Cabot High School

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Cabot High School
Front entrance to Cabot High School main building
Address
401 North Lincoln Street
Cabot, Arkansas, United States
Coordinates 34°58′24″N 92°0′31″W / 34.97333°N 92.00861°W / 34.97333; -92.00861Coordinates: 34°58′24″N 92°0′31″W / 34.97333°N 92.00861°W / 34.97333; -92.00861
Information
Type Public secondary
Established 1912 (1912)
CEEB Code 040320
NCES School ID 050375000123[1]
Principal Henry Hawkins
Vice principal Michael Byrd, Randy Granderson, Charlotte Sandage, Brad Tarvin, Ronnie Tollett
Faculty 124.61[1] (on FTE basis)
Grades 10–12
Enrollment 1,983[1]  (2010–11)
Student to teacher ratio 15.91[1]
Color(s)     Red
     White
     Black
Mascot Panthers
Newspaper The Panther Tale
Yearbook The Panther
Website www.cabotschools.org/schools/cabot-high-school

Cabot High School (CHS) is a public high school serving students in grades ten through twelve in Cabot, Arkansas, United States. Cabot High School is administered by the Cabot Public Schools, which covers the communities of Cabot, Austin, and Ward, as well as the rest of Northern Lonoke County.

Academics

The assumed course of study for students follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education. Students complete regular (core and career focus) courses and exams and may select Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams that provide an opportunity for college credit. As of 2010, the school provides Advanced Placement Program (AP) exams in the following areas:

According to the 2005–06 annual school performance report,[2] 98 percent of the district’s teachers were completely certified and 38 percent had master’s degrees. The graduation rate was 80.5 percent, while the dropout rate was 4.2 percent.

Students taking the ACT had an average math score of 21.7, a 23.6 in English and a composite of 22.4. The district had a grade inflation rate of 1.2 percent and a college remediation rate of 35 percent.

Extracurricular activities

The Cabot High School mascot and athletic emblem is the Panther with red, white and black serving as the school colors. The school's fight song, "On, Panthers!" is based on "On, Wisconsin!."[3]

Athletics

For 2012–14, the Cabot Panthers compete in the state's larges classification—7A Classification—from the 7A/6A East Conference, as administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The Panthers participate in football, volleyball, golf (boys/girls), bowling (boys/girls), cross country (boys/girls), basketball (boys/girls), competitive cheer, competitive dance, soccer (boys/girls), baseball, softball, wrestling, swimming & diving (boys/girls), tennis (boys/girls), track & field (boys/girls).[4]

  • Football: The Panthers football team has had success during the tenure of Coach Mike Malham. The Panthers won the state football championship in 1983 and 2000 and were state championship runner-ups in 1997 and 1998.Cabot will be taking on Bentonville in the 2013 7A state championship.Cabot will come into the game with a 12-0 season.
  • Volleyball: The Lady Panthers volleyball teams won consecutive state volleyball championships in fall 1989 and 1990.
  • Golf: The boys golf team are 8-time state golf champions (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2010). The girls golf team are 9-time state golf champions including winning its first title in 1976 before piling up 8 consecutive state golf titles between 1986 and 1993.
  • Bowling: The girls bowling team are 2-time state bowling champions (2009, 2011).

Clubs and traditions

Cabot students are provided the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of clubs and organizations that offer activities, events, networking, and competitions including:

  • Friends of the Pound
  • Cabot FFA
  • Future Teachers of America
  • German Club
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Hello Club
  • Helping Hands
  • History Club
  • Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
  • Japanese Club
  • J.U.S.T. Club
  • Key Club
  • Knitting Club
  • MACH 1 Academy
  • Model United Nations
  • National Honor Society
  • National Technical Honor Society

  • The Panther Tale Newspaper
  • Panther Yearbook
  • Penman Literary Magazine
  • Cabot High Television and the Cabot Schools Network
  • Band/Music Club
  • Project Lead The Way
  • Quiz Bowl
  • Sanctuary
  • Spanish Club
  • Student Council
  • SkillsUSA
  • Gay-Straight Alliance

Note: This is not a complete list of all the clubs/organizations at CHS.

Notable people

The following are notable people associated with Cabot High School. If the person was a Cabot High School student, the number in parentheses indicates the year of graduation; if the person was a faculty or staff member, that person's title and years of association are included:

Educational TV access

Cabot High School's broadcasting department, in cooperation with local Suddenlink Communications cable television, broadcasts Cabot High Television (CHTV) and the Cabot Schools Network (CSN) on Suddenlink cable channel 3 to Cabot, Austin, Ward, and surrounding areas. CHTV's website is: www.cabottv.com.

2011 Made Auditions

During the week of September 19–24, 2011, CHS held auditions for the upcoming season of MTV's reality show, Made.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Cabot High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 16, 2013. 
  2. http://www.arkansasleader.com/2007/04/top-story-state-grades-performance.html The Leader: Stage grades performance, dated April 2, 2007
  3. Arkansas Times Staff; Brantley, Max (October 19, 2006). "The Observer". Arkansas Times. Retrieved February 17, 2013. 
  4. "School Profile, Cabot High School - LR". Arkansas Activities Association. Retrieved February 16, 2013. 

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