Alcovy High School is a public school in Covington

Covington, Georgia

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, Georgia

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, USA

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. It is part of the Newton County School System.

Alcovy High School is currently under the leadership of Dr. LaQuanda Carpenter.

History

Alcovy High School opened to grades 9-12 in the 2006-2007 school year. The school was built to relieve the population of Newton High School

Newton High School (Georgia)

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 and Eastside High School

Eastside High School (Covington, Georgia)

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...

. The school was built with 82 classrooms, and it has room to accommodate up to 2,500 students. The class schedule originally was six periods. In 2009, the Newton County School System

Newton County School System

The Newton County Schools System is a public school district in Newton County, Georgia, USA, based in Covington, Georgia. It serves the communities of Covington, Mansfield, Newborn, Oxford, Porterdale, and Social Circle, Georgia.- Elementary schools :...

 changed all high schools to a four-block schedule. In 2011, it changed all high schools to a six-period schedule, which changed graduation credit requirements starting with the graduating Class of 2012. In 2008, the school updated, adding classrooms and a Ninth Grade Academy, which opened in Fall 2010. The graduating Class of 2015 was the first to use it. In 2010, the school was rezoned and students from Newton High School were transferred to Alcovy so that the school system could demolish Newton in 2013 and build a new high school. Alcovy's first graduating class was the Class of 2010. In 2009, Alcovy High served as a filming location for Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie

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's Halloween II

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, as the exterior of a hospital. In 2011, the school hosted http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAGA-TV "High Five Field Trip" on the Fox 5 Morning News.

School curriculum

Alcovy Offers four levels of classes:

• AP (Advanced Placement)
  Advanced Placement Program
  The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
  
  
• Gifted (Quest)
• Advanced
• Average

Programs for education at Alcovy include:

• Agriculture/Conservation/Horticulture
• Construction
• Broadcast/Video Production
• Culinary Arts
• Health Occupations
• Pre-Engineering/Manufacturing
• Business Education
• Education

Organizations/clubs

Alcovy offers a variety of clubs and service organizations that students can join:

• DECA
• FCCLA
  Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
  Family, Career and Community Leaders of America , formerly known as Future Homemakers of America , is a nonprofit U.S. career and technical student organization for young men and women in family and consumer science education in public and private schools through grade 12 across the United States...
  
  
• Key Club
  Key Club
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• FFA
• FCA
  Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...
  
  
• JCL
  National Junior Classical League
  The National Junior Classical League is a youth organization of secondary school students sponsored by the American Classical League...
  
  
• Naturalist Club
• FBLA
  FBLA-PBL
  The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...
  
  
• Overdramatics (Drama)
• Anchor Club
• ATB (Alcovy Tiger Band)
• Hard Knocks Step Team
• Sparkling Paws Dance Team
• FTA - Future Teachers of America
• Reading Bowl

Sports

• Football
• Basketball (Men's and Women's)
• Cheerleading
• Softball
• Golf
• Baseball
• Cross Country
• Track & Field
• Volleyball
• Wrestling
• Soccer (Men's and Women's)

External links

• The School website
• Newton County Schools

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