North Atlanta High School is a comprehensive public high school of approximately 2300 students in the Paces neighborhood of the Buckhead community of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The school is a part of Atlanta Public Schools (APS).
Former North Atlanta High School campus (now Sutton Middle School), facing south
The school was formed after North Fulton High School combined with Northside High School during the 1991–1992 school year. This merger resulted in North Atlanta High School being the only high school in APS to host two magnet programs: the International Studies Program and the Performance Arts. The Performance Arts program is now technically defunct, but North Atlanta continues to encourage students' artistic abilities and talents in performance.
Fulton County School Board opened Northside High School in 1950 at the current location of the Sutton Middle School: 7th-8th Grade Campus building. Northside High School became part of the APS when the property was annexed into the city of Atlanta. The school colors were purple and white, and the school nickname was the Tigers. In 1969, APS opened a planetarium at the Northside campus. Originally, it was one of three planetariums owned by Atlanta Public Schools (the other two being at Fulton and Harper High). It can seat 110 people.[3] A magnet program in the performing arts was started in 1972.[citation needed]
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North Atlanta High School (1991–present)edit
In June 1990 the APS school board voted to merge Northside and North Fulton High, closing the North Side Campus and making the North Fulton campus host the new school. In January 1991 the school board chose the name North Atlanta High School.[4]
In September 1991 the school opened. The students attended the North Fulton campus,[4] until June 1994, while the former Northside High School underwent a $15 million renovation. In 1998, North Atlanta was designated as a Georgia School of Excellence by the Georgia Department of Education.[5] After the 2001–2002 school year, West Fulton High School and Harper-Archer High School closed. Since there wasn't adequate capacity at Douglass High School, the closest school, the students in the Scott and Boyd Elementary school districts were rezoned to North Atlanta. This area encompassed both Hollywood Courts and the former Perry Homes. Starting in 2004, Newsweek rated North Atlanta as being one of the best high schools in the country for three consecutive years.[6] In the spring of 2008, the Aga Khan visited and gave a speech at North Atlanta as a part of the annual IB conference.
As of the 2008–2009 school year, the incoming 9th grade class was zoned to Douglass High School. In 2008, North Atlanta began its partnership with the Juilliard School. Juilliard began its inaugural Summer Jazz program in June 2008, and planned to continue the camp in future years. In the summer of 2009, APS started its $40 million renovation on the building. Phase 1 included the expansion and modernization of the instructional classrooms, while Phase 2 included the grounds and rooms such as the theatre and the cafeteria.
Phase two of the SPLOST 3 renovation, in the summer of 2010, included renovations and modernization of all non-instructional facilities such as the media center and athletic areas.
The 2010–2011 school year saw the third wave of Atlanta Public Schools' High School Transformation Initiative. The new changes included extending the IB Diploma Programme to each SLC, eliminating the status of a magnet program from the International Studies SLC, and other initiatives aimed at increasing student achievement. A fourth SLC was tentative for the transformation.
In order to alleviate overcrowding at Sutton Middle School, around 2009 APS issued a proposal to create state-of-the-art facilities for NAHS elsewhere in Buckhead, and to use the then-current NAHS facilities on Northside Drive at Kingswood Lane as a new middle school. However, instead of creating a new middle school, it was decided that Sutton Middle School would be separated into two campuses. Its new 7th and 8th Grade Campus was established at this location (apparently by the 2013–2014 school year), and its 6th Grade Campus remains at the school's original location on Powers Ferry Road at Jett Road, 3.5 miles north of the Northside Drive campus.[7]
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APS purchased a former IBMoffice building on Northside Parkway in the Paces neighborhood of Atlanta, along with its 56 acres (23 ha) wooded campus. The 11-story building, which previously housed 5,000 IBM employees in its 507,093 square feet (47,110.5 m2), was converted to new facilities for NAHS students. The campus straddles a retention pond.[8] The parking deck is used for parking, while the more distant parking lots have become a track and field. Another building, deemed unsuitable for the school, was imploded on October 27, 2012, to be rebuilt as a theater and gymnasium, among other purposes. The architecture was led by Cooper Carry and construction was performed by J.E. Dunn. The new school was ready for the 2013–2014 school year.[9] The cost of the new campus altogether was $147 million; APS received some criticism for the cost, which made the school the most expensive public high school in the history of the state.[10][11]
Student activitiesedit
The North Fulton Quiz Bowl team won the 1990 AA state title in the tournament sanctioned by the Georgia Academic Team Association, and Northside won the 1991 AAA title. In 1998, the North Atlanta Quiz Bowl team won the state championship[12] before going on to finish with a No. 16 national ranking at the Tournament of Champions in Chicago, Illinois.[13] The team also earned a berth in the 2000 Tournament of Champions.[14]
Bus 12 that runs through Cumberland Mall feeds through the former campus of North Atlanta High School (now Sutton Middle School). It also runs through the new campus, the IBM building in Fulton County.
