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North Hall High School
North Hall High School
Location
	Gainesville, Georgia; United States
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Motto	Providing Challenges…Forseeing Success
Established	1957
Principal	Joe Gheesling, Ph.D
Staff	112
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1190
Education system	Hall County Schools
Color(s)	Green & White
Athletics conference	GHSA Div. 7-AAA
Mascot	Trojan
Rivals	Gainesville High School; Chestatee High School; Flowery Branch High School
Newspaper	The Forum
Yearbook	The Trojan

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North Hall High School is a public four year comprehensive high school located in the northern portion of Hall County, Georgia in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. North Hall serves the communities of Gainesville, Murrayville and Clermont and is located about 10 miles north of Gainesville City and 15 miles south of Dahlonega, Georgia.

About North Hall

Administration

Joe Gheesling Ph.D - Principal
Harold Daniels - Asst. Principal/Athletic Director
Dwayne Daniels - Asst. Principal
Twyla Sherland - Asst. Principal

Adjacent schools

Academics

A qualified International Baccalaureate (IB) school. North Hall has a 5-Star rating by the Great Schools Association and also a 4-Star satisfactory rating by parents voted on in 2007.
A Pupil/Teacher ratio of 16:1
The school currently offers many Advanced Placement/Honors Courses.
Highest Junior Graduation Test Scores in State.
9.3% of Juniors passed the math portion of the Graduation Test.
2007 Graduates: 207, 55.7% eligible for HOPE Scholarship

Demographics

White/Caucasian - 91%
Hispanic - 7%
Black/Other - 2%

Statistics

North Hall has an even gender distribution of 50.5% male and 49.5% female.

Notable Alumni

Tommy Aaron - professional golfer, 1973 Masters Tournament winner
Doug Collins - Georgia State Representative(R)
Jody Davis - former pitcher for Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves baseball teams
Billy Greer - bass guitarist for progressive rock band, Kansas
Corey Hulsey - former NFL Oakland Raiders football player
Robin Spriggs - author/actor

Feeder schools

Middle schools

North Hall MS

Elementary schools

Wauka Mountain ES
Mt. Vernon ES
Riverbend ES

Extracurricular activities

Humane Society
Marching Band
Cheerleading
FFA
JHBA
HOSA
Spanish
French
DECA
Thespians
FBLA
FCA
Beta

Athletics

In recent years the North Hall Trojans have qualified for the state AAA playoffs in eight sports or more each year, with several seeing Final Four and state appearances.^{[citation needed]} The following is a list of competing athletics at North Hall.

Football
Volleyball
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Wrestling
Marching Band
Cheerleading
Boys Soccer
Girls Soccer
Cross Country
Track & Field
Boys Golf
Girls Golf
Softball
Boys Tennis
Girls Tennis

Cross Country

North Hall's Boys Cross Country team won the school's first team athletic state title in 2006. The Trojans, led by senior team captain Albert Harrison, defeated the 18 time defending champions Westminster at the state meet 42-57. The Trojans, coached by Jean Foster, Danny Thomas, and Jane Harrison, finished the season 6th in all classifications in Georgia.^{[citation needed]}

Football

In the past four years the team has secured the following...

3 Region 7-AAA Titles
3 SubRegion 7A-AAA Titles
2 Undefeated Regular Seasons
7 Playoff Victories
3 AAA State Quarterfinal Appearances
1 AAA State Semifinal Appearances
3 State Power Rankings (9th, 5th, & 1st)
3 State Rankings (8th, 7th, & 3rd)
1 National Ranking (23rd)
Overall Record of 42-8

Clubs

FFA
FBLA
FCA
JHBA
Skills USA
Spanish
French
FCCLA
Beta
Thespians
Key Club

Theater

Jan Ewing and Haywood Jablome- Directors

North Hall's Drama program is Hollow Horse Productions which is currently under the direction of Jan Ewing. The Drama Department took 2nd place in the 2007 Region 7-AAA contest losing to Gainesville High School. The Program performed Once Upon a Mattress. The program is sponsored by the International Thespian Society and the Educational Theatre Association. Members of the theater program also participate in community activities, including food drives and mentoring.

