Sprayberry High School

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Sprayberry High School
Yellowjacket.png
The school's official mascot.
Location
2525 Sandy Plains Road
Marietta, Georgia, USA
Coordinates 34°00′43″N 84°29′49″W / 34.012°N 84.497°W / 34.012; -84.497Coordinates: 34°00′43″N 84°29′49″W / 34.012°N 84.497°W / 34.012; -84.497
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1952
School district Cobb County School District
Principal Edward Wagner
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 2010-2011 School Year: Approximately 1700
Campus Suburban
Color(s)         
Mascot Yellow Jacket
Newspaper 'The Stinger'
Yearbook 'ECHO'
Website www.cobbk12.org/sprayberry

Sprayberry High School is a public high school located in eastern Cobb County in Georgia. Middle schools feeding upcoming students into Sprayberry are McCleskey, Daniell, and Simpson Middle School. The school mascot is the Yellow Jacket.

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[edit] School Profile

Sprayberry High School, located in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, is a comprehensive senior high school (grades 9-12) of approximately 1700. The school opened in 1952 at a location on Cobb Parkway and then moved to its current location at 2525 Sandy Plains Road in 1973. Sprayberry High School is a microcosm of Cobb County in that it serves students from a variety of ethnic groups, socio-economic levels, and academic abilities. [1]

[edit] History

Sprayberry was founded the day after Labor Day in 1952 in Marietta, GA. The high school was originally founded in the building now occupied by The Walker School (a private school), on Cobb Parkway (U.S. 41) at the north corner of Allgood Road. Sprayberry is now located on the west corner of Sandy Plains Road at Piedmont Road. Since then, the area historically known as Sandy Plains has now come to be known as Sprayberry, stretching somewhat northeast from the intersection to Post Oak Tritt Road, and to the Sprayberry post office at Ebenezer Road. [2]

[edit] Academics

Sprayberry is known for its academics and programs in the arts and has been named a National School of Excellence and Georgia School of Excellence twice, an accomplishment made by only two other schools. It has also been recognized by Newsweek Magazine as one of the Top 5% of High Schools in the Nation 3 years in a row. [3] Sprayberry High School's success is measured by its students' scores on the SAT, Georgia High School Graduation Test, and State End-of-Course Tests. For more than five years, the school's SAT and ACT scores have remained well above the national average, with students continuously achieving above state average scores in all GHSGT subject areas. In 2007-2008, 96% of the students passed the English portion of the GHSGT and 95% of the students passed the Mathematics portion. Sprayberry has also met AYP for the last 5 years. [1]

[edit] Sports

Sprayberry High School's football stadium (Jim Frazier Stadium) was used for part of the movie Remember the Titans.[4]

[edit] Music

  • Band of Gold (website)
  • Orchestra
  • Chorus

Sprayberry High School's Marching "Band of Gold" has been awarded hundreds of championship trophies and has been named one of the "Best High School Marching Bands in the Country" along with being named one of the top 20 bands by "Band Director Magazine" in 2000. Sprayberry continues to be rated among the top marching band programs in the country. The Band of Gold won its first Grand Championship Trophy in 1976 and has achieved over 275 First Place and Grand Championship Awards since then. They have performed on nation television in the Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl Classic, Citrus Bowl, Gator Bowl, Peach Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and the 2011 Cherry Blossom Parade in Washington DC. [5] Sprayberry High School's band program has also hosted the Southern Invatational Music Festival for the past 28 years on the third Saturday in October. Marching bands from all across the Southeast are able to compete and perform while Sprayberry performs in exhibition. [6]

[edit] Clubs & Organizations

  • Academic Bowl
  • Amnesty International
  • Anchor Club
  • Beta Club
  • Book Club
  • DECA Club
  • Drama Club
  • ECHO (Yearbook)
  • FCA
  • First Priority
  • French Club
  • French Honor Society
  • Future Business Leaders of America
  • German Club
  • Hispanic Leaders of SHS
  • International Thespian Society
  • Key Club
  • Knitting Knerds
  • LEAD
  • Latin Club
  • Latin Honor Society
  • Math Team
  • Model UN
  • National Honor Society
  • Ping Pong Club
  • Promote Positive
  • Spanish Club
  • Spanish Honor Society
  • Step Team
  • STING
  • Student Government Association
  • Teen Republicans
  • Tri-M Music Honor Society
  • Women in Search of Excellence
  • Young Democrats

[edit] Publications

  • Sprayberry's Vox Humana (website)

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b http://www.cobbk12.org/sprayberry/about.aspx
  2. ^ http://www.cobbk12.org/sprayberry/shspride.aspx
  3. ^ http://www.cobbk12.org/sprayberry/site/SHSpride.htm
  4. ^ IMDB Filming locations
  5. ^ http://www.sprayberryband.com/history.html
  6. ^ http://www.southerninvitational.com/
  7. ^ Buff Bagwell website
  8. ^ The Official Site of Major League Baseball
  9. ^ The Official Site of The Texas Rangers: Player Information
  10. ^ [1]
  11. ^ http://www.thebikinichef.com
  12. ^ Player Bio: Jeff Kindel
  13. ^ http://www.dci.org/news/view.cfm?news_id=acd89bcc-0f76-4d7d-a065-0898bc7facc5
  14. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nashji01.shtml
  15. ^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nevitch01.html
  16. ^ http://tomboftheopinionated.wordpress.com/2010/09/22/jimmy-rave-interview/
  17. ^ http://www.mnblues.com/review/2003/patrush703-jc.html
  18. ^ AccessAtlanta
  19. ^ http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/trawick_brynden00.html
  20. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/travis-tritt
  21. ^ http://www.groupxarab.com
  22. ^ http://www.nba.com/dleague/iowa/

[edit] External links

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