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Dougherty Comprehensive High School is a four-year secondary school located in Albany, Georgia. It is part of the Dougherty County School System along with Albany High School, Monroe Comprehensive High School, and Westover Comprehensive High School. It was founded in 1963. DCHS offers a variety of academic and career studies designed to encompass the abilities of all students. The administrators, faculty and staff seek to educate the complete student. Classroom activities are designed so that students focus on upgrading their oral, written, listening, and speaking skills. DCHS has about 869 students. The school's ethnic race percentage is 94% African-American, 4% Caucasian, and 2% other. DCHS is a Title I school, nearly about 86% economically disadvantaged students and about 7% with disabilities. Dougherty High is the first and only high school in the Dougherty County School System to be under the charter school system to implement the International Baccalaureate Program, starting in the 2008-2009 school year. The school colors are maroon and white, and its mascot is the Trojans. ==Early History== Dougherty High School was built in an effort to accommodate East Albany and the growing number of students from the two military bases located nearby. One, a SAC (Air Force) base and the other a Marine base. Building started in 1964 and the first graduating class was in 1965..."Onward, upward we shall strive, senior class of 65" was the class motto. This was before the comprehensive approach to education was adopted. Each grade was divided into three levels of achievement. Above average, average and below average. Dougherty High was an excellent school with above average teachers, most of whom held their master's degree, were tops in their field. The graduation rate was at 98%, which was greater than the state average of the period. Dougherty High students were high achievers when compared to the average of the state. There was a broad spectrum of classes with math, English, Physical Science, Social Science, Sociology and Psychology, Biology, Industrial Arts and Home Economics, mechanical drawing and shop, music and Language Arts and business administration. Extracurricular activities were track, football, basket ball, golf and cheerleading. Dougherty High had many clubs and organizations such as Sigma Tau Phi (Hi-Y), Delta Tri Hi Y, Civitans and Civinetts, Key Club, anchor Club, Interact, Kappa Psi Tri Hi Y, Band, Glee Club and Spanish Club, Future Home Makers of America and Future Business Leaders of America, FTA, Audio Visual and Allied Medical Student Council and Beta Club, Science Club and the Thespians. The first black students to attend Dougherty High were Brenda Barlow and Shirley Carruthers, both 1966 seniors. The closing of the Air Force Base and later the Navy Base closed during the late 60s opened up an opportunity for the Douherty County School systems to move a large portion of Monroe High school's largely black student population to the relatively newer Dougherty High School. The three tier class system could no longer be supported so the Dougherty County School system changed to the comprehensive method of class dispersal. In other words, all the students of a particular grade, were taught the same thing on the same level and hence Dougherty High School became Dougherty Comprehensive High School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dougherty Comprehensive High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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