Airport High School

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This article is about a high school in South Carolina. For a high school in Michigan, see Airport High School (Michigan) .

Airport High School in West Columbia, South Carolina is a public high school offering education for grades 9 - 12, serving the surrounding communities of West Columbia, Cayce, and South Congaree. It derives its name from fact that it is located next to Columbia Metropolitian Airport. Sports teams are known as the Eagles. The main athletic rival is the Brookland-Cayce High School Bearcats.

Airport HS currently has a student body of 1415 and is part of the Lexington District #2. The current principal is Frank Jovanelly.

Current class breakdown is as follows:

9th - 416
10th - 344
11th - 331
12th - 324
Total: 1415 students^[1]
Airport HS presently has a student:teacher ratio of 15:1.

1 Athletics
2 Feeder patterns
3 Clubs and Organizations
4 Notable Alumni
5 External links

[edit] Athletics

The Airport High School's Mascot are the Eagles. Athletics offered are as follows:

Soccer
Baseball
Basketball
Bowling
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Softball
Tennis
Track
Volleyball
Wrestling

[edit] Feeder patterns

The following elementary and middle schools feed into Airport High School:

Congaree Elementary School
R. Earle Davis Elementary School
Springdale Elementary School
Wood Elementary School

R.H. Fulmer Middle School
Pine Ridge Middle School

[edit] Clubs and Organizations

Airport offers a wide selection of clubs and organizations to choose from. The extracurriculars are as follows:

Auto Tech
B-27 Club
Band
Beta Club
Broadcast Journalism - Mass Communications (Eye on the Eagle)
Career Club
Colorguard
Cooking Club
Cosmeotology
Chess Club
Chorus
Dance Team (The Eaglettes)
Drama
Executive Council
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Flagline
French Honors Society
Future Teachers of America
German Honors Society
Gospel Choir
HOSA
Homeroom Representatives
JROTC
Latin Honors Society
Marching Band
Mock Trial
Model UN
National Honor Society
Newspaper (The Eyrie)
Orchestra
Personal Style
Prom Committee
Reflections Society
Senate
Spanish Honors Society
Student Government
Teen Talk
TSA
Yearbook (Aquila)
Young Democrats
Young Republicans