Sparkman High School

Sparkman High School is a public high school in Harvest, Alabama, United States. The school was named after senator and former vice presidential nominee John Sparkman. Sparkman is one of the largest schools in Northern Alabama and serves students in grades 10-12. The school's mascot is a Senator. The school has an enrollment of around 2,700 students. Sparkman High's main rival is Bob Jones High School, and is almost always played as the last game of each football season.

As of 2006, across the street is the Sparkman Ninth Grade School.

Campus

Sparkman High was originally located in Toney, Alabama. The old building is now Sparkman Middle School. Now located on Jeff Road in Harvest, Alabama, the current high school building was built in 1997. The facility has art rooms, two gyms, a photo studio, drama rooms, a choir room, a band room, and musical theater classes. In 2001, additional rooms were built to accommodate the overcrowding. The high school has now split; the Sparkman 9th Grade School, which is across the street from the main high school, opened in 2006 to help overcrowding. There are currently 850 freshman at Sparkman 9; Sparkman High has over 1,900 students at the 10-12th grade building.

References

External links

• Sparkman Middle School Official Site
• Sparkman High School Official Site
• Sparkman Ninth Grade School Official Site
• About Sparkman
• Basketball Teams
• Football Team
• Sparkman High Marching Band

Coordinates: 34°50′02″N 86°42′58″W / 34.834°N 86.716°W / 34.834; -86.716