Alan C. Pope High School
Alan C. Pope High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in East Cobb, Georgia, within unincorporated Cobb County. The school was founded in 1987 and serves approximately 1,888 students in grades 9-12. The school mascot is the greyhound, and the school colors are Carolina blue, navy blue, and gray.
Alan C. Pope High School | |
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Address | |
3001 Hembree Road , 30062 United States | |
Coordinates | 34°01′26″N 84°27′09″W |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | 1987 |
Principal | Thomas Flugum |
Teaching staff | 106.00 (on a FTE basis)[1] |
Grades | 9–12[1] |
Enrollment | 1,941 (2018-19)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 18.31[1] |
Campus | Suburban[1] |
Color(s) | Carolina blue, navy blue, and white |
Mascot | Greyhound |
Newspaper | The Greyhound Tracks |
Yearbook | Panache |
Website | www |
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
Pope's athletic teams are known as the Greyhounds (Lady Greyhounds for female teams). Their athletic rivals include Walton and Lassiter high schools.
Pope is home of the eight-time girl's slow-pitch softball State Champions in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007, and four-time AAAAA girls soccer State Champions in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 seasons. The Greyhounds also won the 2011 GHSA AAAA Traditional Wrestling Championship, the 2012 GHSA AAAA Dual and Traditional Wrestling Championships, the 2013 GHSA Dual and Traditional Wrestling AAAAA Championships, and the 2014 AAAAA Dual Wrestling Championship.[2]
Beginning with the fall 2012 academic year, Pope was reclassified as a AAAAAA (6A) school.
In 2009 Pope High School won the AAAAA Volleyball State Championship. The volleyball team went on to win the next two state titles in 2010 and 2011 in the AAAA classification.[3] Pope won the Georgia AAAA girls' basketball Championship in 1999.[4]
The Greyhounds became the 2000 state AAAA cross country champions, 2000 boys' state swimming champions, and the 2009 state AAAAA baseball champions. In 2009 Pope's volleyball team won the state AAAAA championship, and in 2010 the volleyball team won the AAAA Championship. Pope was re-classed into 4A in 2010 due to enrollment numbers.[5]
Pope offers the following sports:
Feeder schools
All or some students from the following schools eventually find their way to Pope High School due to local district boundaries.
- Dodgen Middle School
- Hightower Trail Middle School
- Mountain View Elementary School
- Murdock Elementary School
- Shallowford Falls Elementary School
- Timber Ridge Elementary School
- Tritt Elementary School
Notable alumni
- Kelly Barnhill, National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) professional fast-pitch softball pitcher
- Brandon Boggs, Major League Baseball (MLB) left fielder
- Shane Harris, journalist and author
- Yassir Lester, comedian
- Josh Lowe, Minor League Baseball (MiLB) outfielder
- Nate Lowe, MLB first baseman
- Steve Wilkerson, MLB outfielder
- Duane Underwood Jr., MLB pitcher
- T. J. Yates, National Football League (NFL) quarterback
References
- "Pope High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- "Wrestling". ghsa.net. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- "Reclassification". ghsa.net. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- "State Tournaments: Girls GHSA Champions". ghsbp.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)