Shiloh High School
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Shiloh High School is a public high school located in Snellville, Georgia
in southern Gwinnett County. The school is part of the Gwinnett County Public Schools
system and opened in 1984. Shiloh High School serves students in the Shiloh Cluster which feeds from the Anderson Livsey, Annistown, Centerville, Partee, and Shiloh Elementary Schools and Shiloh Middle School.
The school mascot is the Generals and the school colors are Black, Silver, and White.
Shiloh, like Peachtree Ridge
, was on block scheduling
but is now to the regular six-periods day. The class of 2008-2009 was the first to not experience a block schedule.
The school mascot and colors were selected through a student contest before it officially opened in 1984. Eve Embry (Class of 1986) designed the emblem, which appears on the old gym floor.
International Baccalaureate Program=
As of 2011, Shiloh High School is currently a candidate school for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. If approval is given, Shiloh High School will be one of two IB high schools in Gwinnett County, the other being Norcross High School.
Snellville, Georgia
Snellville is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States, east of Atlanta. The population was 15,351 at the 2000 census. The city's mayor, Jerry Oberholtzer, was elected to a 4-year term in 2007. The city's commercial and residential development has grown enormously in recent years...
in southern Gwinnett County. The school is part of the Gwinnett County Public Schools
Gwinnett County Public Schools
Gwinnett County Public Schools is a school district operating in Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA. GCPS is the largest school system in Georgia, with 123 schools and an estimated enrollment of 161,000 students for the 2010-2011 year. GCPS is estimated to be the 14th largest school district in the...
system and opened in 1984. Shiloh High School serves students in the Shiloh Cluster which feeds from the Anderson Livsey, Annistown, Centerville, Partee, and Shiloh Elementary Schools and Shiloh Middle School.
The school mascot is the Generals and the school colors are Black, Silver, and White.
Shiloh, like Peachtree Ridge
Peachtree Ridge High School
Peachtree Ridge High School is a public high school in Suwanee, Georgia, USA and a part of Gwinnett County Public Schools. Peachtree Ridge is the only Gwinnett County Public School to use block scheduling; Shiloh High School used to but discontinued it in 2008....
, was on block scheduling
Block scheduling
Block scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day but each class is scheduled for a longer period of time . A student might be taking 7 different classes, but only 4 per day, and the specific daily classes would rotate through a changing daily cycle...
but is now to the regular six-periods day. The class of 2008-2009 was the first to not experience a block schedule.
The school mascot and colors were selected through a student contest before it officially opened in 1984. Eve Embry (Class of 1986) designed the emblem, which appears on the old gym floor.
International Baccalaureate Program=
As of 2011, Shiloh High School is currently a candidate school for the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. If approval is given, Shiloh High School will be one of two IB high schools in Gwinnett County, the other being Norcross High School.
Notable alumni
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