Cordova High School is a public

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Cordova, Tennessee Cordova is a community in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. Cordova lies east of Memphis, north of Germantown, south of Bartlett, and northwest of Collierville at an elevation of . The majority of Cordova has been annexed by the Cit ...

, United States, within unincorporated Shelby County, to the east of the city of Memphis, and is also part of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools district. It is previously a Memphis City School district campus. Before the merger of MCS, Cordova High School served portions of Memphis as well as some portions of unincorporated Shelby County, which are also zoned to elementary and middle schools in the then-SCS district. In 2007, Cordova High School had an expected enrollment of 2,400.

History

Cordova High School was constructed in 1996 and completed in 1997 as a joint venture between two districts known for Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools, as the school's operating systems. The school opened during the 1997-1998 school year to a class of freshmen as a school operated by the Shelby County Schools. The freshmen of the 1997-98 school year voted the school's colors to be green and black, and the school's mascot to be the wolf. Every following year the school added a new class until 2001, when the first graduating class left Cordova High School. The 2003-04 school year ended with Cordova High School leaving the Shelby County Schools district and joining the Memphis City Schools district. Cordova adopted a

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policy in Fall 2004, since the entire Memphis City Schools district adopted a uniform policy. All schools were required to adopt one at the time. A student petition created at the end of the 2014-2015 school year caught Principal Chandler's attention, bringing an end to the uniform policy after a vote by the parents.The uniform policy was replaced by a dress code.

Courses and programs

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classes are available, preparing students for college. The school also offers

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classes, such as cosmetology, automotive, and technology based courses.

Feeder patterns

Memphis City Schools elementary and middle schools in the area that feeds students into Cordova High School are: *Cordova Elementary School *Kate Bond Elementary School *Cordova Middle School *Kate Bond Middle School The following Shelby County elementary schools also feed into Cordova: *Chimneyrock Elementary School *Dexter Elementary School (partial) *Macon-Hall Elementary School (partial) The following Shelby County middle schools also feed into Cordova: *Dexter Middle School (partial) *Mt. Pisgah Middle School (partial)

Athletics

Cordova athletic programs include football, soccer, cheer, wrestling, basketball, bowling, tennis and clay shooting. They have won team championships in boys' track in 2004 and 2009.

Notable alumni

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References

External links

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Cordova High school marching band

Great Schools Rating for Cordova High School
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