Mill Creek High School

Mill Creek High School
Location
Hoschton, Georgia 30548
United States
Coordinates 34°04′44″N 83°52′43″W / 34.078848°N 83.878602°WCoordinates: 34°04′44″N 83°52′43″W / 34.078848°N 83.878602°W
Information
Type Public 9-12
Established 2004
Principal Jason Lane
Enrollment 3,357
Color(s) Cardinal, Vegas gold, and navy
Mascot Hawks
Rival Dacula High School, Collins Hill High School, Mountain View High School (Lawrenceville, Georgia)
Newspaper The Mill Creek Chronicle
Website Mill Creek High School

Mill Creek High School is a high school in Hoschton, Georgia. It serves the unincorporated area of Hamilton Mill, Gwinnett County, a suburb of Atlanta, as well as serves unincorporated areas (not city limits) such as zip codes 30548, 30019, 30542, and 30519. It has 3,703 students, and the most recent attendance counts have named it the largest school in Georgia.[1] It is fed from Frank N. Osborne Middle School and Glenn C. Jones Middle School.

Mill Creek was named for the 4th consecutive year as one of the schools in the top 5% in the country with regard to academics and test results.[2] The school's motto ("the vision") is, "We view learning as a partnership shared equally among students, parents and faculty. Working together we believe that every student regardlesss of innate ability, race, creed, ethnicity or national origin is capable of making measurable improvement each school year."[3]

In August 2004, Mill Creek opened with 2,500 students. [4] It now enrolls over 3,700 students, and around 350+ staff members. It has had to erect 53 trailers around the school to provide enough space for its many students. Mill Creek is known for having over 100 different student clubs.[5]

Athletics

Mill Creek has competed in Region AAAAAA since 2012.

In 2008, the Varsity Softball team won the state championship.

In 2008 and 2009, the Girls' Varsity Competition Cheerleading team won the state championship.

In 2008 and 2009, the Varsity Girls' Golf Team won the state championship.

In 2010, 2011, and 2012, Rachael Dudley, a swimmer for Mill Creek, won the state championship in the 100M butterfly.

In 2011 and 2014, the Pride of Mill Creek Marching Band was named Bands Of America Regional Class AAAA Champions. They have marched in the London's New Years Day Parade and the Holiday Bowl Parade in San Diego, California.

In 2013, 2014, and 2015, the Varsity Winter Guard has been named WGI World Championships Scholastic A Finalists, as well as Scholastic A Champions in SAPA Championships.

Timeline

[6]

Alumni

Yearbook

The Mill Creek Yearbook, The Accipiter, is a member of NSPA and CPA.

Newspaper

The Mill Creek High school newspaper has won many awards. The newspaper's original name was The Current, with the slogan, "The Current, where the news always flows." This title only lasted from the opening of Mill Creek in 2004 until 2005. Mill Creek's mascot is the Hawk, so the paper was then titled The Hawk Print. In the statewide Journalism Banquet of 2007, 'The Hawk Print came in first place in "Best Art or Illustration," "Best Photography," "Best News Section," and "Most Improved."[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Mountain View graduates first-ever class". Southern Community Newspapers. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  2. ↑ http://www.millcreekhighschool.org/index.php?page=principal
  3. ↑ http://www.millcreekhighschool.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=88
  4. ↑ http://www.millcreekhighschool.org/index.php
  5. ↑ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 30, 2007 Thursday, NEWS; Pg. 1A, 625 words, LAURA DIAMOND; Staff
  6. ↑ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 25, 2005 Wednesday, Home Edition, Gwinnett News;, Pg. 7JJ;, 335 words
  7. ↑ {Darenberg, Heather. "Gwinnettdailypost.com." Georgia First Amendment Foundation: Advocates for Open Government, FOI, Sunshine Laws. 11 May 2007. Web. 20 May 2011. <http://www.gfaf.org/publicity/gwinnettdailypost_051007.htm>.}

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