Maumelle High School
In addition to Maumelle it serves Crystal Hill.
History
Opened in fall 2011, Maumelle is the newest primary public high school in the Pulaski County Special School District and its 320,000 square foot facilities replace the former Oak Grove High School that closed following the 2010–2011 school year. The school is accredited by AdvancED.
Academics
Maumelle maintains a cadre of career teaching professionals with several educators qualified as National Board Certified Teachers. College preparatory offerings include standard and Advanced Placement classes with opportunities for college credit and concurrent credit for college courses.
Fine Arts
Students may participate in various musical and performing arts including: band (e.g., concert band, jazz band), choir (e.g., a cappella, barbershop quartet, beautyshop quartet) and theater (e.g., competitive speech, drama, stagecraft).
Extracurricular activities
The Maumelle High School mascot is the Hornet with the school colors of scarlet and black.
Athletics
For the 2022–2024 seasons, the Hornets will participate in the 5A Central Conference. Competition is primarily sanctioned by the Arkansas Activities Association with student-athletes sporting the scarlet and black and competing in baseball, basketball (boys/girls), competitive cheer, competitive dance, football, golf (boys/girls), soccer (boys/girls), softball, tennis (boys/girls), track and field (boys/girls), volleyball and wrestling.
- Wrestling: The wrestling team won the school's first athletic title by capturing the combined 1A-5A state wrestling championship in spring 2013 and repeated in 2014 by a huge margin with 352.5 points breaking the record of most team points, 9 individual state champions, 11 all state wrestlers and the only Arkansas wrestling team to repeat as state champions.
- Cross country: The boys' cross country team won the 4A state cross country championship in fall 2013 and repeated in the fall of 2014 as 5A champions. The boys' cross country team won the 5A state championship 2016.
- Girls soccer: The girls' soccer team were 4A State Runner Up in the Spring of 2014.
- Boys basketball: The boys' basketball team were 5A State Runner Up in 2015, 2016, and 2021.
- Boys Tennis: The boys tennis team was the 2023 5A State runners up. With Ethan Tan leading the way being the 5A singles runner up.
Notable alumni
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- Darren McFadden (2005–Oak Grove)—American football player; two-time All-American running back; Doak Walker Award (2006, 2007)
- Kendall Donnerson (2015)-NFL player
- Andrew Chamblee (2022)–College football offensive tackle for the Arkansas Razorbacks
References
- ^ "MAUMELLE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
- ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Pulaski CO. SPEC. School DIST". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
- ^ "NCES Common Core of Data. Pulaski County Special School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ^ "School Zone Map". Pulaski County Special School District. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "AdvancED International Registry for Accreditation". AdvancED. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ Wayne Bratton, Michael (February 23, 2021). "4-star Arkansas lineman Andrew Chamblee updates his recruitment, announces top schools". Saturday Down South. Retrieved April 16, 2024.