Archer High School
| Archer High School | |
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| Location | |
| 2255 New Hope Road Lawrenceville 30045 United States |
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| Information | |
| Motto | "I Am Archer, You Are Archer, We Are Archer" |
| Established | 2009 |
| Principal | Ken Johnson |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,568 |
| Color(s) | Red, silver, and white |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Rival | Dacula High School, Grayson High School |
| Newspaper | Eye of the Tiger |
| Website | www |
Archer High School is a public high school near Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States. It is operated by Gwinnett County Public Schools. It is named after Gwinnett County teacher and coach Benjamin Vernon Archer.
The school officially opened on Monday, August 10, 2009, with enrollment topping 1,200 students. It was opened as a relief for surplus students from Grayson High School, Central Gwinnett High School, and Dacula High School. 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.
In its first year, 2009–2010, Archer High School offered a varsity team for all sports except football, due to GHSA rules. However, football is also currently offered as a varsity team.
Although the Tigers were beat twice by their rival Mountain View High School in their first season, the Tigers made a comeback to beat the Bears 17-13 at Mountain View's Stadium during their second season.
The Tigers' rivals are the Bears of Mountain View High School, the Black Knights of Central Gwinnett High School, and the Falcons of Dacula High School.
In their inaugural year, the school competed in Region 8-AAA of GHSA. In the 2010–2011 school year, Archer High School entered Region 8-AAAAA to join their rivals Central Gwinnett, Dacula, and Grayson High Schools. Other schools they compete against in the region include Berkmar, South Gwinnett, Shiloh, Parkview, and Brookwood High Schools.
Archer has also 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.
Archer's first individual state champion was swimmer Lydia Jones, who won the 50 freestyle swim in February 2011. Archer's second state champion was Ernest Alexander, who won the 195 lb state wrestling championship with a 67-4 record in February 2012. Alexander went on to win his second state title in February 2013 with a 51-0 record. He was Archer's first multiple state champ and first back-to-back state champion. Since then, the Archer swim program has added another state champion, Alexi Smith, a two-time state champion in the 50 free (2013, 2014).
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