10cc289465af519ec2ffcde4c0b2ba i.milestone-char.avia-svg-icon svg:first-child{\nfill:#ffffff;\nstroke:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  id=\"avia-timeline-1\"  class='avia-timeline-container av-jnxc386w-cd10cc289465af519ec2ffcde4c0b2ba av-slideshow-ui  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock ' ><ul class='avia-timeline avia-timeline-vertical av-milestone-placement-alternate avia-timeline- avia_animate_when_almost_visible avia-timeline-animate'>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-eugh-1386b51b500e03ed087288c72279aadf av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1972' ><strong>1972<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'><i class='milestone-char avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue84e' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Milestone: R.W. Johnson Opens Its Doors\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>R.W. Johnson Opens Its Doors<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>Robert Wood Johnson High School opened, under the leadership of principal Donald Loggins and Superintendent Dean Myers, in August of 1972 with much enthusiasm, excitement, and community support.\u00a0 Two new concepts in education began with Johnson\u2019s opening\u2013the quarter system and the open classroom concept.\u00a0 Classrooms had no doors and only portable dividers separated students.\u00a0 Since then, walls have gone up, doors have been installed, and the quarter system was replaced with block scheduling, which\u00a0has since been\u00a0replaced with the current 7 period day. \u00a0These two aspects are small examples of the enormous changes that have occurred over the forty-two year history of Robert Wood Johnson High School.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-31sz5-7c5fd97a1b8c8eb0bd1a2b823dce9e52 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Milestone: Vocational Wing Opened\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Vocational Wing Opened<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>Some major events in the history of Robert Wood Johnson High School are worth noting.\u00a0\u00a0 The Vocational Wing of the school officially opened one year later in 1973.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'><i class='milestone-char avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue84e' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1973' ><strong>1973<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-2uh35-75641b61a07d0b3e14641a68a8d03db6 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1982' ><strong>1982<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'><i class='milestone-char avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue84e' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Milestone: Frank J. Knight Gym Completion\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Frank J. Knight Gym Completion<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>The Frank J. Knight Gym was completed and dedicated in 1982.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-28cv9-f07a7c8a2552dba918a1d6be95613786 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Milestone: The &quot;Dungeon&quot; Opens\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>The \"Dungeon\" Opens<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>Johnson High School got its own football stadium in 1990, which has become nicknamed the \u201cdungeon,\u201d and now serves as the home of our football and soccer teams.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'><i class='milestone-char avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue84e' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1990' ><strong>1990<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-1d1ph-39d28ae3bc22d3fabfa6c3d08eb88728 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-odd'><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-1996' ><strong>1996<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'><i class='milestone-char avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue84e' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Milestone: Georgia School of Excellence, PAC Dedication\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Georgia School of Excellence, PAC Dedication<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>In 1996, Johnson proudly dedicated its new Performing Arts Center, which is now home to drama, band, and chorus productions as well as other school functions.\u00a0 The state of Georgia recognized Johnson High School as a Georgia School of Excellence in 1996, a distinct honor reflecting the hard work and dedication of the people who have contributed to the overall success and legacy of Johnson High School, both past and present.\u00a0 Technology has now become the cornerstone of Johnson High School.\u00a0 All areas of the school boast a strong commitment to technology-based education.\u00a0 Johnson High School currently has a school-wide computer lab, a language arts computer lab, a credit recovery lab,\u00a02 business education computer labs, a\u00a0broadcast video production\u00a0lab, and many more computers throughout the school.\u00a0 Gone are the typewriters, the industrial arts lab, and the classrooms without computers.\u00a0 Teachers are actively engaged in instruction utilizing the many up-to-date technology ideas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><\/li>\n<li  class='av-milestone av-322p-bc15c2d3d1be14fa1833dc3f46cd6765 av-animated-generic fade-in av-milestone-valign-baseline av-milestone-even'><article class='av-milestone-content-wrap'><div class='av-milestone-contentbox'><header class=\"entry-content-header\" aria-label=\"Milestone: Billy Ellis Memorial Stadium\"><h4 class='av-milestone-title '>Billy Ellis Memorial Stadium<\/h4><\/header><div class='av-milestone-content'><p>On September 28, 2001, the stadium was officially dedicated as the Billy Ellis Memorial Stadium in honor of Mr. Billy Ellis, longtime Johnson Principal and beloved Knight who lost a valiant battle with cancer earlier that year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><footer class='av-milestone-article-footer entry-footer'><\/footer><\/article><div class=\"av-milestone-icon-wrap\"><span class='av-milestone-icon milestone_icon milestone-icon-hasborder avia-font-entypo-fontello'><span class='av-milestone-icon-inner milestone_inner'><i class='milestone-char avia-iconfont avia-font-entypo-fontello' data-av_icon='\ue84e' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' ><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div><h2 class='av-milestone-date ' id='milestone-2001' ><strong>2001<span class='av-milestone-indicator'><\/span><\/strong><\/h2><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jnxcwn6b-bb1e9183e5860213fec0c243327d8db7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>As you can see, Johnson is not the same school it was in 1972.\u00a0 Take a moment to view our website to learn more.\u00a0 Also, drop by and visit our school to see what\u2019s happening.\u00a0 We are very proud of where we are and where we&#8217;ve been, and we want you to experience it for yourself.\u00a0 You won\u2019t be 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