Chattahoochee High School
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Chattahoochee High School is a public high school
in Johns Creek, Georgia
within the Fulton County School System
and has been recognized as one of America's Blue Ribbon
schools. The school is currently ranked as the number one high school in the State of Georgia by ACT average composite scores. Chattahoochee High School has recently been given a rating of 10 out of a possible 10 by Great Schools Rating. This score is based on its 11th grade students performing at a 99% proficiency in Math and a 98% proficiency in Language Arts.
The school is located next to one of its feeder schools, Taylor Road Middle School.
, basketball
, cheerleading
, cross country
, football
, gymnastics
, hockey
, lacrosse
, soccer, track
, and wrestling
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, including seven in 2006, five in 2007, six in 2008, five in 2010. This record has stamped 'Hooch Debate' as one of the top public-school debate programs in the nation (especially considering that within that time period, no school has qualified more than three in a single year).
High School National Championship Tournament in 2009, the Rubik's Cube
Club, the Beta Club, and the Junior Civitan Club. Other clubs include:
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Johns Creek, Georgia
Johns Creek, Georgia
Johns Creek is a suburban city in Fulton County, Georgia, USA, which incorporated December 1, 2006. It is named for a tributary that runs through the area. The city was created out of the northeastern part of unincorporated Fulton County...
within the Fulton County School System
Fulton County School System
The Fulton County School System is a school district headquartered in East Point, Georgia, United States. The system serves the area of Fulton County, Georgia outside the Atlanta city limits...
and has been recognized as one of America's Blue Ribbon
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
schools. The school is currently ranked as the number one high school in the State of Georgia by ACT average composite scores. Chattahoochee High School has recently been given a rating of 10 out of a possible 10 by Great Schools Rating. This score is based on its 11th grade students performing at a 99% proficiency in Math and a 98% proficiency in Language Arts.
The school is located next to one of its feeder schools, Taylor Road Middle School.
Athletics
Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, Chattahoochee High School will compete in Region 7-AAAA(B) due to redistricting and a decrease in the school's population after the opening of Johns Creek High School. Previously Chattahoochee was a member of Region 7-AAAAA. Competitive sports at Chattahoochee include baseballBaseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
, lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, soccer, track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, and wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
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- The baseball team won the 2005 AAAAA state championship (with 32 wins and 4 losses), finishing 23rd nationally in Baseball America's Top 50 high schools.
- The competitive cheerleading team won the AAAAA state championships in 1999 (AAAA), 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2005. Since 1995, they have won eight region titles.
- On Dec 10, 2010 the football team won the AAAA state championship defeating Starr's Mill HS 24-0. Chattahoochee had a perfect 15-0 record that season, becoming the first team from North Fulton to win a state title with an undefeated record since Roswell High School in 1968.
- The football team has won the region championship 8-times: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010, and 2011.
- The girl's lacrosse team won the state championship in 2009. The Lady Cougars defeated four-time defending state champions, the Milton Eagles, to take home the title. They won with a score of 9 to 7. This victory gave Chattahoochee their first girl's lacrosse state championship.
- The boy's lacrosse team finished ranked first in the state in 2003 despite losing in the state championship game to WestminsterThe Westminster SchoolsThe Westminster Schools is a private school in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1951 and tracing its origins to 1878, Westminster has the largest endowment of any non-boarding school in the United States...
11-9. - On May 14, 2011 the boy's soccer team won the AAAA state championship defeating McIntosh HS 3-0.
- The boy's soccer team was ranked 2nd in the nation in 2008.
- The girl's tennis team, coached by Coach Sandy Blake, won the 1997 and 1998 AAAA state championships, posting an undefeated record in 1998.
- The boy's tennis team won the 2004 AAAAA state championship.
Band
- Chattahoochee has two jazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
bands, two concert bands, an indoor percussion ensemble, and a marching bandMarching bandMarching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
, conducted by Nicholas A. Garofalo. The Cougar Marching Band returned to Annapolis in 2010 for their third consecutive national competition. Jazz 1, the top jazz band, was invited to perform at the Annual GMEA State Convention on Friday, January 30, 2009 in Savannah, Georgia. It was the only high school jazz group invited to the event. The indoor drumline took 1st place in two WGI regionals in 2009. After serving as the director of bands since 2001, Frederick H. Chang left in 2010 to teach music at Piney Grove Middle School in Forsyth CountyForsyth CountyForsyth County is the name of two counties in the United States:* Forsyth County, Georgia* Forsyth County, North Carolina...
