Decatur High School (DHS) is a high school in Decatur (Zone 6), Georgia located near the projects (Swanton Heights), with a current enrollment of approx. 780 students. It is the sole high school in the City Schools of Decatur School system. The school was established in 1912 in the heart of Decatur, at walking distance from the city square, courthouse, and MARTA station. 88% of its students attended Renfroe Middle School, while 82% of its students attended a CSD elementary school or formerly elementary school ( *Glennwood, **Clairemont, **Oakhurst, **Winona, ****Westchester, ***College Heights, or ****Fifth Avenue), as of the class of 2010's freshman year. Carpe diem is a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace (Odes 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1237x740, 162 KB) decaturhighschool. ... Navy blue is an especially dark shade of the color blue. ... Old Gold is a dark yellow, which varies from light olive or olive brown to deep or strong yellow. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) is a regional accreditor for over 13,000 public and private educational institutions ranging from preschool to college level in the Southern United States. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... For the south-western Georgia county, see Decatur County, Georgia. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ... For the south-western Georgia county, see Decatur County, Georgia. ... Travelcard Zone 6 is the sixth outward concentric zone of the Transport for London zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within Greater London. ... A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A town square is an open area commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings. ... In most counties in the United States the local trial courts conduct their business in a centrally located courthouse which may also house the offices of the county treasurer, clerk and recorder and assessor. ... MARTA rail car at North Avenue station The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, more commonly called MARTA, is the largest public rapid-transit system (in both size and ridership) in the Atlanta metropolitan area, and the ninth largest in the United States. ...

• Now a 4-5th grade academy
  • Kindergarten to 3rd grade
    • Preschool
      • No longer an academic facility

As of 2004

Administration

• Principal: Lauri McKain-Fernandez
• Assistant Principal: Calvin Leaks
• Dean of Students: Arlethea Williams
• Director of Career & Technology Education: Steve Powell
• Athletic Director (System Position): Carter Wilson

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Academics

2006 DHS Literary Magazine

The school offers General, Advanced, and Advanced Placement classes on a 4 by 4 block scheduling system. The school met Adequate Yearly Progress for the 2005-2006 school year. Typically, 85 percent of the graduating class plans for college and receives the HOPE Scholarship. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (590x803, 92 KB) http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (590x803, 92 KB) http://www. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Block scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day for a longer period of time; academic days alternate, with students having half of their classes on one day and the other half on the other. ... Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is a term defined by the No Child Left Behind Act. ... The HOPE Scholarship, created in 1993 by the state of Georgia legislature, is a university scholarship program that has been adopted by several other states. ...

AP classes offered

• Biology
• Calculus AB
• Calculus BC (by demand)
• Chemistry
• Environmental Science
• European History
• United States Government & Politics
• Language and Composition
• Literature and Composition
• Statistics
• United States History
• World History

Alma Mater

February 2006 DHS Newsmagazine

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In the heart of old Decatur,
With its skies of blue,
Stands our noble Alma Mater,
Glorious to view.
Lift the chorus, speed it onward,
Loud her praises cry,
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater!
Hail, Decatur High!
Walls of knowledge, hope, and courage
In tradition bound,
Reared against the arch of heaven,
Looks she proudly down,
Lift the chorus, speed it onward,
Loud her praises cry.
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater!
Hail, Decatur High!

Athletic Accomplishments

1920 Football Player

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2005-2006

• Girls Varsity Volleyball 1st in Area 4 A/AA, competed in Final Four in State AA
• Boys Cross Country 4th in State AA
• Softball 1st in Region 5-AA, competed in State AA tournament for first time in DHS history
• Varsity Football 2nd in Region 5-AA, made AA State Playoffs for third consecutive year
• JROTC Raiders win State Championship
• Boys Varsity Basketball 3rd in Region 5-AA, competed in Elite Eight for AA State Playoffs; ranked #8 in Final Poll by the GA Sportswriters
• Girls Track/Field 2nd in Region 5-AA; 1st in State
• Boys Track/Field 2nd in Region 5-AA and 3rd in State (Rodney McDowell set a school record with 5 gold medals at Region and 1st at State for 300 IH )
• Boys Varsity Soccer finished 1st in Area 5-A/AA; competed in Elite Eight of State Playoffs
• Girls Varsity Soccer finished 1st in Area 5-A/AA, competed in Final Four in State A/AA
• JV Lacrosse was extremely successful, leading to varsity boys and girls teams in the 2006-2007 school year.
• Decatur High School ranked #6 in the State of Georgia in overall Athletic Excellence

