Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School (COCHS) was a public high school in Atlanta, Georgia, United States that closed in 2020.[1] It replaced Alonzo A. Crim Comprehensive High School after it closed in 2005.[2] Part of Atlanta Public Schools, it is located at 256 Clifton Street SE in southeast Atlanta, in the Kirkwood neighborhood.
Alonzo Aristotle Crim Open Campus High School | |
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256 Clifton Street Southeast , Georgia 30317 | |
Coordinates | 33°44′43.46″N 84°19′51.23″W / 33.7454056°N 84.3308972°W |
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Type | Public |
Motto | "One Campus Open to a World of Opportunities" |
Established | 2005 |
School district | Atlanta Public Schools |
Grades | 9–12 |
Campus | Urban |
Color(s) | Blue and white |
Mascot | Eagles |
Nickname | Crim, Crim High |
Yearbook | Azuwur |
Website | https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/crim |
The school is inside DeKalb County.[3]
History
editUntil 1988, the school was named Murphy High School. From 1988 to 2005, the school was named Alonzo Aristotle Crim Comprehensive High School. Its feeder schools were Sammye E. Coan Middle School and Thurgood Marshall Middle School.
Former athletic programs
editThe Eagles athletic teams competed in Region 2-AA of the Georgia High School Association.
In its last year as a traditional school, Crim High School's athletic program offered varsity girls' softball, varsity boys' track, varsity football, varsity boys' basketball, junior varsity boys' basketball, varsity girls' basketball, junior varsity girls' basketball, varsity basketball, junior varsity basketball, and cheerleading.
Notable alumni (traditional school)
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References
edit- ^ https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/aps-close-crim-high-name-central-office-after-former-leader/YBqvspGgeOLQS7596LDyDP/#:~:text=Crim%20Open%20Campus%20High%20School,Atlanta's%20first%20African%2DAmerican%20superintendent. [bare URL]
- ^ Crim Open Campus High School website[permanent dead link]
- ^ "DeKalb County Map" (PDF). Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 8, 2019. - See "Crim High School" in the west side of the map.
- ^ Staff. "Nuggets' Carter keeps on dreaming", Denver Post, December 23, 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
- ^ Staff (May 5, 2006). "Gerran Walker". Indianapolis Colts. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2010.