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Archives High Schools: Atherton

Official Name: Atherton High School 

Year Opened: 1924

1st Graduating Class: 1925

Atherton was named for John M. Atherton, a member of the Louisville Board of Education. It opened as a girls school only in 1924 at 1418 Morton Avenue. It became coed in 1950. Atherton moved to its current site in 1962 on the old Ray and Charles Clagett estate and its old premises is now the Jefferson County Traditional Middle School. A new wing was added to the Dundee location in 1992.

Atherton Images

Atherton School for Girls on Morton Avenue, no date

Atherton School for Girls on Morton Avenue, no date

Atherton School for Girls Library, no date

Atherton School for Girls, no date

Janice Fish, Atherton High School Principal (1988-1998)

Atherton Yearbooks

The Archives has the following yearbooks for Atherton High School:

  • 1925
  • 1926
  • 1927
  • 1928
  • 1929
  • 1930
  • 1931
  • 1932
  • 1933
  • 1934
  • 1935
  • 1936
  • 1937
  • 1939
  • 1940
  • 1941
  • 1942
  • 1943
  • 1944
  • 1945
  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1952
  • 1953
  • 1954
  • 1955
  • 1957
  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1966
  • 1968
  • 1969
  • 1970
  • 1971
  • 1972
  • 1975
  • 1976
  • 1977
  • 1978
  • 1979
  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1982
  • 1983
  • 1985
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989
  • 1991
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1999
  • 2000
  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
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