Benjamin Elijah Mays High School

Mays High School
Location
Atlanta, Georgia USA
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"A legacy to keep, an image to uphold..."
Established	1981
School district	Atlanta Public Schools
Principal	Richard Fowler
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1700 students
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Columbia Blue and Corn Maize Gold
Mascot	Raiders
Website

Benjamin E. Mays High School is a public school located in southwest Atlanta, Georgia, serving grades 9-12. It is a part of the Atlanta Public School System and is a Georgia School of Excellence. The school was established in the fall of 1981 and was named after Benjamin Elijah Mays, best known for his outstanding leadership and service as an educator, author and civil rights activist.

The staff at Mays High School make it their mission to provide students with an outstanding education and numerous social and athletic programs.

The school's mascot is the Raiders.

History

Southwest High School (1950–1981)

The Atlanta Public Schools formed Southwest High School in 1950. The school went on to be a landmark in the city of Atlanta for 36 years. In 1981, Benjamin E. Mays High School formed and replaced Southwest High School.

Southwest High School athletics

State Championships^[1]^[2]

1979 GHSA Boys' State AAA Basketball Champions
1974 GHSA Boys' State AA Basketball Champions
1973 GHSA Boys' State AA Basketball Champions
1973 GHSA State AA Football Champions
2014 GHSA State AAAAA Football Runner Up

Mays High School athletics

The Mays High School Raiders athletic teams compete in Region 6-AAAAA of the Georgia High School Association.

Mays High offers a wide variety of athletic programs, including varsity girls' softball, varsity boys' track, varsity boys' soccer, varsity football, junior varsity football, freshman football, varsity boys' basketball, junior varsity boys' basketball, varsity girls' basketball, junior varsity girls' basketball, varsity basketball, junior varsity basketball, cheerleading, co-ed step team, varsity boys' swimming, varsity girls' volleyball, and varsity girls' swimming. All home varsity football games, as well as track events, are held at Lakewood Stadium.

State Championships

2001 GHSA AAAA Boys' Track Champions
2003 GHSA AAAA Girls' Basketball Champions
2004 GHSA AAAA Boys Basketball Champions
2005 GHSA AAAA Boys Basketball Champions

Notable alumni

Kelly Campbell - former football player for Georgia Tech and several NFL and CFL teams
Shanti Das - music industry executive, marketing consultant, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and author
Bigg Gipp - rapper, member of the groups Goodie Mob and Ali & Gipp
De'Mon Glanton - American football player
Cee-Lo Green - Grammy Award-winning rapper, record producer, and member of the groups Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley
Kwanza Hall - politician and city councilman
Khujo - rapper, member of the groups Goodie Mob and The Lumberjacks
Walter M. Kimbrough - president of Dillard University
Bryan McClendon - football coach and former player for Georgia ^[3]
Ceasar Mitchell - president of the Atlanta City Council
Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas - Grammy Award-winning R&B singer and actress of the group TLC
T-Mo, rapper from the South and member of the groups Goodie Mob and The Lumberjacks
Aaron Watson - politician and city councilman
Gerald Wilkins, NBA player for the New York Knicks, Cleveland Cavaliers, Vancouver Grizzlies, and Orlando Magic

Footnotes

↑ "GHSA Boys Basketball Champions". GHSA. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
↑ "GHSA Football Champions". GHSA. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
↑ http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bryan_mcclendon_683505.html

Public schools in Atlanta

High schools	Carver Commercial Douglass Girls' Grady Mays North Atlanta South Atlanta M. H. Jackson Therrell Washington

Middle schools	Brown Bunche Coan Harper-Archer Inman Kennedy King Long Parks Price Sutton Sylvan Hills Turner Young

Elementary schools	Adamsville Beecher Hills Benteen Bethune Blalock Bolton Academy Boyd Brandon Burgess/Peterson Campbell Capitol View Cascade Centennial Place Cleveland Ave. Connally Continental Colony Cook Deerwood Academy Dobbs Dunbar East Lake Fain Fickett Finch Garden Hills Gideons Grove Park Heritage Academy Herndon Hill Hope Humphries Hutchinson Jackson Jones Kimberley Lin Miles Morningside Oglethorpe Parkside Perkerson Peyton Forest Rivers Scott Slater Smith D. H. Stanton F. L. Stanton Thomasville Heights Toomer Towns Usher-Collier Heights Venetian Hills Waters West Manor White Whitefoord Williams Woodson

Non-traditional schools	APS/CEP School Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School West End Academy

Charter schools	Achieve Academy of Atlanta Atlanta Charter Middle School Charles R. Drew Charter School KIPP Academy Neighborhood Charter School SIAT Tech High School BEST Academy C. S. King Academy University Community Academy

Sports facilities	Lakewood Stadium Grady Stadium

Broadcasting	WABE FM 90.1 WPBA TV 30.1

GHSA Class AAAA Region 6

Arabia Mountain Rams Chamblee Bulldogs Columbia Eagles Cross Keys Indians Grady Knights Lithonia Bulldogs Marist War Eagles Redan Raiders St. Pius X Golden Lions Stone Mountain Pirates

Coordinates: 33°44′08″N 84°30′13″W / 33.73544°N 84.50357°W / 33.73544; -84.50357

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