Lithonia High School
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Lithonia High School | |
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Address | |
2440 Phillips Rd. | |
Coordinates | 33°43′30″N 84°07′46″W / 33.725007°N 84.129377°W |
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Type | Public |
Motto | Focused on Achievement and Ready for Success |
Principal | Interim Principle Yolanda Peek |
Grades | 9–12 |
Campus | Suburban |
Color(s) | Black and Gold |
Mascot | Bulldog |
Website | Lithonia High School |
Lithonia High School is a public high school located in Lithonia, Georgia. It serves 1,784 students from grades 9-12. Principle Yalonda Peek is the current principal. It has many clubs and extracurricular activities, including a book club, Future Business Leaders of America , marching band,chorus,SGA etc. The sports it has include baseball, football basketball, volleyball, swimming, golf, tennis, soccer, track, gymnastics,cheer leading,softball,and wrestling.
On December 17, 2012, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced that it had downgraded the DeKalb County Schools System's status from "on advisement" to "on probation" and warned the school system that the loss of their accreditation was "imminent." DeKalb county has now awarded lithonia as one of the top ten improved schools in dekalb county.Lithonia high school is now a uniform school as of the 2013-2014 school year.[1]
Notable alumni
- Mike Potts – former Major League Baseball player
- Matt Battaglia
- Alton Brown (Food Network)
- Max Cleland – United States Senator, 1997–2003
References
- ^ ""DeKalb school district in 'conflict and crisis,' put on probation by accreditation agency."." The Atlanta Journal and Constitution. December 17, 2012. Retrieved on December 19, 2012.