Newnan High School

Newnan High School (NHS) is a high school in southwestern Coweta County, Georgia, United States. It is located south of Newnan's historic downtown district. NHS is the oldest of the three Coweta County high schools.

Newnan High School
Address
190 Lagrange Street

Newnan
,
Georgia
30263-2999

United States
Coordinates33°21′46″N 84°48′53″W[1]
Information
TypePublic high school
Founded1918[2]
School districtCoweta County School District
PrincipalChase Puckett
Teaching staff131.00 FTE[3]
Grades9 - 12
Enrollment2,313 (2018-19)[3]
Student to teacher ratio17.66[3]
Color(s)   
NicknameCougars
AccreditationsSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting Commission
Websitehttp://www.coweta.k12.ga.us/nhs

Founded in 1918 as the first high school in Newnan, NHS was a Southern Accredited School by 1919. Newnan High School has been a School of Excellence three times.

Newnan offers four diploma choices: College Prep with Distinction, College Prep, Career/Technical with Distinction, and Career/Technical. Students may also choose a dual diploma program with both college prep and career/tech seals.

Feeder schools include Evans Middle School, Smokey Road Middle School, and Madras Middle School. Madras also feeds into the nearby Northgate High School.

NHS' school mascot is the Cougars.

Athletics

NHS' athletic programs compete with a wide variety of schools. It takes great pride in its programs, which include football, soccer, baseball, gymnastics, cheerleading, track, volleyball, wrestling, tennis, swimming, softball, lacrosse, basketball, golf, cross country, and marching band.

NHS' football program has achieved many region championships in the AAAAA class. The most recent was their varsity football team reaching the State Semi-Finals, but losing to Northside-Warner Robins High School.

The Cougars have produced many basketball championships and are a constant Elite 8 competitor in baseball.

Notable alumni

Some scenes of the FEMA camps in The Walking Dead episode "Save The Last One" (season 2, episode 3), were shot in and near NHS.[4]

The High School Scene of the Christmas themed Slasher film Santa's Slay was filmed there.[5]

The opening scene of Ben Coccio's drama film Zero Day was filmed outside the building in 2003.[6]

References
  1. "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2010-06-06.
  2. Newnan High School - History Archived 2009-05-19 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 6, 2010.
  3. "Newnan High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-11-09. Retrieved 2014-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Santa's Slay - The Most Important Wrestler-Dressed-As-Santa-Murdering-People Film of Our Generation". terribleblog.net. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  6. "Interview with Ben Coccio, Director/Writer of "Zero Day"". tripod.com. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
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