Austin High School (Decatur, Alabama)

Austin High School is in Decatur, Alabama and is part of the Decatur City Schools System. The school's address is 1625 Danville Rd. SW, Decatur, AL 35603.

Overview

Austin has several academic programs including Advanced Placement, and an engineering pilot program. The school also provides business education, health careers education, and a metal & auto technical programs.

Austin High School is one of only seven schools in Alabama to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.

Austin's Robotics Team has won several state, regional, and national competitions.

Austin High School is the only school in Alabama to receive the Alabama Attorney General's Safe Schools Initiative Award for five consecutive years.

The 3M Company is Austin's Partner in Education.

The schools website is http://www.ptc.dcs.edu/schools/hs/ahs/ahs.html

Fine Arts

Austin High School brings recognition to the city of Decatur. Austin's Band has received 45 consecutive Superior Ratings, each year of the schools existence. This is the the longest such streak in the state.

The Austin High Drama Department puts on 2 or 3 plays a year, including a spring musical. The programs consistently receive top recognition.

Austin High School Chamber Choir received straight perfect scores in the state competition in 2007 and were qualified in 2008 as well. Many students have also auditioned for all-state and have performed in the Alabama Honor Choir.

Sports

*Basketball - Austin has won three state championships in Boy's Basketball - 1969, 1973, 1993. (However Austinville High School also won four - 1953,1957,1958,1959.) Coach Joe Jones (who the gymnasium is named after) won titles in 1953,1969, and 1973. Coach Earl Morris won titles in 1957,1958, and 1959. Coach Bob Harpe won the title in 1993. Recently they have made the Regional Play-Offs (Final 16) five consecutive years 2004-2008 and Coach Demond Garth led the team to the state Final 4 in 2006 and 2007).

* Cross-Country - the Girl's team won the state championship in 2002. Austin Senior Jennifer Dunn won the Girl's Individual State Championship in Fall 2007.
* Tennis - Senior Kyle Smith and Junior Alex Worley won the 6-A #1 Doubles State Championship in Spring 2008. They are Austin's first individual tennis champions. The first and only team tennis championship was won in 1989.