Lakeside High School (Hot Springs, Arkansas)

Lakeside High School is a public high school located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. The Garland County school was founded in 1928. For 2010–11, the school enrollment was 1,184 students occupying grades 8 through 12.

The assumed course of study follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). 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. The school is accredited by the ADE.

Lakeside boasts winning three Golden Apple awards. This is the third consecutive year (2007) that Lakeside has been ranked among one of the top 10 school districts in the state.

The Lakeside team mascot is the Rams. For 2012–14, the Lakeside Rams compete in the 5A Classification from the 5A South Conference.

In addition to football, Lakeside also fields teams in sports including cross country, golf, tennis, baseball, reading, basketball, soccer, track and field, volleyball, swimming, and bowling. The football team reached the state championship game in 1975 (where it lost to Stuttgart High School), but it has never captured the title.

Since his appointment as head band director of The Showband of Lakeside, Freddy Bell has taken the band to several marching as well as symphonic contests, where they have always received superior ratings. In their largest marching competition, the Northwest Arkansas Invitational in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, the band has placed in the top 10 in three of the past five years, receiving the distinction of "Best Drum Major" in 2002 and 2004. In 2000 The Showband of Lakeside took the Grand Champion prize of first place. The Lakeside Band program is also under the direction of assistant Jay Chipman who instructs all facets of the percussion program and conducts the high school concert band. Jessica Chipman teaches the middle school band and is coordinator of the high school colorguard. Nevada Mills directs the junior high band and marching fundamentals.

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