Overton High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
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Watkins Overton High School is a secondary school for the Creative and Performing Arts located in Memphis
, Tennessee
.
The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Memphis City Schools
district.
The School was named in honor of Memphis mayor S. Watkins Overton.
Students may wear oxford shirts, polo shirts, turtlenecks, and blouses with "Peter Pan" collars. All shirts must be white. Sweatshirts must be white, black, navy blue, tan or any other colors approved by the individual campus.
Trousers, shorts, skirts, and jumpers must be black, tan, or navy blue. Denim clothing is not allowed. All shorts and jumpers must come to knee.
Lately Overton's Track team has produced the top runners in the state.
Overtons's Baseball team has always been considered as one of the best in Memphis and Shelby County.
Several athletes are now playing college ball.
Over the past few years Overton has produced some of the best athletes in the county. Those athletes include: Marcus Moody (University of Memphis),Derrick Townsel (Murray State University), Derrick Warren, Britton Wakefield (Faulkner University), D'Cory Owens (Tougaloo College), Sergio Kerusch (Western Kentuck University)and Roland Brooks.
Bandmasters Championship and the 2008 Smoky Mountains Invitational Champions. The band has performed at the Midwest Clinic, the Tennessee Music Educators Association Convention, and as part of the Conn-Selmer Institute. The band program at Overton has achieved too much success to fully list, under the expert direction of former band directors T.W. Swayzee, Larry Volman, Merle Gartrell, Jerry Rains, David Ryan, Philip Hughes, Andre Feagin, Raleigh Wilson, James Richens and Kyle Lee, then current band directors Chris Piecuch and Chelsea Negrey.
Other aspects of the CAPA program include choirs, orchestra, jazz ensembles, drama, dance, and visual arts. Students must audition to qualify for CAPA programs.
The needs of the total person must be met so that a healthy and realistic self-concept may emerge.
Our goal is to instill in each student:
* A respect for others
* A sense of self-confidence, self-respect and self discipline
* A thirst for knowledge
* A dedication to excellence
* A commitment to the betterment of society
* An appreciation for the aesthetic aspects of life
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
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The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Memphis City Schools
Memphis City Schools
Memphis City Schools is the school district operating public schools in the city of Memphis, Tennessee. Its headquarters are in the Francis E. Coe Administration Building...
district.
The School was named in honor of Memphis mayor S. Watkins Overton.
School uniforms
Overton students, like all MCS students, are required to wear school uniforms. http://www.memphis-schools.k12.tn.us/admin/communications/uniform_info.htmStudents may wear oxford shirts, polo shirts, turtlenecks, and blouses with "Peter Pan" collars. All shirts must be white. Sweatshirts must be white, black, navy blue, tan or any other colors approved by the individual campus.
Trousers, shorts, skirts, and jumpers must be black, tan, or navy blue. Denim clothing is not allowed. All shorts and jumpers must come to knee.
Boys
Baseball, Baseball, Bowling, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Tennis, and Track.Lately Overton's Track team has produced the top runners in the state.
Overtons's Baseball team has always been considered as one of the best in Memphis and Shelby County.
Several athletes are now playing college ball.
Girls
Basketball,volleyball, Bowling, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Golf, Pom Pom, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, and Track.Over the past few years Overton has produced some of the best athletes in the county. Those athletes include: Marcus Moody (University of Memphis),Derrick Townsel (Murray State University), Derrick Warren, Britton Wakefield (Faulkner University), D'Cory Owens (Tougaloo College), Sergio Kerusch (Western Kentuck University)and Roland Brooks.
Fine arts
Overton is nationally recognized for its fine arts program. The flagship of the Creative and Performing Arts program at Overton is the Watkins Overton band program. The band is the 2008 Division AAA Champions of the University of MemphisUniversity of Memphis
The University of Memphis is an American public research university located in the Normal Station neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee and is the flagship public research university of the Tennessee Board of Regents system....
Bandmasters Championship and the 2008 Smoky Mountains Invitational Champions. The band has performed at the Midwest Clinic, the Tennessee Music Educators Association Convention, and as part of the Conn-Selmer Institute. The band program at Overton has achieved too much success to fully list, under the expert direction of former band directors T.W. Swayzee, Larry Volman, Merle Gartrell, Jerry Rains, David Ryan, Philip Hughes, Andre Feagin, Raleigh Wilson, James Richens and Kyle Lee, then current band directors Chris Piecuch and Chelsea Negrey.
Other aspects of the CAPA program include choirs, orchestra, jazz ensembles, drama, dance, and visual arts. Students must audition to qualify for CAPA programs.
Mission statement
Overton High School is committed to offer a complete, high quality and unique educational program that meets the individual differences, abilities, talents, capacities, and aspirations of each student.The needs of the total person must be met so that a healthy and realistic self-concept may emerge.
Our goal is to instill in each student:
* A respect for others
* A sense of self-confidence, self-respect and self discipline
* A thirst for knowledge
* A dedication to excellence
* A commitment to the betterment of society
* An appreciation for the aesthetic aspects of life
Notable alumni
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- Actress - Kevin PaigeKevin PaigeKevin Paige was a recording artist on Chrysalis in the late 1980s and early 1990s. His eponymously titled solo album sported a pair of top 40 dance-pop singles, "Don't Shut Me Out" and "Anything I Want"...
- singer