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Located in Johns Creek, Georgia, a suburban community of over 76,000, Chattahoochee High School is a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence serving over 1,950 students. Notable Honors include: • Newsweek Magazine’s Top 500 High Schools in the USA • Atlanta Magazine – “One of the Area’s Best High Schools” • Georgia School of Excellence SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS Chattahoochee offers a broad program of courses and experiences that address the interpersonal, social, physical, and academic needs of students. Student can select to participate in a variety of academic and service organizations, 50+ clubs, literary publications, and sports teams. Talented and Gifted Program (TAG) One third of our student body participates in TAG seminar courses, directed study courses and internships. Advanced Placement (AP) Students interested in possibly earning college credit may take AP courses and exams. • Over 1,600 AP exams across five core subject areas are being taken annually • 89% of students earn a score of three or higher on AP exams Fine Arts and Visual Arts Our Fine Arts, Music and Dramatic Arts programs include: • Chorus • Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Ensemble • Orchestra, Guitar, and Fiddle group • Introduction to Keyboarding • Introductory and Advanced courses in Acting and Technical Theater The Fine Arts & Dramatic Arts and Music Departments collaboratively produce five major productions per year. The Visual Arts program provides a wide spectrum of courses for students in the areas of: • 2D (Drawing, Painting & Photography) • 3D (Ceramics, Sculpture) Career and Technical Education A sequence of courses are available in the following areas: • Architecture, Engineering and Technology, Robotics • Automotive ACHIEVEMENTS National National French Exam, 1 st Place National Latin Exam, 1 st Place National Spanish Exam, 1 st Place National Orchestra Festival National Foundation Association in the Arts, three finalists Debate – 2 nd Place FBLA – 8 th Place Accounting II Scholastics National Gold Medal, Graphic Design Scholastics National Silver Portfolio with Merit, Visual Arts State State Championships Academic Bowl Baseball Boys’ Golf Boys’ Soccer Boys’/Girls’ Swimming Boys’/Girls’ Tennis Girls’ Lacrosse Football Debate Chess Cheerleading Other State Achievements State PE Teacher of the Year State PTSA of the Year State PTSA Principal of the Year State Social Studies Student of the Year Georgia Citizen Bee – Winners Georgia Stock Market Championship Teams Governor’s Honors Program – Hundreds of Finalists SCHOOL PROFILE 2015-2016 Tim Corrigan, Principal CHATTAHOOCHEE HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE COUGARS 5230 Taylor Road, Johns Creek, Georgia 30022 Phone (470) 254-7600 Fax (470) 254-7659 www.chattcougar.com
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Located in Johns Creek, Georgia, a suburban community of over 76,000, Chattahoochee High School is a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence serving over 1,950 students.
Notable Honors include: • Newsweek Magazine’s Top 500 High Schools in the USA• Atlanta Magazine – “One of the Area’s Best High Schools”• Georgia School of Excellence
SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTS
Chattahoochee offers a broad program of courses and experiences that address the interpersonal, social, physical, and academic needs of students. Student can select to participate in a variety of academic and service organizations, 50+ clubs, literary publications, and sports teams.
Talented and Gifted Program (TAG)One third of our student body participates in TAG seminar courses, directed study courses and internships.
Advanced Placement (AP)Students interested in possibly earning college credit may take AP courses and exams. • Over 1,600 AP exams across five core subject areas are being taken annually• 89% of students earn a score of three or higher on AP exams
Fine Arts and Visual ArtsOur Fine Arts, Music and Dramatic Arts programs include: • Chorus• Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Ensemble• Orchestra, Guitar, and Fiddle group• Introduction to Keyboarding• Introductory and Advanced courses in Acting and Technical TheaterThe Fine Arts & Dramatic Arts and Music Departments collaboratively produce five major productions per year.
