Southern Nash High School is a public high school in Bailey, North Carolina. It is one of four high schools in

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools Nash County Public Schools covers a area covering all of Nash and part of Edgecombe counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. History Rocky Mount City Schools merged with the Nash County Schools in 1992 to create Nash-Rocky Mount Public ...

and has the second-largest enrollment of the four.

History

Southern Nash High School was created by the consolidation of Bailey High School, Coopers, Middlesex and Spring Hope school's high school programs. It opened in 1968. The opening of

Nash Central High School Nash Central High School is a Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools, Nash-Rocky Mount public high school located on the western edge of Rocky Mount, North Carolina and a member of the Eastern Plains 2-Athletic Conference. As of 2009–2010, Nash ...

in 2003 drew off some of its student population.

Curriculum

Southern Nash offers Advanced Placement courses in United States History and English Literature & Composition, as well as online calculus AB. College-level courses are also available through distance learning and partnerships with

Nash Community College Nash Community College is a public community college in Nash County, North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. ...

and the University of North Carolina - Greensboro. In 2007, Southern Nash High School surpassed the state average End-of-Course scores in algebra I, algebra II, biology, United States history, and geometry. Other academic programs at Southern Nash High School include a state recognized Youth Apprenticeship program, an award-winning architectural and graphic arts program, a NATEF certified Auto-Tech program, an aquaculture program, an agricultural program, and Health Science Academy.

Agricultural education

Southern Nash High School is home to one of the largest agriculture programs in the state of North Carolina. The school has a greenhouse, an aquaculture room, and a pond on campus. Courses like biotechnology, horticulture, forestry, aquaculture, and animal science are offered through the Agricultural Education program. Currently, Southern Nash High School boasts an animal collection which consists of snakes, catfish, tilapia, fire belly toads, crickets, giant millipedes from China, a ferret, a cow, turkeys, chickens, and goats. The Agriculture department is headed by Mike Bartholomew, Nash-Rocky Mount's Teacher of the Year in 2004–2005.

Athletics

Southern Nash is a member of the 3-A Big East athletic conference, which consists of Southern Nash,

Northern Nash High School Northern Nash High School is a high school located in Nash County, west of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina city limits. History Northern Nash High School opened in 1966, consolidating the former Nashville High School, Red Oak High School, Benve ...

Rocky Mount High School Rocky Mount High School is a public high school in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Established in 1927, the school is in Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools. History Public education in Rocky Mount began in 1901. High school programs were established ...

, Fike High School, and Hunt High School. Northern Nash is considered the school's main rival, but recently Nash Central has also evolved into a rival school. Southern Nash has won three state championships; one in softball (1995) and two in boys' outdoor track (1998, 1999). The school has also had 11 individual state champions in sports such as indoor track, outdoor track, wrestling, and boys' tennis. Under coach Brad Joyner, the boys' tennis team has become a powerhouse over the last decade, and have consistently been voted in the top 10 of the state; in 2008, they reached number one for the first time in school history, and held the spot for over two months. From 2003–2011, the Firebirds were 89–1 in conference play and won 9 consecutive conference championships. From 2007–2011, they were 93–2 in the regular season, including a 62–0 stretch from 2007–2009. The tennis team won the 2008 and 2009 Eastern Regional 3-A championships but lost the State Championship match both times to

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and

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, respectively. The football team has also experienced recent success, having advanced to the semifinals of the

NCHSAA The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) is the governing organization of high school athletics in North Carolina, United States. The association maintains the official rule books and governs the officiating standards across ...

3-AA playoffs in 2009 in addition to producing several

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football players. In 2012, the boys' soccer team also reached the semifinals of the state playoffs before losing to the eventual champion, Jacksonville High School. Southern Nash High School offers students a variety of sports, which are divided seasonally.
Fall sports: *Boys' cross country *Girls' cross country *Junior varsity and varsity football *Girls'

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

*Boys' soccer *Girls'

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

*Junior varsity and varsity

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

*Junior varsity and varsity

cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to ente ...

Winter sports: *Boys' junior varsity and varsity

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

*Girls' junior varsity and varsity basketball *Boys' indoor

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

*Girls' indoor track and field *Boys' swimming *Girls' swimming *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

Spring sports: *Junior varsity and varsity

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

*Boys' golf *Girls' soccer *Junior varsity and varsity

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

*Boys' tennis *Boys' outdoor track and field *Girls' outdoor track and field Southern Nash High School also had two individual athletes make North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) athlete of the year in 1998 and 1999.

Notable alumni

* Zonovan Knight, football running back for

NC State North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The university ...

Julius Peppers Julius Frazier Peppers (born January 18, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end and outside linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tar Heels, ...

, former NFL defensive end, 3x first team

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and 9x

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selectionJulius Peppers Stats
''Pro-Football-Reference''. Retrieved April 29, 2021.

References

External links

SNHS/ Southern Nash High SchoolSouthern Nash High School Band
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1968 Public high schools in North Carolina Schools in Nash County, North Carolina