Columbus High School (Georgia)
| Columbus High School Liberal Arts Magnet | |
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1700 Cherokee Ave. Columbus, Georgia 31906 United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°28′46″N 84°57′48″W / 32.479395°N 84.963285°WCoordinates: 32°28′46″N 84°57′48″W / 32.479395°N 84.963285°W |
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| Type | Public magnet school for the liberal arts |
| Established | 1890 |
| Principal | Dr. Marvin Crumbs |
| Enrollment | 1300 |
| Color(s) | Orange and blue |
| Mascot | Blue Devils |
| Information | (706) 748–2534 |
| Student: teacher ratio | 24: 1 |
| Partners in Education | AFLAC |
| Website | Columbus High School |
Columbus High School is located in Columbus, Georgia, United States. It serves as one of the Muscogee County School District'sliberal arts magnet schools. It opened in 1890.
In the 2006–2007 school year, CHS was ranked first in the state and 38th in the nation. In 2005, the school shared the ranking as the top high school in the state of Georgia with John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School in Augusta. Columbus High School was awarded Gold Status in the "2012 Best High Schools in the Nation" by U.S. News & World Report.
All Liberal Arts College Preparatory Magnet students entering the program as 9th graders must earn a total of 32 Carnegie units. To stay in the magnet program, a student must maintain at least a "C" average in any taken course. Failure to do so can result in the removal of the student from Columbus High School, the one exception being for freshmen who fail during their first semester, as the transition to high school may be overwhelming. Students take one core course each year in English, math, science, and social studies.
Each year, students serve 20 hours of volunteer work around the area as part of their social studies class. 12th graders do a senior project in which they pick an activity they have never tried before, and have a mentor teach them what to do and how to do it. Each senior must spend 100 hours on this and maintain a portfolio documenting their progress from the summer before their senior year until the final presentation in April. Then they present their project in the form of a speech to a board.
Students qualify for entrance into the program based on:
The school sits atop a hill in the Lakebottom area of the city and across Cherokee Avenue from Lakebottom/Weracoba park, where the school shares athletic facilities with the Columbus Parks and Recreation Department.
Students are required to wear ID cards around their necks at all times during school hours. This serves as the students' library card and can only be removed at the end of the day once off of school property. Lack of wearing student ID can result in detention, and is the most common disciplinary problem at the school.
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