Carver High School (Atlanta, Georgia)
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The New Schools at Carver formerly the George Washington Carver Comprehensive High School, is a high school in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...

 and part of Atlanta Public Schools
Atlanta Public Schools
Atlanta Public Schools is a school district based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. APS is run by the Atlanta Board of Education with interim superintendent Erroll Davis...

. Carver includes many schools in one. Schools include Early College, Technology, Performing Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Health Science and Research.

Performing arts

The school of the arts mission is to infuse academic rigor with artistic excellence. Their principal, Dr. Pryor, is dedicated to the students every need and always listens for new ideas to improve the school. This school is on top of the new small school program by embracing each other as a family. Each year the grades and scores get higher and higher. They have already started their first newspaper, The Aesthetic. Along with other afterschool programs like fashion design, modeling, yearbook, broadcast journalism, homework help, Ballet and African dance.

Early College

Early College focuses on preparing students for college. It compresses four years of high school and two years of college into four years. Students reaching the 11th grade some in 10th also enroll in Georgia State University
Georgia State University
Georgia State University is a research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves about 30,000 students and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities...

. Classes include World Geography, Civics, Geometry, Algebra I and II,Math I, American History, 9th and 10th grade literature, Speech, Biology, Advanced Algebra, Trigonometry, Chinese, Spanish and more. Many students participate in extracurricular activities such as sports (e.g. football, softball and track and field), JROTC
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
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, Honor Council, Student Government, Beta Club
National Beta Club
The National Beta Club is an organization for 5th-12th graders in the United States, recognizing academic achievement, leadership, character and service....

, National Honor Society
National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...

, Math club, and Drama Club. Extended field trips include Outward Bound
Outward Bound
Outward Bound is an international, non-profit, independent, outdoor educationorganization with approximately 40 schools around the world and 200,000 participants per year...

.

Health Sciences and Research

The School of Health Sciences and Research focuses on preparing high school students for careers in the medical field. Having a student population of a little over 400 students, Principal Darian C. Jones and the Dreamkeepers of the 'LAB' instruct children in the areas of Emergency Medicine, Nursing, and other medical pathways. Students are often engaged in programs with partners such as Emory, Morehouse, Spelman, and Georgia Institute of Technology. In the spring of 2009, students from HSR embarked on a once in a lifetime trip to Egypt, inspired by the promise of Dr. Jones to the first graduating class; the Legacy Class.

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