Hot Springs High School (Arkansas)
Encyclopedia
Hot Springs High School is a public secondary school
located in Hot Springs, Arkansas
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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.
graduated in 1964.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County...
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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.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.
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 ClintonBill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
graduated in 1964.
Notable alumni
- Bill ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
- President of the United StatesPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
(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. McMichaelAlford L. McMichaelSergeant Major Alford L. McMichael, USMC, was the 14th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps , and was the 1st Senior Non-Commissioned Officer for Allied Command Operations for NATO...
- Sergeant Major of the Marine CorpsSergeant Major of the Marine CorpsSergeant Major of the Marine Corps is a unique non-commissioned rank and billet in the United States Marine Corps....
(1999–2003); Class of 1970 - Bobby MitchellBobby MitchellRobert Cornelius Mitchell is a former American football halfback and flanker in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns and the Washington Redskins. Mitchell was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983.-Early life:Mitchell was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas and attended...
- professional football player for the Cleveland BrownsCleveland BrownsThe Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, Washington RedskinsWashington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
, and coach for the Redskins. Pro Football Hall of Famer; Class of 1953 - Shameka ChristonShameka ChristonShameka Delynn Christon is an American professional women's basketball player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA....
- professional basketball player for the WNBA's Chicago SkyChicago SkyThe Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...
; Class of 2000