North Gwinnett High School is a

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outside the city limits of Suwanee,

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, United States. It is part of the district

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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

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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. As of 2018-2019, enrollment is reported as 2,846 students. North Gwinnett High School figured in ''

Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools ''Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools'', 503 U.S. 60 (1992), is a United States Supreme Court Case in which the Court decided, in a unanimous vote, that monetary relief is available under Title IX of the Federal Education Amendments of 197 ...

'', 503 U.S. 60 (1992), a

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case that was decided in 1992. A female student at the school accused a teacher of

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and sued the school district for monetary damages for not stopping the harassment after she complained to school authorities. The

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ruled that

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, 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.

Mentorship

Every student at NGHS is provided with a faculty mentor. Students have "Advisement Lessons" with their mentor on Wednesdays. Freshmen at NGHS are also given student mentors.

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 life

School activities include athletics, clubs, and leadership groups such as the NGHS Beta Society, Student Council, 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

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* {{authority control Schools in Gwinnett County, Georgia Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state) Educational institutions established in 1958 1958 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)