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| Alpharetta High School | |
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| Coordinates | 34°04′41″N84°15′22″W / 34.078°N 84.256°W /34.078; -84.256 |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 2004 |
| CEEB code | 110058 |
| NCES School ID | 130228003364[2] |
| Principal | Michael Scheifflee (August 2023–present)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,084 (2023-2024)[2] |
| Colors | Maroon, silver, and black |
| Slogan | "To be nationally competitive in academics, the arts, athletics, and service to the community." |
| Mascot | Rowdy Raider |
| Website | www |
Alpharetta High School is apublic high school located inAlpharetta,Georgia, United States within theFulton County School System.Atlanta Magazine named Alpharetta High School one of the metroAtlanta area's best all-around high schools.[3] In 2020, theU.S. News & World Report ranked the school #7 in Georgia and #281 nationally.[4]
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The school was opened in 2004 to educate students in grades 9 to 12. The school was opened due to the growing number of students inChattahoochee High School. The 330,000 square foot school was designed byPerkins and Will with sustainable design in mind. It was relieved by the 2012 opening ofCambridge High School.[5]
Alpharetta High is part of a cluster of schools in Fulton County that interact closely and educate students from kindergarten through 12th grade.
Competitive sports at Alpharetta High School are football, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, soccer, wrestling, tennis, track and field, cross country, volleyball, swimming, diving, cheerleading, and golf. Although not officially recognized by the Georgia High School Association, additional athletic activities include rugby, fencing, chess, cricket, and ping pong.[6]
The Alpharetta High School Band Program has grown from 28 original members to over 200 members and warrants its own 10,000 SF building. The program includes three concert ensembles: Symphonic Band II, Symphonic Band I, and Wind Ensemble. AHS Band members have consistently earned multiple seats in the GA All State Band, university honor bands, and district and county honor bands. Many graduates continue to play in colleges across the country, and several AHS Band Program graduates are now band directors. The advanced Wind Ensemble has performed all over the country, from California to New York. It has been invited to perform at Music for All, Disney's Festival of Gold, several university band clinics (including Alabama, UGA, and GSU), The GMEA state convention, and the National Concert Band Festival at Carnegie Hall in NYC. The program also includes an award-winning competitivemarching band, competitive indoorpercussion ensemble, and an extensive nationally competitive indoor color guard program.[7] Many graduates of the marching band program go on to perform with DCI and university bands.[8]
The Alpharetta High School Orchestra is split into five ensembles: Concert, Philharmonia, Sinfonia, Symphony, and Chamber (in ascending order of skill level).[9][10] The orchestra's Symphony ensemble frequently collaborate with the band in order to perform and compete as a full symphony orchestra.
In 2018 Alpharetta High School opened a new, state-of-the-art 24-seat Music Technology Lab. It is a one-of-a-kind Lab in Fulton County that gives each individual student a custom-built personal audio engineering space. The lab is all connected through Korg's GEC5 audio communication system and Apple Remote Desktop. The focus of the two-year program is audio production, using the full, professional version of Pro Tools as the foundation. The goal of the AHS Music Tech Program[11] is to create a foundation and pathway for students to become audio mix engineers and producers.
Alpharetta High School has many extracurricular activities and about 73 clubs.[12] Most of these clubs occur either before or after school. Many occur during Anchor Time, a 30-minute period between first and second lunch period that takes place every day. Notable clubs include Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Raider Ambassadors, National Honors Society, Science Olympiad, Model United Nations, and Beta. Students may also form their own clubs.
In the 2018-2019 school year, Alpharetta High School was chosen to become anInternational Baccalaureate (IB) school.[13] Although the school already offersAdvanced Placement (AP) courses andDual Enrollment courses at various colleges, the IB courses are completely new. Students will be allowed to complete theIB Diploma Programme by taking the required classes, or they may take specific IB classes along with other classes.
The school's symphony orchestra, composed of nearly 90 select band and orchestra students, was chosen to perform at Chicago's 2012 and 2018 Midwest Clinic. Of thousands of schools that auditioned all over the world, The 2012 Alpharetta Symphony Orchestra was the only high school full symphony chosen that year, and included the first wind section from Fulton County Schools to ever be invited to perform at Midwest Clinic.[26]
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