Douglas County High School (Douglasville, Georgia)

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Douglas County High School is a high school in Douglasville, in the state of Georgia, in the United States of America. The school is also known as Douglas County Comprehensive High School. It is located at 8705 Campbellton Street in Douglas County, Georgia. Its mascot is the Tiger and it was the first public high school built in Douglas County. Douglas County High School is part of the Douglas County School System. It is one of 4 other high schools in the area. The school is very clean and neat. The staff is centered on student performance and has been involved in applying Effective Schools research. Chess is offered in the media center before school begins. It is the only school in the county to have a Graphic Arts class and print shop, which is known for printing out things such as teacher's notepads, absentee notices, and school and sports team t-shirts for all the schools in the county. The school was burned down, by certain accounts by a janitor who was displeased with the decision to tear the school down and rebuild it, in the early 90s. It was rebuilt and reopened in 1992.

It is split up into different buildings, known as the Banks Building, Cloer Building, Mashburn Building, and the Warren Dorris Building. The Banks Building houses foreign language, history, and English/literature classes. The Cloer Building houses technical education classes. The Mashburn building houses the cafeteria, theater, media center, administrative offices, main office, attendance office, and the band and chorus classes. The Warren Dorris is split up into two parts, Upper Warren Dorris and Lower Warren Dorris. The Upper Warren Dorris is the old math hall and now the Freshman Hall. The Lower Warren Dorris houses the science classes. Both parts are connected by a short hall that houses business classes. The school also has two sets of trailers, each one split into two classes. They also have a JROTC class.

The school implements a tardy table system for dealing with students that are late to class. It also implements an absence system that keeps with Georgia's Department of Driver Services high school absence policy for attaining and keeping a driver's license for students that are under 18. The school commonly has two to three resource officers on hand to deal with any problems that may arise that pertain to illegal substances, fights, and weapons. The school has three counselors, each split up to deal with a certain alphabet range.

The foreign language classes they teach are Spanish and French. Each is taught to at least year two, with many students going on to four or five year courses. Russian was taught, but when the only teacher had to stop teaching it, they stopped. The technical elective courses taught include Information Technology/Services, Family And Consumer Sciences, Cosmetology, and Graphic Arts. The Information Technology/Services classes uses a combination of a computer program that simulates certain common computer issues, and hands-on learning. The Family And Consumer Sciences classes use a combination of text-based curriculum and hands-on learning, including cooking and cleaning. The Cosmetology classes, if completed, may lead to a certification. The Graphic Arts classes use a combination of text-based curriculum (Year 1 only), and hands-on learning with use of programs like Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign (All years).