Archer High School

Archer High School
Archer High School
Location
	2255 New Hope Road ; Lawrenceville, Georgia, 30045 ; United States
Coordinates
Information
Motto	"I Am Archer,; You Are Archer,; We Are Archer"
Established	2009
School district	Gwinnett County Public Schools
Principal	Ken Johnson
Staff	135.50 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,743 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	20.24[1]
Color(s)	Red, silver, and white
Mascot	Tiger
Newspaper	Eye of the Tiger
Website	www.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 has 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 the school entered GHSA Region 8-AAAAA. The school now has a varsity football team also.[4][5]

Archer has also 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.

The first program at Archer to win a state title as a team was the 2012 softball team. Since then, the wrestling program has won back to back dual and traditional state championships (2013, 2014). The program was ranked #5 in the nation by USA Magazine in 2014.

State championships

Softball: 2011–2012, 2012–2013
Team Wrestling: 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015
Dual Wrestling: 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015

Clubs

Clubs at Archer include Academic Decathlon, Astronomy, Band, BEST club, Chorus, Beta Club, DECA, Diamonds in the Rough, FBLA, FCCLA, Environmental Club, French Club, German Club, FEA, Improv Club, German National Honor Society, Intercultural Club, Orchestra, Red Diamonds, Mu Alpha Theta, Robotics, Latin Club, Latin National Honor Society, Relay for Life, SADD, Spanish Club, Thespian Society, Yearbook, TSA, Science National Honors Society and Student Council, Girl Talk, HoPe .[6]

References

"Archer High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
"Archer High School Website". gwinnett.k12.ga.us. Retrieved 2016-11-12.
"Schools - GCPS". Gwinnett County Public Schools. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
"Archer High School". gwinnett.k12.ga.us. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
Archer High Athletics Accessed 16 October 2015.
"School Sponsored Clubs/Activities." Archer High School. 2010. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2011-08-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[NCES-1] "Archer High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 7, 2020.

[2] "Archer High School Website". gwinnett.k12.ga.us. Retrieved 2016-11-12.

[3] "Schools - GCPS". Gwinnett County Public Schools. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[k12-4] "Archer High School". gwinnett.k12.ga.us. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

[5] Archer High Athletics Accessed 16 October 2015.

[6] "School Sponsored Clubs/Activities." Archer High School. 2010. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-22. Retrieved 2011-08-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)