Chattooga High School

Chattooga County High School
Address
989 Highway 114 Summerville, Georgia, Chattooga, 30747-1595  United States
Coordinates	34°33′31″N 85°10′17″W / 34.558597°N 85.171509°W / 34.558597; -85.171509Coordinates: 34°33′31″N 85°10′17″W / 34.558597°N 85.171509°W / 34.558597; -85.171509[1]
Information
Motto	"Choose the Behavior Choose the Consequence"
School district	Chattooga County School District
Principal	Jeff Martin
Assistant principals	Billy Martin Elizabeth Morgan
Teaching staff	48 FTE[2]
Grades	9 - 12
Enrollment	850
Student to teacher ratio	15:1[2]
Color(s)
Slogan	"One Tribe"
Mascot	Indian
Team name	Indians
Newspaper	Indian Lore [3]
Telephone	[phone]
Fax	[phone]
Website	Chattooga High School

Chattooga High School (CHS), also known as Chattooga County High School, is a public high school in the northwest Georgia city of Summerville. It is located in Chattooga County from which it derives its name. It currently has approximately 850 students.

History

In 1964 Menlo, Lyerly, and Summerville High School's combined into Chattooga High School. Summerville High School was built across from J.R. "Dick" Dowdy Park. The gym-Field House, which was approximately 120 yards from the main school, was built a few years after the main school house.

Football

Chattooga's football team is known as the Chattooga Indians. They play at Little Big Horn Stadium/Buddy Windle Field. The Stadium seats around 2500 people. A Press Box was added and and other modifications were done in 2008. Coach John Starr holds the best record at CHS but was fired in 2008 and replaced by Coach Jim Lenderman, a former player and record holder at Chattooga. In January 2009, Coach Brad Waggoner took over as the head football coach for the Indians. Chattooga High School plays in the north 7AA region of Georgia.

References

1. ^ "Free US Geocoder". http://geocoder.us. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "school-stats.com". http://www.school-stats.com/GA/CHATTOOGA/CHATTOOGA_HIGH_SCHOOL.html. Retrieved 2010-06-03. 
3. ^ [1], CHS Priorities .

External links

• Chattooga County High School