Therrell High School
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Daniel McLaughlin Therrell High School is a public high school located near I-285 and Greenbriar Mall
Greenbriar Mall
Greenbriar Mall is a shopping mall southwest of downtown Atlanta, United States..-Early years:Greenbriar Center opened in August/September 1965 as Atlanta's third totally enclosed mall, after Columbia Mall, in 1964, and North Dekalb Center, in July 1965. The design of the mall was like many of the...

 in southwest Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

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Three schools operate at the Therrell campus:
  • D. M. Therrell School of Health Science and Research
  • D. M. Therrell School of Law, Government and Public Policy
  • School for Technology, Engineering, Math and Science at Therrell (STEMS)

Alma mater

The school's alma mater, performed only at graduation and during anniversary celebrations, was composed in the early days of Therrell High School.



Hail to thee, dear Therrell High;

Black and red we wear with pride.

Hail to thee, dear Panther Crew;

Honor and respect to you.

We're believing and achieving,

Striving hard to reach the top.

WE will praise thee forever more!

Therrell High, we do love you so.

Fight song

Therrell High School Panthers to the top, to the top.

Oh lift your voices high and let your banners fly

Our Therrell spirit will never die

Fight, Fight, Fight

Therrell High School Panthers never stop, never stop

Oh we will fight, fight, fight to victory

Hear our battle cry -

Fight

Athletics

The Therrell High School Panthers compete in region 5-AAA classification. The Therrell Lady Panthers track and field team captured its first AAA state championship since 1989 in 2007.

Notable alumni

  • Young Dro
    Young Dro
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    - Rapper, one of the originator of the Futuristic style.
  • K-Rab
    K-Rab
    K-Rab is an American record producer from Atlanta, Georgia who claims to be the originator of "snap music". A song he produced, "Laffy Taffy"—performed by Atlanta based hip-hop group D4L—was recently honored by ASCAP, as one of the "most performed songs" of 2006. "Laffy Taffy" also reached number...

     - Rapper, producer, and the originator of snap music.
  • Sleepy Brown
    Sleepy Brown
    Patrick "Sleepy" Brown is an R&B singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is one-third of the successful Atlanta-based production team of Organized Noize, which has created hits for acts such as OutKast, Goodie Mob, and TLC...

     - R&B singer.
  • Lynn Westmoreland
    Lynn Westmoreland
    Lynn A. Westmoreland is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from the far southern Atlanta suburbs to the suburbs of Columbus...

     - U.S. House Of Representatives (R-Ga)
  • Sedale Threatt
    Sedale Threatt
    Sedale Eugene Threatt is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. He played college basketball at the West Virginia Institute of Technology from 1979 to 1983...

     - Retired NBA player.
  • Mac McWhorter
    Mac McWhorter
    Hamilton Pierce "Mac" McWhorter is the former offensive line coach for the Texas Longhorns and was the interim head coach for Georgia Tech's football team in 2001 after George O'Leary resigned and only coached for one game, the 2001 Seattle Bowl against No. 11-ranked Stanford...

     - Texas Longhorns football offensive line coach
  • Rick Waits
    Rick Waits
    Michael Richard Waits is a former professional baseball pitcher. Waits, who threw left-handed, played all or part of twelve seasons in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers , Cleveland Indians , and Milwaukee Brewers...

     - Major League Baseball pitcher 1973-1985
  • Chet Grimsley
    Chet Grimsley
    Chet L. Grimsley at Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta Georgia is notably the first White American Student Athlete from the C.I.A.A. Chet Grimsley pledged, and subsequently became a member of Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship from Johnson C. Smith University , a historically black university . ...

    - Sports Hall Of Famer and Author of The White Golden Bull


Therrell High School has an active alumni -- D.M. Therrell High School Alumni Association, Incorporated established in April 2010. The D.M. Therrell High School Alumni Scholarship Fund was also established in April 2010. The alumni's annual weekend is the main fundraiser of the organization with the first being held October 15–17, 2010. http://www.therrellhighalumni.com

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