Alcovy High School is a public school in
Covington, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Newton County School System.
History
Alcovy High School opened to serve grades 9 to 12 in the 2006–2007 school year.
[Alcovy High School website]
. Retrieved on 21 October 2008. The school was built to relieve the population of
Newton High School and
Eastside High School. The school was built with 82 classrooms, and it has room to accommodate up to 2,500 students.
The class schedule originally was six periods. In 2009, the
Newton County School System
The Newton County Schools System is a public school district in Newton County, Georgia, United States, based in Covington. ...
changed all high schools to a four-block schedule. In 2011, it changed all high schools to a six-period schedule, which changed graduation credit requirements starting with the class of 2012. In 2008, the school added classrooms and a Ninth Grade Academy, which opened in the fall of 2010. The class of 2014 was the first to use it.
In 2010, the school was rezoned and students from Newton High School were transferred to Alcovy so that the school system could change Newton into housing for STEM students going to the career academy in 2013. Another building was added for Newton.
Alcovy's first graduating class was the class of 2007.
In 2009, Alcovy High served as a filming location for
Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie (born Robert Bartleh Cummings; January 12, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, filmmaker, and voice actor. His music and lyrics are notable for their horror and sci-fi themes, and his live shows have be ...
's ''
Halloween II'', as the exterior of a hospital.
In 2011, the school hosted
WAGA-TV
WAGA-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, airing programming from the Fox network. Owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division, the station maintains studios and transmitter facili ...
's "High Five Field Trip" on the Fox 5 ''Morning News''.
Organizations and clubs
Alcovy offers a variety of clubs and service organizations:
* DECA
*
FCCLA
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA, formerly known as Future Homemakers of America) is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for young men and women in Family and Consumer Sciences education in public ...
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Key Club
Key Club International, also called Key Club, is an international service organization for high school students. As a student-led organization, Key Club's goal is to encourage leadership through serving others. Key Club International is the hig ...
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FFA
*
FCA FCA may refer to:
Arts
* Federation of Canadian Artists
* Foundation for Contemporary Art, in Ghana
* Foundation for Contemporary Arts, in the United States
Business and economics
* False Claims Act, a United States federal law
* Federal Cus ...
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JCL
* Naturalist Club
*
FBLA
* International Thespian Society
* National Art Honor Society
* Anime Club
* Anchor Club
* ATB (Alcovy Tiger Band)
* Hard Knocks Step Team
* Reading Bowl
* Literary Team
* Alcovy Tiger Chorus
* Harmonic Tigers (female a cappella group)
* Ledger Lines (male a cappella group)
* Voices of Praise Gospel Choir
*
Tri-M Music Honor Society
* International Club
Sports
*Football
*Basketball (men's and women's)
*Cheerleading
*Softball
*Golf
*Baseball
*Cross country
*Track & field
*Volleyball
*Wrestling
*Soccer (men's and women's)
*Tennis
Notable alumni
*
D'Anthony Bell - NFL -
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland. Named after original coach and co-founder Paul Brown, they compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference ( ...
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References
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Educational institutions established in 2006
Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Schools in Newton County, Georgia
2006 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)