Eastside High School is a public secondary school in Covington, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Newton County School System. It was opened in 1994 as a transitional school and became an official high school in 1998 when it had its first graduating class. History Eastside Transitional School was built in 1994 to alleviate school overcrowding at Newton High School due to the rapid growth of Newton County in the early 1990s. The school opened that same year to grades 6–9. Each year, the lower grade was dropped and a higher grade was added, until 1997 when the school became a 9–12 high school, Eastside High. The first graduating class graduated in May 1998. In 2002, a new addition was built onto the school to help accommodate more growth. In 2006, the school had an enrollment of 1,441 and a staff of 100 teachers. This number has gone down slightly with the opening of Newton County's third high school, Alcovy High School, in fall 2006. It was announced in March 2019 that Eastside would be moving to a new location that would open at the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year. Eastside's old facility would become home to the Newton County Theme School at Fiquett, which is a K-8 school also located in Covington, Georgia. Due to construction delays because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Eastside instead moved into their new location at the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year, and the Newton County Theme School moved into the former Eastside building at the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year. Curriculum Eastside High School is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award College Preparatory and Technology Preparatory diplomas to graduates. The school offers different levels of classes including: Advanced Placement Gifted (Quest) Advanced Average Extracurriculars Quiz Bowl Naturalist Club Key Club FFA FCA 4-H DECA Junior Classical League Image Club Curamus Interact Future Business Leaders of America Drama Club Junior Service Guild Student Council Concert Band Marching Band Symphonic Band Chorus Show Choir Technology Student Association Sports Eastside High School competes in Region 8-AAAAA in the following sports: Baseball Softball Football Soccer Tennis Volleyball Cheerleading Track and field Wrestling Cross country running Swimming Golf Basketball Equestrian team Notable alumni Eric Stokes- professional football player for the Green Bay Packers Sheldon Rankins- professional football player for the New York Jets Eastside media WEHS Morning Show (CCTV)