Newnan High School
| Newnan High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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190 Lagrange Street Newnan, Georgia 30263-2999 United States | |
| Coordinates | 33°21′46″N 84°48′53″W / 33.362782°N 84.814616°WCoordinates: 33°21′46″N 84°48′53″W / 33.362782°N 84.814616°W[1] |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Founded | 1918[2] |
| School district | Coweta County School District |
| Principal | Chase Puckett |
| Teaching staff | 89 FTE[3] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 2,246 (2014-15)[4] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 20:1[3] |
| Color(s) | |
| Nickname | Cougars |
| Accreditations |
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Georgia Accrediting Commission |
| Website | http://www.coweta.k12.ga.us/nhs |
Newnan High School (NHS) is a high school in southwestern Coweta County, Georgia, United States. It is located south of Newnan's historic downtown district. NHS is the oldest of the three Coweta County high schools.
Founded in 1918 as the first high school in Newnan, NHS was a Southern Accredited School by 1919. Newnan High School has been a School of Excellence three times.
Newnan offers four diploma choices: College Prep with Distinction, College Prep, Career/Technical with Distinction, and Career/Technical. Students may also choose a dual diploma program with both college prep and career/tech seals.
Feeder schools include Evans Middle School, Smokey Road Middle School, and Madras Middle School. Madras also feeds into the nearby Northgate High School.
NHS' school mascot is the Cougars.
Athletics
NHS' athletic programs compete with a wide variety of schools. It takes great pride in its programs, which include football, soccer, baseball, gymnastics, cheerleading, track, volleyball, wrestling, tennis, swimming, softball, lacrosse, basketball, golf, cross country, and marching band.
NHS' football program has achieved many region championships in the AAAAA class. The most recent was their varsity football team reaching the State Semi-Finals, but losing to Northside-Warner Robins High School.
The Cougars have produced many basketball championships and are a constant Elite 8 competitor in baseball.
Notable alumni
- Alan Bonner (class of 2009), football player (Jacksonville State, Houston Texans)
- Mike Cheever (class of 1991), football player (Georgia Tech, Jacksonville Jaguars)
- Alan Jackson, country music artist
- Warren Newson, former professional baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers)
- Alec Ogletree (class of 2010), football player (University of Georgia, St. Louis Rams)
- Sergio Render (class of 2005), football player (Virginia Tech, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
- Jerome Walton, former professional baseball player (Chicago Cubs, California Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Devil Rays)
In popular culture
Some scenes of the FEMA camps in The Walking Dead episode "Save The Last One" (season 2, episode 3), were shot in and near NHS.[5]
The High School Scene of the Christmas themed Slasher film Santa's Slay was filmed there.[6]
The opening scene of Ben Coccio's drama film Zero Day was filmed outside the building in 2003.[7]
References
- ↑ "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ↑ Newnan High School - History, Retrieved June 6, 2010.
- 1 2 "school-stats.com". Retrieved 2010-06-06.
- ↑ "Newnan High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ↑ "Santa's Slay - The Most Important Wrestler-Dressed-As-Santa-Murdering-People Film of Our Generation". terribleblog.net. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ↑ "Interview with Ben Coccio, Director/Writer of "Zero Day"". tripod.com. Retrieved 26 December 2016.