The consolidated Christian County High School—which will combine both Hopkinsville High and the current Christian County High Schools—officially has a new logo and branding that was unveiled Thursday morning, along with an executive principal in Ken Carver.
The new branding, sporting the blue and orange profile of the head of a tiger, the letters ‘C’ and ‘T’ on a black shield, a dark blue tiger with white stripes and more was revealed to the student body as one, and Superintendent Chris Bentzel says it was an extensive process that has been focused on unity in both student bodies.
This does come after much speculation and returns to the drawing board, with prior iterations combing the two in different ways, or even having a whole possible new logo and name several years ago when the consolidation project first began.
Now, Christian County Public Schools will be moving forward with the name Christian County High School for the newly consolidated high school, with the mascot of the Christian County Tigers, new branding and also a new executive principal.
Ken Carver comes from Muhlenberg County High School, where he has served as the principal for several years, and even longer as the assistant principal. Carver says he’s eager to hit the ground running, and in meetings with school administrators, he learned that their values aligned with his.
The new Christian County High School will be a very large school—on track to have roughly 2,000 students in its first year—and he says that it will be a team effort to get everything ready to roll by the time, and make sure students have their best chance for success.
Coming from Muhlenberg County, which underwent its own consolidation process in the early 2000’s, Carver says he understands that a community could have doubts. But he thinks once people see the opportunities this will have for the students, they’ll start to feel better about it.
Carver will be the head of a large staff, which will include several assistant principals that will lead the different academies. As of right now, officials say things stay on track for the construction of the consolidated school—taking shape at Lovers Lane and Fort Campbell Boulevard—with confidence they’ll be open by the start of the 2026 school year.
