Oneonta High School (Alabama)
Oneonta High School is a secondary school in Oneonta, Alabama. It is the only high school in the Oneonta School District. It was founded in 1893 incorporated in 1900. Redskins are the school mascot.
History
The school opened on September 4, 1893. H. E. Moss was principal until his death in 1898. Hubert Street served as its principal. T. G. Whaley was principal in 1908.A few hundred yards south of the high school is the William Cornelius Family Cemetery.
The school's marching band, the Redskin Marching Band, was founded in 1941 and hosts the annual Covered Bridge Marching Festival.
Students from the school have visited mines in the area to look for plant and animal fossils. In 1999, a science teacher from the school discovered important tracks at one site. The site is now the Stephen C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site.
On September 22, 2006, the school, its football field, and auxiliary structures around the field were damaged in a tornado.