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Pictures are still available for purchase through our photographer's site. There are links for the underclassmen, seniors, and sports. Please visit the following link:

https://armetrice-photography.hhimagehost.com/V2/Home/Organization/furtah

*Your access code is the student’s last name, then first initial (all lowercase with no spaces or dashes).

If you have any questions, please contact: Armetrice Cabine CPP, Armetrice Photography, 678-313-2830 or acabine@armetrice.com

Furtah Preparatory School will make every effort to be open whenever possible. There will be days, however, when weather conditions will make travel to and from school unsafe for both students and staff. As a rule, we will follow Cherokee County schools on the first day of a weather event. We will make every attempt to get our individual school information out to all local news stations. On the second and subsequent days of a weather event, please look for Furtah specifically as we will follow our own schedule. If a school day is to be shortened or canceled, the announcement will be made by the major television station WSB-TV Channel 2. If no announcement is made on the television or radio, the school will be open. We will also post weather-related closings and delays on our official Facebook page and here on the website. 

On November 15, 2013, Furtah Preparatory School, was recognized by the United States Department of State for its very successful participation in the Medallion Program Partners for Global Diplomacy, a youth exchange program to promote mutual understanding, respect and tolerance for future generations of global leaders, in cooperation with ASSE, the world leader in international student exchange programs.

Mr. Fred Furtah, the headmaster at Furtah Prep School at that time, said, “Working with ASSE and placement agencies, we have international students from China, Serbia, Montenegro, France, Switzerland, Germany and other countries graduate from our high school and go on to colleges or careers in the United States, or return to their home countries as more well-rounded global citizens. We also have graduates who earn scholarships at universities in academics, arts and athletics, including a recent graduate now on the Georgia Bulldogs basketball team,” he said.

International students attending Furtah Prep live with a host family and gain high school foreign language education along with the social and cultural experience of new friends in a new country.  Families that host an international student learn about the background and customs of their visiting student, who are disciplined, focused, well-behaved guests that stay for one school year, from early August through the end of May.  They participate in the host family’s normal daily activities when they are not studying.

Host families do not need to have a student at Furtah Prep to have a student in their home.  They provide a separate bedroom, a place for the child to study, a seat at the table, and transportation to and from school and school events.  International students provide a stipend to the host family to help with room and board. "Studying in America is a dream for many students overseas, which can be fleeting if they cannot be placed with a host family for one of their high school years. The host family has a place of honor in the lives of these children because they help a child fulfill their dream,” said Mr. Furtah.

Furtah Prep serves children in the geographic area from Cartersville in the northwest to Dallas in the southwest to Roswell in the southeast and Canton in the north, including the cities and towns of Woodstock, Marietta, Acworth, Emerson, White, Holly Springs, Sandy Plains, Powder Springs and many of the communities in Cherokee, Bartow, Paulding and Cobb Counties.  It also has students from Brazil, Serbia, Australia, Mexico, Switzerland, Vietnam, and other countries around the world.