Military Moving To NLR (Jacksonville, Sherwood: high schools, colleges, camp)

[gixxerchic16]

I'm moving to NLR to work at the Army Reserve Center on Camp Robinson. I will be bringing my son who is a HS Freshman and I have looked online at housing in Jacksonville, Sherwood, and Cabot.

From reading posts, I gathered that Sherwood would be my best option but I need some information about the high schools in that area. Is there one that is better than another? I'm looking for smaller class size (if there is such a thing) and definitely sports programs! My sons current school has a little over 1500 students....


Thanks...

[Aporkalypse]

Most Sherwood students go to Sylvan Hills, which is a 6A school and I would guess would be similar in enrollment to his current school. One option to get him into a smaller school would be to look at Pulaski Oak Grove whose district includes Maumelle and isn't far west of Camp Robinson. That's a 5A school.

[Stormcrow73]

In regards to Oak Grove, it will be replaced in a couple of years (tentative) with a brand new high school in Maumelle. The plans for the new high school are in. I don't think they are fully approved yet but initial site work HAS already begun so it's pretty much a done deal that the new school will be built, maybe just not per the plans on the table now. Initially, the school is expected to have about half of it's rated capacity, about 800 students IIRC.

While not necessarily a direct indicator of sports program quality, Darren McFadden did come out of Oak Grove.

[PurpleLove08]

Even if you live in Sherwood, I would recommend NLR high, they have the AP program as well as the IB program.
Your son would attend East Campus and I think he would receive a great education.

I've had friends who attend Sylvan Hills and a lot of people say it's not a very challenging school in regards to their academics...

[Aporkalypse]

Originally Posted by LiveTodayLez08

Even if you live in Sherwood, I would recommend NLR high, they have the AP program as well as the IB program.
Your son would attend East Campus and I think he would receive a great education.

I've had friends who attend Sylvan Hills and a lot of people say it's not a very challenging school in regards to their academics...

One-third of the Sherwood district based on location goes to NLR schools instead of Pulaski Co Schools (Sylvan Hills).

If you live in that part of Sherwood you go to NLR High School, which means the 9th and 10th grades at the East Campus and the 11th and 12th at the West Campus (Ole Main).

You hear a lot of mixed things about NLRHS. I think it's a decent school and probably better than Sylvan Hills but it's definitely inner-city. Most importantly, if she's looking for a smaller school this isn't it, it's Arkansas' largest high school in terms of enrollment.

[PurpleLove08]

Originally Posted by Aporkalypse

One-third of the Sherwood district based on location goes to NLR schools instead of Pulaski Co Schools (Sylvan Hills).

If you live in that part of Sherwood you go to NLR High School, which means the 9th and 10th grades at the East Campus and the 11th and 12th at the West Campus (Ole Main).

You hear a lot of mixed things about NLRHS. I think it's a decent school and probably better than Sylvan Hills but it's definitely inner-city. Most importantly, if she's looking for a smaller school this isn't it, it's Arkansas' largest high school in terms of enrollment.

Inner city meaning black?
I school hopped quite a bit:
5th grade-Sherwood Elem.
6th grade-Sylvan Hills
7th-Fuller
8th-Rideroad
9th-12th-NLR high

I feel like if the students and/or student's parent(s) care about the students' education, the child will receive a good education...for the most part. That goes for any school really.
There are some stand out teachers who will commit a lot to a student, even if a lot of the other teachers have given up on that student.
I was lucky enough to be in advanced classes and have the best teachers [IMO] and feel like they really cared about whether or not I learned, that I made good grades, that I graduated, etc.,etc. I'm not saying the teachers in the regular classes don't care about their students but I know the friends I had who were in regular classes sometimes said they felt the teacher's didn't care...but then again a lot of students in the regular classes [from my observations], didn't care about their education either..

I definitely knew that I went to a large high school but I also had my own group of friends and people are really nice to new students (at least most my classmates were....)

I would choose NLR, Oak Grove, and Sylvan Hills in that order.
I didn't know a single person from Sylvan Hills at governor's school...I knew quite a few from Oak Grove and I know NLR had a good showing at governor's school.

[RogMar]

Originally Posted by LiveTodayLez08

Inner city meaning black?

