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The Lady Panthers won a state championship in 2003 and a district championship in 2008. In 2012, the Lady Panthers were ranked 3rd in the Girls Final Hoops Poll by Score Magazine. |
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Parkview Lacrosse Men and Women's team was founded in 2010. The Women's team is led by Melissa Smith and the Men's by David "Gunny" Erwin. |
Parkview Lacrosse Men and Women's team was founded in 2010. The Women's team is led by Melissa Smith and the Men's by David "Gunny" Erwin. |
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Parkview Wrestling has won 4 state championships. The team won both the dual and team individual state tournaments in 2004 and 2006. |
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| Parkview High School | |
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998 Cole Drive Lilburn, Georgia 30047 | |
| Coordinates | 33°51′34″N 84°06′50″W / 33.859481°N 84.113928°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | The Best High School in the Nation |
| Established | 1976 |
| School district | Gwinnett County Public Schools |
| Principal | David T. Smith |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,715 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Orange and White and accent Blue |
| Mascot | Panther |
| Information | 770-921-2874 |
| Website | Parkview High School |
Parkview High School, the "Home of the Panthers," is located in Lilburn, Georgia in Gwinnett County. The current principal is Mr. David T. Smith.
History
During the early 1970s, Gwinnett County, Georgia led the USA in growth. This phenomenal growth rate produced overcrowding in its school systems, leaving South Gwinnett High School and Berkmar High School too overcrowded in accommodating excess student populations. In 1975, construction began on a new school. The students chose a panther to be their school mascot, with orange and white as their school's colors, blue being an accent color. The doors opened in 1976 with the initial Principal Bartow Jenkins.
The school expanded, both in construction as well as number of students, until it was filled above capacity in the early-to-mid-1990s. In 2007, Parkview took over the then adjacent Trickum Middle School in order to create more space for its rapidly expanding population. The old Trickum Middle School building was reinstated as "The 9th Grade Academy," and many Freshmen courses were relocated there. In moving classes to the new building, the school eliminated all of the nearly 70 trailers that had been used as annex partition on the school's property for the past decade.
Academics
Parkview was recognized by the Department of Education as a Blue Ribbon School for school year 1984-1985.[1]
Debate Team Academics
The Parkview debate team won the state debate championship (AAAA) from 1980 to 1986.
Science Bowl
Parkview's Science Bowl Team won the state title and participated in the national competition from 1999–2003, 2006–2007, and 2009. The team's best finish at the National Science Bowl was 5th in 2007.
Science Olympiad
Parkview's Science Olympiad team has won the state competition seven times (1995, 2003–2007, 2010) and has gotten second three times (1995, 2002, 2009).
Odyssey of the Mind
The school host the Lilburn regional for the Georgia Odyssey of the Mind competition every year. The school has won regionals and state multiple times, the most recent being 1st on Problem Four in 2011. The OM team also won the Odyssey of the Mind World Championships in 1999.
Academic Decathlon
For the first time in the school's history, Parkview's Academic Decathlon (PAD) is going on to the United States Academic Decathlon's (USAD) 2013 Nationals Competition in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is the first time in school history, because in recent years, the team hasn't done that well to beat long-time rival, Berkmar High School, at state. But even though PAD was runner-up, because of the subjectivity of the Interview and Speech portions of the competition, The PAGE (Professional Association of Georgia Educators) Foundation's Academic Decathlon, or GAD, has decided to send Parkview to Nationals, alongside Berkmar. Parkview placed first over-all in district, second over-all at state. Parkview's Academic Decathlon is lead by coaches Ms. Melodie Carr and Ms. Rachel Gernade.
Music and Arts
Band
The band program is currently under the direction of Richard Magner and Jason Atha. In 2005, Parkview High School Band under the direction of Mr. Allen Beach and Richard Magner was awarded the John Philip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Flag of Honor. The Sudler Flag is an international award recognizing concert bands of outstanding musical excellence. Parkview High School is one of 4 schools in the State of Georgia and 68 in the world to receive this award.[2] In addition to this award, Parkview High School has been placed on the Historic Roll of Honor of High School Concert Bands.[3] This lists recognizes Historic High School Concert Bands of Very Particular Musical Excellence. The Georgia State Legislature passed Georgia Senate Resolution 1313[4] and Georgia House Resolution 2063[5] honoring the Parkview High School Band.