Feeder schoolsedit
Elementary schools: Bolton Academy, Brandon Elementary, Garden Hills Elementary, Jackson Elementary, Smith Elementary, and E. Rivers Elementary
Cydney Gillon - Contestant on the 32nd season of Survivor and professional body builder
Sam Graddy (Northside High School) - gold medal winner in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics; former NFL player for the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Raiders[22]
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North Atlanta High School is a comprehensive public high school of approximately 2300 students in the Paces neighborhood of the Buckhead community of Atlanta Georgia United States The school is a part of Atlanta Public Schools APS North Atlanta High SchoolAddress4111 Northside ParkwayAtlanta GeorgiaUnited StatesCoordinates33 52 00 N 84 26 44 W 33 866748 N 84 4454548 W 33 866748 84 4454548InformationTypePublic secondaryMotto Diversity Scholarship Community Established1991 32 years ago 1991 School districtAtlanta Public SchoolsPrincipalCurtis DouglassStaff112 50 FTE 1 Grades9 12Enrollment2300 2022 23 1 Student to teacher ratio16 79 1 Color s MascotWarriorPublicationWarrior Wire 2 YearbookInvictusWebsitenorthatlantahigh wbr orgFormer North Atlanta High School campus now Sutton Middle School facing southThe school was formed after North Fulton High School combined with Northside High School during the 1991 1992 school year This merger resulted in North Atlanta High School being the only high school in APS to host two magnet programs the International Studies Program and the Performance Arts The Performance Arts program is now technically defunct but North Atlanta continues to encourage students artistic abilities and talents in performance Contents 1 History 1 1 Northside High School 1950 1991 1 2 North Atlanta High School 1991 present 2 Campus 3 Student activities 3 1 Athletics 3 1 1 State championships 4 Bus route 5 Feeder schools 6 Notable alumni 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksHistory editNorthside High School 1950 1991 edit Fulton County School Board opened Northside High School in 1950 at the current location of the Sutton Middle School 7th 8th Grade Campus building Northside High School became part of the APS when the property was annexed into the city of Atlanta The school colors were purple and white and the school nickname was the Tigers In 1969 APS opened a planetarium at the Northside campus Originally it was one of three planetariums owned by Atlanta Public Schools the other two being at Fulton and Harper High It can seat 110 people 3 A magnet program in the performing arts was started in 1972 citation needed This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2008 North Atlanta High School 1991 present edit In June 1990 the APS school board voted to merge Northside and North Fulton High closing the North Side Campus and making the North Fulton campus host the new school In January 1991 the school board chose the name North Atlanta High School 4 In September 1991 the school opened The students attended the North Fulton campus 4 until June 1994 while the former Northside High School underwent a 15 million renovation In 1998 North Atlanta was designated as a Georgia School of Excellence by the Georgia Department of Education 5 After the 2001 2002 school year West Fulton High School and Harper Archer High School closed Since there wasn t adequate capacity at Douglass High School the closest school the students in the Scott and Boyd Elementary school districts were rezoned to North Atlanta This area encompassed both Hollywood Courts and the former Perry Homes Starting in 2004 Newsweek rated North Atlanta as being one of the best high schools in the country for three consecutive years 6 In the spring of 2008 the Aga Khan visited and gave a speech at North Atlanta as a part of the annual IB conference As of the 2008 2009 school year the incoming 9th grade class was zoned to Douglass High School In 2008 North Atlanta began its partnership with the Juilliard School Juilliard began its inaugural Summer Jazz program in June 2008 