Three high schools from Fulton County are regional winners of the 2009 Governor’s Challenge Cup for SAT Achievement, Governor Sonny Perdue announced Oct. 6.

The schools have the highest SAT gains in their respective Georgia High School Association regions. Riverwood High school, which is in Region 5-AAA, reported an average increase of 38 points per student while Tri-Cities High School, from Region 5-AAAA, reported an average increase of 36 points per student. Alpharetta High School, in Region 6-AAAAA, increased 19 points per student. Each of the schools will receive a $1,000 grant in recognition of their score increases as well as a special trophy.

The Governor’s Cup Challenge, created in 2003, is part of Governor Perdue’s efforts to improve students’ performance on the SAT. The Governor’s Cup Challenge calculates average three-year gains made by schools on their most recent SAT in critical reading, math and writing sections.

The Governor’s Cup Challenge is organized by Georgia High School Association class and region assignments. By using these assignments, schools are compared against similarly-sized schools within the same region of the state.

Thirty-five schools statewide were named regional winners. More information on the Governor’s Cup and scoring system is available at https://webmail.fultonschools.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.satrocks.com.