Savannah High School is a public
high school
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located in
Savannah, Georgia
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, United States.
Campus
Savannah High is now located at 400 Pennsylvania Avenue.
History
Savannah High School was originally located on Washington Avenue between East and West Atlantic Avenues. The original building, built by the
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and designed by William Bordley Clarke, Sr., was once the largest public school building in the United States. The foundation of the original building had been built as a luxury hotel, but the owners went bankrupt in the
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and the City of Savannah took over the unfinished building. The three-story brick and mortar structure included two interior courtyards, one of which held a rifle range for the
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as well as several circular interior fire escape slides, which have since been sealed off. The distance around the interior hallway was in excess of one quarter mile. Today, that building houses the Savannah Arts Academy, the only public high school for the arts in Savannah.
Academics
The Savannah High School campus hosts two separate programs of study:
*Liberal Studies at Savannah High School
*Law and Criminal Justice at Savannah High School
Athletics
Savannah High School has competed in Region 3-AAA since 2016.
The school is a member of the
Georgia High School Association
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.
Notable alumni
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Taz Anderson
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Donté Curry
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Pervis Ellison
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Casey Mitchell, basketball player for
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Avon Riley
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Leah Ward Sears
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, former Chief Justice of the
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Jason Shiell
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Willie Smith, former professional baseball player for the
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Richard P. Stanley
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References
External links
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Savannah-Chatham County Public School System website
Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Schools in Savannah, Georgia
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