2007-2008

90% of graduating seniors attending post-secondary schools
46% of seniors received scholarship funds
Total amount of scholarships offered: $10,050,615.00
57% of the seniors are enrolled in at least one Advanced Placement Class
336 seniors enrolled in 830 Advanced Placement sections
218 NGHS students have scored 1800 or higher on the SAT or SAT equivalent during the 2007-2008 school year
45 NGHS students have scored 2100 or higher on the SAT or SAT equivalent during the 2007-2008 school year
1 NGHS student earned a perfect score on ACT
Newsweek Magazine rates NGHS #1 in Gwinnett according to Advanced Placement participation and test scores
NGHS Robotics Team qualified for National competition
NGHS Robotics Team wins Excite Award from MIT Inventeams
NGHS Football finished season #2 in the State of Georgia, Class AAAAA
NGHS Girls’ Golf finished #2 in the State of Georgia, Class AAAAA
Beta Club: State Beta President and Speaker at National Convention; $1000.00 scholarships to two students; and $500.00 scholarship to one student; First place in math competition and first place in science competition.
31 NGHS choral students accepted for All State Chorus
NGHS School Council named “State of Georgia Council of Excellence”
300 Art students were recognized at state, regional, and national level
NGHS DECA competed at state level and were recognized for student and club accomplishments
NGHS Band, Orchestra, Dance, and Drama consistently received superior ratings
56 Latin students earned awards at the State Latin Convention with 15 first place awards, and 4 students earned perfect scores on the National Latin Exam (out of only 9 county-wide)
Model UN students were recognized as Outstanding Delegation – Mexico at the Model UN Conference in March
NGHS School Council named “State of Georgia Council of Excellence”
NGHS Baseball Team advanced to state level play
Girls Basketball Team advanced to state level play
Boys’ Basketball player selected as McDonald’s All American Nominee, and earned recognition by the Atlanta Tip Off Club
Girls’ Cross Country advanced to state level play
Girls’ Soccer advanced to state level play
Girls’ Softball advanced to state level play
Girls’ Swimming – one State Champion
Two members of the Wrestling team placed at the state level
FBLA student placed 2nd in state level competition in the are of Personal Finance and will compete at the National Convention in June
French placed first in the county and state in the Media Festival and are currently competing at the national level
French teachers were awarded “Professeur du Laureat” for outstanding student performance on the Le Grand Concours
8 French students finished in the top 10% in the nation while36 students finished in the top 20%; and 52 students finished in the top 35%
NGHS Science National Honor Society Science Olympiad Team finished 5th in Region competition, with 2 first-place wins and 4 second-place wins
North’s fencing team finished 2nd overall out of 9 schools in state level competition
NGHS student placed #1 in the nation in equestrian competition
Air Force Junior ROTC unit received the “Distinguished Unit” award for 2007-2008
8 NGHS students placed in the top 26 in the region in math competition in three categories
Varsity math team placed 3rd overall at Georgia Tech Mathematics Competition
Math students placed 3rd state wide and 1st in Gwinnett County in the Georgia Mathematics League
Math seniors placed 2nd in the Greater Atlanta Mathematics Exam, and 2nd place Oralist
NGHS Principal received “Distinguished Principal” Award from GASSP