Evans Comprehensive High School is a public
high school
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located in
Evans
Evans may refer to:
People
*Evans (surname)
*List of people with surname Evans
Places United States
*Evans Island, an island of Alaska
*Evans, Colorado
*Evans, Georgia
*Evans County, Georgia
*Evans, New York
*Evans Mills, New York
*Evans City, ...
, north of
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta ( ), officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navig ...
, United States. It serves
students
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in
grades
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* Grade (education), a measurement of a student's performance
* Grade, the number of the year a student has reached in a given educational stage
* Grade (slope), the steepness of a slope
Grade or grading may also r ...
9–
12 in the
Columbia County School System
The Columbia County School District is a school district based in Columbia County, Georgia, United States. It is run by the Columbia County Board of Education with superintendent Dr. Steven W. Flynt . CCSD currently operates a total of 32 schools ...
.
Notable alumni
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Rick Allen U.S. Representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district
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Hunter Foster
Hunter Foster (born June 25, 1969) is an American musical theatre actor, singer, librettist, playwright and director.
Career
After touring in several shows and playing on Broadway, in 2001 he was cast in his breakthrough role of Bobby Strong i ...
, musical theater actor/singer, librettist, and playwright
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Todd Greene,
MLB
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baseball player
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Forrest Griffin
Forrest Griffin (born July 1, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame in 2013 and currently serves as the Vice President of Athlete Development at the ...
, professional
mixed martial artist
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Ben Hayslip
Ben Hayslip (born March 11, 1970 in Evans, Georgia) is an American country music songwriter.
Early life
Hayslip first attended Valdosta High School in Valdosta GA where he was a freshman quarterback for the 1984 State and National champion Val ...
, country music songwriter
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Kathryn McCormick
Kathryn McCormick (born 7 July 1990) is an American actress and dancer, noted for placing third in the sixth season of the American televised dance competition ''So You Think You Can Dance'', in which she had the highest placement for a woman on ...
, dancer and actress
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CJ Pearson
Coreco Ja'Quan Pearson (born July 31, 2002) is an American conservative activist, political advisor and commentator.
Born in Augusta, Georgia, Pearson was raised in Grovetown. His political interest deepened aged eight, when he began blogging in ...
, political commentator
References
External links
Evans High School websiteColumbia County Board of Education
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High schools in Columbia County, Georgia
Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state)