Caddo Magnet High School

Infobox School
name=Caddo Magnet High School


schooltype=Magnet/Public
principal=Ms. Mary Rounds
address=1601 Viking Dr.
city=Shreveport, LA
zipcode=71101
colors=Red and Gold
homepage= [http://www.caddomagnet.net www.caddomagnet.net]

Caddo Parish Magnet High School, or simply "Magnet" as it is known by its students, is located in Shreveport, Louisiana at 1601 Viking Drive. Its motto is, "In our hands we hold today; in our minds we hold tomorrow." Its goal is stated, "To share what we know, what we have, and what we are with others." The school colors are gold and red, while the mascot is a mustang. The principal is Mary Rounds. The assistant principals include Bryan Gallant (discipline), Queen Snyder and Sheryl Thomas (both curriculum and instruction).

Caddo Magnet High School focuses to a great extent on preparing its students for college. In fact, 93% of their students attend college after graduation; over the past 23 years, Magnet students have been awarded 67 million dollars in both merit and need-based scholarships.

Magnet High is well known for its students' successes on standardized test. The following are Magnet's scores on the 2006 GEE Test:

"English Language Arts":100% of Magnet Students "at or above basic" (as compared to 62% of the district and 64% of the state)

"Math":98% of Magnet Students "at or above basic" (as compared to 57% of the district and 62% of the state)

"Science":97% of Magnet Students "at or above basic" (as compared to 50% of the district and 54% of the state)

"Social Studies":99% of Magnet Students "at or above basic" (as compared to 54% of the district and 62% of the state)

Awards and Recognition

Caddo Magnet High School, whose principal is Mary Rounds, is one of the most highly honored schools in the State of Louisiana and in the nation. It has been designated a School of Academic Excellence by the State of Louisiana, attaining a school performance of 171.1, making it the top performing school in Northwest Louisiana, and one of the top three performing schools in the state.

Caddo Magnet consistently has the most students recognized by the National Merit Program in the Northwestern Louisiana area. Since 1987, 155 Caddo Magnet students have been named National Merit Semifinalists with 123 receiving finalist status. Additionally, 37 Caddo Magnet students have been named semifinalists in the National Achievement Scholarship Program, where 22 were named finalists. For the 2006-2007 school year, Caddo Magnet had 21 National Merit Semi-Finalists, 17 National Merit Finalists, and 4 National Achievement Semi-Finalists.

Caddo Magnet has been Sweepstakes Winner at the Region I Science and Engineering Fair for the past eleven years.

Caddo Magnet High School has been Sweepstakes Winner at the Northwest Louisiana Literary Rally for over seventeen years and has several state winners each year.

Academic Decathlon

Every year since 1983, they have been Academic Decathlon Louisiana state champions. This is the longest streak of any school in any state in the nation and the longest in the history of the competition. Students have traveled to Los Angeles, CA; Anchorage, Alaska; Phoenix, AZ; Erie, PA; Boise, ID; Honolulu, HI; St. George, UT; Providence, RI; and Atlanta, GA.

Other awards

Their Debate team has won numerous state and national awards, competed in over 12,000 debates, received over 1250 trophies and more than 200 sweepstakes awards at tournaments all over the United States. In 1997, seniors Andy Ryan and Kamal Ghali won the Tournament of Champions (Kentucky TOC), the national championship of high school policy debate. In 2000, juniors Sameer Asher and Nermin Ghali placed 3rd.

The Quiz Bowl team competes in invitational tournaments in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, California,DC, Florida Georgia, South Carolina, and Connecticut and remains the undefeated Cajun Quiz Bowl champions the past two years the competition was held. The school placed second in the nation in the 2001 National Academic Championship in Washington, DC. The school won the official LAAC state championship recently and has one the NAQT state championship numerous times.

Magnet's orchestra students have received a Superior rating at the LMEA Festival for the past 23 years. Having earned an international reputation, the group has performed in concert halls in Rome and Florence, Carnegie Hall in New York, and the Sydney Opera House.

