Bremen High School is a public high school in
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
, Georgia, United States. The school's mascot is the Blue Devil.
Controversies
In August 2019, a racist note was found in a student bathroom at the school. The message in the note included references to the
racial discrimination
Racial discrimination is any discrimination against any individual on the basis of their skin color, race or ethnic origin.Individuals can discriminate by refusing to do business with, socialize with, or share resources with people of a certain g ...
that existed in the United States, most notably in the South. Many students at the school reported to local media outlets that the note was "just a part of a larger problem at the Georgia school." Administration officials later claimed after an investigation that the note was a result of a hoax aimed at shining a light on social issues within the school.
School replacement
In February 2021, the school administration announced plans to remove many of the halls that have stood for roughly 70 years, and construct a new state-of-the-art facility. The new building is expected to be completed within two years.
Notable alumni
*Dean Mathis and Mark Mathis, of the pop trio,
The Newbeats
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Tom Murphy, politician
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Jake Verity
Jake Shaw Verity (born December 23, 1997) is an American football placekicker who is a free agent. He played college football at East Carolina and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Baltimore Ravens in 2021.
Early life
Verity atte ...
, place kicker for the
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its ...
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Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Schools in Haralson County, Georgia