Airport High School (South Carolina)
| Airport High School | |
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| Location | |
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West Columbia, South Carolina United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°57′0″N 81°6′23″W / 33.95000°N 81.10639°WCoordinates: 33°57′0″N 81°6′23″W / 33.95000°N 81.10639°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Secondary |
| School district | Lexington County School District Two |
| Principal | Brad Coleman |
| Grades | 9th – 12th |
| Enrollment | 1865 |
| Color(s) | Blue and gray |
| Mascot | Eagle |
| Nickname | The Port |
| Yearbook | Aquila |
| Rival | Brookland-Cayce High School |
| Website | https://sites.google.com/a/lex2.org/schools-ahs/ |
Airport High School in West Columbia, South Carolina, United States, is a public high school offering education for grades 9 – 12, serving the communities of West Columbia, Cayce, South Congaree, Pine Ridge, and parts of Gaston. A part of Lexington County School District 2, it derives its name from its location next to Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Sports teams are known as the Eagles. The main athletic rival is the Brookland-Cayce High School Bearcats.
Airport HS has a student body of around 1,400. Airport HS has a student:teacher ratio of 31:1 in core subjects. The principal is Brad Coleman.
Class breakdown is as follows:
Elementary and middle schools that feed into Airport High School are Congaree Elementary School, Springdale Elementary School, Herbert A. Wood Elementary School, R.H. Fulmer Middle School, and Pine Ridge Middle School.
Airport's Golden Talon Drill Team is a highly decorated drill team that consistently finishes as the top drill team in South Carolina, and in the top 10 drill teams in the nation. Each year they travel to Daytona Beach, Florida to compete in the JROTC National Drill Meet, usually referred to as "The Nationals". The Golden Talon Drill Team is coached by retired Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Harry Ferguson.
Every year, Airport holds a week long charity drive in which the entire school partakes in activities designed to raise money so that kids can go to Camp Kemo, a summer camp for kids with cancer. Activities include, but are not limited to:
Jail Lock-Up - For $10, a student and teacher can pay to have a student locked up in a mobile prison unit that is placed in the school's courtyard for an entire block. In order for the student to leave before the block is over, they must donate $30 to Camp Kemo.
Send a Pig/Goat - Usually only limited to a goat, in 2015 it was changed to Send A Pig, in which a student or teacher can pay a small sum of money to have a pig sent to a student or teacher during class. To get rid of the animal, the student or teacher has to donate a set amount to Camp Kemo.
Singing Telegrams - The Airport Chorus department takes requests for small ensembles to be sent to different classes and perform for a student. The cost for this is usually $5.
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