George Washington Carver High School (Birmingham, Alabama) Explained
George Washington Carver High School |
Motto: | Excellence is the Standard |
Enrollment: | 626 (2019-20)[1] |
Ratio: | 14.90 |
Teaching Staff: | 42.00 (FTE) |
Ceeb: | 012487 |
Principal: | Evelyn L. Hines |
Address: | 3900 24th Street North |
Zipcode: | 35207 |
Country: | United States |
Coordinates: | 33.5581°N -86.8266°W |
Colors: | Blue, red, and white |
George Washington Carver High School is a four-year public high school in Birmingham, Alabama. It is one of seven high schools in the Birmingham City School System and is named for the American botanist and inventor, George Washington Carver.
History
Carver's current campus was completed in 2001 on a site that was formerly the North Birmingham Golf Course.[2] It was Birmingham City Schools' first new high school in three decades and cost an estimated $44.5 million.[3]
Athletics
Carver competes in AHSAA Class 5A athletics and currently fields teams in the following sports:[4]
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Football
- Outdoor track and field
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Carver has won three state championships:
- Boys' basketball (1978)[5]
- Boys' track and field (1969)
- Girls' track and field (1993)
Notable alumni
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: George Washington Carver High School. National Center for Education Statistics. May 24, 2021.
- Web site: Doster Puts $44.5M End to Birmingham's High School Construction Drought. www.constructionequipmentguide.com. September 29, 2015.
- Web site: (WBHM - Your NPR News Station). www.wbhm.org. September 29, 2015. September 30, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150930131851/https://www.wbhm.org/News/Education/Costly_Carver.html. dead.
- Web site: Home - This is the home of carverathletics.com. carverathletics.com. October 1, 2015.
- Web site: Alabama High School Basketball History . April 12, 2022 . www.ahsfhs.org.
- Web site: Issiac Holt Stats . Pro-Football-Reference.com . March 14, 2020 . en.
- Web site: Marsha. Sanguinette. All-Metro Girls Stand Tall. April 6, 1981. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1C. Newspapers.com. March 29, 2023.