Northgate High School (Newnan, Georgia)

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Northgate High School
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Northgate High School (Newnan, Georgia)
3220 Fischer Road
Newnan, Georgia 30265
United States
Coordinates 33°28′08″N84°39′59″W / 33.46877°N 84.66638°W / 33.46877; -84.66638
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Type Public
Established1996
School district Coweta County School System
PrincipalAshley Wilkes
Teaching staff106.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,970 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.58 [1]
Color(s)Crimson, white and gray
   
MascotViking
Website nghs.cowetaschools.net

Northgate High School (NGHS) is a public high school located in northeastern Coweta County near Newnan, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1996, Northgate is the newest of the three Coweta County School System high schools.

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Northgate offers four diploma choices: College Prep with Distinction, College Prep, Career/Technical with Distinction, and Career/Technical. Students may also choose a dual diploma program with both college prep and career/tech seals.

Feeder schools include Blake Bass Middle School, Madras Middle School and Arnall Middle School. Madras also feeds into the nearby Newnan High School.

Athletics

Northgate has achieved a few state champions in classes AAAA and AAAAA. In 2009, the school's baseball team compiled a 32-5 record and an all-region championship game with Starr's Mill, and defeated them in three games. [2]

Their competition cheerleading won state in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2017.[ citation needed ] Competition cheerleading finished runner-up in 2006 and 2012.[ citation needed ] They finished third in 2005.[ citation needed ]

The girls' soccer team won the AAAAA title in 2013 by defeating conference rival Whitewater. [3] In 2014, they appeared again in the Final Four.[ citation needed ] In 2015, they were region champions and advanced to the state championship game where they were 5A state runner-up, losing to Starr's Mill.[ citation needed ]

The boys' soccer team finished 5A state runner-up in 2016, producing a county-best 19-2-1 record and scoring 98 goals along the way.[ citation needed ]

Northgate's softball team won their first championship in 2007 and won again in 2011.[ citation needed ]

The first state championship in school history was earned by the wrestling squad in 2002. Tyler Askey won his fourth state wrestling championship in 2013, with a perfect record of 194-0. [4]

Band program

In 20 years as a competitive unit, the band has earned 112 Class Championship awards, 39 Divisional Championship awards and 9 Grand Championship awards. The band has also performed in several notable events, including the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Christmas Parade, [5] the New York City St. Patrick's Day parade, [6] the Hollywood Christmas Parade, the Hollywood Bowl, and the National Cherry Blossom Parade. [ citation needed ]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Northgate High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Northgate wins Class AAAA baseball title | www.ajc.com". Archived from the original on February 7, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ "GHSA Girls Soccer Champions | GHSA.net".
  4. ↑ ][ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Northgate Viking Band Resume". Northgate Viking Band. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  6. ↑ https://marching.com/events/new-york-city-st-patricks-day-parade/2014-nyc-st-patricks-day-parade-line-of-march.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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