Peachtree Ridge High School
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| Established | 2003 |
| Principal | Dr. Flynt |
| Location | Suwanee, Georgia, United States |
| Enrollment | 3030 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Colors | White and Royal Blue with Red accents |
| Newspaper | The Roar |
| Literary Magazine | Masquerade |
Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia, USA is a part of Gwinnett County Public Schools. Peachtree Ridge is one of only two Gwinnett County Public Schools to use block scheduling; the other is Shiloh High School.
Construction of the 418,000-square-foot (38,800 m²) PRHS main facility commenced in March 2001. PRHS was constructed in order to relieve overcrowding at four neighboring high schools. When its doors opened for the 2003-2004 academic year, almost all of the sophomores, juniors, and seniors came from either Duluth High School in Duluth, Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, and North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee.
The school officially opened for classes on Monday, August 11, 2003, with enrollment topping 1,900 students. By November of the same year, another 19,570 square feet (1,818 m²) of athletic facilities (field house) were nearing completion.
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[edit] History
Peachtree Ridge High School is located on Old Peachtree Road, which was built during the War of 1812. It is located on the land that belonged to the heirs of Eugene Baynes. A lake behind the school is named Lake Louella after Ms. Eugene Ella Baynes, as well as the unpaved Lake Louella road near the school. A few hundred yards from the school is the home of the Goodwin home, which is 185 years old. Many historic sites surroud the school and they hope to continue the history.[1]
[edit] Clubs and teams
[edit] Robotics
The high school's robotics team, team 1261, (Website) was recognized for being part of the three-team alliance to win the Peachtree Regional division FIRST Robotics Competition in 2005. This feat was accomplished once again in 2006, making the school one of very few to win twice in a row. The competitions were both held at the Gwinnett Civic Center. In 2006, the team also won the prized Safety Award for demonstrating qualities which exemplify staying safe in the sometimes-dangerous robot-building and -running environment. After winning, the team also went to the national competition (which also hosts some international teams from nations such as Israel, United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia, and Germany) where it has yet to achieve even higher goals.
[edit] Awarded 2006 Governor's Cup
Peachtree Ridge was awarded the Governor's cup for the most improvement in SAT scores for AAAAA schools in the county. Georgia governor Sonny Perdue visited the school and presented the Cup.
[edit] 2006-2007 GHSA State Football Co-Champions
In the Georgia Dome, Peachtree Ridge beat Warner Robins High School 13-7. In the GHSA Championship game, the Lions came back from a 14-3 deficit at the start of the fourth quarter, to tie the Roswell Hornets. Since the game ended in a tie, Peachtree Ridge and Roswell High School are both State Champions, both being awarded State Champion Trophies, and both teams receiving State Champion Rings. The Ridge is one of the first teams to win the State Championship game in the schools fourth year of existence.
[edit] 2006-2007 GSHL State Ice Hockey Champions
The Peachtree Ridge hockey team ended the regular season with 7 Wins, 3 Losses and 3 Ties, which was good enough for 3rd in the GSHL "A" Division.
[edit] The Roar
The school's newspaper, The Roar, earned first place in the general excellence category at an awards ceremony sponsored by the Gwinnett Daily Post. The Roar Staff was led by adviser Tom Myers and Co-Editors-in-Chief Andrew Barnhart and Alexa Sherman. Anthony Herro and Kevin Bennett were recognized for maintaining the best sports section in the County. As a staff, The Roar was recognized with the best news section, best layout/design, honorable mention for best sports section, and first place in general excellence. [1]
[edit] Winterguard
The Peachtree Ridge Winterguard placed Grand Champions (Division Schoolastic AAA) in the Southern Association for Performing Arts Championships in Macon, Georgia in March 2007. Schools from five states competed against the PRHS winterguard.
[edit] Competition cheerleading
Peachtree Ridge's competition cheerleading team, also known as "Blue Pride", won the 7-5A Co-ed Region championship title, and were awarded runner-up in the 5A Co-ed division at the GHSA state competition. In the teams third year of existence the team had an undefeated season and were the 5A GHSA State Champions as well as the 7-5A region champions. In their fourth year, Blue Pride achieved another 5A GHSA State title, resulting in the first true Back-to-Back State Championship title in all girl, 5A GHSA state competition history. On November 10, 2007 they won their 3rd consecutive State title. [2]
