Sequoyah High School (Georgia)
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4485 Hickory Road Canton, Georgia 30115 United States |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1990 |
| School district | Cherokee County School District |
| Principal | Elliot Berman |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,715 (2016) |
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| Mascot | Chiefs |
| Rival | Creekview High School |
| Newspaper | Tribal Chant Newsletter |
| Yearbook | The Paragon |
| Website | Home page |
Sequoyah High School is a public high school located in Hickory Flat, Georgia. United States. It educates students in grades 9-12. It opened in the fall of 1990 and is one of six high schools in Cherokee County.
The school is informally located in the small neighborhood of Hickory Flat on a three-school plot of land dubbed the Ralph Quarles Educational Complex, consisting of Hickory Flat Elementary, Dean Rusk Middle, and Sequoyah High school. This center is on the northwest block of the intersection of East Cherokee Drive and Hickory Road.
Preliminary schools in the Sequoyah cluster are Hickory Flat, Indian Knoll, Mountain Road, and Holly Springs Elementaries, and Dean Rusk Middle School.
School enrollment was 1,715 students for the class of 2016. The Student/Teacher ratio 18.4. According to SchoolDigger, Sequoyah ranks 40th of 420 Georgia High Schools.
Sequoyah was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2005, the only high school in Georgia to receive that honor, and also received the award in 2006. It was named a Georgia School of Excellence in 2005.
In athletics the school participates in Classification AAAA, Region/Area 7. In only its eighteenth year, Sequoyah held state titles in basketball (1994, 1996), wrestling (1996, 1999), and softball (2006).
Sequoyah High School offers a broad range of academic courses and studies, having one of, if not the largest, Advanced Placement programs in Cherokee County. Students are offered a College Preparatory Diploma or Technical Preparatory study path, or may combine the two. Students are recommended the following courses to obtain the 22 credits to satisfy the Cherokee County Board of Education's requirements for high school graduation.
Sequoyah offers the following in varsity, junior varsity, or freshman age groups.
Coordinates: 34°10′04″N 84°26′34″W / 34.16788°N 84.44268°W
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