North Gwinnett High School is a public high school in Suwanee, Georgia, United States. It is part of the district Gwinnett County Public Schools. The school's principal is Nathan Ballantine.

History North Gwinnett High School was established in 1958. It was built in a former cotton field between the communities of Suwanee and Sugar Hill for the purpose of consolidating the two communities' separate high schools, Suwanee High School and Sugar Hill High School. The land for the school was donated by the estate of Tom Robinson, for whom the NGHS football field is named.History of North Gwinnett High School , Gwinnett County Public Schools website, accessed August 26, 2011

In its early years, NGHS was a small school. In 1960, the school served grades 8 through 12 and there were 328 students enrolled. The eighth grade was eliminated after a new middle school was built during the 1973–1974 school year. By that year, NGHS had 606 students. The school grew dramatically in subsequent decades. Enrollment reached 1,000 for the first time in the 1988–1989 school year and has reached over 2,800. For the 2011–2012 school year, enrollment was 2,670.North Gwinnett High profile , Gwinnett County Public Schools website, accessed August 26, 2011 As of 2018–2019, enrollment is reported as 2,846 students.

North Gwinnett High School figured in Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools, 503 U.S. 60 (1992), a U.S. Supreme Court case that was decided in 1992. A female student at the school accused a teacher of sexual harassment and sued the school district for monetary damages for not stopping the harassment after she complained to school authorities. The federal district court ruled that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, under which she sued, did not allow for monetary damages. The appeals court affirmed that ruling, but the Supreme Court overturned that decision. The Supreme Court found that Title IX does allow for monetary damages, thus returning the student's case to lower courts.Ga. woman may seek monetary damages from school , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 27, 1992

Awards In 2009, North Gwinnett High School received the silver award for the Single Statewide Accountability System. In 2010, the Department of Education named the school as one of the Advanced Placement Honors Schools.

Student activities

Clubs and Sports School activities include athletics, clubs, and leadership groups such as the NGHS Beta Society, Student Council, Robotics, Quiz Bowl, HOSA, TSA, Deca, FBLA, and Relay for Life. The school's football team won the 2017 State Championship Class AAAAAAA. The women's varsity soccer team won the 2019 State Championship Class AAAAAAA.

Notable alumni

Charlie Blackmon, MLB player Tiffany Blackmon, sportscaster

Lexie Brown, WNBA player Ahmad Caver (born 1996), professional basketball player Corey Collins, professional baseball player Jared Cook, NFL player Josh Downs, NFL player Tyler Goodson, NFL player Jordan Hancock, NFL player Mitch Hyatt, NFL player Josh Imatorbhebhe, NFL player Jared Ivey, NFL player Ja'Wuan James, NFL player Kibwé Johnson, Olympic athlete (hammer throw) Noah Lomax, Actor Kayden McDonald, college football player Robert Nelson, NFL player Quinton Newsome, NFL player Anree Saint-Amour, NFL and UFL playerAnree Saint-Amour's Austin Shepherd, NFL player CJ Uzomah, NFL player Blake Wood, MLB player

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