Chattahoochee High School

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Chattahoochee High School
Established	1991
Type	Public high school
Principal	Timothy Duncan
Students	2,108
Grades	9–12
Location	Johns Creek, Georgia, USA
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Blue and Gold
Mascot	Cougars
Website	http://www.chattcougar.com

Chattahoochee High School is a public secondary school within the Fulton County School System and has been recognized as one of America's blue ribbon schools. The school is located next to one of its feeder schools, Taylor Road Middle School.

1 Academics
2 Athletics
3 Music
4 Notable alumni
5 References

[edit] Academics

Chattahoochee's "Educational Partner" C2 Educational Center and students also have the option of joint enrolling at nearby colleges. The school also offers 22 AP classes. Chattahoochee's debate program has recently become nationally renowned. Under the direction of James Herndon III, the debate team placed second in the nation in 2005 reaching the final round of the Tournament of Champions. Extracurricular academic activities also include Mock Trial, Math Team, Academic Team, Science Olympiad, and Odyssey of the Mind.

[edit] Athletics

The athletic offerings include typical American sports like football, baseball, track, wrestling, cross country, basketball and cheerleading. Sports Championships:

Men's tennis team won the 2004 AAAAA Georgia state championship.^{[citation needed]}
Baseball team won the 2005 AAAAA Georgia state championship (with 32 wins and 4 losses), finishing 23rd nationally in Baseball America's Top 50 high schools.^{[citation needed]}
The football team has won the region championship 6-times: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2003.
The men's lacrosse team finished 2nd in the state in 2003 posting an undefeated record. The school had it's first All-American in Midfielder Kevin Magyar (CHS 2003). Magyar followed his career at CHS by being a star on the University of Georgia lacrosse team (2005-2008).

[edit] Music

Chattahoochee has an orchestra program conducted by Jim Palmer as well as jazz and marching bands, conducted by Fred Chang and Nick Garofalo. The chorus program is headed by Rhonda Fossum.

[edit] Notable alumni

Cherry Fu, founder of the Girls Who Surf company of Honolulu, HI^[1]
Charlie Whitehurst, San Diego Chargers quarterback
Graham White, West Point kicker holding the team record for most yards^{[citation needed]}, later wounded while serving in Iraq
John Busing, Cincinnati Bengals
Clint Boling, University of Georgia Football Offensive Lineman
Mark Buchholz Clemson University Soccer and Football Player