Clark High School (Plano, Texas)

Coordinates: 33°03′31″N 96°42′11″W / 33.0585°N 96.7031°W / 33.0585; -96.7031

Clark High School
Location
Plano, Texas United States
Information
Type	Free public
Motto	Clark High School, in partnership with parents and community, promotes high standards of academic excellence, personal integrity, and individual responsibility which foster success in a diverse and ever-changing society.
Established	1978
School district	Plano Independent School District
Principal	Janis Williams^[1]
Grades	9th and 10th
Enrollment	1,587^[2]
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Red, white, and black
Mascot	Cougar
Website	k12.pisd.edu/clark-high-school

R. C. Clark High School is a free co-educational secondary school in Plano, Texas (USA) serving grades nine and ten. Founded in 1978, the school is part of the Plano Independent School District. Hendrick Middle School, Carpenter Middle School, and Schimelpfenig Middle School feed into Clark. Students leaving Clark go on to attend Plano Senior High School. The school colors are red, white, and black, and the school mascot is the Cougar.

The high school recently added a new wing to the building for the 2012-2013 school year due to overcrowding in the old building. The new building houses science, art, and foreign language classes. It also boasts new listening labs in some of the foreign language rooms.

Clark High School maintains a population of over 1,500. The school's current principal is Janis Williams.^[3]

Courses

Clark High School currently offers 3 AP courses: AP Human Geography, AP World History, and AP European History. Students may also take AP Statistics at Plano Senior High School if they have completed all prior math courses. Clark also offers a variety of honors, regulars, and extracurricular courses along with many sports. Students with stellar athletic ability may choose to compete with the Plano Senior High School teams instead of with Clark.

School awards

Exemplary and/or Recognized Ratings by the Texas Education Agency.
2006 Just for the Kids Honor Role recipient
Texas Successful Schools Award for Outstanding Improvement in Reading & Math.
Meadows Charitable School Projects Award
1992–93 National Blue Ribbon School^[4]

References

Plano Independent School District

Senior High Schools (11-12)	Plano Senior Plano East Plano West

High Schools (9-10)	Clark Jasper McMillen Shepton Vines Williams

Alternative Schools (9-12)	PISD Academy

Middle Schools	Armstrong Bowman Carpenter Frankford Haggard Hendrick Murphy Otto Renner Rice Robinson Schimelpfenig Wilson

K-8 Schools	Special Programs Center

Elementary Schools	Aldridge Andrews Barksdale Bethany Beverly Boggess Brinker Carlisle Centennial Christie Daffron Davis Dooley Forman Gulledge Haggar Harrington Haun Hedgcoxe Hickey Hightower Huffman Hughston Hunt Jackson Mathews McCall Meadows Memorial Mendenhall Miller Mitchell Rasor Saigling Shepard Sigler Skaggs Stinson Thomas Weatherford Wells Wyatt

Early Childhood Schools	Barron Beaty Pearson

Plano, Texas

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Plano Independent School District Plano Senior High School Plano East Senior High School Plano West Senior High School Clark High School Jasper High School Shepton High School Vines High School Williams High School Plano ISD Academy High School Allen Independent School District Frisco Independent School District Lewisville Independent School District

Other education	Collin College

Other

Government	Plano City Council List of mayors of Plano, Texas

Landmarks	The Shops at Willow Bend Heritage Farmstead Museum

Transportation	Jack Hatchell Transit Center Downtown Plano (DART station) Northwest Plano Park & Ride Parker Road (DART station) Plano Station, Texas Electric Railway

Culture	Plano Balloon Festival

This list is incomplete.

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