Broken Arrow High School

Broken Arrow High School
Location
1901 East Albany Street
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 74012
United States
Coordinates 36°04′23″N 95°45′56″W / 36.07306°N 95.76556°W / 36.07306; -95.76556Coordinates: 36°04′23″N 95°45′56″W / 36.07306°N 95.76556°W / 36.07306; -95.76556
Information
Type Public school
Established 1907
Locale Suburban
Principal Liz Burns
Faculty 218 Sr High
Number of students 4,610 (9-12)
Color(s) Black & Gold
         
Mascot Tigers
Newspaper The Pulse
District Broken Arrow Public Schools
Website Official website

Broken Arrow High School is the highest level of secondary education in the Broken Arrow Public Schools system, for students in tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. The school, combined with the Broken Arrow Freshman Academy, is the largest high school in the state of Oklahoma.[1] The current principal is Liz Burns.

Campus

The campus at the high school consists of fourteen buildings, including a cafeteria, media center, and six large parking lots. Also on the campus are the school's athletic facilities - Tiger Field House (basketball, wrestling, and volleyball), Tiger Field at Broken Arrow Memorial Stadium (football and soccer), Tiger Field (baseball), Lady Tiger Field (softball), a practice football field, a practice softball field, and tennis courts.

Other athletic facilities on campus include the following:

Extracurricular activities

Clubs and organizations

The following are organizations for students at BAHS:[2]

  • Academic Team
  • Art Club
  • Astronomy Club
  • BPA, Business Professionals of America
  • Chemistry Club
  • COLABASH, Committee on Life at Broken Arrow Senior High
  • DECA, Distributive Education Clubs of America
  • DFY, Drug-Free Youth
  • FCA, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
  • FCCLA, Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
  • FFA, Future Farmers of America
  • FMP, Future Medical Professionals
  • History Club
  • Junior Board
  • Key Club
  • Language Clubs
  • Lunch Club
  • Mascots

  • Mock Trial
  • Newspaper
  • NFL, National Forensic League
  • NHS, National Honor Society
  • Planeteers
  • Psychology Club
  • Robotics Team
  • Rugby Team (Club Sport)
  • Senior Board
  • Serteens (Sertoma for Teens)
  • SFC, Students for Christ
  • STUCO, Student Council
  • Thespians
  • Tigettes
  • Vegetarian Club
  • Yearbook
  • Young Democrats
  • Young Republicans
  • Tiger Rhythm Show Choir (men & women)
  • Tiger Mystique Show Choir (women only)

Athletics

Broken Arrow Tigers athletic logo

Broken Arrow High School fields 20 athletics teams. The Tigers and Lady Tigers have won 46 state championships in their history as recognized by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Athletic Association.

The current athletic director is Ken Ellett, who has held the title since 1989. Ellett was named OSSAA Athletic Director of the Year in 2009.[3] Assistant athletic directors are head football coach Steve Spavital and head boys basketball coach Rusty Stecker.

The athletic logo is one of the most identifiable and unique in the state. It consists of the letter "B" along with a broken arrow in the shape of an "A". Variations of this logo have been in use since the mid-1980s.[4]

A great number of former Tigers and Lady Tigers have gone on to enjoy success as student athletes at the collegiate level. The athletic program has also produced many professional athletes in different sports at various levels.

The following is a list of the sports in which the school competes, along with the current head coach for the team, as well as the years, if any, during which the school's team won the state championship:[5]

Tiger Baseball Field, Lady Tiger Softball Field, Indoor Practice Facility, Tennis Courts
Multi-Purpose Indoor Practice Facility
  • Baseball (Shannon Dobson) - 2 (1991, 2011)
  • Boys Basketball (Beau Wallace) - 1 (1997)
  • Girls Basketball (Mike Hughes) - 3 (1983, 2014, 2015)
  • Cheerleading (Amy Howe) - 3 (1999, 2012, 2014)
  • Boys Cross Country (Mike Stanton) - 2 (1971, 2009)
  • Girls Cross Country (Mike Stanton) - 0
  • Football (David Alexander) - 0
  • Boys Golf (Bo Belcher) - 0
  • Girls Golf (Jim Burdette) - 2 (1985, 1986)
  • Boys Soccer (Kyle Rodell) - 3 (2001, 2002, 2011)
  • Girls Soccer (Dave Cosby) - 6 (1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1998)
  • Softball (Randall King) - 11 (1979, 1985, 1989, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009)
  • Boys Swimming (Samantha Evans) - 0
  • Girls Swimming (Samantha Evans) - 0
  • Boys Tennis (Scot Milner) - 0
  • Girls Tennis (Stephanie Smith) - 0
  • Boys Track (Mike Stanton) - 1 (2013*)
  • Girls Track (Mike Stanton) - 1 (2004)
  • Volleyball (Ian Bullen) - 1 (1993)
  • Wrestling (Shawn Jones) - 15 (Team State: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014) (Dual State: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2011)

Fine Arts

Tiger Field at Broken Arrow Memorial Stadium

Broken Arrow's marching band, the Pride of Broken Arrow, was the 2006, 2011, and 2015 Bands of America Grand National Champion. It is the only high school band in Oklahoma that has achieved first place at BOA's Grand National Championship. The Pride has achieved high honors at the Grand National Competition recently, earning second place in 2010, 2012, and 2014. The Pride has also won over 19 OBA state championships and has received superior ratings from OSSAA over 100 times.

Notable alumni

The following are former graduates from BAHS:[6]

Athletics

Performing arts

References

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