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Gwinnett County
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Georgia
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Gwinnett County Public Schools
The Gwinnett County Public School District is a school district operating in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States. GCPS is the largest school system in Georgia,Department of Education
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In 2005, Parkview High School Band was awarded the John Philip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Flag of Honor. Parkview is one of four schools in the state of Georgia and 68 in the world to receive this award.
Parkview has also been placed on the Historic Roll of Honor of High School Concert Bands. This lists recognizes "historic high school concert bands of very particular musical excellence." The Georgia State Legislature passed Georgia Senate Resolution 1313 and Georgia House Resolution 2063 honoring the Parkview High School Band.
The Parkview High School Marching Band was the Grand Champion of the 2010 Golden River Marching Festival in Tallapoosa, with an overall score of 94 out of 100. The color guard and drum majors also received the highest scores in the competition. In 2016, the Parkview High School Marching Band was Grand Champion at 2 competitions, with the highest overall scores in all captions for both events.
In April 2011, Parkview High School Marching Band won the
WSB-TV
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Best High School Band Contest. The tournament featured 64 high school bands from across Georgia, and the Parkview Band performed their baseball-themed show on
Turner Field
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Atlanta Braves
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game.
Orchestra
Parkview has four orchestras: Concert Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra.
Theatre
Parkview High School is a member of the prestigious
International Thespian Society
The International Thespian Society (ITS) is an honor society for high school and middle school theatre students. It is a division of the Educational Theatre Association. Thespian troupes serve students in grades 9–12; Junior Thespian troupes s ...
. Members who join Parkview's honors thespian society are inducted into Troupe 4805.
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Ainsley Battles
Ainsley Thomas Battles (born November 6, 1978) is a former American football player. He attended Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia. After finishing high school, he went on to play football for Vanderbilt University. After finishing school ...
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Ken Butler III
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Chris Carson
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Brett Conway
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Jeff Francoeur
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Jeff Keppinger
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Brad Lester
Brad Lester (born October 24, 1985) is a former gridiron football running back. He played college football at Auburn University.
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Seth Marler
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Justin Moore
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Graham Neff
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Matt Olson
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Lennon Parham
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Eric Shanteau
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, Olympic swimmer
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Matt Stinchcomb
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Mark Thomas
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Josh Wolff
Josh Wolff (born February 25, 1977) is an American soccer coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Austin FC in Major League Soccer.
Playing career College
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