North Webster High School

North Webster High School
North Webster High School
Address
	101 South Arkansas Street; Springhill, (Webster Parish), Louisiana 71075; United States
Coordinates	33°00′11″N 93°28′01″W / 33.003°N 93.4670°W
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	Webster Parish School Board
Principal	Gabe Lyons
Staff	29.87 (FTE)
Enrollment	512 (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio	17.14
Color(s)	Purple, white, and black;
Mascot	Knights
Website	[1]

North Webster High School is a co-educational secondary school on Church Street, in Springhill, Louisiana, United States. The catchment area consists of the neighboring areas: Cullen and Western Shongaloo.

School history

In 2011, the parish school board faced a large financial deficit and considered a series of options.^[2]^[3] Ultimately a plan for consolidation was adopted, in which schools in Sarepta, Cotton Valley, Shongaloo were consolidated into Springhill High School, and the high school was renamed North Webster High School.^[4] The new mascot for the school became the "Knights," instead of the Lumberjacks.^[5]^[6]

Athletics

North Webster High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Championships

Springhill Football championships

(2) State Championships: 1952, 1985

Both championships were Springhill before consolidation

Notable alumni

Drayton Boucher (attended middle 1920s)^{[citation needed]}, former member of the Louisiana State Senate
Savannah Smith Boucher (Class of 1961)^{[citation needed]}, actress
Sherry Boucher (Class of 1963)^{[citation needed]}, former actress
John David Crow (Class of 1953), American football player and coach and 1957 Heisman Trophy winner at Texas A&M^[7]
Jack Montgomery (Class of 1954)^{[citation needed]}, state senator from 1968 to 1972
Charcandrick West (Class of 2010), American football player for the Kansas City Chiefs^[8]
Devin White (Class of 2016), All-American linebacker at LSU, and Super Bowl LV champion for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c "North Webster High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
^ "Shongaloo, Cotton Valley, Sarepta may combine high schools grades at Springhill", Minden Press-Herald, February 3, 2011.
^ " Springhill Mayor Wants School Consolidation Reconsidered", KTBS-TV, Feb 20, 2011.
^ "Athens High School to close:Budget constraints to cut jobs as well", Homer Guardian Journal, May 17, 2012.
^ "The Man Behind the Smile", Kansas City Chiefs (accessed February 9, 2018).
^ "N. Webster elders to lead team", USA Today, April 25, 2013.
^ "Springhill's Heisman winner John David Crow dies at 79", Shreveport Times, June 18, 2015.
^ "Cullen, Springhill roots still fuel NFL running back Charcandrick West", November 8, 2017.

External links

North Webster High School official website

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[NCES-1] "North Webster High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2024.

[2] "Shongaloo, Cotton Valley, Sarepta may combine high schools grades at Springhill", Minden Press-Herald, February 3, 2011.

[3] " Springhill Mayor Wants School Consolidation Reconsidered", KTBS-TV, Feb 20, 2011.

[4] "Athens High School to close:Budget constraints to cut jobs as well", Homer Guardian Journal, May 17, 2012.

[5] "The Man Behind the Smile", Kansas City Chiefs (accessed February 9, 2018).

[6] "N. Webster elders to lead team", USA Today, April 25, 2013.

[STObit-7] "Springhill's Heisman winner John David Crow dies at 79", Shreveport Times, June 18, 2015.

[8] "Cullen, Springhill roots still fuel NFL running back Charcandrick West", November 8, 2017.

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