and planned to continue the camp in future years In the summer of 2009 APS started its 40 million renovation on the building Phase 1 included the expansion and modernization of the instructional classrooms while Phase 2 included the grounds and rooms such as the theatre and the cafeteria Phase two of the SPLOST 3 renovation in the summer of 2010 included renovations and modernization of all non instructional facilities such as the media center and athletic areas The 2010 2011 school year saw the third wave of Atlanta Public Schools High School Transformation Initiative The new changes included extending the IB Diploma Programme to each SLC eliminating the status of a magnet program from the International Studies SLC and other initiatives aimed at increasing student achievement A fourth SLC was tentative for the transformation In order to alleviate overcrowding at Sutton Middle School around 2009 APS issued a proposal to create state of the art facilities for NAHS elsewhere in Buckhead and to use the then current NAHS facilities on Northside Drive at Kingswood Lane as a new middle school However instead of creating a new middle school it was decided that Sutton Middle School would be separated into two campuses Its new 7th and 8th Grade Campus was established at this location apparently by the 2013 2014 school year and its 6th Grade Campus remains at the school s original location on Powers Ferry Road at Jett Road 3 5 miles north of the Northside Drive campus 7 Campus editAPS purchased a former IBM office building on Northside Parkway in the Paces neighborhood of Atlanta along with its 56 acres 23 ha wooded campus The 11 story building which previously housed 5 000 IBM employees in its 507 093 square feet 47 110 5 m2 was converted to new facilities for NAHS students The campus straddles a retention pond 8 The parking deck is used for parking while the more distant parking lots have become a track and field Another building deemed unsuitable for the school was imploded on October 27 2012 to be rebuilt as a theater and gymnasium among other purposes The architecture was led by Cooper Carry and construction was performed by J E Dunn The new school was ready for the 2013 2014 school year 9 The cost of the new campus altogether was 147 million APS received some criticism for the cost which made the school the most expensive public high school in the history of the state 10 11 Student activities editThe North Fulton Quiz Bowl team won the 1990 AA state title in the tournament sanctioned by the Georgia Academic Team Association and Northside won the 1991 AAA title In 1998 the North Atlanta Quiz Bowl team won the state championship 12 before going on to finish with a No 16 national ranking at the Tournament of Champions in Chicago Illinois 13 The team also earned a berth in the 2000 Tournament of Champions 14 Athletics edit State championships edit NorthsideFootball 1957 AAA 15 Boys track 1956 AA 16 1979 7AAAA mile relay State ChampionsNorth FultonGirls swimming 1957 1958 1959 17 Football 1966 AA 15 Boys cross country 1953 54 1955 1956 1966 Div II 1971 AA 1972 AA 1973 AA 1974 AA 1975 AA 1979 AA 18 Boys basketball 1953 AA 19 Boys track 1954 AA tie w Griffin 1967 AA 1974 AA 16 North AtlantaGirls basketball 2000 AAA 20 Girls cross country 2021 6A citation needed Girls tennis 2022 6A Boys cross country 2022 6A Bus route editBus 12 that runs through Cumberland Mall feeds through the former campus of North Atlanta High School now Sutton Middle School It also runs through the new campus the IBM building in Fulton County Feeder schools editElementary schools Bolton Academy Brandon Elementary Garden Hills Elementary Jackson Elementary Smith Elementary and E Rivers Elementary Middle school Sutton MiddleNotable alumni editJohnta Austin singer songwriter producer David Cross Northside High School actor best known for his role in Arrested Development and the sketch comedy show Mr Show 21 James Dickey North Fulton High School author of Deliverance Cydney Gillon Contestant on the 32nd season of Survivor and professional body builder Sam Graddy Northside High School gold medal