Butler Traditional High School

Suda E. Butler Traditional High School
Location
Louisville, Kentucky
United States
Information
Type Public Secondary
Motto "Make It a Great Butler Day"
Established 1954
School district Jefferson County Public Schools
Principal William Allen
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,450
Campus Urban
Color(s) Red █ ,
White █
Mascot Bear
Yearbook The Den
Website schools.jefferson.kyschools.us/High/Butler/

Butler Traditional High School is a high school in Louisville, Kentucky which follows the traditional school program.

History

Suda E. Butler High School opened in 1954. It was chosen in 1988 as the second high school in Jefferson County to offer the Traditional Program. In this program the standards of patriotism, morality, and personal integrity are stressed in a structured learning environment. The school has a strict dress code, discipline code, heterogeneous grouping, technology major, and college preparatory curriculum. It is the only school in JCPS to obtain and/or exceed its goal for CATS testing every year during the existence of the yearly examinations. They recently, in the 2009-2010 school year, added the Freshman Academy to their school. Within the next two or three years they plan on changing from the traditional semester to trimester schedule.

In 2009 it was a Host School for Superintendent Sheldon Burman's Superintendent's Student Advisory Council to discuss how JCPS can better prepare high schoolers for life after high school.

Butler Traditional won the Top School Award (WLKY's High School Cribs) in Kentuckiana from WLKY News 32 in 2007. It was also featured on WLKY High School Cribs again in 2009.

In 2016, Butler Traditional High School came under fire from Kentucky state legislator Attica Scott and others for its dress code, which includes language forbidding many hairstyles common among African-Americans.[1][2]

Sports

  • Football- Varsity/Junior Varsity/Freshman (2011 District and Regional Champions)
  • Boys Soccer (2007 and 2008 District Champions)
  • Girls Soccer
  • Swim Team
  • Boys Basketball (1981/2009/2010 6th Region Champions)
  • Girls Basketball (2007/2008/2014/2016 Class 4A State Champions)
  • Baseball
  • Girls Softball
  • Girls Volleyball
  • Cross Country
  • Track
  • Tennis
  • Cheerleading (2009 State Champions)
  • Step Team
  • Dance Team (2014 & 2015 state champions)
  • Golf
  • Bowling (2009 District Champions A-Team)

Clubs and activities

  • Anime Club
  • Art Club
  • Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)
  • Spanish Club
  • Quick Recall
  • Adopt-a-Bear Program
  • Marching Band
  • Concert Band
  • Wind Ensemble
  • Pep Band
  • Percussion Ensemble
  • Colorguard
  • Winterguard (2014 Bronze Medal TriState Marching Arts)
  • Theatre
  • Gospel Choir
  • Chorus
  • Pep Club
  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
  • Drama Club
  • Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
  • National Honor Society
  • Beta Club
  • Junior ROTC
  • Y-Club

Notable alumni and faculty

See also

References

  1. ↑ Konz, Antoinette (28 July 2016). "Butler High School hair policy draws criticism from incoming state lawmaker". WRDB. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ↑ King, Shaun. "KING: School's Natural Hairstyle Ban Condemns Black Culture." NY Daily News. N.p., 28 July 2016. Web. 29 July 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.uoflsports.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/091206aaa.html

Coordinates: 38°11′35.91″N 85°48′57.42″W / 38.1933083°N 85.8159500°W / 38.1933083; -85.8159500

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