Recent shows

Upcoming shows

Improv Troupe

The Drama program supports a student-run Improv troupe which opens one-night performances monthly, generally.

Band

Alan Kirkland - Director of Bands (2004-Present)
Aaron Hughes - Asst. Director of Bands/Drum Instructor (2006-Present)

The North Hall High School Band Program consists of a Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and several Chamber Ensembles. The current director of bands is Alan Kirkland, who is in his 4th year at North Hall. As of 2008 the band program is 70+ members strong and competes in A, AA, and AAA classes.

Officers 2008-09

Kory Stringer - Drum Major
Brandie Garrett - Woodwind Captain
Taylor Janney - High Brass Captain
Evan Abernathy - Low Brass Captain
Jacob Carney - Low Brass Captain
Quentin Brady - Percussion Captain
Sarah Howell - Pit Captain
Brittani Matthews - Guard Captain
Miranda Tumlin - Guard Captain
Lauren Carney - Librarian
Kayleigh Smith - Librarian
Dillon Hutchinson - Business Captain
Cassy Westmoreland - Personnel Captain

Marching Trojans

The marching program at North Hall performs and competes under the name 'Marching Trojans' and has approximately 40 winds, 20 percussion, 14 color guard, and a feature twirler as of 2007. The marching band performs halftime at each football game as well as pregame at homefield in The Brickyard. The band competed 3 times in 2007 earning straight superiors in each field and coming in the top 5 the last 2 of the 3.

The 50th Reunion Alumni Band 2007

During the 2007 football season the school was celebrating its 50th anniversary and the band contributed by forming an alumni band with present and past members from the past 45 years. The band being 45 years old had 2 original members on the field at pregame, 7 former drum majors, and former band director Larry Sims contucted the alumni band through the National Anthem at pregame before the North Hall vs. Gilmer County game. There were over 120 members from all over the country who came to participate and the North Hall band went from smallest, to biggest in Region 7-AAA, if only for a night.^{[citation needed]}

Halftime/Competition

2008 - Escape
2007 - Spanish Fiesta & Themes of James Bond
2006 - A Gangster's Chronicle
2005 - Scenes of the American West
2004 - A Night of Jazz
2003 - Movin' Out

Competitions

Valhalla Classic 2007

2nd in Class A
Band - 1
Percussion - 1
Color Guard - 2
Drum Major - 1

Heart Of Georgia Invitational 2007

5th in Class AA
7th Overall
Band - 1
Percussion - 1
Color Guard - 2
Drum Major - 1

Old South Marching Festival 2007

1st in Class AAA
5th Overall
Band - 1
Percussion - 1
Color Guard - 2
Drum Major - 1
Feature Twirler - 1

Symphonic Band

The concert season sees the 'NHHS Symphonic Band' perform a winter, spring, and festival performance as well as National Adjudicators Invitationals the past 2 years and a stage show performance every other year. The band earns straight superiors each year and performs level 4 and 5 at festival. In 2008 the band performed a Level 5 performance at the Georgia LGPE Festival earning straight superiors.

Jazz Band

The North Hall Jazz Band usually makes appearances around the state of Georgia during spring semester. And is well known in the community for the 2007 benefit concert to raise money for the Enterprise High School Band of Enterprise, Alabama after a tornado struck the school and demolished 20% of the school. The band, all in all, raised over $5000 for EHS.

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 ==About North Hall==
-North Hall High School opened its doors in 1957 as the first [[high school]] in [[Hall County]]. Following North Hall was South Hall, now [[Johnson High School (Gainesville, Georgia)|Johnson High School]], as well as [[West Hall High School]]. The school remains in the original building with several additions. The original library serves as the main office and counselors' offices, and the original lunchroom is now the artroom. The campus is divided into halls.  One hall mostly contains math, foreign language, and literature classrooms; another is mostly for science and history; a third hall houses tech courses such as welding, agriculture, construction, drafting, art, and machining; and a fourth hall, built in 1997, is home to fine arts classes such as band, chorus, and drama. The fourth hall also houses a new gymnasium and athletic complex consisting of a football stadium, baseball field, track, tennis courts, softball fields, batting cages, and air conditioned field houses.
 ==Administration==