Welcome
to Our School
North Augusta High School
2000 Knobcone
Avenue
North Augusta,
South Carolina 29841
| Enrollment: 1,475 students |
Phone: (803) 442-6100
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Mascot: Yellow Jacket |
| Faculty and Staff: 142 |
Fax: (803) 442-6127
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School Colors: Black and Gold |
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Office Hours 8 - 4,
Mon.-Fri. |
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Our History
The history of North Augusta
High School reflects great success over time, and has been achieved through
supreme dedication. The administrators and community have sacrificed substantially on behalf of the school. From the beginning
our school has been the beneficiary of unlimited support from the community.
Indeed, without the sacrificial support in its formative years, there is
no doubt that our high school, as we know it, would not exist today.
With the construction
of the 13th Street Bridge in 1891, North Augusta became a popular residential
area. In 1898 on a West Avenue lot donated by the North Augusta
Land Company, the first school was constructed for $300. Miss Nina Verdery, a native Augustan, was the first teacher of
the thirteen original students.
Due to North Augusta's expanding
population, another piece of land was purchased on Georgia Avenue in 1901, and a new school
was constructed. Over one hundred students moved into the two-story building
composed of an auditorium and four rooms, but the school tragically
burned to the ground in 1904. The sum of twelve thousand dollars was raised,
and a new grammar school was constructed in 1905.
Soon after the turn of the
century, the need for higher education led to the first North Augusta High
School. It was built in 1910 on land adjacent
to the grammar school. The following year the Schultz School District
was organized. For the cost of $16,000, the building was enlarged
in 1924 and, by 1927, accommodated 486 students.
In the 1930's North
Augusta High School's population was increasing rapidly and the school received accreditation by he Southern
Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Another high school
building was constructed between Carolina and Jackson Streets in 1939.
The Savannah River Plant brought in heavy population growth, and in 1953
on Old Edgefield Road the next building to take the name of North Augusta
Senior High School was built. This building now houses North Augusta Middle
School.
North Augusta Middle School
The building of the present
school was completed in 1968-69. The vocational wing was added in
1974-75, and additional classrooms were added in 1986 and again in 1992.
The auditorium addition in 1993 is used by both the school and community.
The North Augusta school
system has evolved over the last 100 years into
one of the finest in the state. We are proud to be a part of this
fine heritage.
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Last updated
16 September 2009
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