Academic Magnet High School

Academic Magnet High School
Academic Magnet High School
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Location
	North Charleston, South Carolina; USA
Information
Type	Public (magnet) secondary
Established	1988
Oversight	Charleston County School District
Principal	Michael F. Tolley
Faculty	37
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	514 (2005-06)
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Green and black
Mascot	Raptors
Website	amhs.ccsdschools.com

Academic Magnet High School (AMHS) is a high school (grades 9-12) in North Charleston, South Carolina. The school requires students to join through an admissions process based on middle school grades and a written essay that is completed with guidelines given by the school.

History

Academic Magnet High School was established in 1988, and the first class graduated in 1992.

Students

Academic Magnet is home to 514 students in the 2005-2006 school year. The ethnic breakup of the student population is as follows: 59% white, 27% black, 11% Asian, 2% Hispanic. Compared to an average South Carolina high school, there is a considerably higher Asian population and a considerably lower black population at Academic Magnet. [1] The school is most notable for having been attended by Dave Rivera for most of his high school career. Killian Castner is also the coolest person attending.

The school's SAT scores have been consistently the second-best in the state since 1998, surpassed only by the Governor’s School for Math & Science. [2] Graduates from AMHS must complete an original thesis in their senior year and receive an AMHS diploma in addition to a state of South Carolina diploma. Graduates are thus much better prepared for college and are admitted into top schools, including Harvard University, Duke University, Princeton University, Dartmouth College, etc.^{[citation needed]}

Curriculum

Students must fulfill a 90-hour service requirement in order to graduate.[3] Students must also complete at least four advanced placement (AP) courses throughout their high school career in order to graduate from the Academic Magnet. Another requirement is Senior Thesis. Students take one year to work with a mentor and teacher advisor to pursue a research project on a topic of their choice.

AP Courses Offered

AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Physics
AP Environmental Science
AP European History
AP US History
AP Macroeconomics
AP US Government
AP Psychology
AP English Language
AP English Literature
AP Calculus AB
AP Calculus BC
AP Statistics
AP Computer Programming A
AP Computer Programming AB
AP Art
AP Music Theory
AP French
AP Spanish

Community Service

In 2005, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control presented the school with the Donna Bates Memorial Award for coastal environmental education activities. It announced that the school would use the accompanying grant to improve its "Splish-Splash Water Testing Project" and to purchase soil and water probes, native plants and other materials to help student-led efforts to restore Noisette Creek in North Charleston. [4]

Recognition

The Academic Magnet High School is recognized as one of the foremost secondary schools in South Carolina and in the nation. In the May 8, 2006 Newsweek cover story, Academic Magnet High School was ranked 10th among national public high schools based on a scale in which AP courses were a major factor. [5]

Contact information

The Magnet high school is located in North Charleston, South Carolina; the precise address is:

1525 Avenue B South
North Charleston, SC
29405

The school can also be reached by telephone: (843)746-1300. The actual in-school hours are between 8:15 AM and 3:20 PM, though teachers often arrive as early as 7:00 AM and stay as late as 6:00 PM.

Faculty

Staff

The current principal of the Academic Magnet High School is Michael Tolley, who has been in this position since the 2004-2005 school year. Patrick Harrington is the Assistant Principal of the school, while Margaret Dobson is the head counselor of guidance. James Yates is also a guidance counselor, while Tracy O'Connor is the media specialist and Linda Duckett is the office secretary.

Teachers

Foreign Languages

Mary Joy Altman - French
Daniel Jent - French
Rosemary Serpa - Spanish
Eileen Shields - Spanish

Mathematics

Krista Cornehl
Rich Gordon
John "Sully" Johnston
Rebecca Padgett
Lynn Smith
Linnea Wildenradt

Computer Sciences

Rich Gordon (Honors Computer Science)
Jon Phillips (Honors Computer Science, Honors Computer Programming, AP Computer Science)

Literature

Carol Hurt
Mary Lankford
Dorothy Reeder -fucking retard
Robert Witz
Junius Paul Wright III

Physical Education

Sharon Williams

Sciences

Laura Eicher
Murray Eicher
Katharine Lee Roop
Rhett Nettles
William "Bruce" Newton

Arts (Fine and Performing)

Lucille Keller
Micheline Phelan-Callicott

Music

Ian Grimshaw

History

Ruth Bures
Frank Flanigan
Curtis Hoffman
Douglas Murphy
Jason Stackhouse
John Woods

Do note that after the 2005-2006 school year, Molly Woofter, Candice Cliff, Wendy Pumphrey, and Mary Cabezas left the school.

Extracurricular activities

Sports

Boys

Baseball
Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Sailing
Soccer
Swimming
Track
Wrestling

Girls

Basketball
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Golf
Sailing
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track

Clubs

Academic Magnet has more than 40 clubs, including the following:

Academic Team
Asian Awareness Club
Chess Club
Computer Club
Debate
Dirty Birds Drum Corps
Drama
Forensics
Future Problem Solving
Jewish Awareness Club
Martial Arts Club
Mock Trial
Mu Alpha Theta
Photography
Ping Pong Club
Sailing[6]
Science
Student Council

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