Barton High School is a comprehensive public high school serving students in grades 7 through 12 in

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, United States. It is the sole high school administered by the Barton–Lexa School District. The district boundary includes

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, Lake View, and Oneida.

Academics

The assumed course of study follows the

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developed by the

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(ADE). Students engage in regular (core and career focus) courses and exams and may select Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams that provide an opportunity for college credit.

Athletics

The Barton High School mascot and athletic emblem is the ''

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'' with maroon and white as the school colors. For 2012–14, the Barton Bears compete in the state's 3A Classification within the 3A Region 2 Conference of the Arkansas Activities Association. The Pointers engage in numerous interscholastic activities, including

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, golf (boys/girls),

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(boys/girls), cheer, speech, baseball,

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, and track (boys/girls) * Football: The Barton Bears football team is one of the state's most storied and successful program's, winning four consecutive state championships and eight total state football championships (1978, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1997). Between 1985 and 1990 Barton won 63 consecutive games, a streak no other school in Arkansas has come close to matching. Between 1993 and 1995 Barton had another win streak of 38 consecutive victories. The teams were led by legendary coach Frank McClellan (1970-05), who won a state-record 346 games in his thirty-five years as head coach at Barton, 367 total wins in thirty-eight seasons. McClellan has since been inducted into the

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, and is one of only two Arkansas high school football coaches to ever be inducted into the

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, along with former Little Rock Central coach

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. All eight of McClellan's state championship teams were undefeated and untied, and he also had eleven other teams finish with only one loss. * Softball: The Lady Bears won a state (slowpitch) softball championship in 1996. * Track and field: The boys track teams are 2-time state track champions (1994, 2001). The girls team won a state track championship in 1995.

References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Arkansas Schools in Phillips County, Arkansas