Bentonville High School

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Bentonville High School is a public high school in Bentonville, Arkansas, for grades 9 through 12. Student population is approximately 3000 in 2006-2007 with the addition of the freshmen class to the campus.

The current principal of the high school is Steve Jacoby.

Academic Seal of Bentonville High School

1 Facilities
2 Academics
3 Athletics
4 Traditions
- 4.1 The Running of the Colors
- 4.2 The Bentonville-Rogers Rivalry
  - 4.2.1 Vandalism Controversy
5 Notable alumni
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Facilities

The performing arts center is known as the Arend Arts Center. A small and lesser known location on school grounds is the green house, which contains an interesting array of plants. Recently, a new building was added to the high school in order to facilitate the new students coming into the high school environment from the two junior high schools, Washington and Lincoln. The band this year is going to Arizona and is competing in the Fiesta Bowl Football game. This will be nationally televised (the band will be competing against bands from around the U.S., but will not be competing in the football game). Furthermore, the Chamber Choir has accepted an invitation to perform in Carnegie Hall in New York. They will be hosting a local golf tournament to raise money for the members of the choir.

[edit] Academics

The school has switched from a traditional high school curriculum to an academy, or small learning community. BHS offers a wide variety of courses, including 19 Advanced Placement (AP) classes.

In 2003, 2005 and 2006, Bentonville High School is increasingly ranked in the top 1000^[1] best high schools in the nation according to the Newsweek magazine's Top 1200 US Schools. Public schools are ranked according to a ratio called the Challenge Index.

[edit] Athletics

The Bentonville High School Mascot the Tiger and the school colors are Black and Gold.

The following Arkansas Activities Association activities are available for boys and girls in grades 9-12: baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, cheerleading and dance team.

The Tiger Athletic Complex features a state-of-the-art football stadium and field house. In 2006, the facility was hit by a tornado resulting in limited structural damage to the stadium. The Tiger Athletic Complex was also expanded to include: a Baseball Stadium, a Softball Stadium, and a Soccer/Track Complex.

The Tiger Soccer Stadium is the only stadium in the state of Arkansas dedicated just to soccer and is not a part of the football field like other schools in the state. The soccer team has enjoyed recent success winning the AAAAA State Championship in 2005. The soccer team is currently coached my Mike Devany, who also teaches history at the High School.

State Championships Since the '98-'99 Season including:

2005/2006 AAAAA State Men's Swimming Champions

2005 AAAAA State Women's Tennis Champions

2004/2005 AAAAA State Men's Soccer Champions

2004/2005 AAAAA State Women's Cross Country Champions

2004/2005 AAAAA State Men's Swimming Champions

2004/2005 AAAAA State Women's Swimming and Diving Champions

2003/2004 AAAAA State Women's Swimming Champions

2002/2003 AAAAA State Women's Swimming Champions

2001/2002 AAAAA State Baseball Champions

2001/2002 AAAAA State Football Champions

2000/2001 AAAAA State Women's Cross Country Champions

1999/2000 AAAAA State Women's Cross Country Champions

1998/1999 AAAAA State Women's Cross Country Champions

1998/1999 AAAAA State Men's Swimming Champions

The Bentonville Tigers enjoy a fierce rivalry with the Rogers Mounties in nearby Rogers, Arkansas.

[edit] Traditions

The Alma Mater: Traditionally sung at the end of every BHS pep rally. The students join together around the shoulder and sway together through the song. The letters B, H, and S are shouted loudly with fists in the air after which the students begin to sway again.

From o'er the shining

Ozarks to plains and

Oceans wide.

Your walls will always

Beckon Me.

A symbol of devotion to

Days will hold most dear.

An Anchor for our loyalty.

Through years of joys and

Sorrow your lessons

Will hold true.

Our thoughts of BHS will

Guide us on.

Our tasks will be much

Lighter as ages roll along,

To you our Alma Mater

Pledge We Now Our Love To You!

The Bentonville High School Fight Song:

Hail to the Tigers!

The Mighty, Mighty Tigers!

Rise up and fight with pride

To fight for the Black and Gold

We are the Tigers!

The Mighty, Mighty Tigers!

Stand up and cheer,

T-I-G-E-R-S!

Bentonville March on

To victory!

[edit] The Running of the Colors

At the beginning of the 2006 Football season Bentonville's Principal Steve Jacoby thought that the new stadium needed a new tradition to lead it into the season. New Head Coach Barry Luney was in agreement and it was decided that the team would be lead on to the field from the field house by three students bearing flags with the letters B, H, and S and them. Principal Jacoby chose three senior students: Jim Prebil (bearing the "B"), Cameron Balch (bearing the "H"), and Tyler Prude (bearing the "S") to be the leaders of the new tradition. The running of the colors was met with unexpected success and excitement. The crowd loved it and the tradition was continued beyond the graduation of its three first members and into the 2007 season.

[edit] The Bentonville-Rogers Rivalry

Bentonville's fiercest rival are the cross-county neighbors of Rogers High School whose mascot is known as the "Mountie". The Tigers traditionally play the Mounties as the first conference football game of the season, as the first and last regular season soccer game, and the first and last conference basketball game. The games are always met with high security and even higher tensions due to the intense school spirit from both sides and an always inflated game attendance.

[edit] Vandalism Controversy

In the past five years the cities of Bentonville and Rogers have been raising security levels due to an increased amount of vandalism by students of both schools. During the 2004 season a pair of RHS cheerleaders were picked up for spray painting the RHS logo onto a street in Bentonville. In the 2005 season RHS students attempted to burn the letters RHS into the Bentonville football field but the effort was thwarted by the Bentonville Police Department. The worst case of vandalism came in 2006 when Bentonville High School students who still remain unknown today, broke into the Rogers Public School Bus depot and spray painted all of the windows of the buses black. The act caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage and has lead to road blocks between the borders of Bentonville and Rogers during to week of the game.