Pangburn school district
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Pangburn School District is a small school district in rural White County
, Arkansas
. Enrollment is less than 1,000 students. The school serves students in Pangburn and the surrounding area. The district is currently separated into four schools: preschool
, elementary
(kindergarten
through fourth grade), middle school
(grades five through eight), and high school
(grades nine through twelve). All schools are located on the same campus, located in the town of Pangburn.
The district's mission statement is "All students are expected to learn, create, achieve, and succeed in education, community, and life. As educators, we should strive to motivate, encourage, and inspire young people to overcome obstacles and achieve lifelong goals."
The elementary principal
is Mrs. Stephanie Vernon.
Elementary students take part in science labs, gifted and talented programs, music classes, art classes, and physical education classes. They have access to books and other resources contained within the Elementary Media Center
.
The middle school principal is Mr. Chad Ramsey. Classes are held in the newly constructed middle school building. Construction was completed on the facility in the summer of 2009, with students moving into the facility for the 2010 school year.
Students in middle school may participate in basketball, baseball, softball, and cheerleading at either the middle school or junior high level. Middle schoolers also have the opportunity to perform as part of both the band and the choir. Many clubs, such as FCA
and the junior level of Beta Club
. The middle school is the only school in the district to have an archery team.
Principal of the high school is Mr. David Rolland.
Students at Pangburn High School have the opportunity to take a wide variety of courses. The high school offers courses in English, science, mathematics, history, art, music, Spanish, drama and oral communications, business, law, sociology, family and consumer sciences and agriculture. In addition, many courses are offered via the school's two distance learning
labs. The distance learning courses include many AP courses, as well as specialized courses in medicine and other fields. In addition, the school works with ASU-Heber Springs to allow students to take concurrent mechanical classes at the college and with the Searcy
Beauty College to allow students interested in cosmetology
to begin their classes while in high school.
The Pangburn High School quiz bowl team often competes on the state level, enjoying a moderate success on the regional level.
The National Beta Club has had its fair share of successes at the state level and even competing on the national level several times.
FBLA enjoys tremendous success on the state level, often competing on the national level. The FBLA community service team is often ranked among the top ten in the nation, even bringing home the national title at least once.
FBLA's projects have included building a house with Habitat for Humanity, establishing a museum detailing the history of Pangburn, and building a veterans' memorial, among many others.
In 2006, the Pangburn School Band was invited as one of two school bands to represent the state of Arkansas at the National Anthem Project in Washington, D.C.
The band performed a short concert in front of the U.S. Capitol building. Later, the band performed as part of a mass choir for the opening ceremony of DCI
at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, MD
.
In 2009, the Band performed a short concert at a venue in Universal City Walk at Universal Studios
in Orlando, FL
and later at Kennedy Space Center
in Merritt Island, FL
.
Basketball is the most attended sporting event at Pangburn. In recent years, both basketball teams have enjoyed success on the district level and moderate success on the regional level. The softball team also is competitive at a district, and in recent years, state level.
Cross country and golf are sports that only appear when enough students express an interest. Both teams compete in various meets and tournaments across the area.
The golf team calls Lost Creek Golf Club in Heber Springs
their home course.
Shooting sports also enjoys success at a regional level, advancing to state almost every year since the team's creation. This team is not affiliated with the Arkansas Athletics Association, instead being affiliated with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The shooting sports team is also the only sports team to not represent themselves with the tiger mascot, as they are referred to as the Pangburn Gunslingers. The shooting sports team's home location is the Cleburne County Shooting Club in Heber Springs.
White County, Arkansas
White County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of 2010, the population was 77,076. The county seat is Searcy. White County is Arkansas's 31st county, formed on October 23, 1835, from portions of Independence, Jackson, and Pulaski counties and named for Hugh Lawson White, a...
, Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
. Enrollment is less than 1,000 students. The school serves students in Pangburn and the surrounding area. The district is currently separated into four schools: preschool
Preschool education
Preschool education is the provision of learning to children before the commencement of statutory and obligatory education, usually between the ages of zero and three or five, depending on the jurisdiction....
, elementary
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
(kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
through fourth grade), middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
(grades five through eight), and high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
(grades nine through twelve). All schools are located on the same campus, located in the town of Pangburn.
The district's mission statement is "All students are expected to learn, create, achieve, and succeed in education, community, and life. As educators, we should strive to motivate, encourage, and inspire young people to overcome obstacles and achieve lifelong goals."
Elementary School
The Pangburn Elementary School consists of students from kindergarten to fourth grade with at least three classes per grade.The elementary principal
Head teacher
A head teacher or school principal is the most senior teacher, leader and manager of a school....
is Mrs. Stephanie Vernon.
Elementary students take part in science labs, gifted and talented programs, music classes, art classes, and physical education classes. They have access to books and other resources contained within the Elementary Media Center
Hybrid library
Hybrid library is a term used by librarians to describe libraries containing a mix of traditional print library resources and the growing number of electronic resources.-Overview:...
.
Middle School
The Pangburn Middle School is made up of students in grades five through eight. At this level, students begin switching classrooms for different subjects. Grades five and six have language arts classes in their homeroom, then switch to other teachers for history, science, and mathematics classes. Grades seven and eight have a modified form of the high school class changing, with no homerooms and specialized classrooms.The middle school principal is Mr. Chad Ramsey. Classes are held in the newly constructed middle school building. Construction was completed on the facility in the summer of 2009, with students moving into the facility for the 2010 school year.
