Dougherty Comprehensive High School

Dougherty Comprehensive High School
Motto "Dedicated to the Pursuit of Excellence"
Established 1963
Type Public Secondary
Principal Robert McIntosh, Interim Principal
Students 864
Grades 9–12
Location 1800 Pearce Ave.,
Albany, Georgia, United States
Coordinates 31°34′02″N 84°06′06″W / 31.567274°N 84.101788°WCoordinates: 31°34′02″N 84°06′06″W / 31.567274°N 84.101788°W
Oversight Dougherty County School System
Campus Open
Colors          Maroon and White
Mascot Trojans
Yearbook Dohisican
Newspaper Tru Trojan Tribune (now defunct)
Network Partnership with Albany State University, Wal-mart (East Albany), Burger King (E. Oglethorpe Blvd.)
Website Dougherty High School

Dougherty Comprehensive High School is a four-year secondary school located in Albany, Georgia. It is part of the Dougherty County School System along with Albany High School, Monroe Comprehensive High School, and Westover Comprehensive High School. It was founded in 1963.

DCHS offers a variety of academic and career studies designed to encompass the abilities of all students. The administrators, faculty and staff seek to educate the complete student. Classroom activities are designed so that students focus on upgrading their oral, written, listening, and speaking skills.

DCHS has about 869 students. The school's ethnic race percentage is 94% African-American, 4% Caucasian, and 2% other.

DCHS is a Title I school, nearly about 86% economically disadvantaged students and about 7% with disabilities.

Dougherty High is the first and only high school in the Dougherty County School System to be under the charter school system to implement the International Baccalaureate Program, starting in the 2008-2009 school year.

The school colors are maroon and white, and its mascot is the Trojans.

School athletics

As of 2008, Donald Poole has been athletic director and also serves as head coach of the Dougherty High Trojans boys' basketball team.

Football

The football team won the GHSA Class AAA State Championship in 1998.

Basketball

Dougherty won two GHSA State Basketball Championships in 1997 (AAA) and 2001 (AAAA).

Extracurricular organizations

Phantom Trojan Marching Band

Since its reemergence in 1998 under the leadership of Darren Johnson, Sr., the band participated in and won many prestigious marching band festivals and competitions in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. Known as a diverse and entertaining band, the PTMB has won in both traditional and corps styles competitions. Under Johnson, band students received over a million dollars in scholarships to colleges and universities including Tennessee State University, Bethune Cookman University, Florida A&M University, Albany State University, and Morris Brown College.

In 2007, the leadership changed, and once-student teacher Joseph Martin took over as band director. He has had a hand in producing All-State players.

The band maintains an over 97% graduation rate.

Members of this band appeared in the movie Drumline.

During the off-season, students participate in symphonic band, concert band, jazz band, percussion ensemble, and other musical activities.

Chorale

DCHS chorale has won local and national awards and achievements and received praise and acknowledgment from the media. They received a Grammy Signature Award, and have won first place and overall winner awards of 15 national music festival competitions throughout the United States.

They performed for President Jimmy Carter in January 2005 at the National Annual Black Caucus Convention, in Washington, D.C. (for five years straight dating back to September 2003). They have peeformed with gospel artists Richard Smallwood and Vickie Winans, with classical composers James Mulholland and Moses Hogan, and with the Southeastern Symphony Orchestra.

The DCHS Chorale also released a record, "ONE WORLD," in 2004, a compilation of choral music which includes a cappella motets, anthems, spirituals, inspirations, and gospel selections.

The chorale serves through public performances and charitable contributions throughout their community and country. They have presented benefit concerts for homeless shelters and disaster relief.

Events

School Renovations

Phase I: The construction of the fine arts hall is now complete. This hall features 2 Art Rooms (2D and 3D), band room orchestra room, choral room, backstage, and dance studio. Other additions and renovations that are complete are the new gallery area in front of the auditorium, black box theatre, renovated auditorium, special Ed classrooms and health classrooms.

Phase II: Phase II is being constructed by CGM Construction Inc. The work consists of constructing a new central plant; additions to the office and media center; the addition of a new drafting lab and mechanical spaces to the annex building; converting the breezeway to interior space; enclosing the space between the main building and the annex building; the existing classrooms and support spaces in the main building will be renovated and modified to include new finishes (I. E., floor coverings, ceilings, interior wall finishes/systems, skylights, Etc.) New mechanical/HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and fire sprinkler systems; Removal and replacement of existing bituminous roof; Paving the teachers parking lot on the east wing of the building and service entrance behind the building; Other renovations and modifications include reconstructing the gym to modernize it, finishing the renovation of the auditorium converting the auto mechanics garage to a shooting range for MCJROTC, converting the construction garage to a health occupations lab. Construction began in September of 2013 and is streaming along quickly. Renovations are expected to be complete in spring of 2015.

Notable Alumni

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