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Gosnell Arkansas High School
Address
Gosnell High School
600 AR 181

Gosnell
,
Arkansas
72315

United States
Coordinates 35°57′44″N89°58′0″W / 35.96222°N 89.96667°W / 35.96222; -89.96667
Information
School typePublic comprehensive
StatusOpen
School district Gosnell School District
CEEB code 040230
NCES School ID 050002901277 [1]
PrincipalKeelan Newsom
Teaching staff56.53 (on FTE basis) [1]
Grades7–12
Enrollment600 (2016-17) [2]
Student to teacher ratio11.94 [1]
Education systemADE Smart Core
Classes offeredRegular,
Advanced Placement (AP)
Hours in school day8
Color(s)Blue and gold
  
AthleticsFootball, golf, basketball, baseball, softball, track, cheer
Athletics conference3A Region 3
MascotPirate
Team nameGosnell Pirates
Accreditation ADE
NewspaperThe Spy Glass
Feeder schoolsGosnell Elementary School (PK–6)
Website www.gosnellschool.net/o/ghs

Gosnell High School (or Gosnell Secondary School) is an accredited comprehensive public high school located in the city of Gosnell, Arkansas, United States, located northwest of Blytheville. The school provides secondary education for students in grades 7 through 12. It is one of four public high schools in Mississippi County, Arkansas and the sole high school administered by the Gosnell School District.

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The school district, and therefore the high school, serves Gosnell and Dell as well as portions of Blytheville. [3]

History

C.F. Cooper, an early Superintendent of the Gosnell School District, oversaw the start of the district's high school curriculum in 1930. [4] Following the closure of Blytheville Army Airfield in 1946, a portion of the High School was moved to the officer's club on the deactivated military base. The building burned down on May 6, 1955, only a few days after it was announced the high school was moving back to Gosnell. [5]

On July 1, 1984, the Dell School District merged into the Gosnell School District. [6]

Gosnell High School has been the center of several controversies. In 2019, a teacher and assistant football coach was arrested for conspiracy to traffic controlled substances. The same year, a different teacher was placed under investigation for making inappropriate remarks towards a foreign student. Reportedly, she told a Chinese student who had recently moved to the United States to "learn English or you shouldn't be in our country." [7] [8]

Athletics

The Gosnell High School mascot and athletic emblem is the Pirate with blue and gold serving as the school colors. [9]

The Gosnell Pirates compete in interscholastic activities within the 3A Classification via the 3A Region 3 Conference, as administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The Pirates participate in football, bowling (boys/girls), golf (boys/girls), basketball (boys/girls), cheer, competitive cheer, baseball, softball, robotics, and track and field (boys/girls). [9]

On February 11, 2006, the Gosnell boys basketball team were on the winning side of the highest scoring game in Arkansas prep history with a 221 combined point game (Gosnell 114, Brookland 107). [10]

The 1998 Gosnell Pirates football scored a state record 77 touchdowns in a season, which has since been eclipsed twice. [10]

The Gosnell Public Schools football field and stadium is named the J.W. Rea Football Field Stadium with the city name of Gosnell as noted on a large metal sign near the main stadium entrance. The football field and stadium were constructed in the late 1960s. The stadium and field were named in honor of J.W. Rea, superintendent of the Gosnell Public Schools (1956–1977), at the time of his retirement in 1977. During Mr. Rea's 21-year tenure, the Gosnell Public Schools underwent sudden growth by the reactivated Blytheville Air Force Base in the late 1950s. During the Cold War Era, the Blytheville Air Force Base was a strategic air base in the United States's Strategic Defense programs. As the Cold War Era subsided in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Blytheville Air Force Base was marked for closure that occurred in 1992.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Search for Public Schools - Gosnell High School (050002901277)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ "GOSNELL HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Mississippi County, AR" (PDF). 2020 U.S. Census . U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved September 20, 2022. - 2010 Map
  4. ↑ "Gosnell School District Superintendent Retires". The Courier News. May 17, 1930. p. 3. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Gosnell School Destroyed by Fire". The Courier News. May 6, 1955. p. 5. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  6. ↑ "ConsolidationAnnex_from_1983.xls." Arkansas Department of Education. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Teacher, assistant high school football coach in northeast Arkansas arrested on drug charges | Arkansas Democrat Gazette". www.arkansasonline.com. October 29, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Gosnell schools investigating comments made by high school teacher". www.kait8.com. August 30, 2019. Retrieved September 29, 2024.
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  10. 1 2 "2012–13 Arkansas High School Sports Record Book" (PDF). Arkansas Activities Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 31, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
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