Welcome to ECCHS!

 

Mission

Our mission at ECCHS is to do WHATEVER IT TAKES for every student to maximize his or her success.

Beliefs

• All students want to be successful; some just hide it really well.
• A positive relationship between teacher and student promotes student success.
• Students come to us with different needs;
  we need to figure out what those needs are and do our best to meet them.
• We should NEVER give up.
  

Community

Elbert County is a rural community with a mix of service industry, manufacturing, and retail businesses. The largest industry is granite manufacturing with approximately 160 granite-related businesses.]The Elbert County School District consists of one high school, one middle school, and five elementary schools utilizing a K-5, 6-8, 9-12 grade-level configuration. The high school student body comprises a population that is 55% White, 40% Black, 3% Hispanic/Latino, 1% Multiracial, and less than 1% Asian

School

Elbert County Comprehensive High School is a four-year public high school enrolling 1024 students in grades 9 through 12. It is accredited by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Georgia Accrediting Commission.

 

ECCHS would like to congratulate Channing Ruff, who has been named STAR Student for 2012, and Mrs. Nadine Wright, who has been named STAR Teacher.

The PAGE STAR Program honors Georgia's highest achieving high school seniors and the teachers who have been most instrumental in their academic development. To obtain the STAR nomination, high school students must have the highest score on any single test date of the three-part SAT taken through the November test date of their senior year and be in the top 10 percent or top 10 students of their class based on grade point average. Each high school STAR student is asked to name his/her STAR Teacher.

 

 

FY 2012 GUIDELINES FOR MOVE ON WHEN READY

Move on When Ready provides opportunities for high school juniors and seniors to enroll full-time (12 semester hours) in post-secondary institutions to earn both high school and college credits simultaneously. Additional course cost above 12 hours is not covered through MOWR funding. Funding for Move on When Ready is provided through the local school system's equivalent (FTE) program count as determined by the Georgia Department of Education. Student participation is based on semester to semester or full year participation. Participation is only allowed during the normal fall and spring semesters of the high school and college school year. Summer school, remedial, learning support and exemption credit is not allowed for MOWR participation. For more information: MOWR Guidelines MOWR Flyer