Girls High School (Atlanta)

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Girls' High School
Girls High School (Atlanta)
745 Rosalia Street SE
Atlanta, Georgia

United States
Information
Type Public
Established1872
School district14th
Faculty39 teachers
Grades9-12
Campus size104 rooms
Campus type Urban
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Girls' High School was one of seven schools opened in 1872 as part of the original public school system in Atlanta, Georgia, US. [1] [2]

Girls' High began in the John Neal/William Lyon Mansion, used by General William T. Sherman as his headquarters during his occupation of Atlanta. The site of the mansion at Mitchell and Washington Streets is now occupied by City Hall.

A superb school academically, Girls' High was the only public high school in Atlanta exclusively for girls. Seventy-one girls received diplomas from the school at the graduation exercises in May 1911. [3] In 1919, two graduates received scholarships for Barnard College. [4]

In 1925, Girls' High School moved into one of 18 new buildings in the 14th district, paid for by a massive bond issue. The school boasted the following amenities:

In 1947, Atlanta high schools became co-educational and Girl's High was renamed Roosevelt High School for US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The school continued until 1985, when it combined with Hoke Smith Technical School. A new school building, Maynard Jackson High, was built on Glenwood Avenue just below the old Girl's High, where it still stands today. [5] Since then, the original building has been converted into an apartment complex.

Notable alumni

References

  1. Garrett, Franklin M. (2011). Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s. University of Georgia Press. p. 795.
  2. "The Atlanta Girls' High School". Atlanta Constitution. December 23, 1873.
  3. "Graduating Class Of The Atlanta Girls' High School". Atlanta Constitution. May 24, 1911.
  4. "Products of the Girls' High School". Atlanta Constitution. August 3, 1919.
  5. "Roosevelt High School (Girls' High)". atlantaga.gov. City of Atlanta.

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