Morrow High School is the easternmost secondary school in

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. Part of

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; it is located in Ellenwood at 4930 Steele Road. The school's teams are known as the Mustangs. Middle schools generally associated with Morrow High are Morrow Middle School, Adamson Middle School and Rex Mill Middle School.

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is the nearest post-secondary school, though some college-bound students enroll at the

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and

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. Recent students have also attended Stanford University, Duke University,

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, Brown University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University,

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, Georgia Institute of Technology, Savannah School of Art and Design, and Morehouse College. A new $80 million campus is being built just east of the current location with a stadium and basketball arena. It will be the largest and most expensive school built in Clayton County.

Extracurricular activities

* Future Business Leaders of America *

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* DECA *

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* Eco-Club * French Club * Step Team * Latin Club * Latinx Student Union *

Orchestra An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

Marching band A marching band is a group of musical instrument, instrumental musicians who perform while marching, often for entertainment or competition. Instrumentation typically includes brass instrument, brass, woodwind instrument, woodwind, and percus ...

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*Multicultural club (Diverse 4 Life) * National Honor Society * Student Council *

Technology Student Association The Technology Student Association (TSA) is a national student organization created to develop skills in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as well as business education. TSA aims to develop leadership, academic, and busines ...

*Elite Scholar's Club * Spanish Club

Scholars

2010s

In 2018 one student received the Horatio Alger State Scholarship, the Nancy Penn Lyons Scholarship, and attended Stanford University. In 2019, another student graduated and went on to attend Duke University. In 2022, another student graduated and went on to attend the

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2000s

Some recent Morrow High School students have received the Gates Millennium Scholarship (GMS) founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In 2006, two graduating seniors received it, one of whom went to

, and the other to

. In 2007, three graduating seniors received the scholarship, and went on to

, the

, and

, respectively. In 2008, two more students received the award, making it three years in a row that the school had students receive full funding for any college of their choice.

Notable alumni

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- winner of season 8 of Rupauls Drag Race; Class of ‘04 * Jeb Flesch - former professional football player * Andre Hastings - former professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers and

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; Class of '90 *

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- crime writer; debuted with her novel ''Blindsighted'' * Christia'n Chase Jarvis - President of the University of South Carolina Upstate. Creator of Chavís Clothing Co. Class of '19

References

External links

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* Clayton County Public Schools#Loss of accreditation {{authority control Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state) Schools in Clayton County, Georgia 1969 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Educational institutions established in 1969