Award Winning School

It doesn't get much better than this. Athens High School was recently named a Silver Medal School, which means it is one of the best high schools in America. The award was made by U.S. News & World Reports magazine. There is one gold medal school in Alabama and eight silver medal schools. Naturally, city officials, educators, and the local citizens in general, are very pleased. An article in the Athens News Courier, Dec. 12, 2009, noted that "of the 880 students enrolled, 28.5 percent took advanced placement classes last year." This is just one more indicator of the quality in the Athens city schools system.