East Clarendon High School
South Carolina school
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East Clarendon Middle-High School is a combined public school located in the town of Turbeville, South Carolina. It is a branch of the Clarendon County School District Four.
| East Clarendon Middle-High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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1171 Pope Street United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public Middle-High School |
| Established | 1952 |
| Founder | Frank Elsivan "F. E." DuBose |
| Status | Active |
| School district | Clarendon County School District 4 |
| Administrator | Shawn Johnson |
| Principal | Laura Fleming |
| Teaching staff | 38.00 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Enrollment | 728 (2023-2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.16[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Navy and white [2] |
| Athletics | Football, Volleyball, Cross Country, Track, Baseball, Basketball |
| Mascot | Wolverine[2] |
| Yearbook | The Wolverine (1953-1987); Various Titles (1988-present) |
History
Before 1948, there were three schools located on the eastern side of Clarendon County: Gable High School (Gable, South Carolina)[3], Salem High School (New Zion, South Carolina)[4], and Turbeville High School (Turbeville, South Carolina). In 1949, Gable and Salem were consolidated to create Black River High School.[5] Then in 1952, Black River and Turbeville were consolidated to create what is known today as East Clarendon High School.[6] The school made its inaugural start on Thursday, September 11 of that same year at what was the former Turbeville High School building, which was built in 1938.[7]
In the summer of 1970, the South Carolina Department of Education declared mandatory action for the school to integrate with Walker-Gamble High School, then an all-black high school located in New Zion, South Carolina, following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.
In 1997, a US$5.2 million referendum was passed, allowing then-Clarendon County School District Three to demolish the former building in order to reconstruct a new building for East Clarendon Middle School. The former building was deemed energy-deficient and too expensive to continue maintaining.
The majority of its current establishment was opened on August 14, 2000, the start of its 2000-2001 school year. The media center was completed in January 2001. A new extension was also added to the high school, which was completed the following month.
Organizations
The school has chapters that are affiliates of the following organizations: the National Beta Club, the National FFA Organization and the Science Olympiad.
Sports
The school offers the following sports: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Softball, Tennis, Track and Volleyball.
The Shad Hall Memorial Stadium hosts two of the school's sports: as a football stadium during the first semester and as a baseball stadium during the second semester. It is posthumously-named after one of the school's former principals and athletic coaches: Herman Eugene "Shad" Hall, who prior to his sudden death in a two-vehicle automobile accident in 1966[8], led the school's varsity baseball team to three state championship titles (1958, 1959 and 1960)[9] and the school's varsity football team to two Class "B" state championship titles.[10]
Notable alumni
- Talaysia Cooper (Class of 2022), basketball player
- Nathaniel Rowland (Class of 2012), murderer of Samantha Josephson
