Shaw High School (Georgia)

William Henry Shaw High School
Location
Columbus, GA
United States
Information
Type Public
Established 1978
Principal Michael Barden
Faculty 88
Enrollment 1138
Color(s)              Black, Silver & Red
Mascot Raider
Ratio 23 students to 1 teacher
Partners in Education TSYS, Mediacom, WTVM, Freeman & Associates, and University of Phoenix
Website Shaw High School

William Henry Shaw High School is located in Columbus, Georgia. It opened in 1978 at its present location in the Northern Columbus area.[1] Students began attending classes in September of the same year.[1]

The school is named in honor of former Muscogee County School District Superintendent William Henry Shaw.[1] Its original proposed name was Schomburg North High School.

Although Shaw is one of the newer high schools in Columbus, it has achieved academic and athletic success in its short history. Academically, Shaw High School was named a "School of Excellence" by the Georgia Department of Education in 1984 and 2005.[1] In 2005, Shaw High School was also a recipient of the State of Georgia Platinum Award: Greatest Gain in Students Meeting and Exceeding Standards. In 2006, the Georgia DOE named Shaw High School a "Distinguished School" for academic achievement, one of two Muscogee County School District Schools to achieve this honor.[1] In 2009, Georgia State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox named Shaw High School as an AP Access and Support School: schools with 30% of AP Test Takers that are African-American or Hispanic and at least 30% of all AP Exams scoring 3 or higher. Shaw High School was one of only two Muscogee County School District Schools to receive AP Honors in 2009.

Athletically, Shaw High School has bolstered five state titles in athletics: girls' track in 1977, 1999, and 2000; football in 2000; and baseball in 2001.[1] Shaw High School's Raider Football program was the second Columbus football team to win a state championship, the first football team in Columbus to win it outright, and the first football team in Columbus to do so undefeated (15-0).

Location

The school is located in the Northern Columbus area. It is accessible from JR Allen Parkway and is located just off of Schomburg Road, in front of Kinnett Stadium.

Activities

Students can spend their time out of class in the following extracurricular activities.

Athletics

Shaw High School is currently rated AAAA by student population. The athletic teams are known as the Raiders.

Clubs/Organizations

Art Club; Beta Club; Booster Clubs; Chattahoochee Valley Foreign Language Society; Chess Club; Drama Club, DECA; FBLA; FCA; FCCLA; French Club; French Honor Society; Green Club; JROTC; Leadership Council; Mass Communications Academy (Shaw's Mass Media Magnet Program); Model United Nations; Mu Alpha Theta; National Honor Society; National Spanish Honor Society; National Technical Honor Society; Newspaper (The Silver Star News Magazine); Quill & Scroll Society; RADD; Raider News Network (Television Broadcast); Raider Reader Book Club; Science Club; Show Choir; SkillsUSA;[2] Spanish Club; Teen Advisors; Thespian Society; Tri-M Music Honor Society; Yearbook (The Shaw Sharaide); Young Historians.

History

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Shaw High School History". Sonya Boyd. Archived from the original on 2010-08-07. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
  2. ↑ "SkillsUSA: Champions at Work". Retrieved 2012-07-28.

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