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词条 Starr's Mill High School
释义

  1. History

  2. School profile

  3. Academics

  4. Athletics

  5. Extra-curricular activities

      Athletics  Academics 

  6. Notable alumni

  7. References

  8. External links

{{more citations needed|date=November 2007}}{{Infobox school
| name = Starr's Mill High School
| image = Starrs Mill High School.gif
| image_size = 250px
| location = 193 Panther Path
Fayetteville, Georgia
| country = US
| coordinates = {{coord|33.342091|-84.517576|display=title,inline|format=dms|type:edu}}
| type = Public secondary
| established = 1997
| district = Fayette County Public Schools
| principal = Allen Leonard
| grades = 9–12
| mascot = Panther
| website = Starr’s Mill High School
| enrollment = 1,418 (2016-17)[1]
| campus = Suburban
| colors = Black and Columbia blue {{color box|#000000}} {{color box|#9BDDFF}}
}}Starr's Mill High School is a "2005 Georgia School of Excellence" school located in unincorporated Fayette County, Georgia, United States. The school is governed by the Fayette County Board of Education.[2]

The school serves southern Peachtree City and parts of unincorporated Fayette County.

History

The Fayette County Board of Education commissioned Starr's Mill High School alongside Peeples Elementary School and Rising Starr Middle School in response to rapid population growth in southern Peachtree City. Before its permanent building was constructed, students attended the LaFayette Education Center in Fayetteville until the start of the 97-1998 school year. The school is named after a grist mill located a mile southeast of the campus.

School profile

Starr's Mill High School opened in 1997-1998 with 40 teachers and 650 students. Its current enrollment is 1,493 students, and it employs 88 teachers.[3]

5% of Starr's Mill minority students participate in the ESOL Program. Most SMHS students reside in Fayetteville and Peachtree City.

Starr's Mill is one of only three high schools in Georgia to be declared a School of Excellence in 2005, and it has been ranked as one of the best school public schools in America by Newsweek magazine.

Academics

The 2010 SAT average at Starr's Mill was 1632 (out of 2400).[4]

Athletics

Starr's Mill High School has had ten state championships in less than eight years, five of which came from the soccer program. It has been ranked the fifth most successful athletic program in the state (GHSA Directors Cup Standing).{{fact|date=February 2019}}

The football program has reached the playoffs 11 times in the school's 18 years of existence.[5] In 2000, the team reached the state semi-finals. The team's most successful season was in 2010, when the team won their first 14 games before falling to Chattahoochee in the state championship.

The Starr's Mill varsity boys' and girls' lacrosse teams were formed in 2005.

Both the boys' and girls' swimming teams have won the Fayette County championship for 15 years in a row.

The girls' volleyball team won the 5A State Championship in 2004, and followed that up the next three years by finishing in the top four in the state playoffs, finishing as the runner-up in 2006 and 2007.

The boys' and girls' cross country teams were the 2004-2005 Region 4 AAAAA Champions, and the girls' 2006 track and field team was the Region 4AAAAA Champions.

Starr's Mill High School won 5AAAAA State Championship in soccer in 2006. It won the 2010 4AAAAA State Championships in both girls' and boys' divisions, the first school in Fayette County to do so since 2000.

Starr's Mill is also the home of the 2000 GHSA AAA wrestling State Champions, and the 2001 GHSA AAAAA wrestling State Champions.

Starr's Mill's swim team has won regions for the past decade.

Starr's Mill is home to the 2010 boys' tennis State Champions and 2007 girls' tennis State Champions in Class AAAA. In 2013, the boys' tennis team won the 2013 State Championship AAAAA.

The school started a roller hockey club team in 2004.

Extra-curricular activities

Athletics

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cheerleading
  • Cross-country
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling

Academics

  • Academic Team
  • Beta Club
  • Chorus
  • Debate Team
  • Eco Club
  • French Club
  • German Club
  • Health Occupations for Students of America
  • Literary Magazine
  • Math Team
  • Mock Trial Team
  • National History Bee and Bowl
  • Newspaper - The Prowler
  • Science Olympiad
  • Student Government Association
  • Yearbook
  • Ex Libris Book Club
  • Creative Writing Club
  • FCCLA
  • National Honor Society
  • Chess Club

Notable alumni

  • Paris Bennett (class of 2006) - American Idol contestant, 4th runner-up
  • Casey Bond - actor (Moneyball), former MLB outfielder for the San Francisco Giants
  • Jordan Davis - Former member of Atlanta Silverbacks
  • Reuben Houston (class of 2001) - cornerback for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team from 2002 to 2005
  • Myles Jaye - MLB pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
  • Ufomba Kamalu - NFL defensive tackle for the New England Patriots
  • Sam Martin - Appalachian State kicker, punter for the NFL's Detroit Lions
  • Kelley O'Hara (class of 2006) - US Women's National Team soccer player, appeared in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup; gold medalist in 2012 Summer Olympics, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup champion

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1302130&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=130213002165|title=Starrs Mill High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 30, 2019}}
2. ^Fayette County Board of Education
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.schooldigger.com/go/GA/schools/0213002165/school.aspx|title=Starrs Mill High School|website=SchoolDigger|access-date=2016-03-04}}
4. ^  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728055432/http://www.starrsmillhighschool.org/2009-2010%20profile.doc |date=July 28, 2011 }}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.fcboe.org/Domain/440|title=Football / Football|website=www.fcboe.org|access-date=2016-03-04}}

External links

  • Home page
{{GHSA Class AAAAA Region 3}}

3 : Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state)|Schools in Fayette County, Georgia|Educational institutions established in 1997

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