Charles Herbert Flowers HS Recognized As 'Best High School' By National Awards Show

Charles Herbert Flowers High School, a magnet school in Springdale, received the Best High School Award at the 2015 Steve Harvey Neighborhood Awards Show at the Philips Arena in Atlanta.

The award was received by Gorman Brown, the school’s principal. BET News correspondent Ed Gordon and actress Wendy Raquel Robinson presented the award to Brown.

Brown accepted the honor and gave an acceptance speech encouraging people on the importance of supporting children in every community.

“It is the responsibility of every adult to make an investment in every child in the communities in which we live,” said Brown. “This is what we must do today, to have a better tomorrow.”

Flowers High School has a student population of 2,100 and has a graduation rate of nearly 90 percent. The graduating class of 2015 earned more than $15 million in scholarship offers.

Flowers High School is now the second PGCPS high school to receive the award of Best High School from the Steve Harvey Neighborhood Awards Show. In 2014, Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School was also awarded the coveted title.

To learn more about Charles Herbert Flowers High School, click here.