Sylvan Hills High School
| Sylvan Hills High School | |
|---|---|
| Established | < 1962 |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Danny Ebbs |
| Faculty | 73 |
| Students | 809 (2009-10) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 484 Bear Paw Road, Sherwood, Arkansas, USA |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Bear |
| Yearbook | 'The Bruin' |
| Newspaper | 'The Banner' |
| Website | pcssdweb.k12.ar.us/shhs/ |
Sylvan Hills High School is a public secondary school located in Sherwood, Arkansas for students in grades nine through twelve. Sylvan Hills is administered by the Pulaski County Special School District. Since 1962 the school has been accredited by the North Central Association (NCA) Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI).
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[edit] Academics
College preparatory offerings include Advanced Placement classes with opportunities for college credit and concurrent credit for college courses along with business and vocational offerings including building trades, cosmetology, and Cisco Systems network training which leads to certification. Sylvan Hills also offers EAST (Environmental and Spatial Technology) classes which are designed to help the school and community using state of the art technology. Sylvan Hills also serves special needs students with a full range of special education courses.
[edit] Math and Science
Courses that are available include: Anatomy and Physiology, AP Biology, Pre-AP Biology, Biology, Physical Science, Pre-AP Physical Science, Environmental Science, Physics, and Chemistry, Pre-AP Chemistry, and AP Chemistry. Offering in mathematics include: Algebra I, Pre-AP Algebra I, Geometry, Pre-AP Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-AP Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, Pre-AP Pre-Calculus, and AP Calculus.
[edit] Social Sciences and Studies
Students may take courses in American History and European History, both offered as AP classes as well.
[edit] Language Arts
Courses in English I through IV, Pre-AP English I, AP English III, and oral communication are available along with Spanish and French.
[edit] Journalism
Sylvan Hills students may take classes in journalism and creative writing and produce an award-winning student newspaper (The Banner) and yearbook (The Bruin). Sylvan Hills is a member of the Arkansas Scholastic Press Association (ASPA), which provides an opportunity to compete in individual and school contests, seminars, and workshops.
[edit] Fine Arts
Students may participate in various musical and performing arts including: band (e.g., concert band, jazz band), choir (e.g., a cappella, barbershop quartet, beautyshop quartet) and theater (e.g., competitive speech, drama, stagecraft).
The Sylvan Hills Marching Bear Band and Concert Choir are both locally known for their numerous awards and 1st division ratings over the years, as well as the competitive speech team.
[edit] Honor societies
Honor society organizations include math (Mu Alpha Theta); science (Science National Honor Society (SNHS)); vocal and instrumental music (Tri-M Music Honor Society); journalism (Quill and Scroll Society); and Spanish, in addition to National Honor Society and National Beta Club. It also has recently opened a new chapter of the drama-focused International Thespian Society.
[edit] EAST Initiative
Since 2003, Sylvan Hills has participated in the EAST Initiative, a project-based, service-learning class that provides students with high-end information technology that creates an educational atmosphere that allows them to gain insight into their own abilities to acquire and use information, solve problems, and gain valuable experience on their way to becoming life-long learners. The EAST Initiative began in 1996 in a single classroom in rural Arkansas and has since grown to over 230 schools in six states.
In 2009, Sylvan Hills is recognized as a EAST Founder's Award Finalist.[1]
[edit] Athletics
Sylvan Hills Bears have a strong tradition in athletics with seven baseball state championships,[2][3] one football state championship,[4] two girl's track and field state championship,[5][6] two girl's golf state championships, one girl's slow pitch softball state championship,[7] and several national cheerleading titles.[8][9][10] Competition is primarily sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association.
