Amherst County High School
Amherst County High School is a public high school, grades 9–12, serving Amherst County, Virginia, United States. As the only high school in the county, it offers a comprehensive program from advanced classes to classes offered through a reciprocity program with local colleges that allow students to earn both high school and college credit at the same time. In addition to the academic program, the school has a comprehensive vocational-technical department that includes welding, auto mechanics, LPN nursing, EMT-B, masonry, carpentry and agriculture.
Notable alumni
- Buddy Bailey, minor league baseball manager
- Jesse Best, artist, writer, and actor - best known for script supervision work for on The Road (2009 film)
- Ken Dixon, professional baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles
- Will Rucker, theatrical production artist, who studied at Yale.
- Jesse Stinnett, minor league baseball player for the Colorado Rockies organization.
- Pierre Thomas, journalist
- Randy Tomlin, professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Nathan Trevillian, professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates