North Hardin High School
North Hardin High School, is a high school located in Radcliff, Kentucky. It was founded in the year 1962. As of 2005-2006, 2,200 students attended the school. The athletics teams are known as the Trojans. The current principal is Bill Dennison.
Extracurriculars
A member of the Southern Association and rated as a comprehensive high school by the Kentucky Department of Education, North Hardin offers over 100 subject offerings, 26 clubs, and 29 athletic or competitive teams. In addition, students may choose from 11 areas at the KY Technical School as well as the Hardin County Schools TV production classes. North has an award-winning JROTC program and a band that is recognized nationally. North is known for its "ghetto" ingenuity as well as being a "melting pot" of students. In addition the schools band is one of the top high school programs in the country. The Trojan Marching Band is a 5 time Kentucky state champion, a Bands of America regional champion, and a Grand National Finalist, placing as high as 4th in the United States. Besides the marching band, the North Hardin Wind Symphony is widely regarded as the top high school concert band in the state of Kentucky. In 2005 the Wind Symphony was one of only 2 high school bands in the world to receive the prestigious Sudler Flag of Honor for musical excellence. It is the only Kentucky band to receive a Distinguished rating at the Kentucky Music Educators Association’s State Concert Band Festival since its inception. In addition to this the Wind Symphony is the only Kentucky band to ever be invited to perform at the Bands of America national concert band festival, they have performed at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago twice (the only Kentucky band to ever do so) and in March 2006 the Wind Symphony became the first Kentucky concert band to perform in Carnegie Hall in New York City. The band is under the direction of Charles Campbell and Brian Froedge.
Activities
Football (Boys)
Baseball (Boys)
Softball (Girls)
Basketball
Volleball(Girls)
Soccer
Tennis
Swim Team
JROTC
Marching Band
Chorus
Drama Club
Y Club
Speach & debate
Octagon Club
Color Guard/ Winter Guard
TSA
JROTC
During the 2005-2006 school year, North Hardin saw the retirement of its Senior Army Instructor COL Stanley Dulin (Ret.), who had decided it was time to move on after 13 years with the JROTC program. He had been with the program since its inception.
Scandals
Nationally syndicated talk show host Sally Jesse Raphael once broadcast the school on national television, revealng some of its security flaws, allegedly making the school rank very high on the list of the most unsafe schools.
Cheerleader hazing (lawsuit)
2000
The Louisville Courier-Journal revealed hazing allegations by two girls alleging physical restraint, abusive behavior and verbal abuse. The two filed
a lawsuit in Hardin County District Court.
In 2006, one of the cadre of the JROTC program was fired after allegations of sexual assault on a female member of the program.
Also, drugs have been a major problem at the school for years. Many of their rules are based on trying to get rid of drugs. An estimated 11 students were either suspended or expelled for drug related incidents.
In 2003, the girls Volleyball coach was accused of giving her students alcohol. These charges were soon disproven, but she resigned from her position and moved to another school. She was replaced by Coach Morris-Burke.
Adcock has been drafted (right after graduating) to the Seattle Mariners in the 5th Round of the 2006 MLB draft.