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Scranton High School (Arkansas)
Scranton High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Scranton, Arkansas, United States. The school provides secondary education in grades 7 through 12 for approximately of land in Logan County, Arkansas. It is one of four public high schools in Logan County and the sole high school administered by the Scranton School District. The school district, and therefore the high school's attendance boundary, includes all of Scranton, all of Morrison Bluff, and most of Subiaco. Academics Scranton High School is a Title I school that is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). The assumed course of study follows the ADE Smart Core curriculum, which requires students complete at least 22 units prior to graduation. Students complete regular (core and career focus) coursework and exams and may take Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exam that provide the opportunity to receive college credit. Athletics The Scranton High School mascot and athletic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scranton, Arkansas
Scranton is a city in Logan County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 224 at the 2010 census. It was named after Scranton, Pennsylvania. Geography Scranton is located in northeastern Logan County. Arkansas Highway 197 is Scranton's Main Street and leads southwest to Subiaco. Arkansas Highway 109 passes through Scranton as 5th Street, leading north to U.S. Route 64 west of Clarksville and south to Midway. According to the United States Census Bureau, Scranton has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 222 people, 90 households, and 66 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 112 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.30% White, 0.90% Black or African American, and 1.80% from two or more races. There were 90 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 15.6% had a female ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subiaco, Arkansas
Subiaco is a town in Logan County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 572 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Subiaco Abbey, which is located there, and which donated in the early 20th century for a townsite and railroad connection. Founded as a priory in 1878, Subiaco Abbey was established and named by Pope Leo XIII in 1891, after the Italian city of that name in the Lazio region, where St. Benedict founded his first monastery. The town celebrated the arrival of its first train in June 1909. History The development of both the abbey and the town were related to the expansion of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad (LR&FS) in the area in the late 19th century. In 1877, it owned thousands of acres in Arkansas through federal subsidies for railroad development, and wanted to attract German Catholic immigrants to the region as settlers. The railroad came to an agreement with Abbot Martin Marty, O.S.B., of St. Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana, to grant the abbey land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public High Schools In Arkansas
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkeit'' or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science, psychology, marketing, and advertising. In public relations and communication science, it is one of the more ambiguous concepts in the field. Although it has definitions in the theory of the field that have been formulated from the early 20th century onwards, and suffered more recent years from being blurred, as a result of conflation of the idea of a public with the notions of audience, market segment, community, constituency, and stakeholder. Etymology and definitions The name "public" originates with the Latin '' publicus'' (also '' poplicus''), from ''populus'', to the English word 'populace', and in general denotes some mass population ("the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Arkansas State High School Baseball Champions
This is a list of Arkansas state high school baseball championships sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association. Listings include champions at each classification level based on size (largest classification is listed first). Early years of high school baseball were limited to a single state championship. High school baseball is a spring sport. List of Arkansas state high school baseball state champions * 2022 - Conway (4), Marion, Harrison (3), Harding Academy (6), Woodlawn (8), Taylor (6) * 2021 - Rogers, Van Buren, Valley View (2), Harding Academy (5), Woodlawn (7), Viola (4) * 2020 - (No Championship due to COVID19 Pandemic) * 2019 - North Little Rock (3), Sheridan (2), Nashville (4), Benton Harmony Grove, Junction City (9), Viola (3) * 2018 – Springdale Har-Ber, Greenwood, Sylvan Hills (8), Nashville (3), Harding Academy (4), Parker’s Chapel (4), Woodlawn (6) * 2017 – Sheridan (2), Vilonia (2), Nashville (2), Harding Academy (3), Spring Hill, Woodlawn (5) * 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Arkansas State High School Basketball Champions
This is a list of Arkansas state high school basketball championships sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association. Listings include champions at each classification level based on size. Each classification is based on how large the school is, 6A schools being the biggest, and 1A schools being the smallest. Early years of high school basketball were limited to a single state championship. List of Arkansas state high school boys basketball champions * 2021 - North Little Rock (15), Jonesboro (14), Little Rock Mills University Studies (5), Harding Academy (2), Lee, Viola * 2020 - LR Central (19) and Conway (5) co-champs, West Memphis (7) and Jacksonville (3) co-champs, Little Rock Mills University Studies (4) and Magnolia (8) co-champs, Rivercrest and Osceola co-champs, England (3), Nevada (1) (7A, 6A, 5A, and 4A games cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic; both finalists in each classification were awarded state titles) * 2019 – FS Northside (11), Marion, Mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas Activities Association
