Gardendale High School is a public high school located in Gardendale, Alabama, United States, operated by the Jefferson County Board of Education. The school's first graduating class was in 1968. Gardendale High School was developed in the mid-1960s as a result of population growth in the area. Until this time, local students mostly attended Mortimer Jordan High School in nearby Morris.
The school mascot/nickname is "Rockets." The name was chosen by vote of the first student body in school history and was chosen to honor the U.S. Space and Rocket program, which at the time was actively pursuing the goal of placing a man on the moon. The school colors are maroon, gray, and white.
A merger was proposed in 2007 between Gardendale High School and nearby Fultondale High School. But the merger was cancelled for the time being by Superintendent Phil Hammonds on March 29, 2007.
In the aftermath of the scuttled merger, the district announced plans for construction of a new $46 million school building that will include separate competition and practice gyms, a 600-seat auditorium and 100-seat lecture hall, with potential future expansion to add as many as 32 additional classrooms down the road. The expansion will allow the school's 960 student enrollment to be expanded to accommodate 1,200 students. Demolition of the old school was completed in 2009. The new high school officially opened in February 2010. Once all students had transferred to the new high school campus the Rogers campus was demolished. A new baseball stadium as well as a soccer field were built on the site of the former Rogers campus. The high school basketball teams began playing their home games in the new gymnasium in the fall of 2010.
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