Pangburn High School

Academics

The assumed course of study for students follows the Smart Core curriculum developed by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). Students complete regular (core and career focus) courses and exams and may select Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exams that provide an opportunity to receive college credit. Students at Pangburn High School have the opportunity to take a wide variety of courses. The high school offers courses in English, science, mathematics, history, art, music, Spanish, drama and oral communications, business, law, sociology, family and consumer sciences and agriculture. In addition, many courses are offered via the school's two distance learning labs. The distance learning courses include many AP courses, as well as specialized courses in medicine and other fields. In addition, the school works with ASU-Heber Springs to allow students to take concurrent mechanical classes at the college and with the Searcy Beauty College to allow students interested in cosmetology to begin their classes while in high school.

Extracurricular activities

The Pangburn High School mascot and athletic emblem is the Tiger with red and white serving as the schools colors.

Athletics

For 2012–14, the Pangburn Tigers compete in the 2A Classification level within the 2A Region 2 Conference as administered by the Arkansas Activities Association. Pangburn High School fields teams in golf (boys/girls), cross country (boys/girls), basketball (boys/girls), baseball, softball, shooting sports, and cheer.

Basketball is one of the most attended sporting events at Pangburn. In recent years, both basketball teams have enjoyed success on the district level and moderate success on the regional level. The softball team also is competitive at a district and state level.

The golf team calls Lost Creek Golf Club in Heber Springs their home course.

Shooting sports also enjoys success at a regional level, advancing to state almost every year since the team's creation. This team is not affiliated with the Arkansas Athletics Association, instead being affiliated with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The shooting sports team is also the only sports team to not represent themselves with the tiger mascot, as they are referred to as the Pangburn Gunslingers. The shooting sports team's home location is the Cleburne County Shooting Club in Heber Springs.

Band

The Pangburn High School Band is consistently rated among the top small school bands in Arkansas. Under the direction of Bill Mitchell, the band has been invited to perform at locations throughout the United States.

In 2006, the Pangburn School Band was invited as one of two school bands to represent Arkansas at the National Anthem Project in Washington, D.C. The band performed a short concert in front of the U.S. Capitol building. Later, the band performed as part of a mass choir for the opening ceremony of DCI at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.

In 2009, the Band performed a short concert at a venue in Universal City Walk at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and later at Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida.

Clubs and traditions

Pangburn students may participate in a variety of clubs and organizations including:

The Pangburn High School Quiz Bowl team often competes on the state level, enjoying a moderate success on the regional level. The National Beta Club has had its fair share of successes at the state level and even competing on the national level several times.

FBLA enjoys tremendous success on the state level, often competing on the national level. The FBLA community service team is often ranked among the top ten in the nation, even bringing home the national title at least once. FBLA's projects have included building a house with Habitat for Humanity, establishing a museum detailing the history of Pangburn, and building a veterans' memorial, among many others.