Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School

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Alonzo Aristotle Crim Open Campus High School
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Address
Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School
256 Clifton Street Southeast

Atlanta
,
Georgia 30317

United States
Coordinates 33°44′43.46″N84°19′51.23″W / 33.7454056°N 84.3308972°W / 33.7454056; -84.3308972
Information
Type Public
Motto"One Campus Open to a World of Opportunities"
Established2005
School district Atlanta Public Schools
Grades9–12
Campus Urban
Color(s) Blue and white
  
MascotEagles
Nickname Crim, Crim High
YearbookAzuwur
Website https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/crim

Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School (COCHS) was a public high school in Atlanta, Georgia, United States that closed in 2020. [1] It replaced Alonzo A. Crim Comprehensive High School after it closed in 2005. [2] Part of Atlanta Public Schools, it is located at 256 Clifton Street SE in southeast Atlanta, in the Kirkwood neighborhood.

Contents

The school is inside DeKalb County. [3]

History

Until 1988, the school was named Murphy High School. From 1988 to 2005, the school was named Alonzo Aristotle Crim Comprehensive High School. Its feeder schools were Sammye E. Coan Middle School and Thurgood Marshall Middle School.

Former athletic programs

The Eagles athletic teams competed in Region 2-AA of the Georgia High School Association.

In its last year as a traditional school, Crim High School's athletic program offered varsity girls' softball, varsity boys' track, varsity football, varsity boys' basketball, junior varsity boys' basketball, varsity girls' basketball, junior varsity girls' basketball, varsity basketball, junior varsity basketball, and cheerleading.

Notable alumni (traditional school)

NameClass yearNotabilityReferences
Anthony Carter 1989professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets [4]
Shandon Anderson 1991former NBA player who played for the Houston Rockets, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, and Utah Jazz
Larry Brown 1994Former NFL player
Gerran Walker 2001former football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts [5]
Inky Johnson 2004motivational speaker and former college football player
Richard Dent 1979Super Bowl XX MVP

References

  1. ↑ McCray, Vanessa. "APS to close Crim High, name central office after former leader". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  2. ↑ Crim Open Campus High School website [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "DeKalb County Map" (PDF). Georgia Department of Transportation . Retrieved January 8, 2019. - See "Crim High School" in the west side of the map.
  4. ↑ Staff. "Nuggets' Carter keeps on dreaming", Denver Post , December 23, 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  5. ↑ Staff (May 5, 2006). "Gerran Walker". Indianapolis Colts. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
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