Sprayberry High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Sprayberry High School
principal = Mrs. Erin Barnett
established = 1952
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
city = Marietta
state = Georgia
country = USA
enrollment = 1,911
campus = Suburban
mascot = Yellow Jacket
colors = Black and Gold
website = [http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~sprayberry/]

Sprayberry High School was founded the day after Labor Day in 1952 in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The high school was originally founded in the building now occupied by the The Walker School (a private school), on Cobb Parkway (U.S. 41) at the north corner of Allgood Road. It is now located on the west corner of Sandy Plains Road at Piedmont Road. Since then, the area historically known as Sandy Plains has now come to be known as Sprayberry, stretching somewhat northeast from the intersection to Post Oak Tritt Road, and to the Sprayberry post office at Ebenezer Road.

Sprayberry is known for its academics and its programs for the arts.Fact|date=June 2007 Sprayberry has won the National School of Excellence award twice, an accomplishment made by only two other schools. [ [http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF) ] ] It has also won the Georgia State School of Excellence award and has been named as one of America's top high schools.Fact|date=June 2007 Sprayberry is a part of Cobb County Public Schools. Middle schools feeding upcoming students into Sprayberry High are McCleskey, JJ Daniell, and Simpson.

Sports

*Baseball ( [http://www.sprayberrybaseball.com website] )
*Basketball
*Cheerleading
*Cross Country
*Fast pitch Softball
*Football ( [http://www.sprayberryfootball.com website] )
*Golf
*Boys Lacrosse
*Girls Lacrosse
*Marching Band
*Slow pitch Softball
*Soccer
*Swimming ( [http://www.sprayberryswimming.tripod.com/ website] )
*Volleyball
*Wrestling ( [http://www.sprayberrywrestling.org/ website] )
*Tennis
*Track

The school's stadium was used for part of the movie "Remember the Titans". [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0210945/locations IMDB Filming locations] ]

Publications

*Sprayberry's Vox Humana ( [http://www.shsvox.blogspot.com website] )
*The Stinger
*The Echo

Notable alumni

*Buff Bagwell Professional wrestler [ [http://www.geocities.com/grantsul_2000/buff.html Buff Bagwell website] ]
*Kris Benson of the Baltimore Orioles [ [http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=150249 The Official Site of Major League Baseball] ]
*Marlon Byrd of the Texas Rangers [ [http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=407781 The Official Site of The Texas Rangers: Player Information] ]
*Jeff Kindel of the Colorado Rockies [ [http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/kindel_jeff00.html Player Bio: Jeff Kindel] ]
*Chuck Nevitt Former NBA player [ [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nevitch01.html Chuck Nevitt Statistics - Basketball-Reference.com ] ]
*Ty Pennington TV personality [ [http://www.famous-alumni.com/city_255.html Famous People from Atlanta, Georgia ] ]
*Parvati Shallow, contestant on ' and ' [ [http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/peachbuzz/entries/2006/09/11/a_boxing_bulldo.html AccessAtlanta] ]
*Travis Tritt Country musician [ [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/20623 Sprayberry High School Public School Profile ] ]
* Jim Nash of the Kansas City Athletics
* Consequences Creed Professional wrestler
* Jimmy Rave Professional wrestler

External links

* [http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~sprayberry/ Sprayberry High School website]
* [http://www.sprayberryalumni.com SHS alumni]

References