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in the Madison County Schools district. The school was named after senator and former vice presidential nominee

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. Sparkman is one of the largest high schools in northern Alabama and serves students in grades 10- 12. The school's mascot is a Senator. The school has an enrollment of around 2,400 students. Sparkman High's main rivals are

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and

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. In 2006, the Sparkman Ninth Grade School was built next to the high school.

Campus

Sparkman High was originally located in Toney. The old building is now Sparkman Middle School. Now located on Jeff Road in Harvest, the current high school building was built in 1997. The facility has art rooms, two gyms, a photo studio, drama rooms, a choir room, a band room, three JROTC rooms and musical theater classes. In 2001, additional rooms were built to accommodate the overcrowding. The high school has now split; the Sparkman 9th Grade School, which is across the street from the main high school, opened in 2006 to help overcrowding. There are currently around 607 freshmen at Sparkman 9; Sparkman High has over 1,800 students at the 10-12th grade building.

Notable alumni

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Caitlin Carver Caitlin Carver (born March 31, 1992) is an American actress. Early years Carver was born in Monrovia, Alabama. She attended Sparkman High School in Harvest, Alabama where she graduated in 2010. Her father is Don Carver. She grew up dancing, d ...

, actress * Bruce Maxwell, Major League Baseball player * Izzy Miller, musician *

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, former professional basketball player *

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, Alabama State Representative (2018-Present)

References

External links

Sparkman High School official site

Sparkman Ninth Grade School official site

About Sparkman

Basketball teams

Football team

Sparkman High Marching Band
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