Heritage High School (Conyers, Georgia)

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Heritage High School
Address
Heritage High School (Conyers, Georgia)
2400 Granade Road Southwest

Conyers
,
Rockdale
,
Georgia
30094-6299

United States
Coordinates 33°37′40″N84°02′57″W / 33.627728°N 84.049045°W / 33.627728; -84.049045 [1]
Information
Motto"Setting the Stage for Excellence"
Established1976
School district Rockdale County School District
NCES District ID130441001591
PrincipalLaTonya Richards
Teaching staff99.90 FTE [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,830 (2019–20) [2]
Student to teacher ratio18.32 [2]
Color(s)   Red and blue
Athletics conference8-AAAAA [3]
MascotPatriot
Nickname HHS
Team namePatriots
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
NewspaperThe Sentinel
YearbookL'Espirit
Website hhs.rockdaleschools.org

Heritage High School is one of three public secondary schools in Rockdale County in Conyers, Georgia, United States (the others being Rockdale County High School and Salem High School), under the Rockdale County School District. Heritage High School is home of the Patriots. It has twice been named a School of Excellence. In December 2009, U.S. News & World Report gave Heritage High School a silver medal ranking in the top 500 high schools in the nation.[ citation needed ] In 2014 Heritage High School became an Academy for Performing and Visual Arts.

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Shooting

On May 20, 1999, a month to the day after the Columbine High School massacre, 15-year-old student Anthony "T.J." Solomon opened fire with a .22-caliber rifle on the Heritage campus, wounding six students. A 15-year-old girl was hospitalized in critical condition, and the other victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Solomon attempted suicide with a revolver but was talked into surrendering by an assistant principal. At the time of the shooting, the PBS series Frontline was in Conyers filming a documentary about an STD outbreak that occurred among Conyers teenagers in 1996. Solomon initially faced up to 351 years of prison if convicted of aggravated assault and other charges, [4] but in 2000 he was found guilty but mentally ill, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison and 65 years of probation. [5] [6] A judge later reduced his sentence from 40 to 20 years. He was released to his mother's house on parole on July 26, 2016. [7] [8]

Performing Arts

In July 2014, Heritage High School became an Academy for Performing and Visual Arts, also referred to as the Fine Arts Program. Students accepted into the program are enrolled in one of the following majors:

Theater

Heritage High School's drama department won the Georgia High School Association one act play competition at the 6A level in 2017 and 2018. [9] Also in 2017, they won the Georgia High School Theater Award for Overall Production, for their production of Les Misérables'. [10]

Notable alumni

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  3. ↑ "2018-2019 Region Alignments | GHSA.net". Archived from the original on 2019-04-26. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  4. ↑ Pilcher, James (August 12, 1999). "15-year-old gunman's case sent to adult court". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 6, 2000. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
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