Dunwoody High School
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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.
Dunwoody Elementary is the 4th-5th grade feeder.
Peachtree Charter Middle School
is Dunwoody's feeder middle school.
-3rd Best Girl in State
DeKalb County, Georgia
DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population of the county was 691,893 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is the city of Decatur. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County and contains roughly 10% of the city of Atlanta...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
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and is operated by the DeKalb County School System
DeKalb County School System
DeKalb County School System is a school district headquartered at 1701 Mountain Industrial Boulevard in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States...
. Dunwoody High School also serves students in the unincorporated areas and sections of Doraville
Doraville, Georgia
Doraville is a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 8,330.-History:Doraville was incorporated by an act of the Georgia General Assembly, approved December 15, 1871...
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Dunwoody, with students attending in grades 9
Ninth grade
Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. The students are 13 to 15 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. Depending on the school district, ninth grade is usually the first year of high school....
-12
Twelfth grade
Twelfth grade or Senior year, or Grade Twelve, are the North American names for the final year of secondary school. In most countries students then graduate at age 17 or 18. In some countries, there is a thirteenth grade, while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all...
, 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
DeKalb County School System
DeKalb County School System is a school district headquartered at 1701 Mountain Industrial Boulevard in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States...
.
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
Peachtree Charter Middle School
Peachtree Charter Middle School , formerly known as Peachtree Middle School, and originally Peachtree High School, is a public middle school located in Dunwoody, a recently incorporated city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States...
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 FinanceAcademy of FinanceThe Academy of Finance was first established in 1982 by the National Academy Foundation. The Academy of Finance is one of the four member programs sponsored by the National Academy Foundation...
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 ProFinal Cut ProFinal Cut Pro is a non-linear video editing software developed by Macromedia Inc. and then Apple Inc. The most recent version, Final Cut Pro X, runs on Mac personal computers powered by Mac OS X version 10.6.7 or later and using Intel processors...
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.
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.
- 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.
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 GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
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- Baseball - 1 (2007)
- The most notable athletic achievement in baseball was when the team went 34-4 and swept powerhouse Columbus High SchoolColumbus High School (Columbus, Georgia)Columbus High School is located in Columbus, Georgia, USA. It serves as one of the Muscogee County School District's Liberal Arts Magnet school. It opened in 1890 and has been located throughout the city. In the 2006–2007 school year it was ranked #9. In 2005, the school shared the ranking as the...
on June 1, 2007.{ } 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)
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