Broadway High School is a public secondary school in Broadway, Virginia. It is located at 269 Gobbler Drive.
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History
The original Broadway School was a small, one-room building that opened in the mid-1870s and was taught by C. E. Barglebaugh, just eighteen years old. Four rooms were added over the years, but it burned down in 1907. A brick building with a library, office, auditorium, and six rooms replaced it. A high school was built adjacent to that building in 1920, and grade school and high school were divided. A new facility built west of the town in the 1950s was used as a high school until completion of the current building at its current location in January 1998, upon which time it became J. Frank Hillyard Middle School, named for its former principal. The SCA buried a time capsule in 1992 that will be opened in 2032.
Band department
The band department is currently headed by Danny Holland, and consists of Concert Band for the younger musicians, Wind Ensemble for mostly upperclassmen, and the Jazz band year round. Marching band begins in late summer and generally ends with a Christmas parade. For those who aren't in the cast or crew of the spring musical, there is pit orchestra. Broadway Band Department earned the status of Virginia Honor Band in both 2007 and 2010 as well as the Music Department earning the honor of Blue Ribbon School in 2010. The Fighting Gobbler Regiment is a proud blue ribbon school, winning local and state competitions yearly.
Marching Band
2005: (Fate of the Gods) First place in class A Parade of Champions at James Madison University
2005: (Fate of the Gods) Excellent Rating at VBODA
2006: (Ghost Train) First place in class A Parade of Champions at James Madison University
2006: (Ghost Train) Superior Rating at VBODA
2007: (Dances from Estancia) Superior Rating at VBODA
2008: (The Mask of Zorro) Excellent Rating at VBODA
2009: (Artist's Palette) Superior Rating at VBODA
2010: Dreams and Nightmares, an original composition by Ben Frenchak - Superior Rating at VBODA and First Place in Class A at Parade of Champions, hosted by James Madison University
2013: Transcendent Journey - Superior Rating at VBODA
2014: Mirror Images- Excellent Rating at VBODA
2015: Trials and Triumphs- Superior Rating at VBODA
2016- Deja Vu- Superior Rating at VBODA
2017- Melodium Aeturnum- Superior Rating at VBODA
2018: Journey to Joy- Superior Rating at VBODA
2019: Spectrum- Superior Rating at VBODA
2021: Of Bells and Angels- Superior Rating at VBODA
Wind Ensemble
2004 Superior Rating at VBODA
2005 Superior Rating at VBODA
2006 Superior Rating at VBODA
2007 Superior Rating at VBODA
2008 Superior Rating at VBODA
2009 Superior Rating at VBODA
2010 Superior Rating at VBODA
2011 Superior Rating at VBODA
2012 Superior Rating at VBODA
2013 Superior Rating at VBODA
2014 Superior Rating at VBODA
2023 Superior Rating at VBODA
2024 Superior Rating at VBODA
Academics
The Broadway Academic team of '06-'07 had twenty-six members: one freshman, six sophomores, one junior, and eighteen seniors. Their A team beat all schools at least once save for Lee and Rockbridge.
Broadway High School is also a participant in Massanutten Regional Governor's School for Integrated Science and Technology, alongside all the other schools in the district.