W.
H. Shaw High School
7579 Raider Way
Columbus, GA 31909
706-569-3638
Dr. Jim Arnold, Principal jarnold@mcsdga.net
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Dr. Jim Arnold, Principal jarnold@mcsdga.net |
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Established in 1978; students begin classes in September. Named in honor of Muscogee County School District Superintendent Dr. William Henry Shaw. The original proposed name was Schomburg North High School. Mr. Gordon Stallings is named first Principal. Legendary Coach Bubba Ball is named Shaw's first Athletic Director and will hold that post until his retirement in 1987. The "Shaw Plan," developed by Mr. Stallings, is implemented to include team teaching and the advisory system. The first class graduates in June 1979. The first Homecoming is in October 1979. Billie Jean Hughes is named Shaw's Homecoming Queen for the first celebration. Shaw High School is named a Georgia School of Excellence in 1984. The Class of 1988 is the last Shaw class to graduate at the Three Arts Theatre. The Class of 1989 graduates at Kinnett Stadium. Classes will graduate there until the Class of 1996 graduates at the Columbus Civic Center. There is one exception--the Class of 1992 graduates in the Shaw gymnasium, due to inclement weather. All the Kinnett graduations are morning graduations. Mr. Eddie Obleton is named Shaw's second Principal. He returns in 1994 to the school where he began his teaching career in 1978. In February 1998, Shaw becomes MCSD's first Channel One School. In October 1998, WSHS: The Raider Report, a live television broadcast, composed of student volunteers begins. It will be broadcast more than 1,000 programs, concluding its run in April 2004, and the closing statement of each broadcast will become Shaw's mantra..."It's Great to be a Shaw Raider!" Dr. Jim Arnold, an Assistant Principal at Shaw since 1997, is named Shaw's third Principal in 2001 when Mr. Obleton moves to the position of Director of Secondary Education for MCSD. Shaw High School celebrates its 25th Homecoming with the Dedication of "The History Corner" celebrating the school's history and the life of Dr. William Henry Shaw in October 2003. Shaw High School is renovated in the summer of 2004. Mrs. Peggy White, Chairperson of Shaw's Special Education Department and the Senior Class Sponsor, is named the school's first National Board Certified Teacher in November 2004. Dr. Debbie Ball is inducted into the Chattahoochee Sports Hall of Fame, January 2005. Shaw named "School of Excellence" by Georgia Department of Education in 2005. The Global Media Resources Academy, Shaw's Magnet Program, is established in 2003. It assumes the broadcast responsibilities in 2005, producing Raider News Network (RNN) as a daily morning program. The Silver Star, Shaw's newspaper, and The Sharaide, our yearbook, win awards at the Georgia Scholastic Press Association Awards banquet at the University of Georgia, to include first place awards for The Silver Star in Community Service and Photographic Essay. Coach Charles Flowers, one of only six coaches in Georgia high schools to win two state titles in a single school year and Shaw's Athletic Director, is named Muscogee County School District's first district level Athletic Director. He assumes the new position in January 2006. Dr. Debbie Ball is named Athletic Director at Shaw High School, the first woman to be so named in the Muscogee County School District. Shaw High School's first robotics team competes in the International Competition in March 2006. With the retirement of Mr. Mike Stephens, Chair of the Shaw English Department in May 2006, three charter members of the faculty remain at Shaw: Dr. Debbie Ball, Coach Edgar Johnson, and Mr. Clyde Small. Mrs. Stephanie Fuerte, Shaw Class of 1985, is the first Shaw alumna to be named a Department Chairperson. She succeeds Mr. Mike Stephens as Chair of the English Department. Nine former Shaw students are members of the faculty for the 2006 -- 2007 school year: Mrs. Pamela Graybill Anders, Mrs. Lisa Davis Cypert, Coach Craig Fitts, Mrs. Brantley Boyd Ford, Coach Jamie Fox, Mrs. Stephanie James Fuerte, Ms. Lindsey Griffin, Mrs. Angelina Jacobson, and Coach Jonathan Rivers. Shaw High School has garnered many honors in its history, but among the most impressive are five state titles in athletics: Girls' Track 1977, 1999, and 2000, Football, 2000, and Baseball 2001. Winner of 2005 -- 2006 State of Georgia Platinum Award: Greatest gain in students meeting and exceeding standards. Since 1978...It's been great to be a Shaw Raider! (compiled by Mrs. Sonya Boyd) |