Peachtree Ridge High School
| Peachtree Ridge High School | |
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| Address | |
| 1555 Old Peachtree Road Suwanee, Georgia, United States |
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| Coordinates | 34°00′47″N 84°05′14″W / 34.013188°N 84.087192°WCoordinates: 34°00′47″N 84°05′14″W / 34.013188°N 84.087192°W |
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| Established | 2003 |
| Principal | Dr. Kevin Tashlein |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Rival | North Gwinnett High School |
| Newspaper | The Roar |
| Literary magazine | Masquerade |
| Website | Peachtree Ridge High School |
Peachtree Ridge High School is a public high school in Suwanee, Georgia, USA and a part of Gwinnett County Public Schools. Peachtree Ridge is the only Gwinnett County Public School to use block scheduling; Shiloh High School used to but discontinued it in 2008.
Construction of the 418,000-square-foot (38,800 m2) PRHS main facility commenced in March 2001. PRHS was constructed in order to relieve overcrowding at four neighboring high schools. When its doors opened for the 2003-2004 academic year, almost all of the sophomores, juniors, and seniors came from either Duluth High School in Duluth, Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, or North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee.
The school officially opened for classes on Monday, August 11, 2003, with enrollment topping 1,900 students. By November of the same year, another 19,570 square feet (1,818 m2) of athletic facilities (field house) were nearing completion. [1]
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[edit] History
Peachtree Ridge High School is located on Old Peachtree Road, which was completely built in 2003. It is located on the land that belonged to the heirs of Eugene Baynes. A lake behind the school is named Lake Louella after Ms. Eugene Ella Baynes, as well as Lake Louella road near the school. A few hundred yards from the school is the Goodwin home, which is 185 years old.[1]
[edit] Athletics
Peachtree Ridge currently competes in Region 7-AAAAA and has since 2004.[2] [3]
[edit] 2006-2007 GHSA State Football Co-Champions
In the 2006-07 GHSA Championship game, the Lions tied Roswell High School, with both schools being awarded state championships.
[edit] 2006-2007 GSHL State Ice Hockey Champions
The Peachtree Ridge hockey team ended the regular season with 7 Wins, 3 Losses and 3 Ties, which was good enough for 3rd in the GSHL "A" Division.
[edit] Competition cheerleading
Peachtree Ridge's competition cheerleading team, also known as "Blue Pride", won the 7-5A Co-ed Region championship title, and were awarded runner-up in the 5A Co-ed division at the GHSA state competition. In the teams third year of existence the team had an undefeated season and were the 5A GHSA State Champions as well as the 7-5A region champions. In their fourth year, Blue Pride achieved another 5A GHSA State title, resulting in the first true Back-to-Back State Championship title in all girl, 5A GHSA state competition history. On November 10, 2007 they won their 3rd consecutive State title. They have gone on to win 2 more State Titles[2]
[edit] 2009 Cross Country State Champions
[edit] Clubs
[edit] Robotics
The high school's robotics team, team 1261(Robolions), was recognized for being part of the three-team alliance to win the Peachtree Regional division FIRST Robotics Competition in 2005. This feat was accomplished once again in 2006, making the school one of very few to win twice in a row. In 2006, the team also won the prized Safety Award for demonstrating qualities which exemplify staying safe in the sometimes-dangerous robot-building and -running environment. After winning, the team also went to the national competition.
In the 2010 season, the team won the Palmetto Regional division. Alliance partners were team 343, (Metal In Motion) from Oconee County, South Carolina, and team 1398 the RoboRaiders, from Columbia, South Carolina.
[edit] Awarded 2006 Governor's Cup
Peachtree Ridge was awarded the Governor's cup for the most improvement in SAT scores for AAAAA schools in the county. Georgia governor, Sonny Perdue, visited the school and presented the Cup.
[edit] The Roar
The school's newspaper, The Roar, earned first place in the general excellence category at an awards ceremony sponsored by the Gwinnett Daily Post. The Roar Staff was led by adviser Tom Myers and Co-Editors-in-Chief Andrew Barnhart and Alexa Sherman. Anthony Herro and Kevin Bennett were recognized for maintaining the best sports section in the County. As a staff, The Roar was recognized with the best news section, best layout/design, honorable mention for best sports section, and first place in general excellence. [4]
[edit] Winterguard
The Peachtree Ridge Winterguard placed Grand Champions (Division Scholastic AAA) in the Southern Association for Performing Arts Championships in Macon, Georgia in March 2007. Schools from five states competed against the PRHS winterguard. This has now passed on to Hull Middle School, Peachtree Ridge's middle school.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/gcps-mainweb01.nsf/5a0a6df480312567852567f400738f98/57a9b63ca0f094b185256ce600730764?OpenDocument&0~QuickLinks
- ^ "GHSA Region Alignment". GHSA. http://www.ghsa.net/region. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ "GHSFHA Mill Creek Yearly Region Standings". GHSFHA. http://ghsfha.org/rstandings.php?gTeamID=Peachtree%20Ridge. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=32&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=27817&change_well_id=2
[edit] External links
- Peachtree Ridge High School
- Robotics Team
- Peachtree Ridge Roaring Lions Marching Band
- Peachtree Ridge Football
- Peachtree Ridge Hockey
- Gwinnett County Public Schools
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