| Naaman Forest High School | |
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| Address | |
| 4843 Naaman Forest Boulevard Garland, Texas, Dallas County, 75040-2732 United States |
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| School type | Public high school |
| Opened | 1988[1] |
| School district | Garland Independent School District |
| Superintendent | Curtis Culwell, Ed.D.[2] |
| Principal | Steve Baker[3] |
| Assistant principals | Mike Bustillos Kim Davis Lester Hampton Donna Hutcheson Janet Wyatt[3] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,600 (2010) |
| Language | English |
| Hours in school day | 7 [4] |
| Color(s) | Green & White with Orange accent[1] |
| Athletics | UIL 5A |
| Mascot | Ranger[1] |
| Rival | Sachse High School |
| Newspaper | Timberline[5] |
| Yearbook | Forester[5] |
| Website | Naaman Forest High School |
Naaman Forest High School is a public secondary school located in Garland, Texas (USA). Like most Texas high schools, Naaman Forest enrolls students in grades 9-12. It is a part of the Garland Independent School District.
In 2009, the school was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.[6]
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NFHS is built on a 62.13 acre site, which backs up to a natural forest preserve. It opened in 1988 with grades 6-9. Naaman Forest dropped a lower grade and added a higher grade until it attained senior high school status in 1992. Naaman Forest today serves 2,600 students, compared with 836 twenty years ago. Naaman Forest has been fully accredited by the Texas Education Agency and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since its inception. [7]
The attendance rate for students at the school is 95%, compared with a state average of 96%. 44% of the students at Naaman Forest are economically disadvantaged, 12% enroll in special education, 4% enroll in gifted and talent programs, 24% are enrolled in career and technology programs, and 28% are considered "limited English proficient."[8]
The ethnic makeup of the school is 31% Hispanic, 20% African American, 33% White, non-Hispanic, 14% Asian/Pacific Islander, and less than 1% Native American.[8]
The average class sizes at Naaman Forest are 22 students for English, 21 for foreign language, 23 for math, 22 for science, and 24 for social studies.[8]
Teachers at the school carry, on average, 10 years of teaching experience and 7% of the teachers on staff are first-year teachers.[8]
Naaman Forest also features FFA. Future Farmers of America promotes classes such as Horticulture, Plant Propagation, Intro to Horticulture, and many other fields.[9]
Building Trades is a class that exposes the student to the Construction field. The project is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath house that is given to Garland Habitat. The house is built on the school campus, at this point one a year, and then moved to its home site within the city of Garland.[10]
Naaman Forest also has a career-prep program known as Clinical Rotations. Through this, students receive on-site training at Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, Doctors Hospital at White Rock and Baylor Hospital in Plano. In addition Naaman is the site for GISD's EMT and Pharmacy Technician Certification programs. Many clinical students participate in H.O.S.A. or Health Occupation Students of America.[11]
Naaman received a Golden Performance Award from TEA for comparable improvement in Math performance for the 2007-2008 school year. NFHS has been recognized by Newsweek as one of the top 1000 High Schools in the nation based on Advanced Placement scores. In 2010 the Naaman Forest Marching Band won its 20th consecutive 1st Division UIL Rating under the direction of band directors Larry Schnitzer,Gregory Taylor and Matt Rush. In 2010 the Naaman Forest Jazz Band became and award winning jazz band taking 2nd place at the UTA Jazz Festival and 1st place at TCU Jazz Festival under the direction of Jazz Band Director Gregory Taylor.
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