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词条 Alpharetta High School
释义

  1. History

  2. Alpharetta cluster

  3. Layout

  4. Work Ethic

  5. Athletics

  6. Fine Arts

      Band    Orchestra    Chorus  

  7. Extracurricular

  8. International Baccalaureate

  9. Awards

      Academic    Athletic    Chess    Quizbowl    Speech and Debate Team    Arts  

  10. Notable alumni

  11. References

  12. External links

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}{{short description|High school in Georgia, United States}}{{Infobox school
| name = Alpharetta High School
|image=Alpharetta High School.JPG
| city = Alpharetta
| state = Georgia
| country = United States
|coordinates = {{Coord|34.078|-84.256|format=dms|display=inline,title|region:US_type:edu}}
|pushpin_map = USA Georgia#USA
| type = Public
| established= 2004
| principal = Shannon N. Kersey (August 2011-)
| grades = 9–12
| enrollment = 2,152 (2016-17)[1]
| slogan = "To be nationally competitive in academics, the arts, athletics, and service to the community."
| mascot = Raider
| SAT = 1,689 [2]
| SAT_year = 2015
| website = {{URL|school.fultonschools.org/hs/alpharetta/Pages/default.aspx}}
|
| colors = Maroon, silver, and black
}}Alpharetta High School is a public high school located in Alpharetta, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Fulton County School System. Atlanta Magazine named Alpharetta High School one of the metro Atlanta area's best all-around high schools.[3]

History

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It was relieved by the 2012 opening of Cambridge High School.[4]

Alpharetta cluster

Alpharetta High is part of a cluster of schools that interact closely and educate students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

  • Creek View Elementary School
  • Lake Windward Elementary
  • Manning Oaks Elementary School
  • New Prospect Elementary School
  • Webb Bridge Middle School
  • Hopewell Middle School

Layout

Most of the campus at Alpharetta High School is occupied by a main building that contains three floors and three hallways (identified as the 2000, 3000, and 4000 hallways). The bottom (first) floor contains the cafeteria, media center, and access to the buses and portables outside. The second and third floor are mostly classes, and the second floor has access to the auditorium, gym, and orchestra room. Other parts of the school outside the main building include the band building, the soccer field, football fields, tennis court, trail, and softball field.

Work Ethic

Alpharetta High School is dedicated to a strong academic policy which is defined with the phrase RICH Raider, which stands for respect, integrity, citizenship, and hard work. A student exhibiting these policies by being engaged and helpful to the class may receive a RICH Raider ticket, in which a randomly selected students can receive prizes on Friday by depositing the tickets. Furthermore, classes may also be chosen as a RICH Raider Class and receive prizes.[5]

Athletics

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]

Fine Arts

Band

The band is directed by Mike Walsh and Ira Jenkins and contains three concert bands. The program also contains a marching band and smaller ensembles, including a jazz band and a percussion ensemble.[7]

Orchestra

The Alpharetta High School Orchestra is currently directed by Dr. Charles Laux and is also split into five ensembles, which are Concert, Philharmonia, Sinfonia, Symphony, and Chamber (in ascending order of skill level).[8] They also perform in numerous competitions and concerts. The program used to be directed by Mr. Sheldon Fisher, who retired in 2016.[9] The orchestra's Symphony ensemble frequently collaborate with the band in order to perform and compete as a full symphony orchestra.

Chorus

The Alpharetta High School Chorus is directed by Michelle Levesque. The chorus performs in several concerts and is divided in smaller ensembles and clubs.[10]

Extracurricular

Alpharetta High School has many extracurricular activities and has about 95 clubs.[11] Most of these clubs occur either before or after school. Many of these clubs occur during Anchor Time, which is a 45-minute period that takes place every Tuesday and Thursday in both first and second semesters. Some of the notable clubs include Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Raider Ambassadors, National Honors Society, Science Olympiad, and Beta.

International Baccalaureate

In the 2018-2019 school year, Alpharetta High School has officially been chosen to become an International Baccalaureate (IB) school.[12] Although the school already offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses and Dual Enrollment, IB courses will be completely new and is different from AP courses because they span for a period of two years and have extracurricular requirements. Not many courses will be offered when the program first starts at the school, but more courses will be offered as the program matures.

