Eastside High School (Covington, Georgia)

Eastside High School is a secondary school in Covington, GA. It was opened in 1994 as a transitional school and became an official high school in 1998 when the it had its first graduating class. Eastside operates on a 4x4 block schedule.

History

Eastside Transitional School was built in 1994 to alleviate school overcrowding at Newton County High School due to rapid growth that had cropped up in Newton County during the early 90s. The school opened that same year to grades 6-9. Each year, the lower grade was dropped and a higher grade was added until 1997 when the school became a 9-12 high school, Eastside High School. The first graduating class graduated in May 1998. In 2002, a new addition was built onto the school to help accommodate more growth. In 2006, the school had an enrollment of 1,441 and a staff of 100 teachers. This number has gone down slightly with the opening of Newton County's third high school, Alcovy High School, in fall 2006.

Curriculum

Eastside High School is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award College Preparatory and Technology Preparatory diplomas to graduates.

The school also has different levels of classes for students including:
*Advanced Placement
*Gifted (Quest)
*Advanced
*Average

Programs at EHS include:
*Business Education
*Family and Consumer Sciences
*Technology
*Agriculture
*Cooperative Business Education
*Youth Apprenticeship
*Video Production
*Latin
*French
*Spanish

Extracurriculars

*Key Club
*FFA
*Fellowship of Christian Athletes
*Naturalist Club
*Junior Classical League
*Image Club
*Curamus
*Interact
*Future Business Leaders of America
*Drama Club
*Junior Service Guild
*Student Council
*Concert Band
*Jazz Band
*Marching Band
*Symphonic Band
*Chorus
*Show Choir

Sports

Eastside High School competes in Region 8-AAA, Subregion B in the following sports:
*Baseball
*Softball
*Football
*Soccer
*Tennis
*Volleyball
*Cheerleading
*Track
*Wrestling
*Cross Country

*The only sports to have earned Eastside a state title are softball and wrestling. Wrestling is the only male sport in Newton county to have earned a state title.

Starting Fall 2008, Eastside will move down a classification and rejoin AAA.

Eastside Media

*WEHS Morning Show (TV)
*Wingspan (Newspaper)
*Talon (Yearbook)
*EPSN (Eagle Pride Sports Network) Which is a portion of the WEHS Morning show, airing only on fridays, EPSN informs students of their weekly athletic events and achievements. Hosted by Drico Bailey and formerly Judah Swilley.