Southern Wayne High School
Southern Wayne High School is a high school for grades 9–12, located in Dudley near Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA.
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124 Walter Fulcher Road , 28333 United States | |
Coordinates | 35°24′57″N 78°04′31″W |
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School type | Public |
Established | 1965 |
CEEB code | 341023 |
Principal | Kevin Smith |
Teaching staff | 71.10 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,070 (2017–18)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 15.05[1] |
Education system | Wayne County Public Schools |
Color(s) | Red and blue |
Mascot | Saint |
Website | www |
It is part of the Wayne County School System. Southern Wayne currently employs 135 staff members for over 1,000 students.[2]
History
Southern Wayne High School is located in southern Wayne County just north of Mt. Olive in Dudley, North Carolina. Southern Wayne is fed by three Elementary Schools (Carver, Brogden Primary and Grantham), three Middle Schools (Brogden Middle, Mount Olive Middle and Grantham Middle). Southern Wayne's students come from three distinct communities (Mount Olive, Brogden, Grantham). Each community is a rural community.
Southern Wayne High School was built in 1965 as the second school in Wayne County to consolidate several smaller community high schools. Those schools were Grantham High School, Brogden High School, Mount Olive High School, and Seven Springs High School. Southern Wayne's first graduating class crossed the stage in May 1966.
At present, Southern Wayne serves four grade levels with a student population of more than 1,000. There are over 135 professionals on staff (30.3% of staff are Southern Wayne graduates) with course offerings ranging from Agriculture to Marketing, as well as a strong foundation in the core instructional areas. The school has several after school and club activities to offer students. There are 30 athletic teams that eligible students may try out for. The school's campus covers more than 50 acres (200,000 m2). The building has seven wings including a second floor. Southern Wayne has a large gym facility, two weight rooms, several athletic fields, two green houses, two computer labs, science laboratories, business labs, a well equipped media center, four vocational labs, and a band room. The school operates twelve buses and has two assistant principals and one principal.
Notable alumni
- Allen Battle, former MLB player[3]
- Cecil Exum, former professional basketball player and 1982 NCAA basketball champion with the North Carolina Tarheels
- Leora "Sam" Jones, member of three U.S. Olympic handball teams (1984, 1988, 1992)[4]
- Charles Kornegay, former professional basketball player
- Greg Warren, former NFL longsnapper and 2x Super Bowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers
References
- "Southern Wayne High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- "Southern Wayne High School NC School Report Card". June 14, 2010.
- Allen Battle Profile. The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- Sam Jones at Sports Reference