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    Sparkman High School

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    Sparkman High School
    Sparkman High School.jpg
    Sparkman High School in 2022
    Address
    2616 Jeff Road

    Harvest, Alabama
    35749

    United States
    Information
    School typePublic
    Established1958 (65 years ago) (1958)
    CEEB code012648
    PrincipalChris Shaw
    Faculty89.05 (FTE)[1]
    Grades10-12
    Enrollment1,729 (2019-20)[1]
    Student to teacher ratio19.42[1]
    Color(s)Black and cardinal
      
    NicknameSenators
    Websitewww.mcssk12.org/Domain/30

    Sparkman High School is a public high school in Harvest, Alabama, United States in the Madison County Schools district.[2] The school was named after senator and former vice presidential nominee John Jackson Sparkman. Sparkman is one of the largest high schools in northern Alabama and serves students in grades 10-12. The school's mascot is a Senator. The school has an enrollment of around 2,400 students.[3] Sparkman High's main rivals are Bob Jones High School and James Clemens High School.

    In 2006, the Sparkman Ninth Grade School was built next to the high school.

    Campus[edit]

    Sparkman High was originally located in Toney. The old building is now Sparkman Middle School. Now located on Jeff Road in Harvest, the current high school building was built in 1997. The facility has art rooms, two gyms, a photo studio, drama rooms, a choir room, a band room, three JROTC rooms and musical theater classes. In 2001, additional rooms were built to accommodate the overcrowding. The high school has now split; the Sparkman 9th Grade School, which is across the street from the main high school, opened in 2006 to help overcrowding. There are currently around 607 freshmen at Sparkman 9; Sparkman High has over 1,800 students at the 10-12th grade building.

    Notable alumni[edit]

    • Adia, musician
    • Caitlin Carver, actress
    • Bruce Maxwell, Major League Baseball player
    • Izzy Miller, musician
    • Steve Raby, 2010 Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative
    • Dale Strong, U.S. Representative (2023–Present)
    • Jay-R Strowbridge, former professional basketball player
    • Jonathan Wallace, former professional basketball player
    • Andy Whitt, Alabama State Representative (2018-Present)

    John J. Sparkman Award[edit]

    Dating back to 1973, the John J. Sparkman Award is given by the Sparkman High School faculty to the student who exhibits leadership, scholarship, service, and good character. This prestigious award is only given to one student every year, and is also the only award given during the graduation ceremony. Listed are the recipients of this award:

    • Jacob Ladon Edwards, 2022
    • Madison Leigh Duboise, 2021
    • Saylor Grace Cuzzort, 2020
    • Ryan Michael Dahl, 2019
    • Grant Andrew Whitt, 2018
    • Braden Parrish Garrison, 2017
    • Christopher Franklin Little, 2016
    • Kyle David Anderson, 2015
    • Victoria Celeste Jones, 2014
    • Patrick Donovan Fitzgerald, 2013
    • Corban Nathaniel Swain, 2012
    • Hannah Maria Wallace, 2011
    • Alicia Dalia Perez, 2010
    • Adrienne Nicole Webb, 2009
    • Robert Daniel Weaver, 2008
    • Garfield Wilbur Boon, 2007
    • Veronica Yvonne Colon, 2006
    • Wesley Earl Alexander, 2005
    • Jonathan Lewis Alexander, 2004
    • Morgan Ashley Chatman, 2003
    • Brian Dale Christopher Davis, 2002
    • Ronald Joseph Unger, 2001
    • Jason William Parks, 2000
    • Richard Ford Taylor, 1999
    • Alicia Ann Raby, 1998
    • Charles Raymond Waits, 1997
    • Nicholas Lee Burrows, 1996
    • Leah Marie Haney, 1995
    • Robert Kevin White, 1994
    • DyShaun Muhammad, 1993
    • Teresa Carol Atkins, 1992
    • Kevin Wayne Neal, 1991
    • Ophelia Agatha Maynard, 1990
    • Jennifer Benita Turner, 1989
    • Davis Reynolds Schmitz, 1988
    • Bethany Jill Powell, 1987
    • Monica McCorvey Outland, 1986
    • Laura Kay Kimbrough, 1985
    • Teresa Corlette Wilson, 1984
    • Leigh Ann Noel, 1983
    • John Wade Shirley, 1982
    • Timothy Vann King, 1981
    • Lisa Louise Nunley, 1980
    • Stephen Rock Nelson, 1979
    • Cecelia Lucinda Carter, 1978
    • Shelia Diane Bradley, 1977
    • Stephen James Chitwood, 1976
    • Roger S. Stephenson, 1975
    • David Leonard Sparks, 1974
    • Isadore Lane & Deborah K. Hardgrove, 1973

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c "Sparkman High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
    2. ^ "School Directory – Schools – Madison County Schools". www.mcssk12.org. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
    3. ^ "AL State Department of Education Data reports".

    External links[edit]

    Coordinates: 34°50′02″N 86°42′58″W / 34.834°N 86.716°W / 34.834; -86.716

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