Students in middle school may participate in basketball, baseball, softball, and cheerleading at either the middle school or junior high level. Middle schoolers also have the opportunity to perform as part of both the band and the choir. Many clubs, such as FCA
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is a non-profit interdenominational Christian organization founded in 1954 and that has been based in Kansas City, Missouri since 1956. It falls within the tradition of Muscular Christianity. Although established by evangelical Protestants, the concept has...
and the junior level of Beta Club
National Beta Club
The National Beta Club is an organization for 5th-12th graders in the United States, recognizing academic achievement, leadership, character and service....
. The middle school is the only school in the district to have an archery team.
High School
The high school serves students in grades nine through twelve.Principal of the high school is Mr. David Rolland.
Students at Pangburn High School have the opportunity to take a wide variety of courses. The high school offers courses in English, science, mathematics, history, art, music, Spanish, drama and oral communications, business, law, sociology, family and consumer sciences and agriculture. In addition, many courses are offered via the school's two distance learning
Distance education
Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom...
labs. The distance learning courses include many AP courses, as well as specialized courses in medicine and other fields. In addition, the school works with ASU-Heber Springs to allow students to take concurrent mechanical classes at the college and with the Searcy
Searcy, Arkansas
Searcy is the largest city and county seat of White County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 20,663. It is the principal city of the Searcy, AR Micropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of White County...
Beauty College to allow students interested in cosmetology
Cosmetology
Cosmetology is the study and application of beauty treatment. Branches of specialty including hairstyling, skin care, cosmetics, manicures/pedicures, and electrology....
to begin their classes while in high school.
Clubs at Pangburn High School
- Bible Club
- Chess Club
- FCCLA
- FCA
- FBLAFBLA-PBLThe Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...
- National Honor SocietyNational Honor SocietyThe National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
- Quiz Bowl
- National Beta Club
- Spanish Club
- Student Council
The Pangburn High School quiz bowl team often competes on the state level, enjoying a moderate success on the regional level.
The National Beta Club has had its fair share of successes at the state level and even competing on the national level several times.
FBLA enjoys tremendous success on the state level, often competing on the national level. The FBLA community service team is often ranked among the top ten in the nation, even bringing home the national title at least once.
FBLA's projects have included building a house with Habitat for Humanity, establishing a museum detailing the history of Pangburn, and building a veterans' memorial, among many others.
Pangburn High School Band
The Pangburn High School Band is consistently rated among the top small school bands in the state of Arkansas. Under the direction of Bill Mitchell, the band has been invited to perform at locations throughout the United States.In 2006, the Pangburn School Band was invited as one of two school bands to represent the state of Arkansas at the National Anthem Project in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
The band performed a short concert in front of the U.S. Capitol building. Later, the band performed as part of a mass choir for the opening ceremony of DCI
Drum Corps International
Drum Corps International , formed in 1972, is the non-profit governing body operating the North American drum and bugle corps circuit for junior corps, whose members are between the ages of 14 and 21. It is the counterpart of Drum Corps Associates which governs senior or all-age drum corps...
at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, MD
Annapolis, Maryland
Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland, as well as the county seat of Anne Arundel County. It had a population of 38,394 at the 2010 census and is situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east of Washington, D.C. Annapolis is...
.
In 2009, the Band performed a short concert at a venue in Universal City Walk at Universal Studios
Universal Orlando Resort
Universal Orlando Resort is a theme park resort in Orlando, Florida. It is wholly owned by NBCUniversal and its affiliates. The resort consists of two theme parks , Universal CityWalk , and three Loews Hotels...
in Orlando, FL
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
and later at Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It features exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia, shows, two IMAX theaters, a range of bus tours of the spaceport, and the Shuttle Launch Experience, a simulated ride into...
in Merritt Island, FL
Merritt Island, Florida
Merritt Island is a census-designated place in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is located on the east coast of the state on the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2000 census, the population was 36,090. It is part of the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area...
.
High School Athletics
Pangburn High School fields teams in the following sports:- Boys' BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Girls' Basketball
- 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...
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- 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...
- 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....
- Shooting SportsTrap shootingTrap shooting is one of the three major forms of competitive clay pigeon shooting . The others are skeet shooting and sporting clays. There are many versions including Olympic trap, Double trap , Down-The-Line, and Nordic trap. American trap is most popular in the United States and Canada...
- CheerCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
Basketball is the most attended sporting event at Pangburn. In recent years, both basketball teams have enjoyed success on the district level and moderate success on the regional level. The softball team also is competitive at a district, and in recent years, state level.
Cross country and golf are sports that only appear when enough students express an interest. Both teams compete in various meets and tournaments across the area.
The golf team calls Lost Creek Golf Club in Heber Springs
Heber Springs, Arkansas
Heber Springs is a city in Cleburne County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 6,432 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Cleburne County.-Geography:Heber Springs is located at ....
their home course.
Shooting sports also enjoys success at a regional level, advancing to state almost every year since the team's creation. This team is not affiliated with the Arkansas Athletics Association, instead being affiliated with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The shooting sports team is also the only sports team to not represent themselves with the tiger mascot, as they are referred to as the Pangburn Gunslingers. The shooting sports team's home location is the Cleburne County Shooting Club in Heber Springs.