[edit] National and state championship seasons
- 2009: Class 5A Cheerleading State Champion
- 2008: Boys Baseball State Champion
- 2006: WCA National Cheerleading Champion (Super Large Varsity Level 5); NCA National Cheerleading Champion (Super Large Varsity)
- 2005: Boys Baseball State Champion; ASC National Cheerleading Champion (Super Large Varsity)
- 2004: Girls Track and Field State Champion
- 2003: Girls Track and Field State Champion; Boys Baseball State Champion
- 2001: Girls Slow Pitch Softball State Champion
- 2000: NCA National Cheerleading Champion (Super Large Varsity)
- 1981: Girls Golf State Champion
- 1980: Class AAAA Football State Champion
- 1979: Girls Golf State Champion
- 1977: Girls Volleyball State Champion
- 1974: Boys Baseball State Champion
- 1968: Boys Golf State Champion
- 1965: Boys Baseball State Champion
In March 2011, Archie Goodwin[11] was selected as the 2010–11 Gatorade Arkansas Boys Basketball Player of the Year.[12] Goodwin is a 6-foot-5 junior guard averaged 28.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, leading the Bears (25–4) to the Class 5A state final. Goodwin is a two-time All-State selection. He is also a senior at Sylvan Hills in the 2011-2012 school year. In November 2011, an assembly was held in the SHHS gym for Goodwin when he signed papers to commit to become a Kentucky Wildcat.[13][14]
[edit] Awards and recognition
In 2008, Sylvan Hills was recognized with an Arkansas Picturing America Award,[15] which is an initiative by the National Endowment for the Humanities that brings masterpieces of American art into classrooms and libraries nationwide. In 2003, Sylvan Hills was one of ten schools recognized as an Arkansas Weyerhaeuser Recycling Award Winner for its Be Educated About Recycling (BEAR) program.[16]
A Sylvan Hills student[17] was named Arkansas' top two youth volunteers for 2009 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. The awards program is conducted by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).
[edit] Notable alumni
- Kevin McReynolds ('78), former Major League Baseball player and member of National High School Hall of Fame
- Michael V. Taylor ('85), U.S. Army Major killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom[18]
- Terry Tiffee ('97), Major League Baseball player and Olympic medalist
- Wes Bentley ('96), film actor; most famous role in American Beauty
- Michael Finnell ('92), film actor; was mostly known for O Brother, Where Art Thou? and 21 Grams
- Johnny Depp ('81), film actor, known for many films such as (2003–Present) Pirates of the Caribbean film series and (2011) Rango
[edit] References
- ^ "EAST Conferenc 09 Founder's Award Finalists". Eastproject.org. February 10, 2009. http://www.eastproject.org/Conference2009/?Page=66. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "Arkansas Activities Association Record Book". Ahsaa.org. http://www.ahsaa.org/activity.asp?aID=12. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ AHSAA 2004–2005 Champions[dead link]
- ^ Arkansas Activities Association[dead link]
- ^ AHSAA 2002–2003 Champions[dead link]
- ^ AHSAA 2003–2004 Champions[dead link]
- ^ AHSAA 2000–2001 Champions[dead link]
- ^ National Cheerleading Association: 2000 National Champions (Super Large Varsity)[dead link]
- ^ 2005–2006 WCA National Cheerleading & Dance Championships
- ^ World Cheerleading Association Super Large Varsity Level 5
- ^ http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/116121/archie-goodwin
- ^ http://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/assets/writable/13072/2010-11_BBB_AGoodwin.pdf
- ^ http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/basketball/mens/story/_/id/6997544/archie-goodwin-first-commit-kentucky-wildcats-2012-class
- ^ http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Archie-Goodwin-115429
- ^ http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/ NEH Picture America
- ^ 2003 Arkansas Weyerhaeuser Recycling Award Winners (PDF)[dead link]
- ^ "Honorees". Spirit.prudential.com. http://spirit.prudential.com/view/page/soc/307?lp=306&reqid=23. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ "MilitaryTimes.com: Honor the fallen". Militarycity.com. January 20, 2007. http://www.militarycity.com/valor/2507422.html. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Sylvan Hills High School
- Sylvan Hills' EAST Initiative website
- Pulaski County Special School District
- Arkansas Activities Association
- Sylvan Hills High School Class of 1998
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Coordinates: 34°54′10″N 92°13′17″W / 34.902827°N 92.221298°W
