GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

1 Diploma Type
Requirements:
English 4 credits
Math 4 credits
Science 4 credits
Social Studies 4 credits
CTAE and/or Modern Lang/Latin and/or Fine Arts 3 credits
Health/Personal Fitness 1 credits North Oconee high school
Academic Electives 3 credits Rigor, Relevance, Relationships
Other Electives 5 credits 1081 Rocky Branch Road
Bogart, Georgia 30622
Phone: (706) 769-7760
MARKING SYSTEM AND RELATED PROCEDURES

Grading System: SCHOOL PROFILE

A = 90 – 100 2017-2018
B = 80 – 89
C = 70 – 79 Principal: Dr. Philip Brown
F = 0 – 69 Assistant Principal for Curriculum and Instruction: Dr. Grace Staniszewski
Assistant Principal/Athletic Director: Michael Dowis
Method of Computing GPA: Numer ical aver age of all cour ses taken. Assistant Principal for CTAE and AP Programs: Eric Hamilton
AP courses and Dual Enrollment courses are awarded 10 % weight and Type: Public, four-year, comprehensive high school for grades 9-12
Honors courses are awarded 5% weight to the “weighted GPA.” No addi- Total Enrollment: 1335
Size of 12th Grade Class: 290
tional points are added to the final average that appears on transcript in an
CEEB-ACT Code Number: 110-401
AP, Dual Enrollment or Honors class.
Accreditation: AdvancEd
Calendar: Two semesters. 4x4 Modified Block Schedule beginning 2004-2005
Class Rank: Based upon weighted numer ical aver ages of entir e class.
Community: Oconee County lies six miles south of Athens and 53 miles east of Atlanta.
Class rank will be calculated in May of each school year. 36,838 people reside in Oconee County with the average household earning $72,102.
Accolades:
Post Secondary Plans of 2017 Graduates 2017—96% Graduation Rate
Number of Graduates: 287 2017—Top 20 highest SAT scores in Georgia
Attending Four Year Colleges: 73.5% 2016—CCRPI Score of 98.3, Ranked as an A school by Georgia Department of Education
Attending Two Year Colleges: 8.5% 2016—NOHS won the Gold Award for Highest Performing presented by the Georgia
Attending Technical Colleges: 11.4% Governor’s Office of Student Achievement
Entering Military: 2% 2016—NOHS won the Platinum Award for Greatest Gains Performing presented by the
Workforce: 4.2% Georgia Governor’s Office of Student Achievement
2015—NOHS won the Gold Award for Highest Performing and Bronze for Greatest
Gains presented by the Georgia Governor’s Office of Student Achievement
2015—NOHS was featured in Principal Leadership publication for
communication and school culture
2012, 2013, & 2014—Top graduation rate in Northeast Georgia
2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 Advanced Placement (AP) Achievement School, A
STEM Achievement School, AP Honor Roll, Also named 2015 and 2016
AP Humanities School
 ALPHABETICAL COUNSELOR CASELOAD CURRICULUM FEATURES
A-F Jodie Anderson
G– O Katie M. Wood Career/Technical, Fine Arts and Academic Pathways are
P-Z Dr. Christy Conley available in the following areas:

CLASS OF 2017 ADMISSIONS TEST SCORES Advanced Academics

Percentage of senior class that took the SAT/ACT/AP Agricultural Leadership
Class of 2017= 80 % took the SAT Architectural Drawing and Design
67 % took the ACT Computer Science
Middle range of scores for the tested population: Early Childhood Education
Average SAT Verbal Score=586 Engineering and Technology
Average SAT Math Score=570 Entrepreneurship
Average Verbal and Math Score=1156 Fine Arts (Dance, Drama, Band, Visual Art)
Average ACT- English=23.9, Math=23.7, Foreign Language
Science=23.7, Reading=24.4, Composite=24.1 Forestry/Wildlife/Animal Science
82.4% of all students taking AP exams made a 3 or Graphic Design
higher (980 total tests taken by 500 students in May 2017) Nursing-Allied Health, Emergency Medical Responders
Plant Science/Horticulture
NOTABLE COLLEGE ADMITS FROM FORMER CLASSES Web Development
Auburn University New York University
Northeastern University Curriculum Features:
Baylor University
Belmont University Purdue University
Savannah College of Art and Design Honors courses: 9th Grade Literature, 10th Grade Literature, Ameri-
Berry College can Literature, English Literature, Accelerated Alg I/Geometry
Boston Conservatory Sewanee: The University of the South
Stanford University A, Accelerated Geometry B/Alg II, Accelerated Precalculus,
Boston University Biology, Chemistry, American Government, World History,
Brown University Texas Christian University
Texas A & M University US History, Latin III, Latin IV, Spanish III, Spanish IV,
Carleton College
The Citadel French III, French IV
Carnegie Mellon University
Centre College The New School of New York Advanced Placement: English Literature and Composition, Eng-
Chapman University The New York Film Academy lish Language and Composition, Calculus (AB & BC), Statis-
Clemson University The University of Alabama tics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics I, Physics C: Mechanics,
Cornell University The University of Georgia Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, Environmental Science,
Columbia University The University of Oklahoma Human Geography, US History, US Government, Macroeco-
Dartmouth University Tulane University nomics, World History, European History, Studio Art, Art
Davidson College University of California, Berkeley History, Computer Science, Music Theory, Latin, Spanish,
Duke University University of Oregon Capstone.
Emory University University of Rochester 56% of the NOHS Class of 2017 took and passed an AP exam.
Florida State University United States Naval Academy
Furman University United States Air Force Academy DUAL ENROLLMENT (post-secondary) courses are also available to
George Washington University United States Military Academy NOHS students at one of four colleges: Georgia Institute of Technolo-
Georgia Institute of Technology University of Southern California
Vanderbilt University
gy, The University of Georgia, University of North Georgia-Oconee
Harvard University Campus, and Athens Technical College.
Iowa State University Vassar College
Johns Hopkins University Virginia Tech University
Loyola University Washington University in St. Louis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology William and Mary University
Mercer University Wofford College
Yale University