Houston County High School (Georgia)
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Warner Robins, Georgia United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°33′08″N 83°40′29″W / 32.552323°N 83.674602°WCoordinates: 32°33′08″N 83°40′29″W / 32.552323°N 83.674602°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | To provide quality learning experiences, Bear Down and Expect Excellence |
| Established | 1991 |
| Principal | Dr. Douglas Rizer |
| Vice Principals | Dr. Todd Pryby, Melanie Peavy, Jay Jones, Alyson Keenom, Wesley Martin |
| Faculty | 156 |
| Number of students | 1738 |
| School color(s) | Black, silver, and white |
| Athletics | Football, softball, cross country, track, basketball, baseball, wrestling, golf, tennis, soccer, cheerleading, swimming, volleyball |
| Mascot | Bears |
| Website | Houston County High School |
Houston County High School (also referred to as HoCo) is one of six public high schools for grades 9-12 in the city of Warner Robins, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1991 and is part of the Houston County School System.
The school has volleyball, cheerleading, football, basketball, soccer, and tennis teams, the award-winning Black and Silver Brigade marching band, as well as an AFJROTC unit: GA-932.
Houston County High School was honored as a USDOE Blue Ribbon School between 1994 and 1996. The unaffiliated Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, Inc. designated Houston County High School as a "Lighthouse School Charter Member" in 2004. In that same year, HCHS was bestowed one of two Intel-Scholastic Schools of Distinction "Best of the Best" awards. The school has also been the subject of several private sector technology initiatives and case studies on behalf of companies such as Intel, Hitachi, Hydra, Microsoft, and Promethian.
Houston County High School's band is the Black and Silver Brigade. As of 2006, the football marching band had 270 students, 170 of whom were in the competitive marching band. There are four concert bands, two jazz bands, and a percussion ensemble. The East Georgia marching festival in Statesboro, Georgia in November 2011 was the only competition the brigade attended; they were ranked best color guard, best brass, best visual, best in show drum major, superior percussion, and best in class 4AAAA.
The Black and Silver Brigade has performed in the Phoenix Invitational Marching Festival, the East Georgia Marching Festival and Championships, the Spirit of Georgia Marching Band Invitational, the Heart of Georgia Marching Invitational, the Sugar Bowl, the Thanksgiving Parade in Philadelphia, the Marshall Field's Christmas Parade, the State Street Thanksgiving Parade, and the grand opening of the Museum of Arts in Science in Tampa, Florida. The brigade's members were designated as Goodwill Ambassadors when they performed in Freeport, Grand Bahamas. In 1994, the band performed in front of the president at the 2008 National Independence Day celebration in Washington DC. In March 2013, the brigade traveled to New York to march in the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
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