Southside High School (Greenville, South Carolina)

Southside High School
"Diversity is our Strength"
Location
6630 Frontage Road at White Horse Road, Greenville, SC 29605
Information
Type Public
Principal Carlos Brooks
Faculty Faculty Members
Enrollment 1,010 (09-10 Count)
Information (864) 355-8700
Website http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/southside

Southside High School is one of 14 public high schools that are part of the Greenville, South Carolina County Schools System. It is the first school in South Carolina to be home to an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. Southside is also the defending state AA Boy's Basketball champions for the second year in a row. Currently it is 87th in the nation for its forensics team. Its Academic team was ranked number 2 in the nation as of last year. Also the school is host to a very successful AFJROTC drill team.

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Purpose

Purpose: To promote learning as a lifelong endeavor and to provide a comprehensive learning environment with opportunities for all students to develop to their fullest capacity and be productive members of a rapidly changing global and technological society.

Mission

Mission: To stimulate lifelong learning and to promote an understanding of community and curriculum standards by providing opportunities for students to apply acquired skills and by modeling desired behavior and attitudes. We will know students are learning and becoming productive, involved, caring citizens by maintaining data that chart their progress so we can provide various levels of intervention to guide students toward success.

Student Goals

Goals Southside has are to improve student achievement, provide students with a pleasant, inviting environment in which to learn, and to ensure quality personnel in all positions.

SAT Performance and Graduation Rate

According to a report by the Greenville County School District [1], Southside students scored 1023 on average on the SATs in 2003. This is 12 points higher than the Greenville County School Average (1011) and 7 points higher than the national public school SAT average (1016). This average may not clearly represent the distinction between the two distinct academic groups present at the school, the local zoned enrollment and the magnet enrollment due to the school's Advanced Placement and IB Diploma Programs.

Advanced Placement and IB Diploma Programs

Southside is the first high school in South Carolina to offer an International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. Southside couples the IB Diploma Program with the opportunity for students to take Advanced Placement Program exams. Many courses taught at the school incorporate expected materials from both programs. In addition, the IB Middle Years Program was implemented during the Fall of 2006.

In 2002, 103 students from Southside took 383 AP exams. 45 percent of those exams were scored at 3 or higher (generally considered a passing score). In the same year, 63 students took 230 IB Diploma exams with 63% of these exams scored at 4 or higher. [2]. The school offers AP courses in the following subject areas: Art, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Computer Science, English, European History, French, German, Macroeconomics, Physics, Psychology, Spanish, Statistics, World History, U. S. History, and Design and Technology. [3]

School Activities

Sports

Other Extracurricular Activities

and student council

Speech and Debate Team

Southside High School's Speech and Debate (forensics) Team is the best in the state and has won many awards since its establishment. The team is currently coached by Mr. Erickson Bynum. Prior to Mr. Bynum, Ms. Annellen Hughes led the team, who followed Mr. Truman Humbert as the team's coach. The following is a list of the team's recent accomplishments:

Major Accomplishments

External links

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