Hot Springs High School (Arkansas)
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| Location: | Oak St. between Orange and Olive Sts., Hot Springs, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates: | 34°30′19″N 93°3′12″W / 34.50528°N 93.05333°WCoordinates: 34°30′19″N 93°3′12″W / 34.50528°N 93.05333°W |
| Area: | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built: | 1914 |
| Architect: | Sanguinet & Staats |
| Architectural style: | Late Gothic Revival |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 87002495[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | January 28, 1988 |
Hot Springs High School is a public secondary school located in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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[edit] Academics
Hot Springs High School is part of Hot Springs School District (HSSD), and is located in central Hot Springs, Arkansas and enrolls approximately eight-hundred students in grades nine through twelve. The high school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in English Language and Composition, Statistics, Physics and Psychology. Students are also able to earn concurrent college credit through National Park Community College, a local community college. Hot Springs High School has been an authorized International Baccalaureate (IB) School since 2004; its students can participate in the Middle Years Program and the Diploma Program. Special courses offered include Spanish, French, Chinese, digital imagery, computer graphic design, fine arts, guitar, business, Theory of Knowledge for IB students, ROTC , and family and consumer sciences.
[edit] Athletics
The Hot Springs Trojans compete in several sports, including football, basketball, baseball, golf, band, volleyball, bowling, weightlifting, track, softball, soccer, dance, cheerleading, and tennis. The Trojans' school colors are black and gold.
The football team made the playoffs for the first time in five years, but has not won a playoff game in 24 years. Their record for the 2007 season was 7-4 overall, counting the one playoff game against the Monticello Billy Goats, and 7-3 in the regular season.
In 2007-2008, the Hot Springs Trojan Girls and Boys basketball team made it to the semi-finals that was located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The Varsity girls lost in the last round of the finals and the boys lost during the second round. The girls overall record was 19-8 before they went to semi-finals and 21-9 afterwards. The boys had a record of 24-4 and their record was 25-5 after semi-finals.
[edit] History
This is the second building for the high school. The first was a large, Gothic Revival structure located near the center of Hot Springs and built in 1914. It is from here that Bill Clinton graduated in 1964.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Bill Clinton - President of the United States (1993–2001); Class of 1964
- LTC Hugh L. Mills, Jr.- Highly decorated Vietnam veteran, inductee into the US Army Aviation Hall of Fame, the Gathering of Eagles, the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame and author of Low Level Hell, a scout pilot in the Big Red One. Class of 1966.
- Alford L. McMichael - Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (1999–2003); Class of 1970
- Bobby Mitchell - professional football player for the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, and coach for the Redskins. Pro Football Hall of Famer; Class of 1953
- Shameka Christon - professional basketball player for the WNBA's Chicago Sky; Class of 2000
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Hot Springs High School
[edit] References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
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