Alpharetta High School

Alpharetta High School
Location
Alpharetta, Georgia United States
Coordinates	34°04′41″N 84°15′22″W / 34.078°N 84.256°W / 34.078; -84.256Coordinates: 34°04′41″N 84°15′22″W / 34.078°N 84.256°W / 34.078; -84.256
Information
Type	Public
Established	2004
Principal	Shannon N. Kersey (August 2011-)
Grades	9–12
Color(s)	Maroon, silver, and black
Slogan	To be nationally competitive in academics, the arts, athletics, and service to the community.
Mascot	Raiders
Average SAT scores (2015)	1,689 [1]
Website	School website

Alpharetta High School is a public high school located in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Fulton County School System. Atlanta Magazine named Alpharetta High School one of the metro Atlanta area's best all-around high schools.^[2]

Alpharetta Cluster

Alpharetta High is part of a cluster of schools that interact closely and educate students from grades K–12.

• Creek View Elementary School
• Hopewell Middle School
• Lake Windward Elementary
• Manning Oaks Elementary School
• New Prospect Elementary School
• Webb Bridge Middle School

Athletics

Competitive sports at Alpharetta High School are football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, wrestling, tennis, track and field, cross country, volleyball, swimming, diving, cheerleading, and golf. Although not officially recognized by Georgia High School Association, additional athletic activities include rugby, fencing, cricket, ice hockey, and ping pong.

Fall sports include cheerleading, cross country, football, softball and volleyball. Winter sports include boys' and girls' basketball, cheerleading, fencing, swim & dive team, color guard and wrestling. Spring sports include baseball, golf, gymnastics, boys' and girls' lacrosse, boys' and girls' soccer, tennis, and track and field.^[3]

Among the varsity teams, boys' lacrosse, girls' track and field, baseball, boys' golf, and competition cheerleading have been successful at state championships. In November 2010, the boys' varsity lacrosse team won the Fall LB3 Varsity Lacrosse Championship.^[4]

The Alpharetta Varsity Color Guard won gold and first place in Chattanooga TN at the SAPA championship in 2014. In 2015 the Varsity team captured second place in the WGI regionals in Orlando and the Cadet team took home bronze in Chattanooga.

The boys' tennis team became the first team in school history to win a state ring, defeating Walton in the AAAAA state finals by a score of 3-0. The win capped an undefeated (23-0) 2010 season. The girls' cheerleading team were the 2010 AAAAA state champions.^[5]

On May 21, 2010, the Alpharetta Phoenix team was the first high school rugby team from Georgia to compete in the National Championships.^[6]

Awards

Alpharetta has won awards in a variety of fields.

Academic

• The school was the recipient of the 2007-2008 Governors Cup for the AAAAA school with the highest increase in SAT scores. Governors Office of Student Achievement
• Alpharetta High School was nationally ranked in Newsweek's "Best High Schools 2012," coming in at 268.

Athletic

• The 2008 girls' cross country team were Region 6-AAAAA champions^[7] and placed 6th in the state.^[8]
• The 2007 girls' track and field team was Region 6-AAAAA Champions^[9] and placed seventh in the state.^[10]
• The 2009 competition cheerleaders were Region 6-AAAAA Champions and placed seventh in the state.
• The 2009-10 boys' ice hockey team won the state championship (AA). ^[11]
• The 2010 boys' tennis team won the school's first state championship (AAAAA).^[12]
• The 2010 competition cheerleaders won the state championship. (AAAAA)
• The 2011-12 boys' ice hockey team won the state championship (AA). ^[13]
• The 2012 boys' tennis team won the state championship (AAAAA).

Chess

On March 27, 2010, the Alpharetta High School Chess Team won the State Championships by defeating Creekview 5-0, Dunwoody 5-0, Greater Atlanta Christian School 5-0, Pace Academy 5-0, and Northview 5-0. This makes them the first chess team in Georgia history to win a state championship with a perfect 25-0.^[14]

Quizbowl

• The Academic Team won the 2007–2008 Annual High Q competition, which is hosted by Chuck Dowdle and airs on WSB-TV. They were originally alternates for the competition.^[15]
• In the 2013-2014 season, the varsity quizbowl team won the ATTACK III and GATA Winter Tournaments. The Junior varsity team won the GATA State tournament. Both the varsity and junior varsity teams won the MLK Day History Bowl Regional. The team was ranked 84th in the national quizbowl rankings at the end of the season. ^[16]
• In the 2014-2015 season, the varsity quizbowl team finished third at the 25th Annual Walton Academic Challenge and won both the History Bowl and Bee Regional at Athens. ^[17]

Speech and Debate Team

• The school's Varsity Speech and Debate Team placed second in the State Championship in Spring 2009. (2008-2009 Records)
• The school's Varsity Speech and Debate Team placed fifth at the All-State competition in 2009. (2008-2009 Records)

The Arts

The school's symphony orchestra, composed of nearly 90 select band and orchestra students, was chosen to perform at Chicago's 2012 Midwest Clinic. Of thousands of schools that auditioned all over the world, Alpharetta was one of only a few that were chosen.^[18]

Demographics

Alpharetta High School is home to 61 percent Caucasian, 8 percent Hispanic, 12 percent African American, 15 percent Asian, and 4 percent multi-racial students.^[19]

Notable alumni

• Michael Bennett, Cinncinati Bengals football player 2015-present^[20]
• Joshua Dobbs, University of Tennessee football player 2013-present^[21]

References

External links

• Fulton County School System website