The Visual Arts program provides a wide spectrum of courses for students in the areas of:• 2D (Drawing, Painting & Photography)• 3D (Ceramics, Sculpture)
Career and Technical EducationA sequence of courses are available in the following areas:• Architecture, Engineering and Technology, Robotics• Automotive• Digital Game Design, Programming and Computer Science• Healthcare Science (Sports and Allied Health & Medicine)• Marketing • Graphic Design
ACHIEVEMENTS
National National French Exam, 1st Place National Latin Exam, 1st Place National Spanish Exam, 1st Place National Orchestra Festival National Foundation Association in
the Arts, three finalists Debate – 2nd Place FBLA – 8th Place Accounting II Scholastics National Gold Medal,
Graphic Design Scholastics National Silver Portfolio
with Merit, Visual Arts
StateState Championships
Academic Bowl Baseball Boys’ Golf Boys’ Soccer Boys’/Girls’ Swimming Boys’/Girls’ Tennis Girls’ Lacrosse Football Debate Chess Cheerleading
Other State Achievements State PE Teacher of the Year State PTSA of the Year State PTSA Principal of the Year State Social Studies Student of the
Year Georgia Citizen Bee – Winners Georgia Stock Market Championship
Teams Governor’s Honors Program –
Hundreds of Finalists Multiple Nominations 2015 Shuler
Performing Arts Awards
SCHOOL PROFILE 2015-2016
Tim Corrigan, Principal
CHATTAHOOCHEE HIGH SCHOOLHOME OF THE COUGARS
5230 Taylor Road, Johns Creek, Georgia 30022 Phone (470) 254-7600 Fax (470) 254-7659 www.chattcougar.com
TESTING INFORMATION
ADVANCED COURSE OFFERINGS
Graduation Requirements
Class of 2015All students are required to complete a minimum of 23 credits for graduation.
English – 4 creditsMath – 4 creditsScience – 4 creditsSocial Studies – 3 creditsGeneral Health/Personal Fitness – 1Fine Arts/Career Tech/World Lang – 3Electives – 4
Students can earn 6 credits per year.Each course is awarded .5 credit per semester.
*Honors level courses are not available in Social Studies or Physics for Fulton County students.
Grading ScaleA 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 F 69 & below
Critical Reading Mean
Math Mean Writing Combined
Chattahoochee 548 573 548 1669
Fulton Co. 518 525 515 1558
State of GA 490 485 475 1450
National 495 511 484 1490
SAT scores exceed county, state and national averages.
ACT scores exceed county, state and national averages.
English Math Reading Science Composite
Chattahoochee 25.1 25.2 25.6 24.9 25.3
Fulton Co. 22.6 22.6 23.2 22.6 22.9
State of GA 20.6 20.5 21.6 20.9 21
National 20.4 20.8 21.4 20.9 21
Fine Arts Math Science
2D Art3D Art
Drawing PortfolioArt History
Music Theory
Calculus AB/BCStatistics
College Calculus 2 & 3
BiologyChemistryPhysics 1
Physics C: E & MPhysics C: Mechanics
Environmental Science
English World Language Social Studies
English Language & Composition
English Literature & Composition
College English
FrenchLatin
Spanish
MicroeconomicsMacroeconomics
Human GeographyPsychology
US Government & Politics
US HistoryWorld History
SCHOOL COUNSELORSDeborah Blount Elizabeth ChilsonJulie Gracey Tammy JonesAllison Shuler
Counseling Office Fax 470-254-7615
ACADEMICS“A community dedicated to learning and committed to excellence”
CEEB Code 110146
GRADUATES Accepted/Admitted (Partial List)
Agnes ScottAlabama
Appalachian StateAuburnArizona
UC BerkeleyBrown
Carnegie MellonClemsonCal Tech
ColumbiaDartmouth
DukeEmory
Univ of Georgia
Georgia TechHarvard
Johns HopkinsKentucky
LSUMass Inst. Tech (MIT)
MichiganMorehouseNotre DamePenn StatePrinceton
SCADStanford
VanderbiltYale
