Nash Central High School is a Nash-Rocky Mount public high school located on the western edge of Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Rocky Mount, North Carolina

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 and a member of the Big East 3-A Athletic Conference. As of 2009-2010, Nash Central is home to over 1,200 students, 77 full-time educators -of which 29 have either earned an advanced degree (Master's or Ph.D.

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) or are certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards- as well the personnel employed in administration, guidance and support positions.

In 2010, the U.S. News and World Report named Nash Central High a "Best High Schools in America" Bronze Medal School.

History

Opened in 2002, Nash Central High is the most recent high school addition to the Nash-Rocky Mount Public School System. Nash Central graduated its first class in 2005.

Campus

School facilities feature computers and internet access in 100% of the classrooms. The building is a two-story brick complex spotlighted by a high-ceilinged glass-walled library and 300 seat cafeteria of similar architecture. Nash Central Pond is accentuated by an illuminated fountain, a gift from the class of 2005. Sports facilities include a 1,500 seat gymnasium, 6 tennis courts, baseball and softball fields, a soccer field and a 4,000 seat football stadium with track.

Curriculum & Outstanding Programs

• Curriculum with 3 Ability Levels
• Outstanding and Caring Faculty
• Teacher Cadet/Service Learning
• AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
• 2 Academic Computer Labs
• 5 Career/Technical Education Computer Labs
• 4 Mobile Computer Labs
• Advanced Placement Courses
• Culinary Arts
• National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF)
• Project Heart - A division of Americorps
• Helping One Student at a Time (HOST)
• Youth Apprenticeship
• Communities in Schools
• Navy Junior ROTC
• Drama Productions
• Chorus
• N.C. Information Highway (Distance Learning Lab)
• Dual Enrollment at Nash Community College
• Full inclusion of students with disabilities
• Occupational Course of Study
• Novel Stars Credit Recovery
• Educational Talent Search
• Upward Bound
• Nash Central High Child Care Center

Community involvement

Nash Central is a member of the School Improvement Council, The Southern Association of Colleges, and the Business/Education Partnership Program with the Special Olympics, The Band/Chorus Booster Club, The Athletic Booster Club, Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Target, and EP Mart.

Athletics

Nash Central is a member of the 3-A Big East Athletic Conference and offers a variety of sports including:

Fall sports:

• boys' cross country
  Cross country running
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• girls' cross country
• junior varsity and varsity football
  American football
  American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
  
  
• girls' golf
  Golf
  Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
  
  
• boys' soccer
• girls' tennis
  Tennis
  Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
  
  
• junior varsity and varsity volleyball
  Volleyball
  Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
  
  
• junior varsity and varsity cheerleading
  Cheerleading
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Winter sports:

• boys' junior varsity and varsity basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
  
• girls' junior varsity and varsity basketball
• boys' indoor track and field
• girls' indoor track and field
• boys' swimming
• girls' swimming
• wrestling
  Scholastic wrestling
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Spring sports:

• junior varsity and varsity baseball
  Baseball
  Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
  
  
• girls' golf
• girls' soccer
• junior varsity and varsity softball
  Softball
  Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
  
  
• boys' tennis
• boys' outdoor track and field
• girls' outdoor track and field

Clubs and Student Organizations

• National Honor Society
• Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
• Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
• Dance Team
• Student Government Association (SGA)
• Marching Band
• Color Guard
• Canine Club (Relay for Life)
• Photography Club
• Art Club
• Math Team
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
• Health Sciences Students of America (HOSA)
• Jazz Band
• Ducks Unlimited Club
• Environmental Club
• College and Career Club
• Choral Club
• Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)
• Quiz Bowl
• First Priority Club
• Chess Club

External links

• Nash Central High School
• http://www.usnews.com/sections/education/high-schools/index.html