Chattooga High School

Chattooga County High School
Address
989 Highway 114
Summerville, Georgia, Chattooga, 30747-1595
 United States
Coordinates [1]
Information
Motto "Choose the Behavior Choose the Consequence"
School district Chattooga County School District
Principal Jeff Martin
Assistant principals Billy Martin
Elizabeth Morgan
Teaching staff 48 FTE[2]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 850
Student to teacher ratio 15:1[2]
Color(s)         
Slogan "One Tribe"
Mascot Indian
Team name Indians
Newspaper Indian Lore [3]
Telephone (706) 857-2402
Fax (706) 857-2565
Website

Chattooga High School (CHS), also known as Chattooga County High School, is a public high school in the northwest Georgia city of Summerville. It is located in Chattooga County from which it derives its name. It currently has approximately 850 students.

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History

In 1964 Menlo, Lyerly, and Summerville High School's combined into Chattooga High School. Summerville High School was built across from J.R. "Dick" Dowdy Park. The gym-Field House, which was approximately 120 yards from the main school, was built a few years after the main school house.

Football

Chattooga's football team is known as the Chattooga Indians. They play at Little Big Horn Stadium/Buddy Windle Field. The Stadium seats around 2500 people. A Press Box was added and and other modifications were done in 2008. Coach John Starr holds the best record at CHS but was fired in 2008 and replaced by Coach Jim Lenderman, a former player and record holder at Chattooga. In January 2009, Coach Brad Waggoner took over as the head football coach for the Indians. Chattooga High School plays in the north 7AA region of Georgia.

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