Sweet Water High School Explained

Sweet Water High School
Address:440 Main Street
City:Sweet Water, Alabama
Zipcode:36782
Country:United States
Colors:Purple and gold
System:Marengo County School District
Mascot:Bulldog
Grades:K-12
Ceeb:012550
Established:1870s
Type:Public high school
Principal:Becky A. Williams
Students:558 (2021-22)[1]
Teaching Staff:37 (on FTE basis)
Ratio:15.08 (2021-22)
Yearbook:Swahelian
Newspaper:The Paw Print Press
Campus Type:Rural

Sweet Water High School is a public high school that educates grades K–12 in the town of Sweet Water, Alabama, United States.[2] It is one of three K–12 schools operated by the Marengo County School District.[3] Sweet Water High School is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.[4] Enrollment for the 2021-2022 school year was 558.

Academics

Curriculum

In addition to elementary and middle school education, Sweet Water High School is a secondary school along the classic American model. The school curriculum includes traditional high school academic subjects, advanced academic classes, music and art. All students take a basic academic core including English, social studies, science, and mathematics courses.

History

The first school in Sweet Water was established in a log building in the 1850s. The first incarnation of the modern school dates to the 1870s, when a two-story frame building, topped with a cupola, was built near the current school site on the northeastern side of the junction of Main Street and Wayne Road. It was founded by Edward Quinney on property donated by Ivey McClure.[5]

The school moved to its present location in 1924, following the completion of a new campus. The late 1920s saw some consolidation of Marengo County schools, with children from former schools in Beaver Creek, Exmoor, and Aimwell moved to Sweet Water. The schools at Dixons Mills and Nanafalia were consolidated into Sweet Water in 1950 and 1961, respectively. New buildings were added to the campus in 1960, 1982, 1989, 1997, and 2001.[4]

Extracurricular

Sweet Water High School offers the following academic clubs, athletic teams, and service organizations.[6] [7]

Clubs and organizations

Athletics

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sweet Water High School. National Center for Education Statistics. January 19, 2023.
  2. Web site: Sweet Water High School . Sweet Water High School . School In Sites . October 2, 2010.
  3. Web site: Schools . Marengo County Schools . School In Sites . October 2, 2010.
  4. Web site: History of Sweet Water High School . Sweet Water High School . School In Sites . October 2, 2010 . March 18, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318100705/http://www.sweetwater.mch.schoolinsites.com/?PageName=%27AboutTheSchool%27 . dead .
  5. Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, pages 13, 31. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000.
  6. Web site: Clubs and Organizations . Sweet Water High School . School In Sites . October 2, 2010.
  7. Web site: Sports . Sweet Water High School . School In Sites . October 2, 2010.
  8. News: Sweet Water dominates R.A. Hubbard for ninth championship . Paul Beaudry . The Birmingham News . December 2, 2010 . December 4, 2010.

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