Martin Luther King High School (Lithonia, Georgia)

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Location
Martin Luther King Jr. High School
Lithonia, GA USA
Information
Principal	Mr. Kenn Baker
Students	2,300 (est.)
Type	Public Secondary
Grades	9-12
Athletics	Baseball, Basketball, Football, Golf, Gymanstics, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Volleyball
Athletics conference	GHSA Region 2-AAAAA
Motto	"Teamwork makes the dreamwork!"
Mascot	Lions
Color(s)	Crimson and Silver
Established	August 2001
Homepage	http://http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/mlkinghs/index.html/

The Martin Luther King, Jr. High School is a public high school located in Lithonia, Georgia. It opened in August, 2001, as the newest high school in the DeKalb school system and was named after the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. The school was originally opened as a way to alleviate overcrowding in surrounding middle schools. When originally opened it only included grades 6-7 and grades 9-11 and each year continued to drop the middle school grades, until it became a total high school, from grades 9-12 in the 2003-2004 school year.

Martin Luther King, Jr. High School has continiued to grow each year in population, and its estimated enrollment for the 2007-2008 school year is 2,300 students. M.L. King's current prinicipal is Mr. Kenn Baker.

1 Feeder School
2 Unique Assets
3 Awards and Recognition
4 External links

[edit] Feeder School

Salem Middle School is the middle school feeder to MLK.

[edit] Unique Assets

MLK implemented the International Baccalaureate Diploma program during the 2004-2005 school year, and it continues to produce top students each year.

[edit] Awards and Recognition

The MLK marching band received superior ratings at the District Band Festival, and superior ratings in the county marching competition.

The MLK Drama team won the Region 2-AAAAA championship in the One-Act Play competition in 2006

The MLK football team has been to the state playoffs every year since it has been a full high school, compiling a remarkable 56-18 record over 6 years, which is the best record in Georgia football history for a high school in its first 6 years of existense.