Nacogdoches High School
| Nacogdoches High School | |
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| Address | |
| 4310 Appleby Sand Road Nacogdoches, Texas United States |
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| Coordinates | 31°38′36″N 94°37′19″W / 31.64327°N 94.62196°WCoordinates: 31°38′36″N 94°37′19″W / 31.64327°N 94.62196°W |
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| School type | Public Secondary School |
| Established | June 1903 |
| School district | Nacogdoches Independent School District |
| Principal | Michael O'Guin |
| Grades | 9-12th grade |
| Enrollment | 1,800 students |
| Color(s) | gold & Black |
| Mascot | Duke, the Dragon |
| Publication | The Dragon Echo |
| Website | http://www.nacisd.org |
Nacogdoches High School is located in NE Nacogdoches, Texas.
Nacogdoches High School is the high school of the Nacogdoches Independent School District. It serves all of the city of Nacogdoches, and most of Nacogdoches County.
Providing for the formal education of its youth has been important to the citizens of Nacogdoches since the first European settlers arrived in the area. Beginning during the Spanish Colonial period, the recorded history of the town is filled with references about the need for and the establishment of schools. It was not until June 10, 1903, however, that the Nacogdoches Independent School District and Nacogdoches High School had their beginnings. On that date, an election was held to incorporate the school district. The election followed a long period of discussion in the community and many editorials in the local newspaper. Prior to this election, the only education available to the children of Nacogdoches was provided by tutors, private schools, and Nacogdoches University, which was chartered by the Congress of the Republic of Texas on February 3, 1845, during the closing days of the Republic. The establishment of the University gave Nacogdoches the distinction of being "the cradle of public education in Texas".
In 1904, the buildings of Nacogdoches University and Washington Square on which they stood were deeded to the newly incorporated Nacogdoches Independent School District by the university trustees. It was these buildings, only one of which (the "Old University Building") remains, which formed the nucleus of the Nacogdoches Public Schools and Nacogdoches High School. Classes for Nacogdoches High School were held in the university buildings and a new building, which was constructed in 1904 directly in front of the main brick building of the university to house the high school classes.
In the next decade, another new building, the Rusk Building or the "Old Red Building," was added to the school complex on Washington Square. These two structures housed the high school classes and other classes until a new high school building, the "White Building," was constructed in 1939 as a WPA project during the New Deal era. Adults who were students in Nacogdoches High School at the time this building was constructed vividly remember carrying their own desks and books across campus to the new building when it was completed. This building was named the Charles K. Chamberlain Building by the Nacogdoches Independent School District Board of Trustees in 1980 in honor of Dr. C.K. Chamberlain who was the principal of Nacogdoches High School at the time the building was first occupied. The first class of graduates from this building was the Class of 1940.
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