Clinton High School (Clinton, Mississippi)
Encyclopedia
Clinton High School is a secondary school
located in Clinton
, Mississippi
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Principal: Dr. Eddie J. Peasant
Assistant Principal: Kelly Heath
Assistant Principal: Areda Cockrell-Harris
Athletic Director: Scott Brown
Career Complex Director: Margera Harris
Former Superintendent Tommie Henderson was named 2007-2008 Mississippi Association of School Administrators' Superintendent of the Year.
Please visit the Arrows Athletics directory page for a complete listings of athletic programs throughout the Clinton Public School District.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Clinton
Clinton, Mississippi
Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. Situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, it is the tenth largest city in Mississippi. The population was 23,347 at the 2000 United States Census.-History:...
, Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
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Administration
Superintendent: Dr. Phllip G. BurchfieldPrincipal: Dr. Eddie J. Peasant
Assistant Principal: Kelly Heath
Assistant Principal: Areda Cockrell-Harris
Athletic Director: Scott Brown
Career Complex Director: Margera Harris
Former Superintendent Tommie Henderson was named 2007-2008 Mississippi Association of School Administrators' Superintendent of the Year.
Demographics
There were a total of 1,093 students enrolled in Clinton High School during the 2006-2007 school year. The gender makeup of the school during the 2006-2007 school year was 52% female and 48% male. The racial makeup of the school during the 2006-2007 school year was 54% White, 43% African American, 2% Asian, 1% Hispanic and 1 student who is Native American.Athletics
Clinton Arrows participate in the following sports:- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- Arrows Baseball team official Web site - Basketball - Boys - Arrows Basketball team official Web site
- Basketball - Girls - Lady Arrows Basketball team official Web site
- BowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
- Arrows Bowling team official Web site - Cheerleaders - Arrows Cheerleading team official Web site
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Arrows Cross Country team official Web site - Fastpitch SoftballFastpitch softballFast-pitch softball is a form of softball played commonly by women and men, though coed fast-pitch leagues also exist. The International Softball Federation is the international governing body of softball...
- Arrows Fastpitch Softball team official Web site - FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- Arrows Football team official Web site - GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Arrows Golf team official Web site - PowerliftingPowerliftingPowerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...
- Arrows Powerlifting official Web site - Slowpitch Softball - Arrows Slowpitch Softball team official Web site
- Soccer - Boys - Arrows Soccer team official Web site
- Soccer - Girls - Lady Arrows Soccer team official Web site
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- Arrows Swim team official Web site - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- Arrows Tennis team official Web site - TrackTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- Arrows Track team official Web site - VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball 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.The complete rules are extensive...
- Arrows Volleyball team official Web site
Please visit the Arrows Athletics directory page for a complete listings of athletic programs throughout the Clinton Public School District.
Championships and awards
- The Clinton High School Arrows soccer team won the class 5A state championship 1991,1993,1994,1996,1997,2005, 2006, 2009
- The Clinton High School Lady Kingpins bowling team won the state championship in 2007 and 2008.
- The Clinton High School Lady Arrows basketball team won the state championship in 2005.
- The Clinton High School Boys Cross Country team won the 5A state championship in 2010.
- Clinton High School was designated as a National Blue Ribbon School in 1982-1983.
- Clinton High School was one of only 50 in the nation to earn a Siemens Foundation Award for Advanced Placement in 2009, for the high quality of its college prep courses and instructors.
AP Courses Offered
- AP CalculusAP CalculusAdvanced Placement Calculus is used to indicate one of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board, AP Calculus AB and AP Calculus BC....
- AP BiologyAP BiologyIn the United States, Advanced Placement Biology , is a course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level biology course....
- AP English III (Language)
- AP English IV (Literature)
- AP ChemistryAP ChemistryAdvanced Placement Chemistry is a course and examination offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program to give American and Canadian high school students the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and earn college-level credit.-The course:AP Chemistry is a course...
- AP European HistoryAP European HistoryAdvanced Placement European History is a course and examination offered by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program...
- AP United States HistoryAP United States HistoryAdvanced Placement United States History is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program...
- AP United States Government