Cabot High School (CHS) is a public high school located in
Cabot,
Arkansas
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. The school serves students in grades ten through twelve and is administered by
Cabot Public Schools
Cabot Public Schools is a public school district system in northern Lonoke County, Arkansas, USA. It serves 10,292 students in grades K-12 across 17 campuses. This district includes students living in Cabot, Ward, and Austin. It is accredite ...
, which serves the city and most of northern
Lonoke County
Lonoke County is located in the Central Arkansas region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 68,356, making it the 11th-most populous of Arkansas's 75 counties. The county seat is Lonoke and largest city is ...
.
Academics
The assumed course of study for students follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the
Arkansas Department of Education
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. 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.
Extracurricular activities
The Cabot High School mascot and athletic emblem is the
panther
Panther may refer to:
Large cats
*Pantherinae, the cat subfamily that contains the genera ''Panthera'' and ''Neofelis''
**'' Panthera'', the cat genus that contains tigers, lions, jaguars and leopards.
*** Jaguar (''Panthera onca''), found in So ...
with red, white and black serving as the school colors. The school's fight song, "On, Panthers!" is based on "
On, Wisconsin!
"On, Wisconsin!" is the fight song of the Wisconsin Badgers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A version with modified lyrics is the official state song of Wisconsin.
"On, Wisconsin!" was also the cry that Arthur MacArthur Jr. used in the ...
."
Cabot High School's broadcasting department, in cooperation with
Suddenlink Communications cable television, broadcasts Cabot High Television (CHTV) and the Cabot Schools Network (CSN) locally on channel three in the area.
Athletics
For 2012–14, the Cabot Panthers compete in the state's largest 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).
* Football: The Panthers won the
state football championship in 1983 and 2000.C
* Volleyball: The Lady Panthers volleyball teams won consecutive state volleyball championships in 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 4-time state bowling champions (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015).The boys bowling team are 4-time state bowling champions (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015). Both have 8 state championships and 11 conference titles
* Basketball: The Lady Panthers won their first
state basketball championship in 2012. The Panthers won their first title in 2016, defeating Bentonville and
Malik Monk
Malik Ahmad Monk (born February 4, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats, earning consensus ...
, 59-49.
Speech and debate
Cabot High School currently has two major programs within the
National Speech and Debate Association
The National Speech and Debate Association is an American student debating society. It was established in 1925 as the National Forensic League; the name was changed in 2014. It is one of four major national organizations that direct high schoo ...
, serving as Cabot Debate and Cabot Forensics. The current head of the program is Tiffany Tucker, who replaced the late Jennifer Akers. The debate program is headed by Rachel Mauchline, who has received national recognition by ACTAA. Cabot High School has ranked 1st in Arkansas as of 2021, and top 50 within the NSDA program. Their charter is the
Arkansas Communication and Theatre Arts Association
Arkansas Communication and Theatre Arts Association (ACTAA) is a non-profit professional organization serving educators and students of oral communication, debate, forensics, theatre arts, and dance the U.S. state of Arkansas.
National Forensic L ...
abbreviated as ACTAA.
Notable people
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Kimberly Forsyth
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(1997),
Miss Arkansas USA
Miss Arkansas USA, previously known as Miss Arkansas Universe, is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. The pageant is directed by Va ...
2006
*
Ricky Hill
Ricky Hill (born 5 March 1959) is an English former footballer, spending most of his playing career at Luton Town FC for 14 years, while representing England at Senior, U21 and U18 International levels. Hill was the fourth Black player to play ...
, member of the
Arkansas Senate
The Arkansas State Senate is the upper branch of the Arkansas General Assembly. The Senate consists of 35 members, each representing a district with about 83,000 people. Service in the state legislature is part-time, and many state senators have ...
*
Bryce Mitchell
Bryce Andrew Mitchell (born October 4, 1994) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Mitchell appeared in the reality television series '' ...
(2013),
UFC
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fighter
*
Terri Utley
Terri Lea Britt ( née Utley; born 1961) is an American beauty queen, actress, television personality, author and motivational speaker from Arkansas who was crowned Miss USA in 1982.
Early life
As a young woman, Britt was involved in the Ameri ...
(1980),
Miss USA
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1982,
Miss Arkansas USA
Miss Arkansas USA, previously known as Miss Arkansas Universe, is the beauty pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. The pageant is directed by Va ...
1982
*
Cody Wilson
Cody Rutledge Wilson (born January 31, 1988) is an American gun rights activist and crypto-anarchist. He is a founder and director of Defense Distributed, a non-profit organization that develops and publishes open source gun designs, so-calle ...
(2006), weapons developer and founder of
Defense Distributed
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*
Lexi Weeks
Alexis "Lexi" Jacobus ( Weeks, born November 20, 1996) is an American pole vaulter. Lexi Jacobus has an identical twin Tori Weeks Hoggard, who is also a pole vaulter. Lexi qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics by finishing third at the Olymp ...
(2015), pole vaulter who qualified for the
2016 Summer Olympics
See also
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Cabot Public Schools
Cabot Public Schools is a public school district system in northern Lonoke County, Arkansas, USA. It serves 10,292 students in grades K-12 across 17 campuses. This district includes students living in Cabot, Ward, and Austin. It is accredite ...
*
Cabot, Arkansas
Cabot is the largest city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States, and a suburb of Little Rock. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 23,776, and in 2019 the population was an estimated 26,352, ranking it as the state's 19th l ...
References
External links
Official website
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1912 establishments in Arkansas
Public high schools in Arkansas
Educational institutions established in 1912
Schools in Lonoke County, Arkansas
Cabot, Arkansas