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Public school in Atlanta, Georgia , United States
Alonzo Aristotle Crim Open Campus High School
Address
256 Clifton Street Southeast
Atlanta, Georgia 30317
United States
Coordinates33°44′43.46″N 84°19′51.23″W / 33.7454056°N 84.3308972°W / 33.7454056; -84.3308972
Information
TypePublic
Motto"One Campus Open to a World of Opportunities"
Established2005
School districtAtlanta Public Schools
Grades9–12
CampusUrban
Color(s)Blue and white
   
MascotEagles
NicknameCrim, Crim High
YearbookAzuwur
Websitehttps://www.atlantapublicschools.us/crim

Alonzo A. Crim Open Campus High School (COCHS) was a public high school in Atlanta, Georgia, United States that closed in 2020. It replaced Alonzo A. Crim Comprehensive High School after it closed in 2005. Part of Atlanta Public Schools, it is located at 256 Clifton Street SE in southeast Atlanta, in the Kirkwood neighborhood.

The school is inside DeKalb County.

History

Until 1988, the school was named Murphy High School. From 1988 to 2005, the school was named Alonzo Aristotle Crim Comprehensive High School. Its feeder schools were Sammye E. Coan Middle School and Thurgood Marshall Middle School.

Former athletic programs

The Eagles athletic teams competed in Region 2-AA of the Georgia High School Association.

In its last year as a traditional school, Crim High School's athletic program offered varsity girls' softball, varsity boys' track, varsity football, varsity boys' basketball, junior varsity boys' basketball, varsity girls' basketball, junior varsity girls' basketball, varsity basketball, junior varsity basketball, and cheerleading.

Notable alumni (traditional school)

Name Class year Notability References
Anthony Carter 1989 professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets
Shandon Anderson 1991 former NBA player who played for the Houston Rockets, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, and Utah Jazz
Larry Brown 1994 Former NFL player
Gerran Walker 2001 former football wide receiver for the Indianapolis Colts
Inky Johnson 2004 motivational speaker and former college football player
Richard Dent 1979 Super Bowl XX MVP

References

  1. https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/aps-close-crim-high-name-central-office-after-former-leader/YBqvspGgeOLQS7596LDyDP/#:~:text=Crim%20Open%20Campus%20High%20School,Atlanta's%20first%20African%2DAmerican%20superintendent.
  2. Crim Open Campus High School website
  3. "DeKalb County Map" (PDF). Georgia Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 8, 2019. - See "Crim High School" in the west side of the map.
  4. Staff. "Nuggets' Carter keeps on dreaming", Denver Post, December 23, 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  5. Staff (May 5, 2006). "Gerran Walker". Indianapolis Colts. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2010.

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