Dunwoody High School

Dunwoody High School
Location
Dunwoody, Georgia, USA
Coordinates	33°56′44″N 84°18′56″W / 33.945557°N 84.315651°W / 33.945557; -84.315651Coordinates: 33°56′44″N 84°18′56″W / 33.945557°N 84.315651°W / 33.945557; -84.315651
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Personal Responsibility in Developing Excellence
Established	1971
Principal	Mr. Rodney Swanson
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,380
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Red, Navy, White
Mascot	Wildcats
Website	Dunwoody High School

Dunwoody High School is a public high school in Dunwoody, an incorporated city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States and is operated by the DeKalb County School System. Dunwoody High School also serves students in the unincorporated areas and sections of Doraville.

Dunwoody, with students attending in grades 9-12, follows a four by four hybrid block schedule, in which students attend four classes every day for 90 minutes. The school is operated by the DeKalb County School System.

In 1988, Dunwoody merged with another local high school, Peachtree High School. Peachtree became a middle school and Dunwoody remained as the high school. Dunwoody's previous colors were crimson and gold and their mascot was the Wildcats. Peachtree's colors were red, white, and blue and their mascot was the Patriots. As part of a compromise between the two schools during the merger, Dunwoody agreed to change its colors to red, white, and blue while keeping its wildcat mascot. Prior to the merger, Dunwoody High School had an eighth grade, but that is now part of Peachtree Middle School.

Feeder schools

The following elementary schools feed into Dunwoody:

• Dunwoody Elementary
• Hightower
• Kingsley
• Austin
• Vanderlyn
• Chesnut Charter

Dunwoody Elementary is the 4th-5th grade feeder.

Peachtree Charter Middle School is Dunwoody's feeder middle school.

Career academies

Dunwoody High School offers two career academies through the National Academy Foundation program. The academies provide a combination of school-based curricula and work-based experiences, which include paid internships.

• The Academy of Finance is a two-year program in which students gain specialized preparation in the field of finance while completing their normal course curriculum. Over the course of the program, students are introduced to four segments of business: Entrepreneurship, Marketing, International Business and Personal Finance. Students practice real world activities while preparing marketing plans for products and competing in financial competitions. Business partners from the community visit the class and work with the students to prepare them for their future. Each year, the academy students visit the New York Mercantile Exchange, the Stock Exchange, and an investment bank to experience how the world’s largest financial center operates.

• The Academy of Mass Communications is a two-year program which offers students the opportunity to build an educational foundation for a future in the communications industry. The program introduces the students to all facets of the journalism industry (broadcast journalism, print journalism, and speech). Students receive hands-on training in video production with the use of fifteen Final Cut Pro editing systems and have the chance to work on interview techniques and newspaper layout, as well as produce a daily news program shown over the closed circuit television system. Each year, the academy students visit NBC in New York to see first hand how one of the world’s largest broadcasting companies operates.

Achievements

Yearbook

• The Yearbook, Chrysalis, received superior in GSPA for 2008-2009 yearbooks and was ranked number one in the state

Fine Arts

• The DHS band received all superior marks for concert band in 2009, playing grade 5 literature, under the direction of conductor Will Henderson; and in 2010, The Band received 3 Superior rating and 1 Excellent rating at GMEA Festival for DeKalb County, playing grade 6 literature.
• The DHS marching band also got superior ratings at the Dekalb County Marching Exhibition.
• The orchestra performs every spring at the GMEA Festival for DeKalb County, and every year receives the highest marks.

Athletics

• The cross country team finished 16th at state, both 6th at region and county for the Fall 2006 season, as well as a 5th place finish at county in 2005.^{[citation needed]}
• The cross country team finished 7th in 2009 under the coaching of Mike Berry
• In 2008, Dunwoody's football team won a region championship over St. Pius. It was their first region championship since 1993, Dunwoody beat St. Pius 20-14.^[1]

State championships

• Football - 1 (1993)
• The most notable athletic achievement in football was when the team went 15-0 and won the state championship in 1993 under head coach David Kelly. The Wildcats finished the season ranked #4 in the nation. Following this season Kelly left Dunwoody to be an assistant coach at the University of Georgia.

• Baseball - 1 (2007)
• The most notable athletic achievement in baseball was when the team went 34-4 and swept powerhouse Columbus High School on June 1, 2007.{^[2] } Senior David Port pitched the first game a 7 to 5 victory. Sophomore Grant Hillis pitched the 2nd game a 6 to 0 gem. The Cats received offensive help from every one in the lineup. This was the DeKalb County's first championship in baseball since defunct Henderson Mill High won in 1974. Final national baseball polls ranked the wildcats as high as #18 in the nation.

• Basketball - 3 (1995, 2005, 2006)
• The most notable athletic achievement in boy's basketball was a perfect 30-0 season and state championship in 1995. The basketball team narrowly missed another shot at a perfect season and state title in 2004, losing their only game of the season at the Final Four and finishing 29-1. That team went on to win the And 1 High School national championship in June 2004 and back to back state titles in 2005 and 2006. Two players from those teams played major Division 1 basketball, An'Juan Wilderness, UNC-Charlotte and Zac Swansey, University of Georgia and Tennessee Tech. Four players from the 2007-2008 team that reached the Final Four played major Division 1 basketball, Pierre Jordan, Florida State and Georgia Tech, Delwan Graham, LSU and Jacksonville, Javon McKay, Tennessee Tech and Chris Singleton, a McDonald's All-American, Florida State. The Washington Wizards selected Singleton with the 18th pick in the 2011 NBA draft.

• Boys Swimming - 4 (1976, 1977, 1978, 1984)

• Girls Swimming - 6 (1975, 1976, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987)

• Girls Track - 1 (2003)

• Boys Lacrosse - 1 (2011) (NGLL)

• Girls Cross Country- 3 (2011)

-3rd Best Girl in State

Notable alumni

• Ryan Seacrest, TV Host, producer, and media mogul, american idol
• Kip Pardue, film actor in Remember The Titans
• Doug Gjertsen, gold medalist swimmer in the 1988 Seoul Olympics
• Carlton Bruner, Olympic swimmer
• Harris Barton, former NFL football player
• Idrees Bashir, former NFL football player
• Orantes Grant, former NFL football player
• Dexter Jackson, NFL football player
• Jeff Abbott, former major league baseball player
• Jeff Arnold, founder of webmd website
• The Brothers Chaps - Michael and Matthew Chapman, creators of Homestar Runner
• Jason Pullman, radio host of the morning show decaffeinated mornings on 94.9 The Bull
• Matt Chernoff, Radio Personalities of (680 The Fan)
• Cameron Nico, drag entertainer
• Brandon "Hometeam" Leak, radio personality of the Associated Press.
• Shaina M. Freeman, actress on Gullah Gullah Island
• Malik Jackson, CFL player for the Calgary Stampeders
• Rod Perrymond, named 1993 Mr. Georgia Football

References

1. ^ Dunwoody Wrests Region Title From St. Pius. (2008, November 13). The Georgia Bulletin. Retrieved August 23, 2010, from http://www.georgiabulletin.org/local
2. ^ "History of DeKalb County Baseball: 33-year state championship drought ends in 2007". DeKalb County Official Website. http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/instruction/athletics/baseball.html. 

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