Awards

Alpharetta has won awards in a variety of fields.

Academic

  • The school was the recipient of the 2007-2008 Governors Cup for the AAAAA school with the highest increase in SAT scores. Governors Office of Student Achievement
  • Alpharetta High School was nationally ranked in Newsweek's "Best High Schools 2012," coming in at 268.

Athletic

  • The 2008 girls' cross country team were Region 6-AAAAA Champions[13] and placed 6th in the state.[14]
  • The 2007 girls' track and field team was Region 6-AAAAA Champions[15] and placed seventh in the state.[16]
  • The 2009 competition cheerleaders were Region 6-AAAAA Champions and placed seventh in the state.
  • The 2009-10 boys' ice hockey team won the state championship (AA).[17]
  • The 2010 boys' tennis team won the school's first state championship (AAAAA).[18]
  • The 2010 competition cheerleaders won the state championship. (AAAAA)
  • The 2011-12 boys' ice hockey team won the state championship (AA).[19]
  • The 2012 boys' tennis team won the state championship (AAAAA).

Chess

On March 27, 2010, the Alpharetta High School Chess Team won the State Championships by defeating Creekview 5-0, Dunwoody 5-0, Greater Atlanta Christian School 5-0, Pace Academy 5-0, and Northview 5-0. This makes them the first chess team in Georgia history to win a state championship with a perfect 25-0. On March 9th, 2019, Alpharetta High School Chess Team competed in the Team Chess State Championship for High School, which was led by the Alpharetta High School Chess President, Siddharth Vijayasankar.

Quizbowl

  • The Academic Team won the 2007–2008 Annual High Q competition, which is hosted by Chuck Dowdle and airs on WSB-TV. They were originally alternates for the competition.[20]
  • In the 2013-2014 season, the varsity quizbowl team won the ATTACK III and GATA Winter Tournaments. The Junior varsity team won the GATA State tournament. Both the varsity and junior varsity teams won the MLK Day History Bowl Regional. The team was ranked 84th in the national quizbowl rankings at the end of the season.[21]
  • In the 2014-2015 season, the varsity quizbowl team finished third at the 25th Annual Walton Academic Challenge and won both the History Bowl and Bee Regional at Athens.[22]

Speech and Debate Team

  • The school's Varsity Speech and Debate Team placed second in the State Championship in Spring 2009. (2008-2009 Records)
  • The school's Varsity Speech and Debate Team placed fifth at the All-State competition in 2009. (2008-2009 Records)

Arts

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, Alpharetta was one of only a few that were chosen.[23]

Notable alumni

  • Ariana Savalas ('04) Performer [24]
  • Michael Bennett ('09), football player, University of Georgia and Cincinnati Bengals 2015[25]
  • Joshua Dobbs ('13), football player, University of Tennessee (2013-2016) and Pittsburgh Steelers 2017-present