winner in the 4 100 m relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics former NFL player for the Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Raiders 22 Jasmine Guy Northside High School actress best known for her role as Whitley Gilbert in A Different World 23 Matt Hullum director best known for Lazer Team and Red Vs Blue Erika Jayne Northside High School The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills singer actress Billy Milner Northside High School 1995 NFL first round draft pick of the Miami Dolphins 24 Ed Nutting Northside High School former NFL player for the Dallas Cowboys 25 E Earl Patton North Fulton High School Atlanta businessman and politician 26 Travis Payne Northside High School choreographer Christiani Pitts actress singer dancer 27 28 RuPaul Northside High School drag queen musician and actor full name RuPaul Andre Charles 29 Bobby V R amp B singer also known as Bobby Valentino 30 Stephen Weatherly professional football player DE for the Cleveland Browns Curtis Williams rapper co founder of Two 9 31 Van Earl Wright North Fulton High School American Sportscaster Sam Wyche North Fulton High School football player coach 32 Kerry R Sarden Basketball player coach Health and P E Personal Fitness teacher References edit a b c North Atlanta High School National Center for Education Statistics Retrieved January 18 2020 The Warrior Wire Apskids org apskids org a b Burden Bernadette January 24 1991 Board picks name North Atlanta High The Atlanta Constitution p 5D Clipping from Newspapers com Atlanta Public Schools Schools of Excellence Archived from the original on June 23 2008 Retrieved May 28 2008 America s Top Public High Schools Newsweek Best High Schools Newsweek com Newsweek 1 Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine North Atlanta High School Atlanta Public Schools Retrieved on January 3 2017 This 147 million school in Atlanta has things yours never did myajc Severson Kim August 6 2013 A 147 Million Signal of Faith in Atlanta s Public Schools The New York Times Retrieved January 13 2017 EndPlay July 15 2013 New North Atlanta High set to be state s most expensive public WSBTV GATA History Georgia Academic Team Association November 5 2011 Retrieved January 16 2009 1998 Tournament of Champions rankings Quiz Bowl Wiki March 2 2009 Retrieved November 5 2011 2000 Tournament of Champions rankings Quiz Bowl Wiki November 5 2011 Retrieved November 5 2011 a b GHSA Football Champions GHSA net Retrieved August 16 2014 a b GHSA Boys Track Champions GHSA net Retrieved August 16 2014 GHSA Swimming Champions GHSA net Retrieved August 16 2014 GHSA Boys Cross Country Champions GHSA net Retrieved August 16 2014 GHSA Boys Basketball Champions GHSA net Retrieved August 16 2014 GHSA Girls Basketball Champions GHSA net Retrieved August 16 2014 David Cross Yahoo Movies Retrieved May 5 2010 Sam Graddy Pro Football Reference com Retrieved September 13 2015 Jasmine Guy Yahoo Movies Retrieved May 5 2010 Billy Milner Pro Football Reference com Retrieved September 13 2014 Ed Nutting Pro Football Reference com Retrieved September 13 2015 In Memory of Elbert Earl Patton Jr obits dignitymemorial com Retrieved May 21 2012 Meet the Metros hosts direct from A Bronx Tale The Journal News June 5 2018 Retrieved September 3 2022 Christiani Pitts Professional Profile Photos Backstage Retrieved September 3 2022 RuPaul bio RuPaul website Archived from the original on 31 October 2011 Retrieved 5 November 2011 Bobby Valentino Biography Hip Hop Lead Retrieved May 5 2010 KEY BRICK Magazine Edition 08 Retrieved September 3 2022 Atlanta schools recognize their Super Bowl alumni Further reading edit New North Atlanta High set to be state s most expensive public school WSB TV July 15 2013 Archived from the original on July 19 2013 External links edit nbsp Georgia U S state portal nbsp Schools portalNorth Atlanta High School North Atlanta s Warrior Wire newspaper online Attendance boundary map Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title North Atlanta High School amp oldid 1178219279, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
