Hot Springs World Class High School | |
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Address | |
701 Emory Street , Arkansas 71913 United States | |
Coordinates | 34°28′33″N93°4′12″W / 34.47583°N 93.07000°W |
Information | |
Type | Public charter |
Established | 1887 |
School district | Hot Springs School District |
NCES District ID | 0507890 [1] |
CEEB code | 041145 |
NCES School ID | 050789000509 [2] |
Principal | Kiley Simms |
Grades | 9−12 |
Enrollment | 959 (2019-2020) [2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.20 [2] |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Black and gold |
Athletics conference | 5A South (2012−14) |
Mascot | Trojan |
Team name | Hot Springs Trojans |
Accreditation | ADE AdvancED (1924–) |
USNWR ranking | No. 9 (AR) No. 1,385 (USA) No. 102 (Magnet) |
National ranking | No. 1,708 (Challenge Index) [3] |
Yearbook | The Old Gold Book |
Affiliation | Arkansas Activities Association |
Website | hs |
Hot Springs World Class High School (HSWCHS) is a public magnet secondary school located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. HSWCHS is one of seven public high schools in Garland County and the sole high school of the Hot Springs School District. The school's 1914 facility is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and its academic programs include Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme. It was a segregated school and Hot Springs refused to integrate for more than a decade after Brown v. Board of Education and when it finally did it made Langston High School refuse to provide busing to Hot Springs High School from African American neighborhoods, and largely excluded African American faculty from Langston and limited the activities of African American students. [4] [5]
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 IB Middle Years Programme and the IB Diploma Programme. [6] 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.
The Best High Schools 2012 report by U.S. News & World Report ranked Hot Springs as the No. 9 high school in the state, the nation's No. 102 magnet school, and No. 1,385 nationally. [7]
Hot Springs High School is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) and is an accredited charter member of AdvancED since 1924. [8]
The Hot Springs High School yearbook, The Old Gold Book, has been published, with a few exceptions, since 1914.
The Hot Springs High School mascot and athletic emblem is the Trojan with black and gold serving as the school colors.
The Hot Springs Trojans have won a total of 24 Arkansas state championships. The Trojans compete within the 5A Classification as administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. For 2017–18, the Trojans compete from the 5A South Conference in sports including football, basketball, soccer, baseball, golf, band, volleyball, bowling, track, softball, dance, cheerleading, wrestling, swimming, and tennis. [9]
Hot Springs High School | |
Location | Oak St. between Orange and Olive Sts., Hot Springs, Arkansas |
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Coordinates | 34°30′19″N93°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 |
NRHP reference No. | 87002495 [10] |
Added to NRHP | January 28, 1988 |
Hot Springs High School was built in 1914 by the now famed Sanguinet & Staats architectural firm as a large, Late Gothic Revival structure located near the center of Hot Springs. It was segregated in the school's early history, with African American students able to attend Langston High School starting in 1913.
Bill Clinton graduated in 1964. In 1988, this school building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
After Hot Springs High School moved to its current location on Emory Street in 1968, the old building was used as the Central Junior High until 1992. An earlier Hot Springs High School building was located at the same site on Oak Street. This structure burned in the fire of September 1913 that destroyed a large part of Hot Springs. In 2006, the historic facility was repurposed as 32 housing units for persons with disabilities, as the Hot Springs High School Lofts.
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy.(October 2021) |
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