Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Washington County High School, in Sandersville, Georgia, was founded in 1959, from a county-wide consolidation of the small community high schools. Because segregation was still active, only white students could attend, and as a result, a twin school for the black students, Thomas Jefferson Elder High School was built also in 1959, on Hines Street, in the Tybee neighborhood in Sandersville. The school got its mascot by student vote amongst Hawks, Falcons, or Eagles. The colors derive from the black of Tennille High School (the Tigers) and the gold of Sandersville High School (the Satans).In 1972, WACO school system fully integrated, and Washington County High started housing grades 11–12, and T.J. Elder High became T.J. Junior high, and housed grades 9-10. In the 1984–85 school year, the current 9–12 format went into being. During the 1980–81 school year, a vocational building was built, housing a bigger library. In 1993, an extensive renovation took place on the original 1959 building, removing the numerous windows that lined the outside walls of most of the original building and enlarging the cafeteria.In 1997, a gym, front office complex, science classrooms and labs were built. The old gym complex was renovated into a fine arts wing, adding a larger band room, chorus room and 300 seat theater.A new Washington County High School is to be built. The newer parts are to be kept and integrated into the new school design, but the original 1959 building will be demolished.More Information Advanced Placement courses and honors level college preparatory classes Georgia Governor’s Honors Program participants and National Merit Scholars Washington County STAR Student Washington County DAR Good Citizen Rotary Speech Contest and Optimist Essay Contest winners Two National Board Certified teachers Named by GeorgiaEducation.org as one of the three high schools in Georgia to have moved from a low-performing school to an exemplary school Numerous region and state titles for SkillsUSA, HOSA, FBLA with winners advancing to nationals Entrepreneurship program through sponsorship by Georgia REAL Student Business, Healthcare Science, and Construction programs industry certified Band consistently receives “Superior” ratings at festivals throughout the state District Honor Band Members as well as All-State Musicians 2 state titles and 4 state runner-up titles in theater competition Region championships for the last six years for Debate and Literary team Literary team state champions 2008 and 2009 and 3rd place in 2010 Several students published in state and national publications 24 students in both Latin and Spanish inducted into the International Foreign Language Honor Society, Foreign Language Alliance for International Rapport (FLAIR), FLAIR's only Latin Student of the Year 2009 Governor's Honors Program participant in Communicative Arts in 2009 A.C.E. (Accepting the Challenge of Excellence) Award recipients Washington County scholarship winners Georgia Career Student Association state champions 2010 Interact— 2009 District club of the year Special Olympics participation 2009, 2010 State Fall Games with multiple medal winners; hosted regional Olympics 2011 Special Olympics “Face of the Year” student for State Fall Games Georgia All-Classification Weightlifting Champions 2001-2002; State Runner-Up 2000, 2004, 2005 Area 4 All-Classification Weight-lifting Champions 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Set the Bigger, Faster, Stronger National Power Clean Record in 2000, 2002, 2003, and has set or broken 11 National BFS Records Girls basketball team region champions in 2009-10 and 2010-2011 school year Girls basketball team appeared in several state play-offs prior to state AAA championship in 2011. Boys basketball team appeared in several state play-offs Fast-pitch softball team appeared in state play-offs 2010 Varsity football team appeared in several state play-offs B-Team football achieved over 30 consecutive victories “Hawk’s Nest” voted “Best Baseball Field in the Region” Girls track team region champions 2010 Boys track team region champions 2011, 3 track scholarships 2011 Baseball Team has several state play-off appearances Numerous athletic scholarships awarded each year Numerous academic scholarships awarded each year. }
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- Washington_County_High_School_(Georgia) abstract "Washington County High School, in Sandersville, Georgia, was founded in 1959, from a county-wide consolidation of the small community high schools. Because segregation was still active, only white students could attend, and as a result, a twin school for the black students, Thomas Jefferson Elder High School was built also in 1959, on Hines Street, in the Tybee neighborhood in Sandersville. The school got its mascot by student vote amongst Hawks, Falcons, or Eagles. The colors derive from the black of Tennille High School (the Tigers) and the gold of Sandersville High School (the Satans).In 1972, WACO school system fully integrated, and Washington County High started housing grades 11–12, and T.J. Elder High became T.J. Junior high, and housed grades 9-10. In the 1984–85 school year, the current 9–12 format went into being. During the 1980–81 school year, a vocational building was built, housing a bigger library. In 1993, an extensive renovation took place on the original 1959 building, removing the numerous windows that lined the outside walls of most of the original building and enlarging the cafeteria.In 1997, a gym, front office complex, science classrooms and labs were built. The old gym complex was renovated into a fine arts wing, adding a larger band room, chorus room and 300 seat theater.A new Washington County High School is to be built. The newer parts are to be kept and integrated into the new school design, but the original 1959 building will be demolished.More Information Advanced Placement courses and honors level college preparatory classes Georgia Governor’s Honors Program participants and National Merit Scholars Washington County STAR Student Washington County DAR Good Citizen Rotary Speech Contest and Optimist Essay Contest winners Two National Board Certified teachers Named by GeorgiaEducation.org as one of the three high schools in Georgia to have moved from a low-performing school to an exemplary school Numerous region and state titles for SkillsUSA, HOSA, FBLA with winners advancing to nationals Entrepreneurship program through sponsorship by Georgia REAL Student Business, Healthcare Science, and Construction programs industry certified Band consistently receives “Superior” ratings at festivals throughout the state District Honor Band Members as well as All-State Musicians 2 state titles and 4 state runner-up titles in theater competition Region championships for the last six years for Debate and Literary team Literary team state champions 2008 and 2009 and 3rd place in 2010 Several students published in state and national publications 24 students in both Latin and Spanish inducted into the International Foreign Language Honor Society, Foreign Language Alliance for International Rapport (FLAIR), FLAIR's only Latin Student of the Year 2009 Governor's Honors Program participant in Communicative Arts in 2009 A.C.E. (Accepting the Challenge of Excellence) Award recipients Washington County scholarship winners Georgia Career Student Association state champions 2010 Interact— 2009 District club of the year Special Olympics participation 2009, 2010 State Fall Games with multiple medal winners; hosted regional Olympics 2011 Special Olympics “Face of the Year” student for State Fall Games Georgia All-Classification Weightlifting Champions 2001-2002; State Runner-Up 2000, 2004, 2005 Area 4 All-Classification Weight-lifting Champions 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Set the Bigger, Faster, Stronger National Power Clean Record in 2000, 2002, 2003, and has set or broken 11 National BFS Records Girls basketball team region champions in 2009-10 and 2010-2011 school year Girls basketball team appeared in several state play-offs prior to state AAA championship in 2011. Boys basketball team appeared in several state play-offs Fast-pitch softball team appeared in state play-offs 2010 Varsity football team appeared in several state play-offs B-Team football achieved over 30 consecutive victories “Hawk’s Nest” voted “Best Baseball Field in the Region” Girls track team region champions 2010 Boys track team region champions 2011, 3 track scholarships 2011 Baseball Team has several state play-off appearances Numerous athletic scholarships awarded each year Numerous academic scholarships awarded each year".