Archer High School is a

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near Lawrenceville,

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, United States. It is operated by

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. The Archer cluster consists of Harbins Elementary, Cooper Elementary, Lovin Elementary, McConnell Middle, and Archer High School. As of the 2015–2016 school year the school has an enrollment of 2,568 students.

Athletics

In its first year (2009–2010) Archer High School competed in Region 8-AAA of the

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(GHSA), with varsity teams in all sports, except football due to GHSA rules. For the 2010–2011 school year, Archer entered GHSA Region 8-AAAAA, and was the school's first year with a varsity

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season. Archer has had many teams compete in state tournaments: girls' track and cross-country, varsity competition cheerleading, wrestling, swimming, girls' softball, girls' basketball, men's basketball, men's tennis, men's track and cross country, volleyball, and football. In 2012, the

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team became the first program at Archer to win a team state title. Archer has won many state titles in

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. The wrestling team won four consecutive dual team and state tournament titles from 2013–2016. In 2014, the wrestling team finished the season ranked #9 in the nation by '' WIN Magazine''.

Clubs

Archer High School recognizes multiple school-sponsored clubs. These clubs include a dance team, various quiz bowl-like clubs covering different academic areas, multiple honor societies, assorted foreign language clubs, a speech and debate team, a

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club, a creative writing club, chapters of Future Business Leaders of America and

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, Archer's

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, and a yearbook club.

Notable alumni

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References

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