Type Public high school Teaching staff 89 FTE Enrollment 1,772 Founded 1918 | Principal Chase Puckett Grades 9 - 12 Phone +1 770-254-2880 | |
School district Coweta County School District Address 190 Lagrange St, Newnan, GA 30263, USA District Coweta County School System Accreditations Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Georgia Accrediting Commission | ||
Newnan high school
Newnan High School (NHS) is a high school in southwestern Coweta County, Georgia, United States. It is located south of Newnan's historic downtown district. NHS is the oldest of the three Coweta County high schools.
Contents
- Newnan high school
- The history of newnan high school
- Athletics
- Notable alumni
- In popular culture
- References
Founded in 1918 as the first high school in Newnan, NHS was a Southern Accredited School by 1919 and has held the distinction ever since. Newnan High School has been a School of Excellence three times.
NHS has a varied athletic program with regional and state records, and an academic program that affords intellectually gifted graduates advanced placement standing in the nation's colleges and universities. Its music program includes the Newnan High School Marching Cats, a jazz band, All-State musicians, and three instrumental ensembles (Concert, Symphonic 2, and Symphonic 1), as well as four choral ensembles. Newnan High also has an Air Force Junior ROTC Program which has been given the Distinguished Unit Award two years in a row. The Social Studies department of Newnan runs two classes, with curricula written by the teachers. These are the World War II class, taught by Raymond Frankie Henderson, and Vietnam War class, taught by Steven Quesinberry.
Newnan offers four diploma choices: College Prep with Distinction, College Prep, Career/Technical with Distinction, and Career/Technical. Students may also choose a dual diploma program with both college prep and career/tech seals.
Feeder schools include Evans Middle School, Smokey Road Middle School, and Madras Middle School. Madras also feeds into the nearby Northgate High School.
NHS' school mascot is the Cougars. Its athletic rival is East Coweta High School in Sharpsburg.
The history of newnan high school
Athletics
NHS' athletic programs compete with a wide variety of schools. It takes great pride in its programs, which include football, soccer, baseball, gymnastics, cheerleading, track, volleyball, wrestling, tennis, swimming, softball, lacrosse, basketball, golf, cross country, and marching band.
NHS' football program has achieved many region championships in the AAAAA class. The most recent was their varsity football team compiling a 13-0 regular season record and reaching the State Semi-Finals, but losing to Northside-Warner Robins High School, completing a 4-peat of region championships and semi-final losses. They are known for producing many Division I prospects, including Russell Powell, Alec and Alexander "Zander" Ogletree, Jamal Ransby, Sergio Render, Ray Beno, Alan Bonner, and Adam Calhoun. The Class of 2010 seniors did very well, and had some players go on to play college football. Two of the most prominent were Alec Ogletree and Zander Ogletree. They both now play for the University of Georgia.
The Cougars have produced many basketball championships and are a constant Elite 8 competitor in baseball, producing top pro prospects pitcher Mark Frazier and MIF Michael McGraw.
Sisters Shannon and Jennifer Betts received tennis scholarships to play at Virginia Tech and Furman, respectively.
Former all-ACC Duke women's soccer player Christie MacDonald attended Newnan High School.
Notable alumni
In popular culture
Some scenes of the FEMA camps in The Walking Dead episode "Save The Last One" (season 2, episode 3), were shot in and near NHS.
The High School Scene of the Christmas themed Slasher film Santa's Slay was filmed there.
The opening scene of Ben Coccio's drama film Zero Day was filmed outside the building in 2003.