Eastside High School (Covington, Georgia)

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Eastside High School
Location
10245 Eagle Drive
Covington, Georgia

United States
Coordinates 33°34′47″N 83°49′58″W / 33.579769°N 83.832777°W / 33.579769; -83.832777Coordinates: 33°34′47″N 83°49′58″W / 33.579769°N 83.832777°W / 33.579769; -83.832777
Information
Type Public
Motto Engaged and Guided Learners Equals Success
Established 1994
School district Newton County School System
Principal Dennis Roddenberry
Asst. Principal Jeff Cher
Dr. Bruce McColumn
Dr. Gloria Griffith
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment 1378[1]  (2007-08)
Color(s) Green and Silver         
Mascot Eagles
Website

Eastside High School is a public secondary school in Covington, GA and part of the Newton County School System. It was opened in 1994 as a transitional school and became an official high school in 1998 when the it had its first graduating class. Eastside operates on a 4×4 block schedule.

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[edit] History

Eastside Transitional School was built in 1994 to alleviate school overcrowding at Newton High School due to rapid growth that had cropped up in Newton County during the early 1990s. The school opened that same year to grades 6–9. Each year, the lower grade was dropped and a higher grade was added until 1997 when the school became a 9–12 high school, Eastside High School. The first graduating class graduated in May 1998. In 2002, a new addition was built onto the school to help accommodate more growth. In 2006, the school had an enrollment of 1,441 and a staff of 100 teachers. This number has gone down slightly with the opening of Newton County's third high school, Alcovy High School, in fall 2006.

[edit] Curriculum

Eastside High School is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award College Preparatory and Technology Preparatory diplomas to graduates.

The school also has different levels of classes for students including:

  • Advanced Placement
  • Gifted (Quest)
  • Advanced
  • Average

Programs at EHS include:

  • Business Education
  • Family and Consumer Sciences
  • Technology
  • Agriculture
  • Cooperative Business Education
  • Youth Apprenticeship
  • Video Production
  • Latin
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Graphic Communications

[edit] Extracurriculars

[edit] Sports

Eastside High School competes in Region 4-AAA[2] , in the following sports:

[edit] Eastside Media

  • WEHS Morning Show (CCTV)
  • Wingspan (Newspaper)
  • Talon (Yearbook)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "[1]". The Governor's Office of Student Achievement. Retrieved on 23 November 2008.
  2. ^ "GHSA Region Alignment 2010-2011". http://www.ghsa.net/2010-2011-region-alignments. Retrieved 4/1/11. 

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