As part of a compromise between the two schools during the merger, Dunwoody agreed to change its colors to red, white, and blue, while keeping its wildcat mascot.

Each year, the academy students visit NBC in New York to see first-hand how one of the world’s largest broadcasting companies operates.

Galerstein and Hopkins reached the finals of the Georgia Varsity State Championship in 2012, making them the most competitively successful team at the high school.

The Dunwoody High School Quiz Bowl team has appeared various times on the television show High-Q, broadcast on WSB-TV.

The DHS orchestra performs every spring at the Georgia Music Educators Association Festival, and every year receives the highest marks.

For the filming, the dugouts were temporarily repainted from the school colors of red, white, and blue, to gold and black.

Dunwoody presently houses the Georgia Girls All-Classification State Meet Record in the Shot Put [47'11"].

3rd: 2011, 2013 Kuaniyal Chol - 800m (2009), 800m runner-up (2010) The most notable athletic achievement in football was when the team went 15-0 and won the state championship in 1993 under head coach David Kelly.

After a long college coaching career including stops at Georgia Tech, Stanford and LSU, Kelly resigned from his job at the University of Central Florida because of allegations of NCAA recruiting violations.

[6] The most notable athletic achievement in baseball was when the team went 34-4 and swept powerhouse Columbus High School on June 1, 2007.

Two players from those teams played major Division 1 basketball, An'Juan Wilderness, UNC-Charlotte and Zac Swansey, University of Georgia and Tennessee Tech.

Four players from the 2007-2008 team that reached the Final Four played major Division 1 basketball, Pierre Jordan, Florida State and Georgia Tech, Delwan Graham, LSU and Jacksonville, Javon McKay, Tennessee Tech and Chris Singleton, a McDonald's All-American, Florida State.