The Arkansas Activities Association (AAA) is the primary sanctioning body for high school sports in state of Arkansas. AAA is a member association of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFSHSA). Every public secondary school in Arkansas is a de jure member of the AAA, and most private schools, save for a few schools in the delta that belong to the Mississippi Private Schools Association and 22 Christian schools who belong to the Heartland Christian Athletic Association , are included in membership. The Arkansas Activities Association, or "AAA," was founded in 1904 by seven high schools and colleges and was called the "Arkansas State Athletic Association." In 1912, the high schools separated from the colleges and became the "Arkansas Athletics Association." Membership increased rapidly, and eventually the name of the organization was changed to the "Arkansas Activities Association". The following member organizations exist within AAA: * Athletic Direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement (AP) is a program in the United States and Canada created by the College Board which offers college-level curricula and examinations to high school students. American colleges and universities may grant placement and course credit to students who obtain high scores on the examinations. The AP curriculum for each of the various subjects is created for the College Board by a panel of experts and college-level educators in that field of study. For a high school course to have the designation, the course must be audited by the College Board to ascertain that it satisfies the AP curriculum as specified in the Board's Course and Examination Description (CED). If the course is approved, the school may use the AP designation and the course will be publicly listed on the AP Course Ledger. History After the end of World War II, the Ford Foundation created a fund that supported committees studying education. The program, which was then referred to as the "Kenyon Plan", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Title I
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1965. Part of Johnson's "War on Poverty", the act has been one of the most far-reaching pieces of federal legislation affecting education ever passed by the United States Congress, and was further emphasized and reinvented by its modern, revised No Child Left Behind Act. Johnson proposed a major reform of federal education policy in the aftermath of his landslide victory in the 1964 United States presidential election, and his proposal quickly led to the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The act provides federal funding to primary and secondary education, with funds authorized for professional development, instructional materials, resources to support educational programs, and parental involvement promotion. The act emphasizes equal access to education, aiming to shorten the achievement gaps betwe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morrison Bluff, Arkansas
Morrison Bluff is a town in Logan County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 64 at the 2010 census and an estimated 81 in 2017. Geography Morrison Bluff is located in northern Logan County at (35.382274, -93.527618). It is bordered to the north by an arm of Lake Dardanelle, an impoundment on the Arkansas River. State Highway 109 passes through the town, leading south to Scranton and north across the Arkansas River to U.S. Route 64 at a point west of Clarksville. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Morrison Bluff has a total area of , of which , or 1.18%, are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 74 people, 29 households, and 18 families residing in the town. The population density was 26.0/km2 (67.5/mi2). There were 32 housing units at an average density of 11.2/km2 (29.2/mi2). The racial makeup of the town was 94.59% White, 4.05% Black or African American, and 1.35% from two or more races. There were 29 households, ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logan County, Arkansas
Logan County (formerly Sarber County) is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,353. Its two county seats are Booneville and Paris. History The Arkansas General Assembly defined the state's 64th county on March 22, 1871, incorporating parts of Scott, Yell, and Pope counties (later adding part of Franklin County). They named it Sarber County for John Newton Sarber (1837–1905), an attorney and Republican state senator from Yell County. He had introduced the resolution to organize the county. Born and reared in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he had moved with his widowed father and family to Kansas in 1855. Sarber became influential in the Arkansas legislature, introducing bills to establish a public school system for the first time, and what developed as the University of Arkansas. In 1873, Sarber was appointed U.S. marshal of the U.S. Western District Court at Fort Smith. Conservative white Democrats viewed Sarber as a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comprehensive Education , an exam taken in some countries by graduates.
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Comprehensive may refer to: *Comprehensive layout, the page layout of a proposed design as initially presented by the designer to a client. *Comprehensive school, a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. *Comprehensive examination In higher education, a comprehensive examination (or comprehensive exam or exams), often abbreviated as "comps", is a specific type of examination that must be completed by graduate students in some disciplines and courses of study, and also by un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
