North Atlanta High School is a high school of approximately 1,300 students in Buckhead, an upscale area of Atlanta, Georgia. The school is a part of Atlanta Public Schools. High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. ... Buckhead (sometimes Buckhead Village and denoted on some signs as Buckhead Community) is a community, comprising several neighborhoods, forming approximately the northern one-fifth of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. A small portion of the Buckhead skyline // Lenox Square Buckhead acquired its unusual name from a long-gone local tavern that prominently... Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area    - City 343. ... Atlanta Public Schools is a school district based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. ...

The school was formed after North Fulton High School combined with Northside High School in 1992. The school has two magnet schools: one consisting of a performing arts program and one geared toward international studies. Students in the 11th and 12th grade have the option of studying in the International Baccalaureate program. North Fulton High School was a public school located in Atlanta, Georgia. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... In the U.S. system of education, a magnet school is a public school which offers innovative courses, specialized training, etc. ... A grade may refer to many different concepts, including: in various contexts: Each item in a (generally ordered and finite) collection of symbols or designators used as a particular grade system to distinguish and rank corresponding groups, where distinct members or instances of each group are regarded as sufficiently similar... The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a group of three educational programmes, as established by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). ...

The 2005-06 school year marks the start of the end of the performing arts magnet at North Atlanta. All new students wishing to participate in the performing arts magnet will attend a different school. Another change this school year will be new principal Scott Bursmith.

Sutton Middle School is the main feeder school for North Atlanta High School.

Dress code

North Atlanta High School has a strict dress code [1] that requires collared shirts and non-denim bottoms. The dress code began in fall 2006. Clothing has various sociological functions, including: conspicuous consumption stating or claiming identity establishing, maintaining and defying sociological group norms Thus wearing specific types of clothing or the manner of wearing clothing can convey messages about class, income, belief and attitude. ...

Extracurricular activities

North Atlanta High School has many athletic and academic organizations. The school has a basketball team, soccer team, football team, tennis team, cross country team, track team, softball team, and a baseball team as well as other athletic organizations including a golf club and a swimming team. Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... A team comprises any group of people or animals linked in a common purpose. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... The Minnesota State Highschool Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (or rarely, 16 inches) (28 to 30. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Greg Norman on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ... Swimming is a technique that humans and animals use to move through water using only movements of the body, often for exercise, fun and competition. ...

The academic organizations are just as numerous, and include a Quiz Bowl team, Model UN association, Earth club, Math club, Student Government Association, Science club, Computer club, Guitar club, Photography Club, a short lived Robotics club, and various language clubs. Quizbowl (or Quiz-bowl or quiz bowl) is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge, commonly played in high school and college. ... A Model United Nations (also known as a Model UN or an MUN) is a simulation education activity focusing on civics, communications, globalization and multilateral diplomacy. ... Earth (IPA: , often referred to as the Earth, Terra, the World or Planet Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth largest. ... Incorrect shortening of Mathematics. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... A BlueGene supercomputer cabinet. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with robot. ...

Feeder patterns

The following elementary schools feed into North Atlanta: Bolton Academy, Boyd, Brandon, Garden Hills, Jackson, Rivers, Scott and Smith. Built in 1938, the Garden Hills Elementary School is on the National Register of Historic Places. ...

The following middle schools feed into North Atlanta: Carson and Sutton.

Notable alumni

• Johnta Austin - singer ^{[citation needed]}
• "RuPaul" Andre Charles - Singer, Dancer, Model & Entertainer ^{[dubious — see talk page]}
• Cortavious "Caz Clay" - rapper ^{[citation needed]}
• T. Renee Crutcher - Opera Singer ^{[citation needed]}
• Collington Freeman - Worldwide opera singer ^{[citation needed]}
• Morris Robinson - NY Metropolitan Opera Singer ^{[citation needed]}
• Bobby Valentino - singer ^{[citation needed]}
• Khaleed Vaughn - NFL football player ^{[citation needed]}
• Sincerely Ward Ward - Actress, Model & Singer ^{[citation needed]}
• Derek "Fonzworth Bentley" Watkins - Entertainer ^{[citation needed]}

Johntá Austin is an upcoming songwriter and singer on Jermaine Dupris So So Def Recordings. ... Composite image of drag entertainer RuPaul as both a man and a woman RuPaul (born RuPaul Andre Charles on November 17, 1960) is an American drag performer, dance music singer, actor and songwriter who gained worldwide fame in the 1990s; appearing in a wide variety of television programs, films, and... Robert Bobby V-Tino Wilson, formerly Known as Bobby Valentino, was born on February 27, 1980 in Jackson, Mississippi is an African-American R&B singer. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

External links

• North Atlanta High website

James Dickey who wrote Deliverence was a grad of North Fulton High School