North Forsyth High School (Georgia)
North Forsyth High School is a public high school located in Cumming, Georgia, United States, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. The school is located at 3635 Coal Mountain Drive. It is one of seven high schools in the Forsyth County School System and serves students residing in Northern Forsyth County, including the communities of Matt, Coal Mountain, Silver City, Chestatee and Oscarville.
Student data
North Forsyth High School is expected to have an enrollment of 2,416 at the start of the 2016–17 school year.Facility
The school was established in 1994 in the northwestern part of Forsyth County. It has three gymnasiums; an artificial turf field used for football, soccer, and lacrosse; practice fields; a baseball complex; a softball complex; four tennis courts; and a separate performing arts center. The last addition to the school, completed in the summer of 2016, created new classrooms, a cafeteria, and a gymnasium.Athletics and extracurricular activities
North Forsyth began the 2016–17 school year by competing in Region 5-AAAAAAA. North Forsyth High School competes in 15 varsity sports. The school also fields junior varsity teams for most sports, and freshmen teams in football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, and lacrosse. The school is a member of the Georgia High School Association.Band
North Forsyth's band consists of three tiers of concert ensembles: Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble. These three groups have consistently scored Superior ratings at Large Group Performance Evaluations under the direction of Raymond W. Thomas and Nick Tucker. The North Forsyth High School concert ensembles have been invited to perform at many festivals and locations around the world including London, Hawaii, New York City, Chicago,and Kennesaw State University.The band program's other excellent ensembles include the Raider Marching Band, Indoor Percussion, Jazz Band, Percussion Ensembles, and a Winter Guard program.
The Raider Marching Band is currently a Class AAAA Band.
| Year | Show title | Band captain | Drum majors |
| 2018 | The Breakout | Garrett Brooks | Isabella Serazzi Haley Allison |
| 2017 | Tonight | Matthew McFadden | Christopher Shoffeitt Haley Allison |
| 2016 | Pearl Harbor | Stephen Burden | Drey Woodson Anna Grace Brown |
| 2015 | Latin Fantasy | Zachary Flynn | Ashli Campbell Brittany Eddington |
| 2014 | Curtain Call | Conrad Patrick | Justin Ebert Ashli Campbell |
| 2013 | Home | Zachary Miller | Patrick Collins Cheylin Dutra |
| 2012 | aMAZEing | Kevin Espinoza | Patrick Collins Cheylin Dutra |
| 2011 | When Classics Collide | Trevor Gowdy | Marissa Anthony Grace Bellamy |
| 2010 | Ancient Warriors | Barrett Myers | Barbara VanKempen Brooke VanKempen |
| 2009 | Cirque | – | Barbara VanKempen Brooke VanKempen |
| 2008 | Cuban Fire | – | Kacey Gentry Barbara Vankempen |
| 2007 | Twisted World | – | Kati Giffen Kacey Gentry |
| 2006 | American Heroes | Nicolas Collins | JT Lee Alyssa Hill |
| 2005 | Rockin' Tour of England | – | – |
| 2004 | West Side Story | – | Mark Carden Heather Ellis |
| 2003 | Chicago | – | – |
MCJROTC
The North Forsyth High School is the only high school campus in the county that has a JROTC program, which is based on the United States Marine Corps.North Forsyth's MCJROTC has been awarded National Naval Honor School nine years in a row. As of the 2012–2013 school year, the Raider Battalion has 197 total cadets enrolled. The drill team has also been named Best in Service at the American Legion National Drill Competition in Montgomery Alabama in February 2011 and also won 2nd place overall. The drill team was named Best in Service four out of the last five years.
The drill team were also champions of the unarmed and armed divisions at the 2011 American Legion National Drill Competition.