Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
YMCA, sometimes regionally called the Y, is a worldwide youth organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, with more than 64 million beneficiaries in 120 countries.It has nearly 90,000 staff, some 920,000 volunteers and 12,000 branches worldwide. [1]
Douglas County School District is a public school district in Douglas County, Georgia, U.S., based in Douglasville. Its boundaries are those of the county, [2] and it serves the communities of Austell, Douglasville, Lithia Springs, the Douglas County portion of Villa Rica, and Winston. The Douglas County School District is the seventeenth ...
The YMCA Building, funded by John D. Rockefeller in 1910, now houses the Georgia Tech Alumni Association Offices. The random placement of these buildings around the centrally positioned Administration Building ("Tech Tower") has created unique urban spaces. Hundred year-old trees shade the red brick buildings and enhance the sense of special ...
The city of Douglasville is the county seat of and largest city in Douglas County, Georgia, United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 34,650, up from 30,961 in 2010 [5] and 20,065 in 2000. Douglasville is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Atlanta and is part of the Atlanta metro area.
The YMCA Youth and Government program was established in 1936 in New York by Clement A. Duran, then the Boys Work Secretary for the Albany YMCA. [5] The program motto, “Democracy must be learned by each generation,” was taken from a quote by Earle T. Hawkins, the founder of the Maryland Youth and Government program.
Coordinates: 1]: Information; School type: Public: Established: 1986: School district: Douglas County School District: CEEB code: 111104: Principal: Christopher Small: Teaching staff: 101.00 (FTE) [2]: Grades: 9-12: Enrollment: 1,844 (as of 2023-2024) [2]: Student to teacher ratio: 18.26 [2]: Color(s): Red and black : Athletics: GHSA AAAAAA: Mascot: Cougar: Newspaper: The Ant Hill Scrolls ...
The county was created during Reconstruction after the American Civil War.The Georgia General Assembly named it after abolitionist Frederick Douglass but later changed the spelling to instead credit former Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas as its namesake, [3] an Illinois senator and the Democratic opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the presidential election of 1860.
Coordinates: 1]: Information; School type: Public: Established: 1937: School district: Douglas County School District: CEEB code: 111110: Principal: Kenja Parks: Teaching staff: 112.40 (FTE) [2]: Grades: 9–12: Enrollment: 1,907 (2023–2024) [2]: Student to teacher ratio: 16.97 [2]: Color(s): Navy blue and gold : Athletics: GHSA 3-AAAAAA: Mascot: Tiger: Yearbook: DOCOHAN : Website: Douglas ...