Adairsville High School
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Adairsville High School is a four-year public high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 located in Adairsville
Adairsville, Georgia
Adairsville is a city in Bartow County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,542 at the 2000 census. As of 2007 data Adairsville's population was 3,076: 1,414 males and 1,662 females. Adairsville is south of Calhoun, northeast of Rome and north of Atlanta.-Geography:Adairsville is an...

, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
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, United States
United States
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. They educate students in grades 9
Ninth grade
Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. The students are 13 to 15 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. Depending on the school district, ninth grade is usually the first year of high school....

-12
Twelfth grade
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.

Student organizations

The many clubs and societies available to the students.
  • Academic Bowl
    Quizbowl
    Quiz bowl is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge that is commonly played by students enrolled in high school or college, although some participants begin in middle or even elementary school...

  • National Beta Club
    National Beta Club
    The National Beta Club is an organization for 5th-12th graders in the United States, recognizing academic achievement, leadership, character and service....

  • Thespian Club
  • Future Business Leaders of America
    FBLA-PBL
    The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...

  • Fellowship of Christian Athletes
    Fellowship of Christian Athletes
    The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...

  • Future Farmers of America
    National FFA Organization
    The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...

  • Health Occupations Students of America
  • Rotary International
    Rotary International
    Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...

  • Matheletes
    Mu Alpha Theta
    Mu Alpha Theta is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 89,000 student members in more than 1,800 schools worldwide. Its main goals are to inspire keen interest in mathematics, develop strong scholarship in the subject, and promote the...

  • One Act Play
    One act play
    A one-act play is a play that has only one act, as distinct from plays that occur over several acts. One-act plays may consist of one or more scenes. In recent years the 10-minute play known as "flash drama" has emerged as a popular sub-genre of the one-act play, especially in writing competitions...

  • Pep Club
  • Prom Committee
  • Students Against Destructive Decisions
  • Renaissance Program
  • Newspaper

Athletics

The Adairsville Tigers play in the GHSA
Georgia High School Association
The Georgia High School Association governs athletic and club events for member high schools in Georgia, USA. The GHSA is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations. The association comprises 437 public and private high schools...

's AA division.

Football

Over the past two years Adairsville High's football program has come under many changes.

JROTC Drill Team

On March 22, 2008 the Tiger Battalion Drill and Color Guard teams competed at state where they took home 1st place in Male Unarmed Squad and Female Color Guard.

JROTC Raiders

On November 8, 2008 the Male and Female Tiger Battalion Raider teams competed at the National Raider Meet where the Male team took home 2nd place.

Tennis

The Boy's Tennis team won back to back region championships in 1995 and 1996. They were the Class A #1 ranked public school team in the state both years.

JROTC

Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...

, Honor Unit with Distinction Tiger Battalion Homepage

In 2004 Mr. Armando Miccoli submitted several forms to the United States Army JROTC program and the Bartow County School Board to add the JROTC program to Adairsville High School. After two years in 2006 Major
Major
Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ...

 David Sexauer came to Adairsville with the program. Later that year Sergeant First Class
Sergeant First Class
Sergeant First Class is the seventh enlisted rank in the U.S. Army, above Staff Sergeant and below Master Sergeant and First Sergeant, and is the first senior non-commissioned officer rank...

 Charles Gibbs joined Maj. Sexuar and the two created Raiders, Drill Team, and Color Guard for the program. Recently on October 15, 2008 the Battalion
Battalion
A battalion is a military unit of around 300–1,200 soldiers usually consisting of between two and seven companies and typically commanded by either a Lieutenant Colonel or a Colonel...

was approved to start a Rifle Team.

Achievements

On March 27, 2008 they took part in a Brigade Inspection. (Every three years all JROTC Battalions must participate in a formal inspection led by a member from the Sixth Brigade Headquarters and other senior members from various other schools.) Subjects in the inspections include various areas of the battalion; such as the Supply Room, Personnel Records, and Public Relations. The Battalion Staff gave the inspectors a formal military style briefing over their different jobs. Each company was also inspected for correct uniform wear and knowledge over questions. A Drill and Color Guard team was also inspected. Tiger Battalion scored a 589 out of a possible 600 giving it the title of Honor Unit with Distinction.
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