South Point High School (North Carolina)

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South Point High School
Address
South Point High School (North Carolina)
906 South Point Road

Belmont
,
North Carolina
28012

United States
Coordinates 35°13′22″N81°02′20″W / 35.22278°N 81.03889°W / 35.22278; -81.03889
Information
Former nameBelmont High School
Type Public high school
Established1964 (1964)
School district Gaston County Schools
NCES School ID 370162000711 [1]
PrincipalJosh Allen
Teaching staff52.33 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment955 (2022–2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.25 [1]
Campus size28.4 acres (115,000 m2)
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Red and black   
Athletics conferenceBig South (3A)
MascotRaider
Nickname Raiders
Website www.gaston.k12.nc.us/spoint

South Point High School (formerly Belmont High School) is a public high school in Belmont, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 1964 and is part of the Gaston County Schools district.

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History

South Point High School was completed on South Point Road in 1964 as Belmont High School, replacing a building on North Central Avenue which became Belmont Middle School, and adopted its present name in 1969 after it merged with Cramerton High School and Reid High School. It lost approximately 200 students to Stuart W. Cramer High School in nearby Cramerton (but with a Belmont address) when the latter school opened in 2013. [2] [3]

Mascot

The school's mascot is the Red Raiders. [4] The origins of the mascot are in dispute, being either derived from soldiers who rubbed red clay on their faces during the Battle of Kings Mountain or adopted from the Colgate University mascot, which was formerly named the Red Raider before being recognized as racially insensitive in 2001. In 2015, a letter to the school board from a Native American tribe member complained that the Red Raiders logo promotes racism. [5] In 2020, rival petitions to either remove or retain the mascot circulated. [6]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - South Point High (370162000711)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ "History". South Point High School. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  3. ↑ Stewart, Gavin (April 19, 2021). "New middle school almost ready for move in". Gaston Gazette .
  4. ↑ https://www.gaston.k12.nc.us/spoint
  5. ↑ Wildstein, Eric (November 2, 2015). "School logos racist? Red Raiders, Warriors imagery sparks complaint". Gaston Gazette.
  6. ↑ Stone, Augusta (July 2, 2020). "In Gaston County, petitions battle to remove or keep 'offensive' high school mascot". The Charlotte Observer.
  7. ↑ "Mitch Harris". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Devon Lowery". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
  9. ↑ "15 Apr 1955, Page 5 - The Gastonia Gazette at". Newspapers.com. April 15, 1955. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
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