Douglass High School (Atlanta)
| Frederick Douglass High School | |
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Atlanta, Georgia United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°45′40″N 84°28′05″W / 33.761173°N 84.46813°WCoordinates: 33°45′40″N 84°28′05″W / 33.761173°N 84.46813°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | If there is no struggle, there is no progress. |
| Established | 1968 |
| School district | Atlanta Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 1110164 |
| Principal | Dr. Ellis Duncan |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 851 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) |
Black and old gold |
| Mascot | Astros |
| Nickname | The Big D |
| Newspaper | The North Star |
| Yearbook | Polaris |
| Georgia School of Excellence |
1983-84 National Blue Ribbon School U.S. Department of Education National Blue Ribbon Schools Program |
| Website | Douglass High School |
1983-84 National Blue Ribbon School
Frederick Douglass High School is a public school located in northwest Atlanta, Georgia, United States, bordering the Collier Heights and Center Hill communities.
Since 1968, Frederick Douglass High School has served the communities of historic Collier Heights, Peyton Forest, Cascade Heights, Center Hill, and the city of Atlanta. Atlanta Public Schools established Douglass High School to relieve overcrowding at nearby Harper, Turner, and West Fulton High Schools. All three of these (as well as the defunct Archer High School) eventually merged with Douglass.
Over 800(2016) students attend Douglass High School, making it one of now smaller high schools in the Atlanta Public School System.
From 2002 to 2004 the school was renovated to update the main building and add a gymnasium and auditorium. These buildings honor former principals Lester W. Butts and Samuel L. Hill. In 2009, Frederick Douglass High School was listed in the National Historic Registry as one of the buildings in "The Collier Heights Historic District: Atlanta's Premier African American Suburb".
Douglass High School is made up of several small learning communities:
Elementary schools feeding Douglass are Grove Park, F.L. Stanton, Usher, and White. Middle schools feeding Douglass are Harper-Archer and Kennedy.
Douglass High School competes in the Georgia High School Association Region 6, the state's second highest classification of 4A. The school's teams are known as the Astros, and its colors are black and gold.
The sports available for competition are softball, varsity and junior varsity football (losing every game in the 2010 and 2011 seasons), cross country, varsity and junior varsity girls' and boys' basketball, track and field, boys' and girls' soccer, golf, and air rifle. All home varsity football games are played at Lakewood Stadium.
The boys' basketball program has won the state championship once (in 1984). However, the team has reached the final four 16 times (1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999), and has captured 27 regional championships (1970–1985, 1987–1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2008). They have played in the finals seven times (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1984, 1991).
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