Uhhh.....no.

Inner city meaning "inner city".

inner city - Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

[Aporkalypse]

Originally Posted by LiveTodayLez08

Inner city meaning black?
I school hopped quite a bit:
5th grade-Sherwood Elem.
6th grade-Sylvan Hills
7th-Fuller
8th-Rideroad
9th-12th-NLR high

I feel like if the students and/or student's parent(s) care about the students' education, the child will receive a good education...for the most part. That goes for any school really.
There are some stand out teachers who will commit a lot to a student, even if a lot of the other teachers have given up on that student.
I was lucky enough to be in advanced classes and have the best teachers [IMO] and feel like they really cared about whether or not I learned, that I made good grades, that I graduated, etc.,etc. I'm not saying the teachers in the regular classes don't care about their students but I know the friends I had who were in regular classes sometimes said they felt the teacher's didn't care...but then again a lot of students in the regular classes [from my observations], didn't care about their education either..

I definitely knew that I went to a large high school but I also had my own group of friends and people are really nice to new students (at least most my classmates were....)

I would choose NLR, Oak Grove, and Sylvan Hills in that order.
I didn't know a single person from Sylvan Hills at governor's school...I knew quite a few from Oak Grove and I know NLR had a good showing at governor's school.

I think you misinterpreted what I was saying. She mentioned wanting a "smaller school" when he's already in a school with 1500 students. Since NLR has 2100 and is the largest in Arkansas, it didn't seem a good fit. Sylvan Hills with 720 or Oak Grove/Maumelle with 320 did. That's not the choice I would make, either, but there are different reasons for making different decisions.

An urban school means exactly what I said. You can certainly have "urban" schools without a significant percentage of black students, it's just that this is rare around this region. The buildings are older and not as clean and you have to deal with searches, etc. The classes tend to be more stratified - great AP/honors classes and a lot of students in remedial classes, sometimes with neglect of the "regular" classes as opposed to the more homogenous suburban schools. More opportunities for the exceptional kid and less push for the below average kid. That's a generic description of "inner city schools" in my mind.

[PurpleLove08]

Originally Posted by Aporkalypse

I think you misinterpreted what I was saying. She mentioned wanting a "smaller school" when he's already in a school with 1500 students. Since NLR has 2100 and is the largest in Arkansas, it didn't seem a good fit. Sylvan Hills with 720 or Oak Grove/Maumelle with 320 did. That's not the choice I would make, either, but there are different reasons for making different decisions.

An urban school means exactly what I said. You can certainly have "urban" schools without a significant percentage of black students, it's just that this is rare around this region. The buildings are older and not as clean and you have to deal with searches, etc. The classes tend to be more stratified - great AP/honors classes and a lot of students in remedial classes, sometimes with neglect of the "regular" classes as opposed to the more homogenous suburban schools. More opportunities for the exceptional kid and less push for the below average kid. That's a generic description of "inner city schools" in my mind.

NLR is divided into two campuses, all together the enrolmment is 2,100 but that's divided into two schools.
East Campus is 9th and 10th grade and West Campus is 11th and 12th.

A lot of searches? As for finding the classrooms? I think that's what you mean...
I was pretty intimidated with West Campus when I first started out but it only took two days for me to really figure out where all the classrooms are. It's not a hard school to navigate.
As for less push for the below average kid, I'll give you that one to a certain degree. If the less than average kid shows he or she is really interested in their education, the teacher's will care. Most of my teachers would say that in college your professors won't push you to try and I'm trying to prepare you for college. I think once a person is in 11th grade, they should be held more responsible for their education. You know the consequences of dropping out of school and not going to college (whether it be a two year or four year college). 9th and 10th, not so much. I know I did but then again I was researching colleges in the 6th grade.

I think with most schools you'll see more opportunities for the "exceptional" kid as you like to put it, even in Sylvan Hills and Oak Grove. I heard complaints from kids in the regular classes about feeling as if their teachers didn't care and how their classrooms were subpar compared to the classrooms of the AP kids and they felt like the AP kids received all the glory...

At least with NLR I felt like the teachers of the regular kids cared...most of the time.They have a gift for recognizing who really cares and who is just at school because they have to come to school.