Marietta High School is a public high school inMarietta,Georgia, United States, part of theMarietta City School District as the only high school inside the city limits. The school's mascot is the Blue Devil.[2]
In 1886,The Macon Telegraph announced that all but $700 of the $7,000 needed to build Marietta High School had been raised.[3] Marietta High School opened in the fall of 1892.[4] In 1896, the school's fourth graduation ceremony took place.[4] In 1900, the graduating class had twelve members.[5]
The school had six locations, including Kennesaw Avenue, Waterman Street, Lemon Street, and Haynes Street. It moved to the Winn Street location in 1924.[6] In 2001, the school moved to its current location on 1171 Whitlock Avenue SW with a new $55 million state-of-the-art facility on 60 acres.[7][8] The cost of the new school was a surprise to voters who had approved a bond for a $35 million school.[6][8]
On June 7, 2022, the school's former principal, Keith Ball, was removed from his role of four years after a narrow vote by the school board.[10] He transferred to a role at the district's central office later that month.
Dr. Eric Holland was appointed as principal of MHS on July 13, 2022, by the MCS Board of Education.[11] Dr. Holland later accepted a superintendent role at his former employer, Rome City Schools,[12] and an interim principal, Marco Holland, was named for the 2022-2023 school year.[13]
Marietta has approximately 2,600 students in grades 9 through 12. The racial makeup of the student body in 2021–2022 was 38.2% Black, 37.5% Hispanic, 19.1% White, 4.3% Two or More Races, and 1.4% Asian.[1]
Basketball: State champions in 1983 and 1999.[14] Coach Charlie Hood led the Blue Devils from 1972 to 2009, accumulating over 700 wins—with only two losing seasons.[15]
The boys' team was state champions in 2014, 2015, 2020, and 2022.[16] They were region champions in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014,2015,2019,2020,2021 and 2022. They were the 2015 NXN Southeast Champions.[16]
The girls were state champions in 2017, 2018, 2020,2021 and 2022.[16] They were region champions in 2021.[16]
Football: Won the North Georgia championship in 1966–7. Won the state Class AAA championship in 1967.[17] They had several district and regional championships between 1921 and 2005. The Marietta High School football team was crowned Georgia's 7-A 2019 football champions.[17]
Golf: won the 1970 State Championship with a 5-foot putt made by Marietta High School Hall of Famer Chuck Little.
Tennis: State Champions in 1990; the 1980 boys' tennis team won the State Championship. In 1983, Lyn Huffstutler and Kelly Townsend won the girls' 5AAAA region doubles tennis championship.
Track and Field: The team won the boys' state championship in 2006 and was runner-up in 2005 and 2007. They also had state championship wins in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008 and 2022. Shadi Dix was the 110 hurdles State Champ in 2005.
Wrestling: Lisa Glymph won the 2021 women's state championship. Malachi Sanders won the 2022 155lb state championship
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