. - Marching Band Honors
- The Chattahoochee marching band was invited to participate in the 2007 London New Year's Day Parade. The band has also been invited to participate in the 2012 New York St. Patrick's Day parade. The band was the 2007 USSBA Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee Tri-State champion. The marching band participated in the 2008, 2009, and 2010 USSBA National Championships in Annapolis, Maryland. In 2008, the band took 7th in their class and 3rd overall in the percussion caption. In 2009, the marching band placed 6th in class AAAA, and, in 2010, the band placed 20th in class AAA.
Orchestra
- Chattahoochee has an orchestraOrchestraAn orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
program conducted by Lyndon LawlessLyndon LawlessLyndon Lawless is an American music educator. He is currently Director of Orchestras at Chattahoochee High School in Alpharetta, Georgia following a three-year sabbatical. In 2006, he stepped down as Director of the Orchestra Department at the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, Kentucky...
. John Peskey was the conductor during the 2008-2009 school year, and Jim Palmer was the orchestra conductor from 2001-2008. In 2008, Palmer became the orchestra conductor at Allatoona High SchoolAllatoona High SchoolAllatoona High School is a public school in Acworth, Georgia that opened in the Fall of 2008 and is currently the newest high school in the Cobb County School District.-Athletics:The many different activities at Allatoona consist of:*Band/Marching Band...
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Chorus
- The chorus is headed by Jennifer Blevins. Rhonda Fossum led the choral program until 2009 when she left to become the chorus teacher at Johns Creek High School.
Debate Team
Chattahoochee fields a nationally competitive policy debate team. It was brought to national prominence first under the coaching of Steve Stein and Adam Smiley and then under James Herndon and Luke Hill. Both Herndon and Hill left the team to pursue teaching careers at the college level in 2008. The team is now led by Garrett Abelkop. In recent years, Chattahoochee has qualified multiple teams to the Tournament of ChampionsTournament of Champions (debate)
The Tournament of Champions is a high school debate tournament held annually at the University of Kentucky on the first weekend of May. It is the most prestigious tournament on the "national circuit," representing some of the most competitively successful debaters from the nation's most prestigious...
, including seven in 2006, five in 2007, six in 2008, five in 2010. This record has stamped 'Hooch Debate' as one of the top public-school debate programs in the nation (especially considering that within that time period, no school has qualified more than three in a single year).
Alumni Pavilion
The Alumni Pavilion is located at the south end of "The Arena". The pavilion contains 2046 square feet (190.1 m²) of covered space and 744 square feet (69.1 m²) viewing deck. The Alumni Pavilion consists of steel beam construction, wood finished columns, and a concrete deck. The pavilion is positioned as an overlook to "The Arena", and has hosted numerous pre-game activities such as cookouts and booster meetings. Dedicated to all of the past and future graduates of Chattahoochee High School, the Alumni Pavilion's purpose is to serve as a site of congregation for school and community groups.Extracurricular
CHS offers around 41 clubs for students to join. Notable clubs are the Quiz Bowl Team, which tied for 7th nationally at the National Academic Quiz TournamentsNational Academic Quiz Tournaments
National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC is a question-writing and quizbowl organizing company founded by former players in 1996. It is unique among U.S. quiz organizations for supplying questions and hosting championships at the middle school, high school, and college levels.The format is a set...
High School National Championship Tournament in 2009, the Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Cube
Rubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that...
Club, the Beta Club, and the Junior Civitan Club. Other clubs include:
- Japanese Media Club (Anime Club)
- Chess Club
- Chinese Culture Club
- Equestrian Club
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
- Frisbee Club
- Future Business Leaders of America
- Green School
- Guitar Club
- Interactive Media Club
- JCL (Junior Classics League)
- Jewish Student Union
- Math Team
- Outdoor Activities
- Paintball Club
- Programming Club
- Strategic Thinking Club
- GSA (Gay Straight Alliance)
- Science Olympiad
Chess Team
In the 2006-2007 school year, the Chattahoochee Chess Team was formed. In the 2007 Georgia High School Team State Championships, Chattahoochee placed 3rd overall. In 2008, they placed 5th.Notable Alumni
- The school had its first All-American lacrosse player in 2003 with midfielder Kevin Magyar. Magyar followed his career at CHS on the University of Georgia lacrosse team from 2005–2008.
- Under Coach Terry Crowder, Clint Boling, who originally played football as a tight end his sophomore year, became a prominent offensive tackle during his junior and senior years. He was honored as an academic athlete in 2004 & 2005. He now plays for the University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Bulldogs. and the Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati BengalsThe Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL... - Charlie WhitehurstCharlie WhitehurstCharles David Whitehurst is an American football quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft...
, quarterback of the Seattle SeahawksSeattle SeahawksThe Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...