Marietta High School (Georgia)

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Marietta High School
Motto	Be Somebody
Established	1892
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Leigh Colburn
Students	2190 (2006)
Grades	9–12
Location	Marietta, Georgia, USA
District	Marietta City Schools
Campus	Suburban
Colors	White and Blue
Mascot	Blue Devils
Newspaper	The PitchFork
Website	[1]

Marietta High School (MHS) is a public high school in the Marietta City Schools system in Marietta, Georgia. The school colors are blue and white and its mascot is a blue devil.

1 History
2 Academics
3 Class of 2005 Profile
4 Sports
5 Notable alumni
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Marietta High School was established in 1892 and currently has over 2100 students in attendance. The current site for MHS was first open to students in the fall of 2001.

Marietta High School was ranked in the top 5% of U.S. high schools according to a Newsweek report in 2006.^[1]

[edit] Academics

Marietta High School provides a wide range of educational opportunities from merit level, advanced placement, and International Baccalaureate courses, to The Youth Apprenticeship program, work study programs, and the Executive Internship program. MHS also offers an ESOL program as well as an Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.^[2]

The MHS International Baccalaureate Diploma curriculum consists of six subject groups which students study for the entirety of their four high school years:

World Literature - HL
World Languages - French, German, and Spanish - HL and SL
Individuals and Societies - History - HL
Experimental Sciences - Biology, Chemistry - SL
Math - Math Studies, Math Standard Level, and Mathematics Higher Level
Arts and SL, Latin, Music, and Theatre Arts - HL

[edit] Class of 2005 Profile

190 Hope scholars
63% of graduates attended a College/University
11% of graduates attended a Technical College
1% joined the Military

The average SAT score was 1057, with an average math score of 530, and verbal score of 526.^[3]

[edit] Sports

Baseball
Basketball:
Cross Country:
Football: The Marietta High School football team won the state championship in 1967 with several district and regional championships between 1921 and 2005. MHS football is played in the historic Northcutt Stadium at the previous Marietta High School location located on Polk Street in Marietta.
Golf
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track and Field: The team won the boys state championship in 2006 and was runner up in 2005. Also had state championship wins in 2000 and 2001. Have been first or second in their region consistently in recent years.
Volleyball
Wrestling