Eastside High School (Covington, Georgia)
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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.
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.
to award College Preparatory and Technology Preparatory diplomas to graduates.
The school also has different levels of classes for students including:
Programs at EHS include:
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
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.
History
Eastside Transitional School was built in 1994 to alleviate school overcrowding at Newton High SchoolNewton High School (Georgia)
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due to rapid growth that had cropped up in Newton County
Newton County, Georgia
Newton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 62,001. The 2010 Census showed a population of 99,958. The county seat is Covington....
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
Alcovy High School
Alcovy High School is a public school in Covington, Georgia, USA. It is part of the Newton County School System.Alcovy High School is currently under the leadership of Dr. LaQuanda Carpenter.-History:...
, in fall 2006.
Curriculum
Eastside High School is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and SchoolsSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...
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
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- FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
- SpanishSpanish languageSpanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
- Graphic Communications
Extracurriculars
- Naturalist Club
- Key ClubKey ClubKey Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International family of service-leadership programs...
- FFANational FFA OrganizationThe National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...
- FCA
- 4-H4-H4-H in the United States is a youth organization administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture , with the mission of "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development." The name represents...
- DECADECA (organization)DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...
- Junior Classical LeagueNational Junior Classical LeagueThe National Junior Classical League is a youth organization of secondary school students sponsored by the American Classical League...
- Image Club
- Curamus
- Interact
- Future Business Leaders of AmericaFBLA-PBLThe 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...
- Drama Club
- Junior Service Guild
- Student Council
- Concert Band
- Marching Band
- Symphonic Band
- Chorus
- Show Choir
Sports
Eastside High School competes in Region 4-AAA , in the following sports:- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- Soccer
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
- Track
- WrestlingCollegiate wrestlingCollegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...
- Cross Country RunningCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- EquestrianEquestrianismEquestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
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