2006-2007

• Girls Varsity Volleyball competed in Final Four in State AA. SR Yates Marie Guinn named all state
• Boys Cross Country 3rd in Region 6 AA, 3rd in State AA ( JR Mac Fidler 2nd in state AA individually at 16:37). Fidler was followed by SR Robel Hadgu, SO Henry Farley, SR Liam Ainslie, SR Peter Webb, SR Danny Cortese, and JR John Morgan
• JROTC Raiders 2nd in state
• Boys Basketball team goes for another state play-off run and go 12-2 in region during the regular season. SR Sam Shew and SR Jerron Stone named all-region
• Wrestling team has state champ individual SR Joe Gillespie (145 weight class) and 5th place individual JR Jimmy Spearman (110 weight class)
• Boys Soccer team ranked top ten in state AA by coach's polls. Senior team co-captain Rakim Hall makes the GHSA senior all-star soccer team as a defender
• Girls Soccer Team makes the sweet 16. Senior team co-captain Karman Duchon makes the GHSA senior all-star soccer team as a forward
• Boys Lacrosse team makes the elite eight on the first year of having a Varsity Team. Liam Ainslie makes the GHSA senior all-star Lacrosse team

Rivals

Some of Decatur's athletic rival schools include its surrounding schools such as Druid Hills High School ( good, old-fashioned hate), Paideia, and Grady High School. Other rivals include public schools Buford, Cross Keys, and private schools Pace Academy, The Wesleyan School, The Lovett School, and Greater Atlanta Christian School. Druid Hills High School is a public high school in DeKalb County, Georgia; located at 1798 Haygood Drive, northeast of Atlanta, Georgia. ... To the ancient Greeks, Paideia (παιδεία) was the process of educating man into his true form, the real and genuine human nature. ... Henry W. Grady High School is an inner-city high school in Atlanta, Georgia. ... The term public school has two contrary meanings: In England, one of a small number of prestigious historic schools open to the public which normally charge fees and are financed by bodies other than the state, commonly as private charitable trusts; here the word public is used much as in... Buford is the name of a number of places in the United States of America: Buford, Arkansas Buford, Colorado Buford, Georgia Buford, Kentucky Buford, North Dakota Buford, Ohio Buford, South Carolina Buford, Texas (two places): in El Paso County in Mitchell County Buford, Virginia Buford, Wyoming Other places with similar... Cross Keys could refer to: Cross Keys Boat Club The Welsh village of Crosskeys which is served by Cross Keys railway station The Battle of Cross Keys in the American Civil War The Village of Cross Keys in Baltimore, Maryland The Cross Keys is a common name for pubs in... Private schools, in the United States, Australia, Scotland, and other English-speaking countries, are schools not administered by local or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public funds. ... Pace Academy is a pre-first through twelfth grade college preparatory private school, located at 966 West Paces Ferry Road in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, Georgia. ... Name The Lovett School Address 4075 Paces Ferry Road Atlanta, GA 30327-3099 Established 1926 Community Suburban Students Coeducational Grades Kindergarten to 12 Headmaster William S. Peebles I Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Southern Association of Independent Schools Mascot Lion Colors Blue and White Motto Omnia ad Dei... Greater Atlanta Christian School (GACS) is a private Christian school affiliated with the Church of Christ that is located in Norcross, Georgia. ...

Campus

The campus has four buildings:

• A main classroom building with a protruding library above the front doors, built in 1965
• A vocational building connected to the main building via a breezeway
• A stadium with a small number of classrooms, and athletic locker room facilities. It is the oldest lighted stadium in continuous use in the United States.
• A gymnasium that held the district administration offices until a recent relocation

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Notable Alumni

Roy Blount, Jr., DHS '59

• DeForest Kelley '36, Star Trek Actor
• Richard Bell '38, Georgia Supreme Court Justice (1982-1992)
• Frank Broyles '43, Men's Athletic Director, University of Arkansas
• Pierre Howard, Lieutenant Governor of Georgia
• Roy Blount, Jr. '59, Author
• Caroline (Bagby) Whitson '64, Columbia College President
• Daniel Wilcox, NFL Tight End
• Jordan Grimes, NBA Point Guard
• Omar Collington (professional basketball player in Germany)
• Sam Gillespie(named top 100 DeKalb county athletes of the century)
• Master James Wilson Beaty ( first golf champion, competed with Tiger Woods)

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School Publications

• Newsmagazine: Carpe Diem (Member of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Georgia Scholastic Press Association, National Scholastic Press Association, Quill and Scroll, and the High School National Ad Network and winner of multiple Quill and Scroll Gallup Awards and Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown Awards.
• Yearbook: InDecatur
• Literary Magazine: Rotating Title (Current: A Roman Exploration of Terra Incognita)

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External links

• School Website
• District Website
• State Schools Website