Mountain Home High School (Arkansas)

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Mountain Home High School Career Academies
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Mountain Home High School (Arkansas)
500 Bomber Boulevard

Mountain Home
,
Arkansas
72653

United States
Coordinates 36°19′56″N92°23′51″W / 36.33222°N 92.39750°W / 36.33222; -92.39750
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School district Mountain Home School District
CEEB code 041740
NCES School ID 0500004300676 [1]
Faculty102.72 [1]
Grades10–12
Enrollment1,197 (2016-17) [2]
Education systemCareer Academies
Color(s)Royal blue and gold
  
Athletics conference6A West (2020-present)
MascotBomber
Team nameMountain Home Bombers
YearbookThe Bomber
Website highschool.mhbombers.com/o/mhhs

Mountain Home High School Career Academies is a public secondary school in Mountain Home, Arkansas, United States. It is one of three high schools located in Baxter County and is the sole high school administered by the Mountain Home School District.

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Mountain Home High School has received charter school status, granted by the State Board of the Arkansas Department of Education. Mountain Home High School is divided into three career academies: Communications, Arts, and Business (CAB), Architecture, Construction, Manufacturing, and Engineering (ACME), and Health and Human Services (HHS).

Academics

The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), which requires 22 units to graduate and is supplemented by the school's career academies model and Advanced Placement courses and exams. The Mountain Home High School is accredited by the ADE and has been accredited by AdvancED since 1955. [3]

Career academies

Mountain Home High School operates using the academies model. Students are divided into academies based on their interests and learning styles. Each academy consists of core classes (English, History, Math, and Science) and elective classes unique to each academy. Students may choose electives from other academies, but are encouraged to follow a "completer" path within their own academy. Teachers are also split into academies, theoretically according to their strengths. [4]

Extracurricular activities

The Mountain Home High School mascot is the Bomber with blue and gold serving as its school colors.

Athletics

The Mountain Home Bombers participate in interscholastic activities in the 6A Classification administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The Bombers compete in the 6A West Conference in sports such as: football, baseball, basketball (boys/girls), bowling (boys/girls), competitive cheer, cross country (boys/girls), competitive dance, golf (boys/girls), soccer (boys/girls), softball, swimming (boys/girls), tennis (boys/girls), track and field (boys/girls), volleyball, and wrestling. [5]

Clubs and traditions

The school's FIRST Robotics Competition team, the Baxter Bomb Squad Team #16, is well known, having won the 2012 World Championships and leading the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2013. [6]

Awards and recognition

The institution was awarded an American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) Recycling Award. During the 2004–05 school year, Mountain Home High School students collected more than 6 tons of paper for recycling, and created a model program to promote natural resource conservation.

The Mountain Home High School Band marched in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, 2006.

Mountain Home High School, technically the Mountain Home Career Academies, received high honors as being the recipient of the Ford Fund for its efforts in career academies and complete integration of all three core career academies. The ACME and HHS academies were given a national award of distinction for their efforts.

Notable alumni

Notable staff

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References

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  2. ↑ "MTN HOME HIGH CAREER ACADEMICS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Institution Summary, Mountain Home High School Career Academy". AdvancED. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Mountain Home Public Schools" . Retrieved July 5, 2012.
  5. ↑ "School Profile, Mountain Home High School". Arkansas Activities Association. Retrieved October 18, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Tune in and Watch!". usfirst.org. US FIRST. Archived from the original on April 21, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Scott Flippo's Biography". Project Vote Smart . Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  8. ↑ Hudgison, Chris (April 16, 2020). "Former Hog QB Ryan Mallett joins Mountain Home coaching staff". KAIT. Archived from the original on February 1, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
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