Sequoyah Is One of America's 'Best High Schools'

Hickory Flat's Sequoyah High School is once again in the national spotlight. 

The school has been named to the 2013 Best High Schools in the U.S. list published by U.S. News & World Report.

The school, which is led by Principal Elliott Berman, is ranked at No. 18 in Georgia and No. 1,033 in the U.S. and received a National Silver Medal.

"Sequoyah High School is renowned locally and statewide for its academic achievement, athletic champions and outstanding fine arts program, and that reputation is continuing to spread at a National level," said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Frank R. Petruzielo, noting that Sequoyah High for the last 10 years has been named to other national best high schools list, including those published by the Washington Post and Newsweek. 

The superintendent went on to say honors like this are "a testament to the dedication at every level of Sequoyah High School – students, teachers, administrators, parents, volunteers, local businesses -- and supports our belief that it takes the entire community working together to build successful schools."

The magazine reviewed 21,000 U.S. public high schools and 47 Georgia schools, including Sequoyah, made the list.

The rankings methodology factors in performance on standardized reading and math test results by all students and by economically disadvantaged students and participation in Advanced Placement testing and passage of those tests.

Sequoyah was recently named as one of the country's Most Challenging High Schools by The Washington Post.  

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