The JROTC program has been recognized as an Honor Unit with Distinction for fourteen consecutive years. The program's Color Guard has been named best in the parish, and their Drill Team(s) consistently rank in the top three. The program's newest addition the Academic Team, which is a military version of Quiz Bowl. The Academic Team ranks first in the parish and in the nation's Western Regionals JROTC competition(2007), and are the only Army JROTC program, in the Ark-La-Tex, to advance to the national level of the JROTC President’s Academic Championship, where they will have opportunities to receive up to 50,000 in scholarships.

In 2008 U.S. News conducted a "best high schools" survey with CMHS being one out of two Silver Medal High Schools in the State of Louisiana, CMHS was also in the top three percent in the overall country.

Students participating in varsity and lifetime sports have won district competitions and advanced to the state levels. During the 2007-2008 season of High School Varsity soccer, the Caddo Magnet boys won the State Championship. This is the first time, since 1996, that a North Louisiana boys soccer team has won state. Over 2300 people showed up for the game because it was played in Shreveport. They beat Woodlawn (Baton Rouge) 2-1.

The State Department of Education selected Caddo Magnet to represent Louisiana in the National Tournament of Academic Excellence at Walt Disney World in Florida, in June 1988. Competing against 31 states and one foreign country, Magnet was ranked fourth in the nation.

Magnet is also well known for its focus on creativity. Talented students can take theatre,dance, music, art, and even pottery classes.

Admissions

"To be admitted to Caddo Magnet, students must:"

*Have a 2.5 grade point average at the time of application.

*Have a score on the most recent school-administered nationally standardized test showing the reading level at the 50th percentile or better.

*Have 95% or better school attendance.

*Have maintained a good discipline record.

*Express high motivation and interest toward excellence in the academics or the arts.

*Have parental/guardian consent and support.

*Have taken and passed the English/Language Arts and Math components of LEAP 21.

"In order to remain in good standing at Caddo Magnet, students must:"

*Maintain a cumulative 2.5 grade point average.

*Conform to behavior standards set by the Caddo Parish School Board and Caddo Magnet High School.

Classes offered

ENGLISH/RELATED ELECTIVES
English I, II, III, IV
English G.T. I, II, III, IV/(AP)
Creative Writing
Novels
Shakespeare
Library Science (1/2)
Debate I, II, III, IV
Drama I, II, III, IV, V, VI
Journalism
Newspaper I, II, III
Yearbook I, II, III
Video Journalism

MATHEMATICS/RELATED ELECTIVES
Algebra I
Geometry
Algebra II
Algebra III
Advanced Math I, II
Calculus (AP)
Computer Science I, II, III

SCIENCE/RELATED ELECTIVES
Physical Science
Biology I
Biology II (AP)
Chemistry
Chemistry II (AP)
Earth Science
Environmental Science
Physics I, II (AP)
SMART Program

SOCIAL STUDIES/RELATED ELECTIVES
World Geography
Civics / Free Enterprise
American History
G.T. U.S. History (AP)
World History
European History
Psychology/Sociology
Psychology (AP)
Philosophy G.T.

ADDITIONAL ELECTIVES
ART
Art History (AP)
Calligraphy
Design Fundamentals - Art I
Advanced Drawing
Mixed Media
Painting
Pottery
Survey of Fine Arts

MILITARY SCIENCE
JROTC I, II, III, IV

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
French I, II, III, IV (AP), V (AP)
German I, II, III, IV (AP)
Spanish I, II, III, IV, (AP), V (AP)
Japanese I, II (state dropped class in 2007)
Latin I, II, III, IV (AP)
Italian I, II, III

BUSINESS/VOCATIONAL
Basic Technical Drafting
Advanced Technical Drafting
Architectural Drafting II
Photography
Keyboarding
Business Computer Applications

MUSIC
Jazz Band
Band
Concert Choir
Orchestra (String)
Orchestra (Chamber)
Piano I, II, III, (AP)

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
General P.E.
Gymnastics
Tennis
Danceline
Fencing

HEALTH EDUCATION
Health (1/2)

Distinguished Alumni

Brady Blade

Brian Blade

Cedric Glover

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

External links

* [http://www.caddomagnet.net/ Caddo Magnet High School]