Peachtree Ridge High School

Peachtree Ridge High School is a public high school in Gwinnett County, in Suwanee, Georgia, United States. It is a part of Gwinnett County Public Schools. It is one of two public schools in the county to use block scheduling, the other being Shiloh High School.

Peachtree Ridge High School
Address
1555 Old Peachtree Road

Suwanee
,
Gwinnett County
,
Georgia 30024

United States
Coordinates34°00′47″N 84°05′14″W
Information
Established2003
School districtGwinnett County Public Schools
SuperintendentJ. Alvin Wilbanks
PrincipalJadd Jarusinski
Teaching staff168.90 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment3,271 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio19.37[1]
Color(s)    White and royal blue with red accents
MascotLions
NicknameRidge
RivalCollins Hill High School, North Gwinnett High School, Duluth High School
NewspaperThe Roar
RivalsCollins Hill High School, Duluth High School, North Gwinnett High School
Literary magazineMasquerade
WebsitePeachtree Ridge High School

Construction of the 418,000-square-foot (38,800 m2) school's main facility commenced in March 2001. PRHS was constructed to relieve overcrowding at four neighboring high schools. When its doors opened for the 2003-2004 academic year, almost all of the sophomores, juniors, and seniors came from either Duluth High School in Duluth, Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, or North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee.

The school officially opened for classes on Monday, August 11, 2003, with enrollment topping 1,900 students. By November of the same year, another 19,570 square feet (1,818 m2) of athletic facilities (field house) were nearing completion.[2]

There is currently an active civil rights suit, DOE V. GWINNETT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, involving Peachtree Ridge High School on behalf of Jane Doe, a biracial female who, at age 16, was forced to engage in a sexual act at school by a high school male student. When Jane Doe reported the incident to school officials, they did not treat it as a report of sexual assault and instead blamed Jane Doe, disciplining her for violating the school’s policy on sexual misconduct and indecency. The school suspended Jane Doe for 10 days for “participating” in a sexual act, and, upon Jane Doe’s return to school, she was forced to attend class with her assailant.

The lawsuit asserts sex discrimination and retaliation claims under Title IX, as well as a constitutional claim under § 1983 for a failure to train school officials on how to address sexual harassment.

The school district moved to dismiss the case. On August 22, 2019, the district court denied the school district’s motion on all three of Ms. Doe’s claims.

After discovery, the parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. On September 1, 2021, the district court denied Ms. Doe’s motion for summary judgment, granted the school district’s motion for summary judgment, and dismissed the case.

Ms. Doe appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.

On December 8, 2021, Public Justice filed the opening brief on behalf of Ms. Doe. [3]

History

Peachtree Ridge High School is located on Old Peachtree Road. It is located on land which belonged to the heirs of Eugene Baynes. A lake behind the school is named Lake Louella after Mrs. Louise Ella Baynes, as is Lake Louella Road near the school. A few hundred yards from the school is the Goodwin home, which was built in 1823 and is the oldest building in Suwanee.[4]

Clubs

Robotics

Peachtree Ridge High School Robotics[5] (Team 1261 Robo Lions) was established in the 2003-2004 school year.

Team 1261's main platform is the FIRST Robotics Competition,[6] which takes place during the spring semester. Since 2004, the team has won four regional events and numerous other awards for design efficiency, creativity, and performance.

In the 2014 season the Peachtree Ridge High School Robotics team won the Palmetto Regional, becoming the first Georgia team to win a regional.

2006 Governor's Cup

In 2006 Peachtree Ridge was awarded the Governor's Cup for the most improvement in SAT scores for AAAAA schools in the county. Georgia governor Sonny Perdue visited the school and presented the cup.

The Roar

The school's newspaper, The Roar, earned first place in the general excellence category at an awards ceremony sponsored by the Gwinnett Daily Post. The staff of The Roar was recognized with the best news section, best layout/design, honorable mention for best sports section, and first place in general excellence.[7]

Winterguard

The Peachtree Ridge Winterguard placed Grand Champions (Division Scholastic AAA) in the Southern Association for Performing Arts Championships in Macon in March 2007. Schools from five states competed against the PRHS winterguard. This has now passed on to Hull Middle School, Peachtree Ridge's middle school.

Athletics

Since 2004, Peachtree Ridge has competed in Region 7-AAAAAA.[8][9]

2006-2007 GHSA State Football Co-Champions

In the 2006-07 GHSA Championship game, the Lions tied Roswell High School, with both schools being awarded state championships.

Soccer Team

In the 2017 Spring Season, Peachtree Ridge Boys Varsity was ranked in the top 20 in the country. They were ranked #1 in the US at one point in the season and finished the regular season 16-0, they moved onto the State Tournament as Region Champs.

In the spring of 2018, the boys varsity soccer team reached the GHSA Class 7A Final Four, the best result in school history. In the final 11 regular season games, the Lions went 8-2-1 while scoring 33 goals. After defeating Forsyth Central in their first playoff game, Peachtree Ridge avenged an earlier season loss to Grayson High School by defeating them 4-0 at their place. In the quarterfinal game they visited Walton High School and overcame an 0-2 deficit to beat the Raiders in penalty kicks. At the time Walton was the #1 ranked team in Georgia and ranked in top 5 nationally. The Lions lost the semifinal game in OT to South Forsyth High School.

Competition cheerleading

Peachtree Ridge's competition cheerleading squad, also known as "Blue Pride," won the 7-5A Co-ed Region championship title, and were awarded runner-up in the 5A Co-ed division at the GHSA state competition. In the team's third year of existence they had an undefeated season and were the 5A GHSA State Champions as well as the 7-5A region champions. In their fourth year, Blue Pride achieved another 5A GHSA State title, resulting in the first true back-to-back State Championship title in all girl, 5A GHSA state competition history. On November 10, 2007 they won their third consecutive State title. They went on to win two more state titles.

Track & Field Championships, the Georgia Olympics

On May 5–7, 2011, a team of only nine athletes from Peachtree Ridge dominated the AAAAA 2011 Track & Field State Meet (the Georgia Olympics) by scoring a total of 62 points,[10] and took home the first track and field State Championship for the school.[10]

2008 Cross Country State Champions

In 2008, Peachtree Ridge's boys cross country team surprised the rest of the field and brought home the school's first cross country state title.

2013 Cross Country State Champions

In 2013, Peachtree Ridge's girls cross country team brought home their first State Championship. Peachtree Ridge won with a total of 119 points, while second-place winner Brookwood came in at 131 points.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Peachtree Ridge High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. "Peachtree Ridge High".
  3. "Doe v. Gwinnett County School District". Public Justice. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  4. "History of Peachtree Ridge High School", Peachtree Ridge High School website
  5. Peachtree Ridge High School Robotics
  6. FIRST Robotics Competition
  7. "gwinnettdailypost.com". Archived from the original on 2007-05-20.
  8. "GHSA Region Alignment". GHSA. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  9. "GHSFHA Mill Creek Yearly Region Standings". GHSFHA. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
  10. "Georgia Olympics 2011 - 5A Boys Revised (Raw)".
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