Archer High School

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Archer High School
Location
2255 New Hope Road
Lawrenceville, Georgia, 30045
United States
CoordinatesCoordinates: 33°54′58″N 83°53′37″W / 33.91611°N 83.89361°W / 33.91611; -83.89361
Information
Motto"I Am Archer,
You Are Archer,
We Are Archer"
Established2009
School districtGwinnett County Public Schools
PrincipalKen Johnson
Staff135.50 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,743 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio20.24[1]
Color(s)Red, silver, and white
   
MascotTiger
NewspaperEye of the Tiger
Websitewww.archerhighschool.net

Archer High School is a public high school near Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States. It is operated by Gwinnett County Public Schools. It is named after Gwinnett County teacher and coach Benjamin Vernon Archer.[2]

The school officially opened on Monday, August 10, 2009, with enrollment topping 1,200 students. It was opened as a relief for surplus students from Grayson High School, Central Gwinnett High School, and Dacula High School. The Archer cluster consists of Harbins Elementary, Cooper Elementary, Lovin Elementary, McConnell Middle, and Archer High School. As of the 2015–2016 school year the school has an enrollment of 2,568 students.[3]

Athletics[]

In its first year (2009–2010) Archer High School competed in Region 8-AAA of the Georgia High School Association (GHSA), with varsity teams in all sports, except football due to GHSA rules. For the 2010–2011 school year, Archer entered GHSA Region 8-AAAAA, and was the school's first year with a varsity football season.[4][5]

Archer has had many teams compete in state tournaments: girls' track and cross-country, varsity competition cheerleading, wrestling, swimming, girls' softball, girls' basketball, men's basketball, men's tennis, men's track and cross country, volleyball, and football.

The first program at Archer to win a state title as a team was the 2012 softball team. Since then, the school has won many state titles in wrestling. In 2014, the wrestling program finished the season ranked #9 in the nation by WIN Magazine.

Clubs[]

Archer High School recognizes multiple school-sponsored clubs. These clubs include a dance team, various quiz bowl-like clubs covering different academic areas, multiple honor societies, assorted foreign language clubs, a speech and debate team, a Skills USA club, a creative writing club, chapters of Future Business Leaders of America and Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, Archer's student council, and a yearbook club.[6]

Notable alumni[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Archer High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  2. ^ "Archer High School Website". gwinnett.k12.ga.us. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
  3. ^ "Schools - GCPS". Gwinnett County Public Schools. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Archer High School". gwinnett.k12.ga.us. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  5. ^ Archer High Athletics Accessed 16 October 2015.
  6. ^ "School Sponsored Clubs". Archer High School. Gwinnett County Public Schools. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. ^ Whitney Ogden (July 27, 2017). "Archer's Terry, South's Smith part of Georgia connection in Spokane". The Spokesman Review. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
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