Every floor of North Atlanta has a story. Some are legendary. Some are gross. Some are so chaotic they sound made up, but unfortunately it’s real. From a broken urinal to fart spray, here’s what really went down. One floor at a time.
First Floor: The floor where AP and IB exam trauma haunts students. Strict rules ruled- until one student cheated. “We all saw them use their phone,” said a student. “Now they can’t take any more AP exams.”
Second Floor: Cows aren’t usually mentioned at NAHS, since Atlanta isn’t exactly farm country. So when a student rushed in late claiming they had to put their cows back in the pin, Coach Smith was shocked. “I didn’t expect that,” he said. “But the note proved it.”
Third Floor: This floor saw cafeteria chaos when a student, frustrated by a long lunch line, threw green beans in the air, splattering them all over the floor. “I was shocked,” said an administrator. “I also felt bad, they burned their fingers.”
Fourth Floor: The floor infamous for Freshmen “humor” proved itself when a genius covered it in fart spray. Even a gas-mask couldn’t stop the rotten-egg stench. Senior Reggie Womack was lucky to survive it. “Everyone laughed but our teachers,” he said. “They didn’t wanna let us in class.”
Fifth Floor: Not only was the fourth floor smelly, but the fifth floor was too when a student decided to defecate in the center of the bathroom. One student in particular stumbled upon it by accident. “It was awful,” he said. “It was just sitting there.”
Sixth Floor: The sixth floor housed a humungous and terrifying spider for a few days. One unlucky student was dared to stare at it for a whole minute, because spiders were his biggest fear. “I’ve never been that scared,” he said. “I thought it was going to jump out and eat me.”
Seventh Floor: Used to being a break from chaos, the seventh floor wasn’t ready for a student getting “pantsed” during transition. Mr. Robinson raced to the scene before it got worse. “They almost fought,” he said. “Luckily, we stopped it.”
Eighth Floor: During the “Devious Licks” trend, the eighth floor learned TikTok trends and bathrooms don’t mix. A soap dispenser was set on fire. “I saw Dr. Mitchell waving kids sprinting down the hallway,” Ms. Shilling said. “I told them ‘Hey guys, there’s a fire,’ and we left.”
Ninth Floor: As if bathrooms haven’t suffered enough, the boys restroom flooded after a clogged urinal. Water seeped into the hallway, visible from Junior Avery Pines’ classroom. “We could hear the janitors laughing while they cleaned up,” she said. “I wish I was out there with them.”
Tenth Floor: The Tenth floor saw unexpected drama when a student intentionally peed themselves in a teacher’s class- not by accident, but for TOTS points. Is getting points really worth that much humiliation? “It was gross,” the teacher said. “He went to the nurse.”
Eleventh Floor: Ms. Austen’s class on the eleventh floor had an unexpected visitor when a bee flew out of her ceiling. It came back multiple times. “It just flew around,” she said. “Finally a student killed it.”
The next time you walk through these halls remember: you’re not just going to class. You’re walking through history.
