Southern Nash High School
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6446 Southern Nash High Road Bailey, North Carolina 27806 United States |
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| Coordinates | 35°51′05″N 78°05′14″W / 35.8512664°N 78.0872123°WCoordinates: 35°51′05″N 78°05′14″W / 35.8512664°N 78.0872123°W |
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| School type | Public |
| Motto | Strength through unity |
| Established | 1968 |
| School district | Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 340215 |
| Principal | Mark Cockrell |
| Staff | Timothy Mudd (Assistant Principal), Kimberly Rascoe (Assistant Principal), Hugh Scott (Assistant Principal) Robbie Kennedy (Athletic Director) |
| Teaching staff | 78 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,266 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.2 |
| Campus size | 82 acres (330,000 m2) |
| School colour(s) | Red, navy, white |
| Athletics | 3A |
| Athletics conference | Big East |
| Mascot | Hottie the Firebird |
| Team name | Firebirds |
| Average SAT scores | 1406 (mean total score for 2010-11) |
| Website | Southern Nash High School |
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Southern Nash High School is a public high school in Bailey, North Carolina. It is one of four high schools in Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools and has the second-largest enrollment of the four.
Southern Nash High School was created by the consolidation of Bailey High School, Coopers, Middlesex and Spring Hope school's high school programs. It opened in 1968. The opening of Nash Central High School in 2003 drew off some of its student population.
The campus occupies 82 acres (33 ha) of land.
Southern Nash offers Advanced Placement courses in United States History and English Literature & Composition, as well as online calculus AB. College-level courses are also available through distance learning and partnerships with Nash Community College and the University of North Carolina - Greensboro. In 2007, Southern Nash High School surpassed the state average End-of-Course scores in algebra I, algebra II, biology, United States history, and geometry. Other academic programs at Southern Nash High School include a state recognized Youth Apprenticeship program, an award-winning architectural and graphic arts program, a NATEF certified Auto-Tech program, an aquaculture program, an agricultural program, and Health Science Academy.
Southern Nash High School is home to one of the largest agriculture programs in the state of North Carolina. The school has a greenhouse, an aquaculture room, and a pond on campus. Courses like biotechnology, horticulture, forestry, aquaculture, and animal science are offered through the Agricultural Education program. Currently, Southern Nash High School boasts an animal collection which consists of snakes, catfish, tilapia, fire belly toads, crickets, giant millipedes from China, a ferret, a cow, turkeys, chickens, and goats. The Agriculture department is headed by Mike Bartholomew, Nash-Rocky Mount's Teacher of the Year in 2004–2005.
List of clubs offered:
The Southern Nash FFA chapter is one of the largest in North Carolina, with over 400 members, and is generally regarded as one of the top chapters in the state. From 2004–2006, Southern Nash was named the top FFA program in North Carolina. Southern Nash High School consistently places in the federation, region, state, and national levels in Career Development Events and field several teams.
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