Southside High School (Fort Smith, Arkansas)
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4100 Gary St Fort Smith, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 35°20′55″N 94°23′19″W / 35.34861°N 94.38861°WCoordinates: 35°20′55″N 94°23′19″W / 35.34861°N 94.38861°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1963 |
| Superintendent | Doug Brubaker |
| NCES School ID | 050633000373 |
| Principal | Wayne Haver |
| Faculty | 98.37 (on FTE basis) |
| Grades | 10–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,547 (2010–11) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.73 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) |
Columbia blue Red |
| Athletics conference | 7A Central |
| Mascot | Mavericks |
| Team name | Southside Mavericks |
| Information | (479) 646-7371 |
| Website | Southside H.S. |
Southside High School is a comprehensive public high school in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States. Southside provides secondary education for students in grades 10 through 12 and is one of two public high schools in Fort Smith, the other being Northside High School, both of which are administered by the Fort Smith School District. The school is a three-time recipient of the National Blue Ribbon Schools Award of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education (ED).
The school was opened in 1963 and has had over 15,000 graduates. Since 1966, the school has been accredited by AdvancED, formerly North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Southside was ranked 625th in Newsweek's Top 1,300 High Schools in the U.S. in 2008. In 2008, Southside was the recipient of "Best Practice School" by Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe. For the 2007-2008 school year, Southside received the Siemen's Award for Advanced Placement exam scores. Southside was in Newsweek's Top 1,000 High Schools in America for the 2009-2010 school year.
The building originally consisted of 44 classrooms in total and was continually expanded beginning in 1968:
The first graduating class was the Class of 1966 with 282 graduates. In the Class of 2004, there were 417 graduates. The Class of 1978 was the largest graduating class with 503 graduates. Southside had its 10,000th graduate in the Class of 1991 and its 15,000th graduate in the Class of 2003. in 1963/1964 the tenth grade was the highest class,in 1964/65 the eleventh grade was the highest class and the class of 1965/1966 became the first graduating senior class.
The school flies three flags for "Excellence in Education" presented by previous presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton at ceremonies held in Washington, D.C..
Fort Smith Southside offers AP courses in:
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