Peachtree Ridge High School

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Peachtree Ridge High School
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Address
Peachtree Ridge High School
1555 Old Peachtree Road

Suwanee
,
Gwinnett County
,
Georgia
30024

United States
Coordinates 34°00′47″N84°05′14″W / 34.013188°N 84.087192°W / 34.013188; -84.087192
Information
Other namePRHS
Established2003
School district Gwinnett County Public Schools
NCES School ID 130255002903 [1]
PrincipalJadd Jarusinski
Teaching staff175.60 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12 [1]
Enrollment3,313 (2021-22) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.87 [1]
Color(s)    White and royal blue with red accents
MascotLions
Nickname Ridge
NewspaperThe Roar
Literary magazineMasquerade
Website www.peachtreeridge.org
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Peachtree Ridge High School (PRHS) is a public high school in Gwinnett County, in Suwanee, Georgia, United States. It is a part of Gwinnett County Public Schools. It is one of three public schools in the county to use block scheduling, the others being Shiloh High School and the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology. [2]

Contents

History

Peachtree Ridge High School is located on Old Peachtree Road. It is located on land which belonged to the heirs of Eugene Baynes. A lake behind the school is named Lake Louella after Mrs. Louise Ella Baynes, as is Lake Louella Road near the school. A few hundred yards from the school is the Goodwin home, which was built in 1823 and is the oldest building in Suwanee. [3]

Construction of the 418,000-square-foot (38,800 m2) school's main facility commenced in March 2001. PRHS was constructed to relieve overcrowding at four neighboring high schools.[ citation needed ] 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, or 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. [4]

Clubs

Robotics

Peachtree Ridge High School Robotics [5] (Team 1261 Robo Lions) was established in the 2003–2004 school year.

Team 1261's main platform is the FIRST Robotics Competition, [6] which takes place during the spring semester. Since 2004, the team has won four regional events and numerous other awards for design efficiency, creativity, and performance.[ citation needed ]

In the 2014 season the Peachtree Ridge High School Robotics team won the Palmetto Regional, becoming the first Georgia team to win a regional.[ citation needed ]

2006 Governor's Cup

In 2006 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.[ citation needed ]

The Roar

In 2007 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 staff of The Roar was recognized for the best news section, best layout/design, honorable mention for best sports section, and first place in general excellence. [7]

Winterguard

The Peachtree Ridge Winterguard placed Grand Champions (Division Scholastic AAA) in the Southern Association for Performing Arts Championships in Macon in March 2007.[ citation needed ] Schools from five states competed against the PRHS Winterguard. This has now passed on to Hull Middle School, Peachtree Ridge's middle school.[ clarification needed ]

NJROTC

In 2022, the Peachtree Ridge High School NJROTC received 21st place [8] at the 2022 NJROTC Navy Nationals hosted at Pensacola, Naval Air Station, Florida. The "Lions Battalion" beat countless other highly ranked NJROTC programs and received a 3rd place trophy for the shuttle run event. [8]

Athletics

Since 2004, Peachtree Ridge has competed in Region 7-AAAAAA. [9] [10]

Notable alumni

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