Archer High School

For the high school in Atlanta, see S. H. Archer High School.
Archer High School
Location
Map
2255 New Hope Road
Lawrenceville, Georgia, 30045
United States
Coordinates33°54′58″N 83°53′37″W / 33.91611°N 83.89361°W / 33.91611; -83.89361
Information
School typePublic
Motto"I Am Archer,
You Are Archer,
We Are Archer"
Established2009
School districtGwinnett County Public Schools
PrincipalConquisha Thompson
Staff159.60 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment3,073 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.25[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 had 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.

In 2012, the softball team became the first program at Archer to win a team state title.

Archer has won many state titles in wrestling. The wrestling team won four consecutive dual team and state tournament titles from 2013–2016.[6] In 2014, the wrestling team 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.[7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "Archer High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Archer High School Website". gwinnett.k12.ga.us. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Schools - GCPS". Gwinnett County Public Schools. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  4. ^ "Archer High School". gwinnett.k12.ga.us. Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  5. ^ Archer High Athletics Archived 2009-08-04 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 16 October 2015.
  6. ^ GHSA Wrestling Champions. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "School Sponsored Clubs". Archer High School. Gwinnett County Public Schools. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  8. ^ Sal Maiorana (April 29, 2012). "Andrew Booth: 3 things to know about Minnesota Vikings second-round NFL Draft pick". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  9. ^ "Giants draft North Carolina OL Joshua Ezeudu in Round 3". Giants. April 29, 2012. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  10. ^ Whitney Ogden (July 27, 2017). "Archer's Terry, South's Smith part of Georgia connection in Spokane". The Spokesman Review. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2021.