South Johnston High School
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South Johnston High School (also referred to as "South") is a high school for grades 9-12 located in Four Oaks, North Carolina
. The school was built in 1969 in order to integrate the area's "all-white" and "all-black" schools. As of the 2010/2011 school year it is currently in its 42nd year of operation. The principal is Eddie Price, a former principal of Clayton Middle School.
The school mascot of South Johnston is the Trojans
, and the school colors are green and gold.
The school is located in the Southern portion of Johnston County. Middle schools that feed into South Johnston include Benson Middle, Four Oaks Middle, and Meadow School (K-8).
SJHS offers a variety of sports which includes: volleyball, football, cross country, wrestling, women's and men's tennis, women's and men's swim teams, softball, baseball, women's and men's soccer, golf, women's and men's indoor and outdoor track, cheerleading, and women's and men's basketball.
Four Oaks, North Carolina
Four Oaks is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,818 at the 2007 census.-History:Four Oaks was named by Colonel R. R. Bridgers in 1886 for an unusual sight that graced the land upon which he found himself. In 1850, 37 years before there was a town of Four...
. The school was built in 1969 in order to integrate the area's "all-white" and "all-black" schools. As of the 2010/2011 school year it is currently in its 42nd year of operation. The principal is Eddie Price, a former principal of Clayton Middle School.
The school mascot of South Johnston is the Trojans
Sports teams named Trojans
"Trojans", evoking the soldiers of the ancient city of Troy depicted in The Iliad, is a popular name for modern sports teams, including those listed here.- Non-scholastic teams :* Rotterdam Trojans "Trojans", evoking the soldiers of the ancient city of Troy depicted in The Iliad, is a popular name...
, and the school colors are green and gold.
The school is located in the Southern portion of Johnston County. Middle schools that feed into South Johnston include Benson Middle, Four Oaks Middle, and Meadow School (K-8).
SJHS offers a variety of sports which includes: volleyball, football, cross country, wrestling, women's and men's tennis, women's and men's swim teams, softball, baseball, women's and men's soccer, golf, women's and men's indoor and outdoor track, cheerleading, and women's and men's basketball.