Washington County High School

Washington County High School, in Sandersville, Georgia, was founded in 1959 from a county-wide consolidation of small community high schools. Because segregation was still active, only white students could attend. A twin school for black students, Thomas Jefferson Elder High School, was built in 1959 on Hines Street in the Tybee neighborhood of Sandersville.The school got its mascot by student vote among Hawks, Falcons, or Eagles.