Waycross High School was a high school in the city of Waycross, Georgia in the United States. In 1993, the Waycross School Board dissolved its charter and merged into the Ware County School System, creating one larger high school, Ware County Senior High.
The school was located on Ava Street—the present site of the Central Baptist Church.
The Ava Street Waycross Senior High was started in 1936 and graduated its first class in 1939. It continued in existence and graduated its last class in 1973. At midterm of the 1973 school year, the new Waycross High school was completed and moved into during Christmas break, thus 1974 was the first class at the new Waycross High School which later became a middle school. In 1993 the Waycross School System was absorbed by the ware County School system. Waycross graduated its last class in 1994.
Waycross High School won the Georgia State AA football championship in 1960, 1961 and 1977. Also, in 1981 the Bulldogs won the Georgia State Class AAA football title. The WHS mascot was the Bulldogs. The yearbook was named the "Turpicone" (turpentine-pine cone) (Ware County Georgia was the largest producer of naval stores in the world).
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