G. W. Carver High School is named after one of the world’s renowned scientists, George Washington Carver, who developed numerous products and processes that expanded the range of agriculture in the South. While working in his laboratory at Tuskegee Institute, he used the peanut, soybean, and sweet potato to make many different useful products for mankind. Nestled proudly atop a hill overlooking the northern area of Birmingham is George Washington Carver High School for Health Professions, Engineering, and Technology. A beacon of education, which can be seen from as far away as Ruffner Mountain, the school stands in all its glory as the standard for all Birmingham City Schools of the future to match or surpass. Special care has been taken in the construction of Carver to ensure that the aesthetic magnificence of the location is accentuated. An airy elegance encloses the building in all areas with every opportunity for glass enclosures utilized, allowing students full view of the entire skyline of Birmingham along with many beautiful, old trees that are carefully preserved on the campus. The nature-filled courtyard provides added opportunities for students to enjoy the beautiful surroundings.