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Sequoyah High School (Georgia)

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Type
  
Public high school

Principal
  
Elliot Berman

Enrollment
  
1,715 (2016)

Phone
  
+1 770-721-3200

Number of students
  
1,715 (2016)

Established
  
1990

Grades
  
9–12

Rival
  
Creekview High School

Mascot
  
Chiefs

Founded
  
1990

Sequoyah High School (Georgia)

Address
  
4485 Hickory Rd, Canton, GA 30115, USA

District
  
Cherokee County School District

Sequoyah High School is a public high school located in Hickory Flat, Georgia. United States. It educates students in grades 9-12. It opened in the fall of 1990 and is one of six high schools in Cherokee County.

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The school is informally located in the small neighborhood of Hickory Flat on a three-school plot of land dubbed the Ralph Quarles Educational Complex, consisting of Hickory Flat Elementary, Dean Rusk Middle, and Sequoyah High school. This center is on the northwest block of the intersection of East Cherokee Drive and Hickory Road.

Preliminary schools in the Sequoyah cluster are Hickory Flat, Indian Knoll, Mountain Road, and Holly Springs Elementaries, and Dean Rusk Middle School.

School enrollment was 1,715 students for the class of 2016. The Student/Teacher ratio 18.4. According to SchoolDigger, Sequoyah ranks 40th of 420 Georgia High Schools.

Sequoyah was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2005, the only high school in Georgia to receive that honor, and also received the award in 2006. It was named a Georgia School of Excellence in 2005.

In athletics the school participates in Classification AAAA, Region/Area 7. In only its eighteenth year, Sequoyah held state titles in basketball (1994, 1996), wrestling (1996, 1999), and softball (2006).

Administration

  • Elliot Berman, Principal
  • Diane Butterworth, Assistant Principal
  • Laura Kudlak, Assistant Principal
  • Matthew May, Assistant Principal
  • Craig McKinney, Assistant Principal (Athletic Director)
  • Academics

    Sequoyah High School offers a broad range of academic courses and studies, having one of, if not the largest, Advanced Placement programs in Cherokee County. Students are offered a College Preparatory Diploma or Technical Preparatory study path, or may combine the two. Students are recommended the following courses to obtain the 22 credits to satisfy the Cherokee County Board of Education's requirements for high school graduation.

    9th grade courses

  • Math: Algebra 1, Honors Accelerated Algebra 1/Geometry A Honors Geometry
  • Science: Physical Science, AP Biology, Honors Biology
  • Literature: Lit./Comp, Honors Lit./Comp.
  • Social Studies: Honors World Geography
  • 10th grade courses

  • Math: See above, Math 2, AP Statistics, Advanced Algebra & Trigonometry
  • Science: See above, CP/Honors Chemistry
  • Literature:
  • 11th Ggade courses

  • Math: See above, Honors Analysis, Statistics, Algebra 3
  • Science: See above, CP/Honors Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, Human Anatomy/AP Biology
  • Literature: CP/Honors American Literature
  • Social Studies: CP/AP United States History
  • 12th grade courses

  • Math: See above, AP Calculus AB/BC
  • Science: See above, AP Physics
  • Literature: CP/Honors British Literature, AP Language
  • Social Studies: CP/AP Government, Economics
  • Electives

  • Foreign Languages: Spanish I-IV, Honors Spanish V, AP Spanish, Latin I-III, AP Latin
  • Visual Arts: Visual Arts, Drawing, Advanced Drawing, Ceramics, Advanced Ceramics, Painting, AP Studio Art
  • Fine Arts: Drama I, II, Advanced Musical Theatre, Chorus, Band, Orchestra, Public Speaking, Guitar
  • Physical Education: Team Sports, Recreational Games, Body Sculpting, Weight Training, Track & Field
  • Others: Air Force Junior ROTC, Advanced Composition, Newspaper, Yearbook, Intro to Teaching, Peer Facilitating, Business Education, Audio, Video Technology and Film, Marketing, Drafting, Auto/Mechanical
  • Athletics

    Sequoyah offers the following in varsity, junior varsity, or freshman age groups.

    Football
  • Head Coach - James Teter
  • Volleyball
  • Head Coach - John Edwards
  • Softball
  • Head Coach - Todd Arnold Morrissey
  • Cross country
  • Head Coach - James Adams
  • Swimming
  • Head Coach - Miriam Greene
  • Wrestling
  • Head Coach - Joe Kraft
  • Gymnastics
  • Head Coach - Lori Hall
  • Basketball
  • Girls' Coach - Derrick DeWitt
  • Boys Head Coach - Jeremy Adams
  • Soccer
  • Girls' Head Coach - Bill Dillon
  • Boys' Head Coach - John Zonin
  • Track & field
  • Girls' Head Coach - Chris Parker
  • Boys' Head Coach - Louis Daniel
  • Baseball
  • Head Coach - Travis King
  • Tennis
  • Girls' Head Coach - Stephen Pate
  • Boys' Head Coach - Stephen Pate
  • Cheerleading
  • Head Coaches - Football: Cindy Perry
  • Competition and basketball: Veronica Blayton
  • Dance
  • Head Coach - Cathy Barco
  • Debate
  • Coach - Matthew Bartula
  • Marching band
  • Coach - Casey Eubanks
  • References

    Sequoyah High School (Georgia) Wikipedia