Mrs. Flowers and Mrs. Wright's Class Presentations

Mrs. Flowers and Mrs. Wright's students have created campaigns for a change that they want to see happen within the school, county, state, country or globe.  They are being displayed in the library, and everyone is invited to view.

College Football Signings in the Media Center

Nesean Crofford: Syracuse University

Front row left to right: Sandi Crofford (mother), Nesean Crofford, Colton Crofford (brother)

Back row: Mike Scheifflee (Athletic Director), Nick Malantis (assistant coach), Jacob Nichols (Head coach), Tracy High (assistant coach), Shannon Kersey (Principal)

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Nick Torrace: Centre College

Front row left to right: Lisa Torrance (mother), Nick Torrance, Kasandra Torrance (sister)Back row: Mike Scheifflee (athletic director), Nick Malantis (assistant coach), Jacob Nichols (head coach), Thed Torrance (father), Tracy High (assistant coach), Shannon Kersey (AHS principal)

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Malua Young: Colorado School of Mines

Front row left to right: Michelle Young (mother), Malua,  Fa'atui (sister)

Back row: Mike Scheifflee (Athletic Director), Nick Malantis (assistant coach), Jacob Nichols (Head Coach), Malua Young, Sr. (father), Tracy High (assistant coach), Shannon Kersey (Principal)

2015 Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards

Congratulations to Ms. Michelle Austin for winning the Schuler Orchestra Award at the 2015 Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards!

AHS Pep Rally!

AHS Poetry Cafe

AHS Men's Lacrosse Visits with injured player Jack Enright

On April 19, 2015, several members from the Alpharetta High School Raiders Men’s Varsity Lacrosse program visited with injured lacrosse player, Jack Enright from Chapin High School in South Carolina.  Jack suffered a severe spinal cord injury on March 4 - early in the spring 2015 lacrosse season - and is currently being treated at the Shepherd Center for Spinal & Brain Rehabilitation in Atlanta, GA.  Alpharetta High School Seniors and Varsity team members, Clay Batley (#9), Jimmy Podsiadlo (#10), and Cal Swanson (#22) presented Jack and his family with an assortment of AHS lacrosse gear, as well as various gift cards and a check for $1,500 to help aid in the Enright family’s medical and lodging expenses while Jack undergoes treatment in Atlanta. 

Sarah Liu awarded MKW Scholarship

Congratulations to Sarah Liu for being awarded the Martha Stewart Bulloch chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution Marcheta Knight Weitz Scholarship. 

Rotary Teacher & Student of the Quarter

Congratulations to Lori Holland and Nicole Ross for being awarded the Rotary Teacher and Student of the Quarter for service hours.

Alpharetta, Milton High Schools Nominated For Shuler Awards

The Shuler Hensley Awards For Excellence in High School Musical Theatre showcase the next generation of Georgia's musical theatre talent.  The awards, fashioned after Broadway's Tony Awards, celebrates excellence in high school musical theatre.  They will be held on Thursday, April 23rd and include a red carpet event.  The following local schools were nominated and recognized with honorable mentions: Alpharetta High School ("The Drowsy Chaperone"), Chattahoochee High School ("Little Shop of Horrors"), Johns Creek High School ("Footloose"), and Milton High School ("Marry Poppins").  Tickets are now $22 and can be purchased through ticket master.
The full story can be read at: http://patch.com/georgia/alpharetta/alpharetta-milton-high-schools-nominated-shuler-awards

AHS Drowsy Chaperone nominated for Shulers

Alpharetta High’s spring musical , The Drowsy Chaperone will be competing in the 2015 Shuler Hensley Awards for Excellence in High School Musicals.  Our production of was nominated for four awards, including,  Best Orchestra, Best Technical Design, Best Supporting Actor – Tate Rehklau, and Best Showstopper.  Additionally, The Drowsy Chaperone was cited with Honorable mention for Over Musical Production of the Year, Director of a Musical – David Gay, Best Musical Direction – Michelle Austin, and Best Actor – Conner Kocks.  The award ceremony will be present at the Cobb Energy Center on April 22nd, at 7:30pm and will be televised on WSB-TV.

YMCA Pep Rally

AHS' drum line performed at the Y on Monday. They were an important part for the YMCA's Pep Rally for their Why It Matters Annual Giving Campaign.  The students did an amazing job and the members were so impressed!  

Joshua Seides in the News

Josh Seides, a junior at Alpharetta High School, started the nonprofit Technocademy (www.technocademy.org) in his freshman year of high school. It has helped more than 150,000 seniors and veterans learn technology and has been featured in outlets like US News & World Report and Yahoo!. Josh is also working on developing a new program--CodeKids--which will provide instruction on programming and video production to elementary and middle school students.

Alpharetta's Senior Games!

Senior Games 2015 at AHS!

Alpha Speech Team

Six Alpha Speech Team students will compete for the national championship in June in Dallas, Texas at the National Speech and Debate Championship.  Christina Nguyen and Lara Strydom will both compete in humorous interpretation. The teams of Nalah Hill and Milx Barbosa and Kelly Lumpkin and Tate Rehklau will compete in duo interpretation  What a nice finale to a truly terrific speech season.

Science Fair Winners

The Georgia Science and Engineering Fair was held in Athens March 27th-28th. Eric Kim and Hithardhi Duggireddy won second place in their category and Shubhhom Bhattacharya won first place in his category. Congratulations to these students on a job well done!