Beach High School

Public secondary school in Savannah, Georgia, United States

Beach High School

Address

3001 Hopkins Street

Savannah

Georgia

31405

United States

Coordinates| 32°03′13″N 81°06′59″W﻿ / ﻿32.05350°N 81.116500°W﻿ / 32.05350; -81.116500
Information
Type| Public secondary
Established| 1867 (157 years ago) (1867)
School district| Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools
CEEB code| 112670
Principal| Lisa Linton
Faculty| 70[1]
Teaching staff| 60.40 (FTE)[2]
Grades| 9–12[3]
Enrollment| 1,004 (2018-19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio| 16.62[2]
Color(s)| Blue and gold

Nickname| Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs
Accreditation| Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Yearbook| The Golden Bulldog
Website| spwww.sccpss.com/schools/beach/Pages/default.aspx
The Beach Institute, c. 1910

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

## Beach Institute[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

## Academics[edit]

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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[edit]

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

### Special education[edit]

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[edit]

### State championships[edit]

#### Georgia Interscholastic Association[edit]

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

#### Georgia High School Association[edit]

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[edit]

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Name  | Class year  | Notability  | Reference(s)

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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[edit]

* Buildings in Savannah Historic District

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Beach High School - Savannah, Georgia:Public School Profile". Retrieved September 6, 2008.
2. ^ a b c "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.[permanent dead link]

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Savannah-Chatnam County Public School System website

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Education in Savannah, Georgia

Colleges and universities|

* Armstrong
* Georgia Southern
* Georgia Tech Savannah
* Medical College of Georgia
* Mercer University School of Medicine
* Savannah State
* Savannah Tech
* SCAD
* Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
* South University

Savannah-Chatham County
public high schools|

* Beach
* Groves
* Islands
* Jenkins
* Johnson
* New Hampstead
* Savannah
* Savannah Arts
* Windsor Forest

Private high schools|

* Benedictine
* Calvary Day
* Memorial Day
* St Andrew's
* St. Vincent's
* Savannah Christian
* Savannah Country Day

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GHSA Class AAA Region 3

* Beach Bulldogs
* Calvary Day School Cavaliers
* Groves Rebels
* Johnson Atom Smashers
* Liberty County Panthers
* Long County Blue Tide
* Savannah Christian Raiders
* Savannah Country Day Hornets
* St. Vincent's Academy Saints

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* NCES

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