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Type
  
Public

Founded
  
1931

Phone
  
+1 318-323-2237

Mascot
  
Tigers

Established
  
1931

Opened
  
1931

District
  
Monroe City Schools

Colors
  
Black, Gold

Neville High School

Motto
  
Geaux Tigers! (Go Tigers!)

School board
  
Monroe City School Board

Address
  
600 Forsythe Ave, Monroe, LA 71201, USA

Similar
  
West Monroe High Sch, Wossman High School, Carroll High School, Richwood High School, Ouachita Christian School

Neville high school


Neville High School is a high school in Monroe, Louisiana, United States. It is administered by the Monroe City Schools Board. It is located 1/2 mile from the Ouachita River. Its mascot is the Tiger.

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Neville high school day in the life


Academics

Neville offers a wide variety of academics, on and off campus. Neville has a Technology department, English department, Foreign Language department, Health department, Journalism department, Math department, Naval Science department, Science department, Social Studies department, and Special Service department.

Technology

The Neville High School Business Department is dedicated to developing and improving workplace skills for students. By doing so, this will enable them to meet the demands of the workplace, make viable career choices, and become information-literate in order to communicate effectively, make decisions, and solve problems in today's fast-paced economy. In conjunction with Louisiana Technical College, our department offers dual enrollment college credit in the following areas: Financial Math and Keyboarding, as well as opportunities to receive industry-based certifications in CIW and IC3.

Athletics

Neville was the 2014 Louisiana 4-A State Football champions.

Coach Jimmy Childress (1932-2015) was a football coach at Neville from 1958 to 1973 and helped deliver four state championships for the Tigers. From 1979 to 1991, he led his alma mater, Ruston High School, to a 131-27 (.829) record and four state championships in 1982, 1986, 1988, and 1990. As a player, he was on the 1947 state championship Ruston High School team. He was the coach at Carroll High School in Monroe in 1973 and at the private Cedar Creek School in Ruston from 1976 to 1978. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, then known as Northeast Louisiana State College; he was on the ULM coaching staff from 1974 to 1976. He obtained his graduate training at Louisiana Tech University. In 2001, he was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

Notable alumni

  • Tom Brown, Former MLB player (Seattle Mariners)
  • Bubby Brister - Quarterback Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings
  • Wayne Causey, Former MLB player (Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Athletics, Chicago White Sox, California Angels, Atlanta Braves)
  • Ken Duncan (Class of 1963), state treasurer from 1996 to 2000
  • Robert Ewing, III (1935-2007), sports and underwater photographer
  • Kay Katz (b. 1938), Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
  • John C. Ensminger (Class of 1954 b. 1934), Republican Louisiana State Representative and Louisiana State Senator
  • Jimmy Dimos (b. 1938), Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
  • Red Swanson, Former MLB player (Pittsburgh Pirates)
  • Aubrey W. Young (1922-2010), Louisiana state official
  • Alex Presley (b. 1985, Class of 2003), outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers
  • Sandra Thompson (b. 1946), state government administrator
  • References

    Neville High School Wikipedia