Sequoyah High School (Georgia)

Sequoyah High School is a public high school located in Hickory Flat, Georgia. United States. It educates students in grades 9-12. It opened in the fall of 1990 and is one of six high schools in Cherokee County.

Sequoyah High School
Address
4485 Hickory Road

Canton
,
Georgia
30115

United States
Coordinates34°10′18″N 84°25′47″W
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1990
School districtCherokee County School District
PrincipalRobert Van Alstyne[1]
Staff109.40 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,983 (2018-19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio18.13[2]
Color(s)        
MascotChief
RivalCreekview High School
NewspaperThe Arrow
YearbookThe Paragon
Websitewww.cherokeek12.net/sequoyahhs/home

The school is informally located in the small neighborhood of Hickory Flat on a three-school plot of land dubbed the Ralph Quarles Educational Complex, consisting of Hickory Flat Elementary, Dean Rusk Middle, and Sequoyah High School. The complex is on the northwest block of the intersection of East Cherokee Drive and Hickory Road.

Preliminary schools in the Sequoyah cluster are Hickory Flat, Indian Knoll, Mountain Road, and Holly Springs Elementaries, and Dean Rusk Middle School.

In athletics the school participates in Classification AAAA, Region/Area 7.

Athletics

Sequoyah offers the following in varsity, junior varsity, or freshman age groups:

  • football
  • volleyball: The Lady Chiefs won the state championship in 2014.[3]
  • softball
  • cross country
  • swimming
  • wrestling: Sequoyah wrestling has won the state Class AAAA traditional championship twice, in 1996 and 1999.[4][5]
  • gymnastics
  • basketball
  • soccer
  • track & Field
  • baseball
  • tennis
  • golf
  • cheerleading
  • lacrosse

References
  1. https://www.cherokeek12.net/sequoyahhs/Content2/sequoyahhs-faculty-staff
  2. "Sequoyah High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  3. GHSA Volleyball Champions. GHSA https://www.ghsa.net/ghsa-volleyball-champions. Retrieved 7 December 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Tribune Ledger News https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/sports/cherokee-county-sports-hall-of-fame-s-three-inductees-push/article_118e6402-1131-11e8-b63a-5b8a7828d759.html. Retrieved 7 December 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. GHSA Wrestling Champions. GHSA https://www.ghsa.net/ghsa-wrestling-champions. Retrieved 7 December 2019. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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