Lake Hamilton High School

Lake Hamilton Senior High School is a secondary school for grades 10 through 12 located in Pearcy, Arkansas (near Hot Springs, AR).

Academics

Lake Hamilton offers a variety of educational programs, including English as a Second Language (ESL), Advanced Placement (AP), character and drug education programs, homeless child and youth programs, vocational and business education, and special needs and special education classes.

Senior high students may take advantage of the accelerated classes in the core content areas which provide challenging curricular materials to meet their needs. In addition, students may choose Pre-AP and Advanced Placement classes in the University Studies Program, which provide college level material and college credit by examination. Concurrent credit in academic classes is also available through National Park Community College.

Extracurricular activities

Lake Hamilton junior and senior high school students are involved in a variety of extracurricular activities, including: MathCounts, Governor's Quiz Bowl, National Geography Bee, Culture Fair, History Day, AEGIS Programs, Computer Workshops, Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP), the Arkansas Bar Association Mock Trial Competition and the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival.

The Lake Hamilton Band Program is award-winning on a consistent basis. The high school marching band is annually successful in regional and statewide marching contests. Most recently they were crowned Grand Champions of the 2007 Renegade Review held at Union HS in Tulsa, OK, and at the Northwest Arkansas Invitational in Siloam Springs, AR. Band directors are Jon Shultz, Bryan Field, and Ryan Alexander.

The Lake Hamilton FFA Chapter has a very strong tradition. Melvin Daniel, who taught at Lake Hamilton for 32 years, is known for building the chapter to what it is today. The Lake Hamilton FFA does very well in livestock showing at county and state fairs, as well as career development events, also called judging contests. In November 2007, the Poultry judging team represented Arkansas at the National FFA Poultry Contest and finshed third, with three team members winning scholarships. Other recent past state champions include Nursery/Landscape in 2005, Floriculture in 1998 and 2004, Livestock in 2003, Ag Mechanics in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002, Poultry in 1999 and 2001, and Farm Business in 2000. The chapter has had six Arkansas FFA State Officers in the last eight years. FFA Advisors are Jason Braziel and Alex Dykes.

Athletics

The Lake Hamilton Wolves compete in the state's 7A classification for football, baseball, track, and basketball. Other sports include cheerleading, golf, bowling, swimming, soccer and track and field.

FootballHead Coach: Jerry ClayOther Coaches: Bob Macintosh, J. Utley, Ben Brockert, Leatherwood, Brian Bales, and Welch.

BasketballHead Coach: J. BridgesGirls Coach: B. Higginbotham

BaseballHead Coach: Gary Curtis

Track and Cross CountryHead Coach: Karl Koonce

SoccerHead Coach: S. Cooper

VolleyballHead Coach: K. Smith

BowlingHead Coach: N. Evans

SoftballHead Coach: Amy Teague, Assistant Coach: Smith

Notable alumni

* Kalin Olson, Playboy playmate (August 1997 centerfold)
* Grant Garrett, Football Player at the University of Arkansas
* Morry Sanders, State Pole Vault Record Holder 16'8" Arkansas State University
* Trenton Lee Stewart, Author of The Mysterious Benedict Society

External links

* [http://wolves.dsc.k12.ar.us/highschool/ Lake Hamilton High School website]