Towns County High School is a public high school in
Hiawassee
Hiawassee is the county seat of Towns County, Georgia, United States. The community's population was 880 at the 2010 census. Its name is derived from the Cherokee—or perhaps Creek—word ''Ayuhwasi'', which means meadow, (A variant spelling, ...
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Georgia
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. It is part of the
Towns County School District. The school is at 1400
U.S. Route 76
U.S. Route 76 (US 76) is an east–west U.S. highway that travels for approximately from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
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. The school colors are blue and white and the Indians are the school's mascot. The school district is predominantly white, the high school has a higher than state average graduation rate and a lower than state average college preparedness and advanced courses participation rate.
Jerry Anthony Taylor, Towns County's historian, taught at the school for 32 years. The school hosts the annual Battle of the States basketball tournament.
See also
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Hiawassee High School
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Young Harris Institute
Young Harris College is a private Methodist-affiliated liberal arts college in Young Harris, Georgia, United States.
History
Origins
The school was founded in 1886 by Artemas Lester, a circuit-riding Methodist minister who wanted to pr ...
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Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Education in Towns County, Georgia