20-681: Sheridan High School is a common school name in the United States: Sheridan High School (Arkansas) — Sheridan, Arkansas Sheridan High School (Colorado) — Sheridan, Colorado Sheridan High School (Indiana) — Sheridan, Indiana Sheridan High School (Montana) — Sheridan, Montana Sheridan High School (Thornville, Ohio) — Thornville, Ohio Sheridan High School (Oregon) — Sheridan, Oregon Sheridan High School (Wyoming) — Sheridan, Wyoming [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
40-489: A classroom at the high school, stunned the community and thrust Sheridan, Arkansas, into the national spotlight. In 2014, Sheridan High School made national news after District Superintendent Brenda Haynes directed the Yellowjacket Yearbook committee they must refuse to publish a student profile in the yearbook featuring a student who had come out as gay during the year, stating, "We must make decisions that lead in
60-471: A school in 2011 divided by the number of graduates that year. Sheridan was a segregated school for African-Americans until the Brown v. Board of Education decision. At the time, Sheridan had around 199 African American residents out of the town's total population of 1898. On May 21, 1954, the local school board voted unanimously to integrate its twenty-one African-American students into its high school to avoid
80-652: Is a test required by the Arkansas Department of Education in support of NCLB . Starting with the 2007–08 school year, a criterion-referenced test mandated by the state was merged with the Stanford Achievement Test , Series 10 to form the Augmented Benchmark Examinations. It is administered in grades 3–8 in ELA and mathematics, additionally, grades 5 and 7 are tested in science. In support of
100-585: Is accredited by the ADE and has been accredited by AdvancED since 1950. Students who complete the Smart Core curriculum with an exceptional grade point average (GPA) may qualify as an Honor Graduate, with High Honor Graduate and Distinguished Honor Graduate awarded to students with successively higher GPAs and more AP course completions. The Sheridan High School mascot is the Yellowjacket with blue and gold serving as
120-593: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sheridan High School (Arkansas) Sheridan High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Sheridan, Arkansas , United States. It is one of two public high schools in Grant County and the sole high school administered by the Sheridan School District . In 2012, Sheridan High School
140-867: The Arkansas State Library , the Arkansas School for the Deaf , Arkansas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired , and the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission . The Division of Elementary & Secondary Education (often abbreviated DESE ), headquartered in Little Rock , is the state education agency of Arkansas for public schools . Founded in 1931, its responsibilities include accrediting schools , assisting Arkansas schools and their school districts in developing their curricula , approving
160-495: The textbooks used in state public schools, licensing teachers , and providing continuing education programs. The ADE consists of five divisions: Division of Academic Accountability, Division of Fiscal and Administrative Services, Division of Human Resources, Division of Learning Services, and Division of Research and Technology. The department maintains the Arkansas Public School Computer Network for
180-483: The $ 4,000 it would have cost the school board to send the African American students to Jefferson County. The white parents become extremely upset and called another vote the next night. At that vote, the board voted unanimously to segregate the local school. Community members in the area, still not happy, petitioned and forced four school board members to step down. Next, the largest employer of African-Americans in
200-563: The ADE website, the federal government approved the state's differentiated accountability model, which is named Smart Accountability, in January 2009. The model divides schools into the following categories: The 2010 adequate yearly progress calculations show that: The Smart Core curriculum is the assumed course of study for all students. Beginning in the 2010–2011 school year, twenty-two units are required for graduation. Of these 22 units, sixteen will be specified units. Of these twenty-two units
220-551: The Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), which requires students complete 22 units prior to graduation. Students complete regular coursework and exams and may elect to take Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exams with the opportunity for college credit. Students have been recognized for exceptional achievement on AP exams to include being honored as AP Scholar with Honor, AP Scholar with Distinction, and National AP Scholar. The school
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#1733084683358240-483: The area offered to move the black families outside of Grant County to Malvern, at the employer's own expense, or burn their houses down. After the departure of the last African-American student from the city limits, the city bulldozed the African-American school; the remnants of the school were buried and the city no longer had a duty to integrate their schools. In 1990, a series of student suicides, including one in
260-468: The following are required: Smart Core: Sixteen units Career Focus: Six (6) units Total: 22 units Beginning in 2013–2014, all students in grades nine through twelve will follow these graduation requirements. Twenty-two units will be required for graduation. Of these twenty-two units, sixteen will be specified units. Of these units, the following are required: Smart Core: Sixteen units Total: 22 units The Arkansas Division of Higher Education ( ADHE )
280-426: The proper direction for all of our students and for our community. We must not make decisions based on demands by any special interest group." Despite receiving a petition containing over 30,000 signatures and being the subject of multiple community-based protests in support of publishing the student's profile, the school board refused to reverse their decision. The assumed course of study for Sheridan students follows
300-536: The purpose of providing internet access in public schools. ADE also runs a distance learning program through its Distance Learning Center and partners with the Arkansas Educational Television Network on the Arkansas IDEAS portal , which offers professional development courses to improve academic and teaching knowledge and skills of its personnel. The Augmented Benchmark Examinations
320-480: The requirements for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and its requirement for schools to produce Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), the ADE developed Augmented Benchmark Examinations and its associated Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program (ACTAAP), which has criterion-referenced test (CRT) and norm-referenced test (NRT) components including the Augmented Benchmark Examinations at grades 3 - 8 and The Iowa Tests at grades 1 - 2 and 9. Per
340-488: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sheridan_High_School&oldid=332721291 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
360-645: The school colors. The Sheridan Yellowjackets compete in interscholastic activities within the 6A Classification—the state's second largest classification—via the 7A/6A South Conference administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. The Yellowjackets field teams in football, golf (boys/girls), volleyball, cross country (boys/girls), tennis (boys/girls), basketball (boys/girls), swimming and diving (boys/girls), soccer (boys/girls), track and field (boys/girls), baseball, softball, competitive cheer and dance. In 2010, student-athlete Christopher Marchman
380-508: Was nationally recognized as a silver medalist in the U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools 2012 report, which ranked the school as the No. 1,976 high school in the nation and No. 21 in Arkansas. Sheridan High School was ranked No. 1,271 of 2,008 high schools in the 2012 Challenge Index high school scoring system with an index score of 1.683, which is the number of college-level tests given at
400-528: Was selected as the 2009-10 Gatorade Arkansas Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year after winning his second consecutive 7A state individual title. Arkansas Department of Education The Arkansas Department of Education ( ADE ) is a cabinet-level agency of the Arkansas state government overseeing public education for K-12, higher education institutions, and career and technical education. The ADE also contains
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