The Parkview High School 1980 Granite City Classic Grand Champion Marching Band, 348 members strong, is the largest marching band in the history of Gwinnett County. The Parkview High School Marching Band with an overall score of 94 was the Grand Champion of the 2010 Golden River Marching Festival in Tallapoosa, GA. The color guard and drum majors also received the highest scores in the competition.
In April 2011, Parkview High School Band won the WSBtv Best High School Band Contest. The tournament featured 64 high school bands from across Georgia. The top four bands were determined through online voting. The Atlanta Braves entertainment staff selected the winner from the final four. The Parkview Band earned the chance to play on Turner Field before a Major League Baseball Game.
Theatre
Mrs. Sharon Morrow is the current theatre director. Parkview High School is also a member of the prestigious International Thespian Society. Members who join Parkview's honors thespian society are inducted into Troupe 4805.
History
In the summer of 2006, the "Old Theatre", as it is now affectionately known, was renovated to become the new orchestra rehearsal hall, and construction began on the new theatre building. The last production to be performed on the old stage was Bye Bye Birdie. The entire theatre department participated in it and hosted an alumni night for Parkview Thespian Alumni to return to see the last show on the old stage. The 2007-2008 season was the first season to perform on the brand new stage and the first full production to be performed on its stage was by the musical class of 2007/2008 with Seussical . The new theatre has larger wings, backstage area, offers more house seating and a vast lobby. It is located adjacent to the gymnasium on the second floor above the main front offices.
Awards
Parkview has won the region AAAAA Competition One Act in 2005 with The Role of Della, in 2006 with Smoke on the Mountain, in 2008 with The Actor's Nightmare and in 2009 with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Parkview earned 2nd place in 2007 with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged).
Some notable individual awards at AAAAA Region include:
- Erin Stacer for Best Actress in The Role of Della in 2005
- Alex Middleton for Best Actor in Smoke on the Mountain in 2006
- Abba Carmichael for Best Actress in Smoke on the Mountain in 2006
- Alex Middleton for All Star Cast in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) in 2007
- Keenan Chandler for All Star Cast in The Actor's Nightmare in 2008
- Lauren Lux for All Star Cast in The Actor's Nightmare in 2008
- Quade Sewell for Best Actor in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2009
- Tiffany Garner for All Star Cast in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2009
- Andrew Perez for Best Actor in Zombie Prom in 2010
- Amanda Grace Creech for All Star Cast in Zombie Prom in 2010
- Gabi Anderson for All Star Cast in Zombie Prom in 2010
- Lucas Parker for All Star Cast in "Lucky Stiff" in 2011
Literary
Parkview's Literary Team won the state championship from 1984–1986 and in 1988.
Athletics
Parkview is known as a school of great athletic achievement, especially since the late 1990s. In 2005, Sports Illustrated ranked Parkview number 7 in its list of the "Top Sports Schools Nationwide." Parkview maintains a fierce rivalry in athletics with neighboring Brookwood High School. Parkview has won 49 state championships in Georgia High School Association-sanctioned sports.
Baseball
The Parkview Baseball Team won the State Championship in 1996, 2001, 2002, 2011 and 2012. Parkview Baseball currently ranks #1 in the nation.
Basketball
The Lady Panthers won a state championship in 2003 and a district championship in 2008. In 2012, the Lady Panthers were ranked 3rd in the Girls Final Hoops Poll by Score Magazine.
Cheerleading
Parkview Cheerleading won the state championship in 1998.
Cross country
The Parkview Boy's Cross Country team has won eight state championships in 1984–1985, 1987, 1990, 1993 and 2004–2006. The Parkview Girl's Cross Country team won the state championship in 1988.
Football
The Parkview Football team went undefeated from 2000–2002, winning three straight AAAAA state championships reaching as high as 2nd in the USA Today national high school football rankings during that stretch. The team was also AAAA state champions in 1997. Head Coach Cecil Flowe has led the Panther varsity football team since 1994. The stadium is now officially called "The Big Orange Jungle" or "Karl Bostick Field", but was previously known as "The Valley Of The Cat."
Golf
The Men's Golf team won the Region Title from 2002–2005. They finished 3rd in the state in 2004. The Girl's golf team won the Region Title in 2002–2003, and 2007.
Lacrosse
Parkview Lacrosse Men and Women's team was founded in 2010. The Women's team is led by Melissa Smith and the Men's by David "Gunny" Erwin.
Orienteering
The Parkview High School Orienteering team is in conjunction with Students from Brookwood High School and the team is sponsored by Parkview's MCJROTC program, GySgt. David Erwin (USMC) Ret., Ms. Amy Williams, and Mr. Rick "Coach" Shane.
