Beach High School

Alfred Ely Beach High School, known as Beach High School, is a public high school in Savannah, Georgia, United States.

Beach High School
Address
3001 Hopkins Street

Savannah
,
Georgia
31405

United States
Coordinates32°03′13″N 81°06′59″W
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established1867 (1867)
School districtSavannah-Chatham County Public Schools
CEEB code112670
PrincipalLisa Linton
Faculty70[1]
Teaching staff60.40 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12[3]
Enrollment1,004 (2018-19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio16.62[2]
Color(s)Blue and gold
  
NicknameBulldogs and Lady Bulldogs
AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
YearbookThe Golden Bulldog
Websitespwww.sccpss.com/schools/beach/Pages/default.aspx
The Beach Institute, c. 1910

Beach Institute

In 1867, the Beach Institute was established by the American Missionary Association (A.M.A.)[4] and the Freedmen's Bureau with funds donated by Alfred Ely Beach, editor of Scientific American. The school was privately funded as a manual training school to provide support for newly freed African Americans.[5][6] By 1874, the institute was appropriated by the Savannah-Chatham Board of Education for the purpose of providing free education to Savannah's African American citizenry. Although the Beach Institute closed its doors in 1915, it was reopened as an African American cultural center and is currently operated by the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation.

High School

The Beach name survives in the name of Alfred E. Beach High School.

In 2010, Beach High School was selected as the recipient of "Outstanding Service By a High School" at the 38th annual Jefferson Awards, an honor for community service and volunteerism.[7]

At the end of the 2009–2010 academic year, the Savannah-Chatham County School District released the school's faculty and staff personnel, citing inadequate academic progress over the previous five years.[8]

Enrollment

Beach High is open to residents of Chatham County in grades 9th through 12th.

Academics

Beach High students undertake a college preparatory curriculum that includes four years of English, history, and laboratory-based sciences (chemistry and physics are required); three years of mathematics (most students opt for four) and foreign language; a semester each of introductory art, music, health, and computer science; and two lab-based technology courses. It offers students a broad selection of elective courses.

Beach offers one of district's two allied health programs. Its also offers an Army Junior ROTC pathway with a full four year curriculum for both programs. Students who complete this program. The Allied Health Professions program partners with Memorial Health University Medical Center and CVS Pharmacy to provide internships for Beach High students.

College preparatory

Accelerated students are also able to dual enroll with a local college offering college credit towards a degree.

Special education

The school has special education programs for the following areas:

  • Learning disabled
  • Behavior disorder
  • Moderately intellectually handicapped
  • Mildly intellectually handicapped
  • Severely intellectually handicapped
  • Profoundly intellectually handicapped

Extracurricular activities

Georgia Interscholastic Association

The school won the boys' state basketball championship in 1953, 1963, 1964, and 1965.[9]

Georgia High School Association

The school won a boys' state basketball championship in 1967 (the first year that African-Americans were allowed to play in the Georgia High School Association) under coach Russell Ellington.[10][11] The girls' basketball team won a state championship in 2000 and 2017.[12]

Notable alumni
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Markeith Cummings 2007 professional basketball player
Russell Ellington 1956 Former NFL player and basketball coach
Otis Johnson 1960 Mayor of Savannah, Georgia (2004–2012) [13]
Regina Thomas 1970 Georgia State Senator (2000–present); member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1995 to 1998) [14][15][16]

See also

References
  1. "Beach High School - Savannah, Georgia:Public School Profile". Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  2. "Beach High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  3. "Beach High School". SchoolTree.org. SchoolTree.org. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
  4. Hartshorn, W. N.; Penniman, George W., eds. (1910). An Era of Progress and Promise: 1863–1910. Boston, MA: Priscilla Pub. Co. p. 151. OCLC 5343815.
  5. "A.E. Beach High School". Archived from the original on May 25, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2008.
  6. King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation, Arts & Culture, Education, Community, www.beachinstitute.org
  7. "Alfred E. Beach High School Recognized with the "Nobel Prize for Public Service"". Savannah Tribune. Savannah Tribune. June 30, 2010. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2010.
  8. "Seeking 'turnaround,' Georgia's Beach High School fires all staff". The Christian Science Monitor. April 26, 2010. Archived from the original on March 31, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  9. "GIA Boys Basketball Champions". Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  10. "GHSA Boys Basketball Champions". Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  11. "Former Player Speaks About the Legacy of Coach Ellington". Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
  12. "GHSA Girls Basketball Champions". Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  13. "Biography - Who is Dr. Otis S. Johnson?". Archived from the original on November 9, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2008.
  14. Beach students give inauguration standing ovation, The Associated Press, www.savannahnow.com, 2009
  15. "Beach Class of '67 re-graduates with honors". Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
  16. "Senator Regina Thomas" (PDF). Retrieved September 6, 2008.
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