Mill Creek High School
Mill Creek High School is a high school in Hoschton, Georgia, United States. It serves the unincorporated area of Hamilton Mill, Gwinnett County, a suburb of Atlanta, as well as Braselton. It also serves unincorporated areas (not city limits) such as zip codes 30548, 30019, 30542, 30517 and 30519. It has 3,997 students, and the most recent attendance counts have named it the largest school in Georgia. It is fed by Frank N. Osborne Middle School and Glenn C. Jones Middle School. Mill Creek was named for the 4th consecutive year as one of the schools  in the top 5% in the country with regard to academics and test results. The school's motto ("the vision") is, "By creating a culture of excellence through the development of character, academics, talents, leadership, and service, Mill Creek Hawks S.O.A.R (Strive to Overachieve through Accountability and Respect). In August 2004, Mill Creek opened with 2,500 students. It now enrolls a little under 4,000 students, and 292 staff members. It has 53 trailers around the school to provide enough space for its many students. By 2018 the school, which had 3,724 students that year, had been consistently the largest high  school in Georgia by student population. Mill Creek has over 100 student clubs. Athletics. Mill Creek competed in Class AAAAAA from 2012–2016, and has competed in Class AAAAAAA since 2016. The school has won championships in various sports and activities: Yearbook. The Mill Creek yearbook, "The Accipiter", is a member of the National Scholastic Press Association and the Computer Press Association. Newspaper. The Mill Creek High school newspaper has won many awards. The newspaper's original name was "The Current", with the slogan, "The Current, where the news always flows." This title only lasted from the opening of Mill Creek  in 2004 until 2005. Mill Creek's mascot is the Hawk, so the paper was then titled "The Hawk Print". In the statewide Journalism Banquet of 2007, "The Hawk Print" won first place in "Best Art or Illustration," "Best Photography," "Best News Section," and "Most Improved." It is now known as the "Mill Creek Chronicle".