Riflery
The Riferly team is sponsored by Parkview's MCJROTC program and is run by Maj. Ron Tootle (USMC) Ret. They compete against other ROTC Programs throughout the county, region, and state and travel out of state to various competitions. They use Daisy .177 caliber pump Air-rifles for their sporter team. The sporter is composed of those who can shoot well, but still need a little bit of practice and perfecting their shots and groupings before shootting Precision.
Soccer
The Parkview Boy's Soccer team has won six state championships in 1993, 1994, 1997–1998, 2001 and 2005. The Parkview Girl's soccer team has won six state championships in 1997, 2003, 2005 and 2007–2009. In 1997, Parkview soccer became the first program in Georgia to win the girls and boys state championships in a single year. In 2005, the program repeated this feat.
Swim and Dive
The Parkview Boy's Swim and Dive team holds the record for most state championships at Parkview, boasting ten total wins in 1995, 1998, 2000–2003, 2006–2007 and 2012–2013. The Girl's Swim and Dive team won the state championship in 1997 and 1998.
Tennis
The Parkview Girls' Tennis team won the state championship in 1980.
Track and Field
Parkview High School Boys Track and Field won the State Championship in 2009. The Parkview High School Boys and Girls won the Region Championship in 2011.
Volleyball
Parkview Volleyball Varsity teams has held the title of Area Champions since 2007, and in 2002 and 2002. Also, the team has made it to the Sweet Sixteen in the seasons of 2009, 2008 and 2007. Head coach and All American Setter at Emory University, Catherine Zidow, has led the team for many victories since the beginning of the 2007 season.
Wrestling
Parkview Wrestling has won 4 state championships. The team won both the dual and team individual state tournaments in 2004 and 2006.
Statistics
Parkview's enrollment for the 2010-2011 school year numbered 2,685 students, of whom 42.8% are White, 21.3% African American, 19.7% Asian or Pacific Islander American, 11.6% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, and 4.2% identifying as two or more races. 26.7% of students come from families with incomes below the federal poverty line. Parkview has a 17:1 student-teacher ratio.[6]
Notable alumni
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- Ainsley Battles - NFL Football Player
- Brett Conway - NFL Football Player (Class of 1993)
- Jeff Francoeur - Kansas City Royals right-fielder (Class of 2002)[7]
- Jeff Keppinger - Chicago White Sox infielder (Class of 1998)[8]
- Brad Lester - Edmonton Eskimos running back (Class of 2004)[9]
- Seth Marler - NFL Player (Class of 1999)[10]
- Michael Palmer (American football) - NFL Player (Class of 2006)
- Clint Sammons - Atlanta Braves catcher
- Eric Shanteau - American Olympic swimmer, gold medalist, and world record holder (Class of 2002)
- Jon Stinchcomb - NFL Football Player (Class of 1998)
- Matt Stinchcomb - NFL Football Player (Class of 1995)
- Josh Wolff - Starting member of the 2000 United States men's national soccer team as well as the 2002 and 2006 United States FIFA World Cup team (Class of 1995)
- Lennon Parham - Actor, Producer, Best Friends Forever, Accidentally on Purpose, Confessions of a Shopaholic. (Class of 1994)
- Anandi McKenzie - Reality T.V. Star. Currently a cast member of Big Rich Atlanta (Class of 2011)
See also
References
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools 1982-2002
- ^ The Sudler Flag of Honor Awards Page
- ^ Historic Roll of Honor of High School Concert Bands
- ^ Georgia Senate Resolution 1313
- ^ Georgia House Resolution 2063
- ^ National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.
- ^ Christopher "Smitty" Smith Q&A: Jeff Francoeur talks Red Sox, baseball, Pete Rose, life 1 August 2011 http://blogs.eagletribune.com/smittyonbaseball/2011/08/01/qa-jeff-francoeur-talks-red-sox-baseball-pete-rose-life/
- ^ Jeffrey Scott Keppinger Jeff Keppinger Baseball Reference.com 2010-2011 http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/keppije01.shtml
- ^ Brad Lester Player Bio: Brad Lester Auburn Football 2011 http://auburntigers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/lester_brad00.html
- ^ Seth Marler Player Bio: Seth Marler The Official Site of Tulane Green Wave Athletics 23 November 2002 http://www.tulanegreenwave.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/marler_seth00.html