JHS Awards and Honors

Last Updated: 2/24/2021 9:30 PM

 2020-2021

  • Football - Region Champions
  • Competitive Cheerleading - Region Champions, State Runner-Up
  • Boys Cross Country - Final Four
  • Girls Cross Country - Region Champions, State Runner-Up
  • Volleyball - Region Champions, Final Four 
  • Girls Basketball - Region Champions, Elite 8
  • Swim and Dive - Elite 8
  • Wrestling - Dual Area Champions, Dual and Traditional State Champions
  • Boys Golf - Elite 8
  • Boys Soccer - Final Four
  • Boys Track and Field - Region Champions
  • Girls Track and Field - State Runner-Up

 2019 - 2020

  • Football - Region 8 AAA Champions, State Playoff Quarterfinalist
  • Softball - Elite 8
  • Boys Cross Country - Region 8 AAA Champions, 6th Place in State
  • Girls Cross Country - Region 8 AAA Champions, 4th Place in State
  • Volleyball - Region 8 AAA Champions, Sweet 16

 

  • Competitive Cheerleading - Region 8 AAA Champions, State Runner-up
  • Boys Basketball - Region 8 AAA Champions, State Playoff Runner-Up 
  • Girls Basketball - Region 8 AAA Champions, State Playoff Quarterfinalist
  • Wrestling - 4th Place at State  Dual and Traditional Tournaments
  • Girls Swimming - 5th Place State Finish
  • Air Force JROTC - Southeast Regional Champions
  • Graduation Rate - 99.3
  • Advanced Placement Awards:  AP Humanities School, AP STEM School, AP STEM Achievement School
     

 

 

 

 2018 - 2019

  • Air Force JROTC- National Champions and State Champion
  • AAAA Baseball State Champions 17-18
  • AAA Wrestling Dual State Champions 18-19
  • Region 8AAAA Baseball State Champions 17-18
  • Region 8AAAA Boys & Girls Track Champions 17-18

 

  • Region 8AAA Boys & Girls Cross Country Champions 18-19
  • Region 8AAA Fastpitch Softball Champions 18-19
  • Region 8AAA One Act Play Champions 18-19
  • Region 8AAA Competitive Cheerleading Champions 18-19
  • Region 8AAA Dual & Traditional Wrestling Champions 18-19
  • Region 8AAA Literary Champions 18-19
  • CCRPI Rating - 92.8
  • Graduation Rate - 95.6
  • Advanced Placement Awards: AP Humanities, AP Merit, AP STEM, AP STEM Achievement

 

 

 2017 - 2018

  • JROTC State Runner-Up Drill Champions in Armed and Unarmed Drill Divisions
  • JROTC Won the Distinguished Unit with Merit
  • JROTC South East Regional Drill Champions
  • Wrestling State Championship- 18 Consecutive Years Traditional and 17 Consecutive Years Dual
  • Boys Tennis Region 8-AAAA Runner Up
  • Boys Tennis Class AAAA Final 4
  • Volleyball 3rd Place in AAAA Region 8
  • Volleyball Advanced to 1st Round of State Playoffs

 

  • 2017 Overall Silver Division Champions
  • Two Students Passed Two Auditions and Performed in the GMEA All-State Chorus
  • Wrestling 11 Individual State Placers, 4 of Which are Individual State Champions
  • Girls Swimming 7th Place in 4A/5A Division
  • Boys Swimming 17th Place in 4A/5A Division
  • Girls Trio Won 2nd Place at Region Literary Competition
  • Women's Choir and Men's Chorus Received Superior Ratings at LGPE
  • Football Undefeated at Home
  • Baseball Region 8-AAAA Champions
  • Baseball AAAA State Champions
  • Cheer Dragons Won Region Runner-Up in the 8AAAA 
  • AAAA Baseball State Champions
  • 8AAAA Baseball Champions
  • 8AAAA Boys and Girls Track Champions

 

 

2016 - 2017 

  • SAT Average 1549 - Above State and National Averages
  • ACT Average 22,3 - Above State and National Averages

 

  • Football Region 8AAAA Champion
  • Football State Semifinalist
  • Volleyball Elite Eight State
  • Softball Elite Eight State
  • Wrestling Duals State Champion 16th consecutive year
  • Wrestling Traditional Champion- 17th consecutive years

2015 - 2016 

  • SAT Average: 1563
  • Advanced Placement Humanities School
  • Advanced Placement STEM Achievement School
  • Advanced Placement STEM School
  • Washington Post Most Challenging High School Ranking
  • Europe / WW II Trip - Completed 9th Year
  • National Parks Trip - Completed 1st Year
  • Total Person Program - Completed its 25th Year
  • ACT Composite  Average 21.7 - Above State and National Averages
  • One-Act placed 4th in State
  • Georgia Department of Education Top 50 High School Ranking
  • JROTC Distinguished Unit - 3rd Consecutive Year (Only Unit in Georgia)
  • Academic Bowl JV Team Elite Eight State Tournament 
  • Band and Chorus All Superior Ratings - 8 students designated All-State Status 
  • 51 GHSA State Championships Total
  • Boys XC placed in State  
  • Girls XC placed in State
  • Graduation Rate - 93.5 % 
  • Top 3 School System in CCRPI Scores (4th Consecutive Year) 
  • CCRPI School Score of 95.6 (Top 5 Public High School) 
  • Top 10 Public High School in GHSA Directors Cup Final Standings 
  • JROTC Drill Teams State Champions - 4th Consecutive Year; 3rd in Nation
  • Wrestling State Champions - 16 Consecutive Years Traditional and 15 Consecutive Years Dual
  • Scotland Exchange Program - Completed 16th Year

2014 - 2015

  • Top 5 Public School in GHSA Director's Cup Final Standings
  • State Championship in GHSA AAA One-Act and a Jefferson student won the Best Actor Award
  • All 15 of our seniors that applied for Early Action at UGA were accepted. 
  • Top 3 School System in CCRPI Scores(3rd Consecutive Year)
  • AP Honor Roll Recipient by the College Board.
  • 5200 cans were collected for the annual Canned Food drive
  • Academic Bowl JV Team Final Four State Runner Up
  • Pink Out T-Shirt sale raised $800 for Relay for Life
  • SAT Average 1536
  • ACT Average 20.8 - Above State and National Average
  • Four students were selected for the prestigious Georgia All-State Band
  • One student, a freshman, was selected to the GMEA All-State Chorus
  • Football won the Region 8-AAA championship and made it to the Quarterfinals of the state playoffs
  • Competition Cheerleading placed 6th in State
  • 1 National Merit Scholar Finalist
  • Georgia DOE Top 50 High School Ranking
  • 1 Georgia Poet Laureate Finalist
  • Boys XC placed 8th in AAA
  • Girls XC placed 7th in AAA
  • State Championship in Wrestling - Duals. 14th straight