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1302280&ID=130228003364|title=Alpharetta High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 27, 2019}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.fultonschools.org/en/divisions/acd/assess/Documents/SAT%202015.pdf|title=Fulton County Schools SAT Two Year Comparison|website=Fulton County Schools|access-date=June 25, 2016}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/schoolguide2011/home.aspx |accessdate=January 28, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110053949/http://www.atlantamagazine.com/schoolguide2011/home.aspx|title=Atlanta Magazine - January 2011 - School Guide |archivedate=January 10, 2011 }}
4. ^{{cite web|author=Scott, Jeffry|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/cambridge-high-school-opens-its-doors-for-first-time-monday/LviHcCIDDiLVi3QT0hbiZJ/|title=Cambridge High School opens its doors for first time Monday|publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=August 13, 2012|accessdate=January 8, 2019}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://alpharettahsraidersrevealed.blogspot.com/2017/10/rich-raider-celebration.html|title=Raiders Revealed: Rich Raider Celebration|date=October 31, 2017|website=Raiders Revealed|access-date=November 12, 2017}}
6. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.ahsraiders.com/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=April 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100417114443/http://www.ahsraiders.com/ |archive-date=April 17, 2010 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.alpharettaband.org/home/index.php/en/|title=Alpharetta High School Raider Band - Home|website=www.alpharettaband.org|language=en-gb|access-date=November 12, 2017}}
8. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.alpharettaorchestra.org/about/the-director/|title=The Director|date=May 10, 2016|work=Alpharetta High School Orchestra|access-date=November 12, 2017|language=en-US}}
9. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.alpharettaorchestra.org/about/|title=About|date=May 10, 2016|work=Alpharetta High School Orchestra|access-date=November 12, 2017|language=en-US}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://ahschorus.weebly.com|title=Alpharetta High School Chorus|website=Alpharetta High School Chorus|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://school.fultonschools.org/hs/alpharetta/Pages/AHS-Clubs-and-Organizations.aspx|title=AHS Clubs and Organizations|website=school.fultonschools.org|language=en-US|access-date=November 12, 2017}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://school.fultonschools.org/hs/alpharetta/Pages/New-and-Upcoming.aspx|title=International Baccalaureate Candidacy|website=school.fultonschools.org|language=en-US|access-date=November 17, 2017}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/40683/results/79959|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723024351/http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/40683/results/79959|dead-url=yes|archive-date=July 23, 2012|title=Region 6-AAAAA Meet- Girls Varsity - MileSplit GA|date=July 23, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/38029/results/81081/raw#.WhOJfnC-Ku4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402222117/http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/38029/results/81081/raw#.WhOJfnC-Ku4|dead-url=yes|archive-date=April 2, 2016|title=GHSA Cross Country Championships - Girls AAAAA (Raw)|date=April 2, 2016|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/22598/results/46482|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730215222/http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/22598/results/46482|dead-url=yes|archive-date=July 30, 2012|title=Girls Region 6-AAAAA- Team Scores - MileSplit GA|date=July 30, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
16. ^{{Cite news|url=http://ga.milesplit.com/meets/21697/coverage|title=GHSA Girls State Championship - Coverage|work=MileSplit GA|access-date=November 21, 2017|language=en}}
17. ^{{Cite web|url=http://gshl.goalline.ca/news.php?news_id=256579|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212326/http://gshl.goalline.ca/news.php?news_id=256579|dead-url=yes|archive-date=March 3, 2016|title=Georgia Student Hockey League powered by GOALLINE.ca|date=March 3, 2016|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
18. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/high-school/state-tennis-championships/nQftW/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011152232/http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/high-school/state-tennis-championships/nQftW/|dead-url=yes|archive-date=October 11, 2012|title=State tennis championships {{!}} www.ajc.com|date=October 11, 2012|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
19. ^{{Cite web|url=http://gshl.goalline.ca/news.php?news_id=553785|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002611/http://gshl.goalline.ca/news.php?news_id=553785|dead-url=yes|archive-date=March 4, 2016|title=Georgia Student Hockey League powered by GOALLINE.ca|date=March 4, 2016|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
20. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=youthcolumn-May2008-p2|title=Kavita Chhibber|website=www.kavitachhibber.com|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
21. ^{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/ahsqbteam/home/tournament-results|title=Tournament Results - AHS Quizbowl|website=sites.google.com|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
22. ^{{Cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/ahsqbteam/home/tournament-results|title=Tournament Results - AHS Quizbowl|website=sites.google.com|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
23. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.midwestclinic.org/2012-Midwest-Clinic-Performers.html|title=The Midwest Clinic - 2012 Performers and Concert Programs|website=Midwest Clinic|access-date=November 21, 2017}}
24. ^{{cite web|title=Hometown Alpharetta girl back from Hollywood for play|url=https://www.northfulton.com/alpharetta_roswell/hometown-alpharetta-girl-back-from-hollywood-for-play/article_692d98ac-6803-5709-9707-c24b4349f4a8.html}}
25. ^{{cite web|title=Michael Bennetts|url=http://www.bengals.com/team/roster/Michael-Bennett/8961e1c5-3cfe-4881-92f6-ce2b64a57de0}}

External links

  • Fulton County School System website
  • Alpharetta High School Website
{{Fulton County, Georgia Schools}}{{GHSA Class AAAAAA Region 6}}

2 : Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state)|Schools in Fulton County, Georgia

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