Cherokee High School (Georgia)
Cherokee High School is one of six public high schools of the Cherokee County School District in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. It is located in Canton. Established in 1956, it replaced Canton High School, the county's first high school.
There are six high schools in the Cherokee County School District: Etowah High School, Sequoyah High School, Woodstock High School, Creekview High School, and River Ridge High SchoolSports
- Basketball
- Basketball cheerleading
- Color guard
- Cross country
- Football
- Football and competition cheerleading
- Golf
- Marching band
- Soccer
- Softball – fast pitch
- Softball – slow pitch
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Extracurricular activities
- Academic Bowl Team
- Air Force JROTC
- Alpha
- Art Club
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- BETA
- Blades of Grass
- Book club
- Cherokee Players
- Chieftain
- CHS Club
- Color Guard
- Competition Dance Team
- Drill Team / Honor Guard
- Dungeons and Dragons Club
- Environmental Action
- exCHANGE Club
- Explorer Club
- Fantasy Football Club
- FBLA
- FCA
- FCCLA
- FFA
- First Priority
- Forensics
- French Club
- Friends Club
- Future Educators of America
- GA Teen Institute
- Gamma
- Gay-Straight Alliance
- Kayak Club
- Latin
- Literary Team
- Marching Band of Warriors
- Mayors Youth Design Team
- Mock Trial Team
- Model United Nations Team
- Mountain Bike Club
- National Art Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- National Technology Career Honor Society
- Red Cross Club
- Science Olympiad
- Senior Society
- SkillsUSA
- Spanish Club
- Spanish Honor Society
- Speech & Debate Team
- Student Council
- Video / Technology
- VOCA
- Warrior Wishes
- Winterguard
- Yearbook
Principals
- Hal W. Clements: 1956–1958
- Jim H. Jordan: 1958–1966
- Edwin Casey: 1966–1990
- Rick Ingram: 1990–1995
- Susan Padgett-Harrison: 1996–1999
- William Sebring: 1999–2006
- Pam Biser: 2006–2010
- Debra Murdock: 2010–2015
- Todd Miller: 2015-present
Notable alumni
- Jayson Foster - 2007 Walter Payton Award winner, former Georgia Southern quarterback, and 2009 Baltimore Ravens pre-season wide receiver
- Josh Holloway - actor, best known for his role as James "Sawyer" Ford on Lost
- Chad Jenkins - class of 2006, starting pitcher of the Toronto Bluejays, 2012-present
- Rich the Kid - rapper and CEO of Rich Forever Music
- Tim Cavender - inducted into the International Santa Claus Hall of Fame in 2015 in New York. Class of 1976.
- J. Marshall Shepherd - meteorologist, professor at the University of Georgia
- Joey Stone - eSports NASCAR Driver for Richard Childress Racing.
