Southside High School (Atlanta, Georgia)
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Southside Comprehensive High School is a high school of approximately 1,500 students in fast-developing southeast Atlanta, Georgia, United States community near Grant Park, just south of I-20. The school is a part of Atlanta Public Schools.
| Established | 1984 |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Dr. Shirlene Carter |
| Faculty | 120 |
| Students | 1,500 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| District | Atlanta Public Schools |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Crimson and Gold |
| Mascot | Laser |
| Distinctions | A Georgia School of Excellence |
| Contact | Phone: (404) 802-5200 |
| Website | www.apskids.org/southside |
The school was formed after Smith High School combined with Roosevelt High School in 1994, making it the youngest high school in the Atlanta Public Schools system.
The school was designated a GE Foundation "College Bound" school in 2002 and received a 5-year, $1 million grant to help increase student readiness for college courses.
The school is home to the district's Information Processing magnet program. As of the 2004-2005 school year the schools principal is Dr. Shirlene Carter. In the 2005-2006 school year 50% of students from Crim High School were sent to attend Southside due to re-zoning.
Coan Middle School and King Middle School are the main feeder schools for Southside Comprehensive High School.
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[edit] Extracurricular Activities
Southside Comprehensive High School has many athletic and academic organizations. The school has a basketball team, soccer team, football team, track team, softball team, and a baseball team as well as other athletic organizations including a golf club.
The academic organizations are just as numerous, and include a Quiz Bowl team, Math club, Student Government Association, Future Business Leaders of America, Science club, Computer club, Dance club, Robotics team, Skills USA chapter, Marching Band, Chorus, Army JROTC, Drill team, and various language clubs.
[edit] The New Mr. And Ms. grade level areas follow:
Mr. 9th grade - DeRico Welch Ms. 9th grade - Traniqua Middlebrooks
Mr. 10th grade - Tramaine Evens Ms. 10th grade - Delancy Jacobs
Mr. 11th grade: Sean Burks Ms. 11th grade: Ashely Horton
Mr. 12th grade: Dominic Logan Ms. 12th grade: Trivia Mapp
Mr. Southside - Demarius "Dee" Cook Ms. Southside - Jessica Stillwell
[edit] Dress code
Students are required to follow a strict dress code [1].
[edit] Feeder Patters
The following elementary school feed into Southside: Burgess, Cook, East Lake, Peterson, Toomer, Whitefoord, and Parkside.
The following middle schools feed into Southside: Coan and King.
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| Public schools in Atlanta, Georgia |
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| High Schools |
Carver • Douglass • Grady • Mays • North Atlanta • South Atlanta • Southside • Therrell • Washington |
| Middle Schools |
Brown • Bunche • Coan • Harper-Archer • Inman • Kennedy • King • Long • Parks • Price • Sutton • Sylvan Hills • Turner • Walden • Young |
| Elementary Schools |
Adamsville • Beecher Hills • Benteen • Bethune • Blalock • Bolton Academy • Boyd • Brandon • Burgess/Peterson • Capitol View • Cascade • Centennial Place • Cleveland Ave. • Connally • Continental Colony • Cook • Deerwood Academy • Dobbs • Dunbar • East Lake • Fain • Fickett • Finch • Garden Hills • Gideons • Grove Park • Heritage Academy • Herndon • Hill • Hope • Humphries • Hutchinson • Jackson • Jones • Kimberley • Lin • Miles • Morningside • Oglethorpe • Parkside • Perkerson • Peyton Forest • Rivers • Scott • Slater • Smith • D.H. Stanton • F.L. Stanton • Thomasville Heights • Toomer • Towns • Usher • Venetian Hills • Waters • West Manor • White • Whitefoord • Williams • Woodson |
| Non-Traditional Schools |
APS/CEP School • Crim Open Campus • West End Academy |
| Charter Schools |
Achieve Academy of Atlanta • Atlanta Charter Middle School • Charles R. Drew Charter School • KIPP Academy • Neighborhood Charter School • SIAT • Tech High School • BEST Academy • C.S. King Academy • University Community Academy |
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