Dougherty Comprehensive High School
| Dougherty Comprehensive High School | |
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1800 Pearce Ave. Albany, Georgia United States |
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| Coordinates | 31°34′02″N 84°06′06″W / 31.567274°N 84.101788°WCoordinates: 31°34′02″N 84°06′06″W / 31.567274°N 84.101788°W |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | "Dedicated to the Pursuit of Excellence" |
| Established | 1963 |
| Oversight | Dougherty County School System |
| Principal | Eddie Johnson |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 868 |
| Campus | Open |
| Color(s) | Maroon and white |
| Mascot | Trojan |
| Nickname | DCHS |
| Rival | Monroe |
| Yearbook | Dohiscan |
| Network | Partnership with Albany State University |
| Website | Dougherty High School |
Dougherty Comprehensive High School is a four-year secondary school located in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Dougherty County School System, along with Albany High School, Monroe Comprehensive High School, and Westover Comprehensive High School. It was founded in 1963.
DCHS offers a variety of academic and career studies designed to encompass the abilities of all students. The administrators, faculty and staff seek to educate the complete student. Classroom activities are designed so that students focus on improving their oral, written, listening, and speaking skills.
DCHS enrolls about 869 students. The student body is 94% African-American, 4% Caucasian, and 2% of other races.
DCHS is a Title I school, with about 86% economically disadvantaged students and about 7% with disabilities.
Dougherty High is the first and only high school in the Dougherty County School System to be under the charter school system to implement the International Baccalaureate Program, starting in the 2008-2009 school year.
The school colors are maroon and white, and its mascot is the Trojan.
Dougherty High School was built in an effort to accommodate East Albany and the growing number of students from the two military bases located nearby. One was a SAC (Air Force) base, and the other was a Marine base. Construction started in 1964 and the first graduating class was in 1965. "Onward, upward we shall strive, senior class of 65" was the class motto.
This was before the comprehensive approach to education was adopted. Each grade was divided into three levels of achievement: above average, average and below average.
Dougherty High was an excellent school with above average teachers, most of whom had master's degrees and were tops in their fields. The graduation rate was 98%, which was greater than the state average of the period.
There was a broad spectrum of classes, including math, English, Physical Science, Social Science, Sociology and Psychology, Biology, Industrial Arts and Home Economics, mechanical drawing and shop, music and Language Arts and business administration. Sprots includes track, football, basketball, tennis, softball, soccer, cross country, wrestling, golf and cheerleading. Dougherty High has many clubs and organizations, such as Band, Civitans and Civinetts, Key Club, Anchor Club, Interact, Glee Club, Spanish Club, Future Homemakers of America, Future Business Leaders of America, FTA, Audio Visual and Allied Medical Student Council and Beta Club, Science Club, SkillsUSA and the Thespians.
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