Students Completing Digital Citizenship

Raiders vs Lambert

Road trip, anyone? The Alpharetta Raiders go on the road this week to take on the Raiders of Habersham Central. Fan support continues to be vital as our team continues in region play. Take a trip to Habersham County to see our Raiders prove that we are the mightiest Raiders.

AP Psych Play-Doh Neuron Activity

The students are Nicole Adamovich, Gabe Capuano and Christina Oudin (left to right).  They are in Ms. Eick’s 2nd period AP Psychology class.  They were making Play Doh models of neurons and brains as a review for their Neuroscience unit.  The kids had a list of brain parts they had to include and they had to tell her what would happen to someone if there was a problem in that part  of the brain.  They also had to describe what happens during an action potential when a neuron fires. This is a great review for any kinesthetic learners.

Constitution Day Activities

Senior Night Football

32 AHS Student Semifinalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program

The officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of 

approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 61st annual National Merit Scholarship 

Program.  32 students from Alpharetta High School are among these semifinalists.  

Row 1 (right to left): Rohan Bagga, Nishant Reddy, Manu Poruthoor, Torus Lu, 

Megan Evonsion, Aparna Maddala, Sarah Li, and Shelby Conway. Row 2 (right to 

left): Rahul Ramesh, Brian Cai, David Bumsted, Andrew Fu, Haiwen Gui, Susan Lee, 

Avni Ahuja, and Wendy Zheng. Row 3 (right to left): Shubhom Bhattacharya, 

Varun Tangirala, Richard Pei, Justin Chu, Benjamin Dugger, Katharine Nelson, 

Christopher Sun, Michael Horton, and Joel Pozin. Students missing from the photo 

are: Kelly Carter, Harrison Feldman (third photo), James Fielding, Joshua Seides (second photo), Alice Tang, 

Charles Tantillo, and Derek Wu.

iSchool Initiative Student Meeting

Pictures from Johns Creek Game

Friday Night Football vs West Forsyth

The Raiders did it again! Friday night's game against West Forsyth was beyond description! The atmosphere in the stadium was electric! The fans were rowdy, and the team never gave up. Alpharetta secured a thrilling victory  in the final seconds of the game. This week the Raiders go on the road to play the Gladiators of Johns Creek. Join the Rowdy Raiders in the stands as they pay tribute to America on 9/11 dressed in red, white, and blue. The football team is sure to make your attendance at the game well worth your while. See you Friday night.

Forensics Activity

Forensic science is a year-long seniors-only science elective provided here as AHS.   It is in its second year as a Fulton County curriculum offering.  In it students apply principles of biology, chemistry, physics, and other sciences to the practice of criminology.   In a nutshell it is a little like CSI.   It is largely activity based where students learn by doing.   The fields that are studied include but are not limited to fingerprints, DNA analysis, blood spatter analysis, fire and arson, drugs and toxicology, document analysis, forensic anthropology, and cause/ time of death determination.   Students process simulated crime scenes as part of the course and actively problem solve in order to determine the answers to various questions that apply to solving crimes.   Mr. Binford is in his second year of the course.   He is learning a lot himself and is enjoying sharing the journey with the students. 

Raider Drum Photos

Math in Movies Activity

In Ms. Zielinski's math class, the students were asked to recreate 3-D minion toys in two views: frontal and overhead. The concepts used were properties of circles, lines, and 2-D shapes. Students were required to draw the toy by a scale factor of 3 and then derive the formulas for any piece drawn (standard form of circle, line, etc.). Overall, a very unique activity!

Staff Pics from Friday Night's Football Game

Friday Night Football Win Against Milton!

Pre-Game Pep Rally- With a 24-21 Win Against Milton!

Mr. Womack Teaches about Steinbeck

Mr. Womack dressed as a migrant worker and in his bindlestiff were items that related to Steinbeck's biography. He used those items to relay the information instead of a PowerPoint. The classroom was also decorated to resemble a shanty down. There were articles written by Steinbeck detailing life for migrant workers under the tents and a group of students had to read and respond to them and rotate at specified moments. It seems to have done the trick!

Jr. MD Kickoff Meeting

Mrs. Bostick's 3rd Period Independent Reading

Starting the New School Year!

Old Soldiers Day Parade

iSchool Initiative